1925 Portuguese presidential election
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Presidential elections were held in Portugal on 11 December 1925. 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, 1 from the Democratic Party (Portugal), 3 from the Republican Party (Portugal), 2 from the Liberal Regenerator Party and 1 candidate from the Independent party . Of these candidates, only the 1 Democratic Party (Portugal) member, 1 Republican Party (Portugal) member and 1 Liberal Regenerator Party member were left in which Bernardino Machado won in a landslide victory against his opponents and he was granted a second term as the President of Portugal.
Francisco Gomes Teixeira (Liberal)
António Maria de Bettencourt Rodrigues (Liberal)
Afonso Costa (Republican)
José Jacintho Nunes (Republican)
Results[]
| Candidates | Supporting parties | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernardino Machado | Democratic Party | 148 | 92.50 | ||
| Duarte Leite | Republican Party | 5 | 3.12 | ||
| Francisco Gomes Teixeira | Liberal Regenerator Party | 0 | 0 | ||
| António Maria de Bettencourt Rodrigues | Liberal Regenerator Party | 1 | 0.62 | ||
| Independent Party | 0 | 0 | |||
| Afonso Costa | Republican Party | 0 | 0 | ||
| Republican Party | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total Vote (turnout % with 5 blank votes) | 160 | 100.00 | |||
| Source:[2] | |||||
References[]
- ^ "1925 Presidential Election". Retrieved 13 December 2015.
- ^ "Bernardino Machado". 2 October 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
Categories:
- 1925 elections in Europe
- 1925 elections in Portugal
- Presidential elections in Portugal
- December 1925 events