|align=left|Octávio Rodrigues Pato |align=left|Portuguese Communist Party |align="right" |365,586 |align="right" |7.59 |- |colspan="3" align=left style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Total valid |width="65" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|4,817,630 |width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|100.00 |- |align=right colspan="3"|Blank ballots |width="65" align="right" |43,242 |width="40" align="right" |0.89 |- |align=right colspan="3" |Invalid ballots |width="65" align="right"|20,253 |width="40" align="right"|0.41 |- |colspan="3" align=left style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Total (turnout 75.47%) |width="65" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|4,881,125 |width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"| |- |colspan=5 align=left|Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições |} 1980 Portuguese presidential election |- !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: 9px" bgcolor=gray align="center" | |align=left|António Ramalho Eanes |align=left|Independent |align="right" |3,262,520 |align="right" |56.44 |- |style="width: 8px" bgcolor=#00FFFF align="center" | |align=left|António Soares Carneiro |align=left|Democratic Alliance |align="right" |2,325,481 |align="right" |40.23 |- |style="width: 9px" bgcolor=gray align="center" | |align=left|Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho |align=left|Independent |align="right" |85,896 |align="right" |1.49 |- |style="width: 9px" bgcolor=gray align="center" | |align=left|Carlos Galvão de Melo |align=left|Independent |align="right" |48,468 |align="right" |0.84 |- |style="width: 9px" bgcolor=gray 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 (turnout 84.39%) |width="65" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|5,840,332 |width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"| |- | colspan=5 align=left|He left the race in favor of Ramalho Eanes. |- |colspan=5 align=left|Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições |} Notes External links Biography in Portuguese 1935 births Living people People from Castelo Branco, Portugal Portuguese military officers Presidents of Portugal Democratic Renewal Party (Portugal) politicians Grand Crosses of the Order of Aviz Grand Crosses of the Order of Liberty Collars of the Order of Isabella the Catholic Honorary Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Recipients of the Order of the Tower and Sword Recipients of the Order of Timor-Leste 20th-century Portuguese politicians Grand Crosses Special Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany