second place in 1976, supported by the Popular Unity Force; António Pires Veloso, Major general of the Portuguese Army, Independent candidate; António Aires Rodrigues, supported by the Workers Party of Socialist Unity Carlos Brito, Official candidate of the Portuguese Communist Party, Left the race to support Ramalho Eanes; Campaign period Party slogans Results |- !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left colspan="2" rowspan="2"|Candidates !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left rowspan="2"|Supporting parties !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right colspan="2"|First round |- !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Votes !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|% |- |style="width: 10px" bgcolor=#ff0081 align="center" | |align=left|António Ramalho Eanes |align=left|Independent |align="right" |3,262,520 |align="right" |56.44 |- |style="width: 8px" bgcolor=#2A52BE align="center" | |align=left|António Soares Carneiro |align=left|Democratic Alliance (PSD, CDS, PPM) |align="right" |2,325,481 |align="right" |40.23 |- |style="width: 9px" bgcolor=#8b0000 align="center" | |align=left|Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho |align=left|Popular Unity Force |align="right" |85,896 |align="right" |1.49 |- |style="width: 9px" bgcolor=#777777 align="center" | |align=left|Carlos Galvão de Melo |align=left|Independent |align="right" |48,468 |align="right" |0.84 |- |style="width: 9px" bgcolor=#777777 align="center" | |align=left|António Pires Veloso |align=left|Independent |align="right" |45,132 |align="right" |0.78 |- |style="width: 9px" bgcolor=red align="center" | |align=left|António Aires Rodrigues |align=left|Workers Party of Socialist Unity |align="right" |12,745 |align="right" |0.22 |- |style="width: 9px" bgcolor=red align="center" | |align=left|Carlos Brito |align=left|Portuguese Communist Party |colspan="2" align="center" |left the race |- |colspan="3" align=left style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Total valid |width="65" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|5,780,242 |width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|100.00 |- |align=right colspan="3"|Blank ballots |width="65" align="right" |44,014 |width="40" align="right" |0.75 |- |align=right colspan="3" |Invalid ballots |width="65" align="right"|16,076 |width="40" align="right"|0.28 |- |colspan="3" align=left style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Total |width="65" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|5,840,332 |width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"| |- |colspan=3|Registered voters/turnout ||6,920,869||84.39 |- | colspan=5 align=left|Left the race in favor of Ramalho Eanes. |- |colspan=5 align=left|Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições |} Maps Notes See also President of Portugal Portugal Politics of Portugal References External links Portuguese Electoral Commission 1980 1980 elections in Portugal December 1980 events in Europe