1919 Portuguese presidential election

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6 December 1919

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Candidate	António José de Almeida	Manuel Teixeira Gomes
Party	Evolutionist	Democratic
Electoral vote	123	31
Percentage	73.65%	18.56%

President before election

João do Canto e Castro
PNR

Elected President

António José de Almeida
Evolutionist

Presidential elections were held in Portugal on 6 December 1919. Following Portugal's 1911 constitution, the Congress of the Republic must elect the president in Lisbon instead of the Portuguese people.

There were a total of seven candidates. António José de Almeida of the Evolutionist Party won against his opponents and he was elected as the new President of Portugal.

Results


Candidate		Party	First round		Second round		Third round
Candidate		Party	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
	António José de Almeida	Evolutionist	87	48.07	93	51.96	123	73.65
	Manuel Teixeira Gomes	Democratic	82	45.30	83	46.37	31	18.56
	Afonso Costa	Democratic	3	1.66
	Duarte Leite	Republican Union	1	0.55
	António Xavier Correia Barreto [pt]	Democratic	1	0.55
	Sebastião de Magalhães Lima [pt]	Democratic	1	0.55
	José Francisco de Azevedo e Silva [pt]	Democratic	1	0.55
Blank votes			5	2.76	3	1.68	13	7.78
Total			181	100.00	179	100.00	167	100.00

Source: CPHRC

References

^ "1919 Presidential Election". Retrieved 29 December 2015.

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