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He gets irritated and asks for the window to be opened: “Hey officer, get lost!”
It was in the French capital that the founder of the Socialist Party (PS), a former President of the Republic and former Prime Minister, lived in exile.
Mário Soares dominated the vote in only eight municipalities in the first round of the 1986 presidential election and in 140 municipalities in the second round. Freitas do Amaral won in most municipalities, but lost the election.
The most emblematic presidential election of 1986 was the only one in which a President of the Republic was elected in the second round. The race for Belém Palace began with four candidates but ended up pitting Mário Soares against Freitas do Amaral.
Veteran socialist Mário Soares was the President of the Republic elected with the highest vote share: he received 70.35% in the 1996 election.
A snapshot of a political era, the series “A Duas Voltas: Mário Soares e as Presidenciais de 1986” revisits Portugal’s most hotly contested presidential elections using archive footage (televised debates, interviews, reports) and previously unseen interviews.
Seguro says he is 'pleased' with Pedro Nuno Santos's support. 'Another one' joins the candidacy which, he says, brings together voters from the left to the right. A cold morning in Barcelos, with mentions of Mário Soares's socks.
Cavaco Silva won the 2006 presidential election with the Socialist Party divided, in a contest that reunited him with Mário Soares, the President with whom the former PSD prime minister shared power for ten years.
The socialist Jorge Sampaio succeeded fellow socialist Mário Soares at Belém Palace in 1996, the year he defeated the right‑wing candidate Cavaco Silva.
Mário Soares, the Socialist Party's historic leader, was the first civilian President in the democratic era, elected in 1986 in a poll that split the country in two and went to a second round — the first and only time this has happened.