Sampaio Wins 2nd Term as President
From Times Wire Reports
In a triumph for the governing Socialist Party, President Jorge Sampaio, 61, was elected to a second five-year term. He won 55.8% of the vote, according to official election results, about 20 percentage points more than his nearest challenger. However, only half of Portugal’s 8.7 million registered voters cast ballots--a record low for a presidential election.
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