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1894 Brazilian general election

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1894 Brazilian general election

1 March 1894
Presidential election
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Candidate Prudente de Morais Afonso Pena
Party PRP PRM
Popular vote 276,583 38,291
Percentage 80.15% 11.10%

Results by state

President before election

Floriano Peixoto
Independent

Elected President

Prudente de Morais
PRP

General elections were held in Brazil on 1 March 1894 to elect the president and both houses of Congress.[1][2] The presidential election was won by Prudente de Morais of the Paulista Republican Party, who received 80% of the vote.[3]

Results

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President

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CandidatePartyVotes%
Prudente de MoraisPaulista Republican Party276,58380.15
Afonso PenaMineiro Republican Party38,29111.10
Cesário AlvimMineiro Republican Party3,7191.08
Ruy BarbosaBahia Republican Party3,7181.08
José Luiz de Almeida Couto3,4371.00
Lauro SodréParaná Republican Party1,9830.57
Other candidates17,3665.03
Total345,097100.00
Source: Nohlen

References

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  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p173 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
  2. ^ Dunning, Wm. A. (1894). "Record of Political Events". Political Science Quarterly. 9 (2): 376. doi:10.2307/2140209. JSTOR 2140209.
  3. ^ Nohlen, p229