António Garcia Pereira

António Pestana Garcia Pereira is a Portuguese lawyer and politician, former leader of the Maoist PCTP/MRPP. He was a candidate in the 2006 presidential election,[1] where he placed sixth (and last) with 0.44 per cent of the vote.[2] He had already run in the 2001 presidential election, getting 1.69 per cent of the vote.

Election results

2001 Portuguese presidential election

 Summary of the 14 January 2001 Portuguese presidential election results

Candidates		Supporting parties	First round
			Votes	%
	Jorge Sampaio	Socialist Party	2,401,015	55.55
	Ferreira do Amaral	Social Democratic Party, People's Party	1,498,948	34.68
	António Abreu	Portuguese Communist Party, Ecologist Party "The Greens"	223,196	5.16
	Fernando Rosas	Left Bloc	129,840	3.00
	António Garcia Pereira	Portuguese Workers' Communist Party	68,900	1.59
Total valid			4,321,899	100.00
Blank ballots			82,391	1.85
Invalid ballots			45,510	1.02
Total			4,449,800
Registered voters/turnout			8,950,905	49.71
Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições

Vote share 1st Round Jorge Sampaio   55.55% Ferreira do Amaral   34.68% António Simões de Abreu   5.16% Fernando Rosas   3.00% António Garcia Pereira   1.59% Blank/Invalid   2.87%

2006 Portuguese presidential election

  Summary of the 22 January 2006 Portuguese presidential election results

Candidates		Supporting parties	First round
			Votes	%
	Aníbal Cavaco Silva	Social Democratic Party, People's Party	2,773,431	50.54
	Manuel Alegre	Independent	1,138,297	20.74
	Mário Soares	Socialist Party	785,355	14.31
	Jerónimo de Sousa	Portuguese Communist Party, Ecologist Party "The Greens"	474,083	8.64
	Francisco Louçã	Left Bloc	292,198	5.32
	António Garcia Pereira	Portuguese Workers' Communist Party	23,983	0.44
Total valid			5,487,347	100.00
Blank ballots			59,636	1.07
Invalid ballots			43,149	0.77
Total			5,590,132
Registered voters/turnout			9,085,339	61.53
Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições

Vote share 1st Round Aníbal Cavaco Silva   50.54% Manuel Alegre   20.74% Mário Soares   14.31% Jerónimo de Sousa   8.64% Francisco Louçã   5.32% António Garcia Pereira   0.44% Blank/Invalid   1.84%

References

1. "Garcia Pereira contra Soares e Cavaco" Archived 2011-09-27 at the Wayback Machine.
2. "Cavaco wins Portuguese presidency".