1923 Portuguese presidential election

1923 Portuguese presidential election

6 August 1923

Candidate Manuel Teixeira Gomes Bernardino Machado Party Democratic PRN Electoral vote 121 5 Percentage 62.37% 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.

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

Candidate		Party	First round		Second round		Third round
			Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
	Manuel Teixeira Gomes	Democratic Party	108	57.75	117	58.50	121	62.37
	Bernardino Machado	Nationalist Republican Party	73	39.04	71	35.50	5	2.58
	Duarte Leite	Republican Liberal Party	3	1.60	1	0.50
	Augusto Vieira Soares	Democratic Party	1	0.53	2	1.00
	Sebastião de Magalhães Lima	Democratic Party	1	0.53
Blank votes			1	0.53	9	4.50	68	35.05
Total			187	100.00	200	100.00	194	100.00
Source: CPHRC