Portuguese presidential election, 1986
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The Portuguese presidential election of 1986 was a pivotal contest that led to the victory of Mário Soares, marking the first time a civilian and Socialist candidate was elected president after the Carnation Revolution.
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| Portuguese presidential election, 1986 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16510186 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Portuguese presidential election, 1986 Context triple: [Portuguese presidential election, 1980, followedBy, Portuguese presidential election, 1986]
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Portuguese presidential election, 1976
The Portuguese presidential election of 1976 was the first presidential contest held after the Carnation Revolution, helping to consolidate Portugal’s new democratic regime.
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Portuguese presidential election, 1980
The Portuguese presidential election of 1980 was a national vote held to choose Portugal’s head of state during the country’s early post-revolution democratic period.
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Portuguese presidential election, 2006
The Portuguese presidential election of 2006 was the national vote in which former prime minister Aníbal Cavaco Silva was elected President of Portugal.
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Portuguese presidential election, 2011
The Portuguese presidential election of 2011 was the national vote in which incumbent president Aníbal Cavaco Silva won re-election for a second term as Portugal’s head of state.
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E.
1958 Portuguese presidential election
The 1958 Portuguese presidential election was a pivotal and highly contested vote during the Estado Novo dictatorship, marked by General Humberto Delgado’s unprecedented opposition challenge to the regime’s long-standing authoritarian rule.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Portuguese presidential election, 1986 Target entity description: The Portuguese presidential election of 1986 was a pivotal contest that led to the victory of Mário Soares, marking the first time a civilian and Socialist candidate was elected president after the Carnation Revolution.
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A.
Portuguese presidential election, 1976
The Portuguese presidential election of 1976 was the first presidential contest held after the Carnation Revolution, helping to consolidate Portugal’s new democratic regime.
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B.
Portuguese presidential election, 1980
The Portuguese presidential election of 1980 was a national vote held to choose Portugal’s head of state during the country’s early post-revolution democratic period.
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C.
Portuguese presidential election, 2006
The Portuguese presidential election of 2006 was the national vote in which former prime minister Aníbal Cavaco Silva was elected President of Portugal.
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D.
Portuguese presidential election, 2011
The Portuguese presidential election of 2011 was the national vote in which incumbent president Aníbal Cavaco Silva won re-election for a second term as Portugal’s head of state.
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E.
1958 Portuguese presidential election
The 1958 Portuguese presidential election was a pivotal and highly contested vote during the Estado Novo dictatorship, marked by General Humberto Delgado’s unprecedented opposition challenge to the regime’s long-standing authoritarian rule.
- F. None of above. chosen
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