1898 Brazilian presidential election

1898 Brazilian presidential election
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Candidate Campos Sales Lauro Sodré
Party PRP PR Paraná
Popular vote 420,286 38,929
Percentage 90.90% 8.42%
Results by state
President before election

Prudente de Morais
PRP

Elected President

Campos Sales
PRP

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Presidential elections were held in Brazil on 1 March 1898.[1] The result was a victory for Campos Sales of the Paulista Republican Party, who received 91% of the vote.[2][3]

Results

CandidatePartyVotes%
Campos SalesPaulista Republican Party420,28690.90
Lauro SodréParaná Republican Party38,9298.42
Other candidates3,1460.68
Total462,361100.00
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, p229
  3. ^ Dunning, Wm. A. (1898). "Record of Political Events". Political Science Quarterly. 13 (2): 388. doi:10.2307/2140186. JSTOR 2140186.