1918 Portuguese presidential election Turnout 57.0%
General elections were held in Portugal on 28 April 1918, following a coup by Sidónio Pais in December 1917.[1] Democratic Party , the Evolutionist Party and the Republican Union , who had won over 90% of the seats in the 1915 elections .[2]
Although they included the first direct vote election for the position of President, Pais was the only candidate and the vote was uncontested.[3] National Republican Party , which won 108 of the 155 seats in the House of Representatives and 32 of the 73 seats in the indirectly elected Senate.[4] [5]
Results [ ] President [ ] Parliament [ ]
Party
House of Representatives
Senate
Votes
%
Seats
+/–
Votes
%
Seats
+/–
National Republican Party 108
New
32
New
Monarchist Cause 37
New
10
New
Catholic Centre Party 5
+4
1
0
Other parties and independents
5
–8
30
+27
Invalid/blank votes
–
–
–
–
–
–
Total 100 155 –8 513,958 100 73 +4
Registered voters/turnout
900,000
–
–
900,000
57.0
–
–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver
Aftermath [ ] Pais was assassinated in Lisbon on 14 December.[3] João do Canto e Castro was elected by parliament for a "transitional term".[1] [6]
References [ ]
^ a b Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook , p1542 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7 ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1557
^ a b Nohlen & Stöver, p1563
^ Nohlen & Stöver, pp1557-1558
^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1543
^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1564
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