1923 Portuguese presidential election

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1923 Portuguese presidential election
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  1919 6 August 1923 1925  
 
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Candidate Manuel Teixeira Gomes Bernardino Machado
Party Democratic PRN
Electoral vote1215
Percentage62.37%2.58%

President before election

António José de Almeida
Evolutionist

Elected President

Manuel Teixeira Gomes
Democratic

Presidential elections were held in Portugal on 6 August 1923. The Congress of the Republic elected the president in Lisbon instead of the Portuguese people. However the new president Manuel Teixeira Gomes was elected In absentia, meaning that he wasn't present during the election. [1]

There were a total of five candidates. Manuel Teixeira Gomes won the election against his opponents and became the next President of the Republic.

Results

CandidatePartyFirst roundSecond roundThird round
Votes%Votes%Votes%
Manuel Teixeira Gomes Democratic Party 10857.7511758.5012162.37
Bernardino Machado Nationalist Republican Party 7339.047135.5052.58
Duarte Leite Republican Liberal Party 31.6010.50
Augusto Vieira Soares Democratic Party 10.5321.00
Sebastião de Magalhães Lima  [ pt ] Democratic Party 10.53
Blank votes10.5394.506835.05
Total187100.00200100.00194100.00
Source: CPHRC [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "1923 Presidential Election" . Retrieved 13 December 2015.