1918 Brazilian general election

General elections were held in Brazil on 1 March 1918.[1] The presidential elections were won by former President Rodrigues Alves, who received 99.1% of the vote.[2] However, he died of the Spanish flu in 1919 before he could take office. Vice-president Delfim Moreira became Acting President until fresh elections were held on 13 April 1919.

1918 Brazilian general election

1 March 1918
Presidential election
 
Nominee Rodrigues Alves Nilo Peçanha
Party PRP Rio Republican Party
Popular vote 386,467 1,258
Percentage 99.06% 0.32%

Results

The estimated population of Brazil in 1918 was of 28.9 million, of which just 1,726,000 were eligible to vote.

President

CandidatePartyVotes%
Rodrigues AlvesPaulista Republican Party386,46799.06
Nilo PeçanhaRio Republican Party1,2580.32
Ruy BarbosaIndependent1,0140.26
Other candidates1,3920.36
Total390,131100.00
Source: Nohlen

References

  1. Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p173 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
  2. Nohlen, p. 230
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