August 1915 Portuguese presidential election
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Presidential elections were held in Portugal on 6 August 1915. Following Portugal's 1911 constitution, the Congress of the Republic must elect the president in Lisbon instead of the Portuguese people.[1]
There were a total of seven candidates. One of the Democratic Party candidates, Bernardino Machado won against his opponents and he was elected as the new President of Portugal.[1]
Results
[edit]Candidate | Party | First round | Second round | Third round | ||||
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Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
Bernardino Machado | Democratic | 71 | 37.57 | 75 | 40.54 | 134 | 74.86 | |
António Xavier Correia Barreto | Democratic | 44 | 23.28 | 45 | 24.32 | 18 | 10.06 | |
Guerra Junqueiro | Evolutionist | 33 | 17.46 | 30 | 16.22 | |||
Duarte Leite | Republican Union | 20 | 10.58 | 19 | 10.27 | |||
Augusto Alves da Veiga | Democratic | 4 | 2.12 | 4 | 2.16 | |||
Joaquim Pedro de Oliveira Martins | Independent | 1 | 0.53 | |||||
José Ernesto de Sousa Caldas | Independent | 1 | 0.53 | |||||
Blank votes | 15 | 7.94 | 12 | 6.49 | 27 | 15.08 | ||
Total | 189 | 100.00 | 185 | 100.00 | 179 | 100.00 | ||
Source: Archontology[1] |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Bernardino Luís Machado Guimarães". 2 October 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2020.