candidacies There were also three candidates rejected by the Portuguese Constitutional Court for not complying with the legal requirements, those were: Carmelinda Pereira; Luís Carlos Franco; Álvaro Manuel Nunes; Campaign period Party slogans Candidates' debates 1st round 2nd round Opinion polls 1st round 2nd round 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 colspan="2"|Second round |- !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Votes !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|% !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Votes !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|% |- |style="width: 10px" bgcolor=#0093DD align="center" | |align=left|Diogo Freitas do Amaral |align=left|Democratic and Social Centre, Social Democratic Party |align="right" |2,629,597 |align="right" |46.31 |align="right" |2,872,064 |align="right" |48.82 |- |style="width: 10px" bgcolor=#FF66FF align="center" | |align=left|Mário Soares |align=left|Socialist Party |align="right" |1,443,683 |align="right" |25.43 |align="right" |3,010,756 |align="right" |51.18 |- |style="width: 10px" bgcolor=#00B233 align="center" | |align=left|Francisco Salgado Zenha |align=left|Democratic Renewal Party, Portuguese Communist Party |align="right" |1,185,867 |align="right" |20.88 |colspan="2" rowspan="3"| |- |style="width: 10px" bgcolor=#777777 align="center" | |align=left|Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo |align=left|Independent |align="right" |418,961 |align="right" |7.38 |- |style="width: 10px" bgcolor=red align="center" | |align=left|Ângelo Veloso |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"|5,678,108 |width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|100.00 |width="65" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|5,882,820 |width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|100.00 |- |align=right colspan="3"|Blank ballots |width="65" align="right" |46,334 |width="40" align="right" |0.81 |width="65" align="right" |33,844 |width="40" align="right" |0.57 |- |align=right colspan="3" |Invalid ballots |width="65" align="right"|18,292 |width="40" align="right"|0.32 |width="65" align="right"|20,436 |width="40" align="right"|0.34 |- |colspan="3" align=left style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Total |width="65" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|5,742,734 |width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"| |width="65" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|5,937,100 |width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"| |- |colspan=3|Registered voters/turnout ||7,617,257||75.38 ||7,612,633||77.99 |- | colspan=7 align=left|Left the race in favor of Salgado Zenha. |- |colspan=7 align=left|Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições (1st Round); Comissão Nacional de Eleições (2nd Round) |} Maps Notes References External links Portuguese Electoral Commission See also President of Portugal Portugal Politics of Portugal 1986 1986 elections in Portugal January 1986 events in Europe February 1986 events in Europe