Brazilian presidential election, 1906

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Brazilian presidential election, 1906
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Nominee Afonso Pena
Party PRM
Popular vote288,285
Percentage97.9%
President before election

Rodrigues Alves
PRP

Elected President

Afonso Pena
PRM

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Presidential elections were held in Brazil on 1 March 1906. [1] The result was a victory for Afonso Pena of the Mineiro Republican Party, who received 97.9% of the vote. [2]

Brazil Federal republic in South America

Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At 8.5 million square kilometers and with over 208 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area and the fifth most populous. Its capital is Brasília, and its most populated city is São Paulo. The federation is composed of the union of the 26 states, the Federal District, and the 5,570 municipalities. It is the largest country to have Portuguese as an official language and the only one in the Americas; it is also one of the most multicultural and ethnically diverse nations, due to over a century of mass immigration from around the world.

Afonso Pena President of Brazil

Afonso Augusto Moreira Pena was a Brazilian politician who served as President of Brazil between 1906 and 1909. Before his political career, Pena had been an attorney, legal scholar and member of the Brazilian Supreme Court. He was the first President to die in office.

The Republican Party of Minas Gerais was a Brazilian political party founded on 4 June 1888 and active during the First Brazilian Republic. It represented the republican ideology of the agrarian elite of the state of Minas Gerais.

Results

CandidatePartyVotes%
Afonso Pena Mineiro Republican Party 288,28597.9
Lauro Sodré Republican Party of Pará 4,8651.7
Ruy Barbosa 2070.1
Manuel Ferraz de Campos Salles 950.0
Severino dos Santos Vieira 780.0
97 other candidates8710.3
Invalid/blank votes–
Total294,401100
Source: Nohlen, Presidential Elections

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References

  1. ↑ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p173 ISBN   978-0-19-928358-3
  2. ↑ Nohlen, p230
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