Portuguese presidential election, 2006
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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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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Portuguese presidential election, 2006 Context triple: [Aníbal Cavaco Silva, participatedIn, Portuguese presidential election, 2006]
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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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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 elections
Portuguese elections are the democratic processes through which citizens of Portugal choose their representatives at various levels of government, including the national parliament and the presidency.
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D.
Pedro Santana Lopes
Pedro Santana Lopes is a Portuguese lawyer and politician who briefly served as Prime Minister of Portugal in the mid-2000s and has held several prominent roles in national and local government.
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E.
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa is a Portuguese politician, academic, and former television political commentator who has served as the country’s president since 2016.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Portuguese presidential election, 2006 Target entity description: 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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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 elections
Portuguese elections are the democratic processes through which citizens of Portugal choose their representatives at various levels of government, including the national parliament and the presidency.
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D.
Pedro Santana Lopes
Pedro Santana Lopes is a Portuguese lawyer and politician who briefly served as Prime Minister of Portugal in the mid-2000s and has held several prominent roles in national and local government.
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E.
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa is a Portuguese politician, academic, and former television political commentator who has served as the country’s president since 2016.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | presidential election ⓘ |
| campaignPeriod | late 2005 to January 2006 ⓘ |
| candidate |
António Garcia Pereira
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Aníbal Cavaco Silva ⓘ Francisco Louçã ⓘ Jerónimo de Sousa ⓘ Manuel Alegre ⓘ Mário Soares ⓘ |
| candidateParty |
António Garcia Pereira – PCTP/MRPP
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Aníbal Cavaco Silva – Social Democratic Party (Portugal) ⓘ
linked to:
Social Democratic Party (Portugal)
Francisco Louçã – Left Bloc (Portugal) ⓘ
linked to:
Bloco de Esquerda
Jerónimo de Sousa – Portuguese Communist Party ⓘ Manuel Alegre – independent (supported by Socialist Party dissidents and others) ⓘ Mário Soares – Socialist Party (Portugal) ⓘ
linked to:
Socialist Party (Portugal)
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| constitutionalBasis |
Constitution of the Portuguese Republic
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linked to:
1976 Portuguese Constitution
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| country | Portugal ⓘ |
| electedPresident | Aníbal Cavaco Silva ⓘ |
| electoralSystem | two-round system (runoff if no candidate reaches 50%) ⓘ |
| electoralType | direct popular vote ⓘ |
| electorate | Portuguese citizens over 18 years of age ⓘ |
| endDate | 2006-01-22 ⓘ |
| heldIn |
Portuguese Republic
ⓘ
linked to:
Portugal
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| historicalSignificance | first time since the 1974 Carnation Revolution that a centre-right candidate was elected President of Portugal ⓘ |
| incumbentBeforeElection | Jorge Sampaio ⓘ |
| incumbentBeforeParty | Socialist Party (Portugal) ⓘ |
| languageOfCampaign | Portuguese ⓘ |
| location | Portugal ⓘ |
| mainWinner | Aníbal Cavaco Silva ⓘ |
| nextElection | Portuguese presidential election, 2011 ⓘ |
| officeContested | President of Portugal ⓘ |
| partOf | Portuguese presidential elections ⓘ |
| presidentAfterParty | Social Democratic Party (Portugal) ⓘ |
| previousElection | Portuguese presidential election, 2001 ⓘ |
| requiredMajority | more than 50% of valid votes ⓘ |
| resultSummary |
Aníbal Cavaco Silva won an absolute majority in the first round and was elected President of Portugal
ⓘ
linked to:
Portuguese presidential election, 2006
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| secondPlace | Manuel Alegre ⓘ |
| startDate | 2006-01-22 ⓘ |
| termLengthContested | five-year presidential term ⓘ |
| thirdPlace | Mário Soares ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 21st century ⓘ |
| turnoutChangeFromPrevious | -1.5 percentage points (approximate) ⓘ |
| voterTurnout | 61.53% ⓘ |
| winnerIdeology | centre-right ⓘ |
| winnerParty | Social Democratic Party (Portugal) ⓘ |
| winnerPopularVote | 2745381 ⓘ |
| winnerRound | first round ⓘ |
| winnerVoteShare | 50.54% ⓘ |
| year | 2006 ⓘ |
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Subject: Portuguese presidential election, 2006 Description of subject: 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, 2006
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resultSummary
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Aníbal Cavaco Silva won an absolute majority in the first round and was elected President of Portugal
ⓘ
linked to: Portuguese presidential election, 2006