August 1915 Portuguese presidential election

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]

August 1915 Portuguese presidential election
6 August 1915
 
Candidate Bernardino Machado António Correia Barreto
Party Democratic Democratic
Popular vote 134 18
Percentage 74.86% 10.06%
President before election

Teófilo Braga
Democratic

 Elected President

Bernardino Machado
Democratic

There were a total of 7 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
August 1915 Portuguese presidential election
Candidate Party 1st Ballot 2nd Ballot 3rd Ballot
Votes % Votes % Votes %
Bernardino Machado Democratic Party 71 37.57 75 40.54 134 74.86
António Correia Barreto Democratic Party 44 23.28 45 24.32 18 10.06
Guerra Junqueiro Evolutionist Party 33 17.47 30 16.22
Duarte Leite Republican Union 20 10.58 19 10.27
Augusto Alves da Veiga Democratic Party 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 votes 189 100.00 185 100.00 179 100.00
Source: [1]

References
  1. "Bernardino Luís Machado Guimarães". 2 October 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
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