Portuguese presidential election, 1919

Portuguese presidential election of 1919

6 December 1919


Candidate	António José de Almeida	Manuel Teixeira Gomes
Party	Evolutionist Party	Portuguese Republican Party
Popular vote	123	31
Percentage	73.6%	18.5%

President before election

João do Canto e Castro
National Republican Party ("Sidonist Party")

Elected President

António José de Almeida
Evolutionist Party

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.^[1]

There were a total of 7 candidates, 6 from the Republican Party (Portugal) and 1 from the Evolutionist Party. António José de Almeida of the Evolutionist Party won against his opponents and he was elected as the new President of Portugal.

António Xavier Correia Barreto

Afonso Costa

Duarte Leite

Sebastião de Magalhães Lima

Results


Portuguese Presidential Election of 1919 - Results (6 December)
Candidates		Supporting parties	Votes	%
	António José de Almeida	Evolutionist Party	123	73.65
	Manuel Teixeira Gomes	Republican Party	31	18.56
	Afonso Augusto da Costa	Republican Party	0	0
	Duarte Leite	Republican Party	0	0
	António Xavier Correia Barreto	Republican Party	0	0
	Sebastião de Magalhães Lima	Republican Party	0	0
	José Francisco Azevedo e Silva	Republican Party	0	0
Total Vote (turnout % with 13 blank votes)			167	100.00
Source:^[2]

1st ballot

António José de Almeida			48.06%
Manuel Teixeira Gomes			45.30%
Afonso Augusto da Costa			1.65%
Duarte Leite			0.55%
António Xavier Barreto			0.55%
Sebastião de Magalhães			0.55%
José Francisco Silva			0.55%
Blank/Invalid			2.76%
Abstention			0%

2nd ballot

António José de Almeida			51.95%
Manuel Teixeira Gomes			46.36%
Blank/Invalid			1.67%
Abstention			0%

3rd ballot

António José de Almeida			73.65%
Manuel Teixeira Gomes			18.56%
Blank/Invalid			7.78%
Abstention			0%

References

↑ "1919 Presidential Election". Retrieved 29 December 2015.
↑ "António José de Almeida". 26 June 2009. Retrieved 29 December 2015.

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