1991 Elections
| Candidates | Supporting parties | First round | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | |||
| Mário Soares | Socialist Party, Social Democratic Party | 3,459,521 | 70.35 | |
| Basílio Horta | Democratic and Social Center | 696,379 | 14.16 | |
| Carlos Carvalhas | Portuguese Communist Party, Ecologist Party "The Greens" | 635,373 | 12.92 | |
| Carlos Marques | People's Democratic Union | 126,581 | 2.57 | |
| Total valid | 4,917,854 | 100.00 | ||
| Blank ballots | 112,877 | 2.21 | ||
| Invalid ballots | 68,037 | 1.33 | ||
| Total (turnout 62.16%) | 5,098,768 | |||
| Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições | ||||
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