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between 19 September 1975 and 23 June 1976. He ran for president in 1976, and lost. Pinheiro de Azevedo was born on 5 June 1917 in Luanda, but moved to Portugal several years later. In the 1960s, he joined the Movement for Democratic Unity and was a supporter of the Presidential candidacies of

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appointed Mario Soares as the new premier.

Presidential Elections of 27 June 1976

, - !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left colspan="2" rowspan="2", Candidates !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left rowspan="2", Supporting parties !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right colspan="2", First round , - !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=Votes !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=% , - , style="width: 9px" bgcolor=gray align="center" , , align=left,

, align=left, Independent , align="right" , 2,967,137 , align="right" , 61.59 , - , style="width: 8px" bgcolor=gray align="center" , , align=left, Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho , align=left, Independent , align="right" , 792,760 , align="right" , 16.46 , - , style="width: 8px" bgcolor=gray align="center" , , align=left, José Pinheiro de Azevedo , align=left, Independent , align="right" , 692,147 , align="right" , 14.37 , - , style="width: 8px" bgcolor=red align="center" , , align=left,

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, align=left, Portuguese Communist Party , align="right" , 365,586 , align="right" , 7.59 , - , colspan="3" align=left style="background-color:#E9E9E9", Total valid , width="65" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", 4,817,630 , width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", 100.00 , - , align=right colspan="3", Blank ballots , width="65" align="right" , 43,242 , width="40" align="right" , 0.89 , - , align=right colspan="3" , Invalid ballots , width="65" align="right", 20,253 , width="40" align="right", 0.41 , - , colspan="3" align=left style="background-color:#E9E9E9", Total (turnout 75.47%) , width="65" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", 4,881,125 , width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", , - , colspan=5 align=left, Source
Comissão Nacional de Eleições

References

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