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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]

There were a total of seven 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


Candidate		Party	First round		Second round		Third round
Candidate		Party	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
	Bernardino Machado	Democratic	71	37.57	75	40.54	134	74.86
	António Xavier Correia Barreto [pt]	Democratic	44	23.28	45	24.32	18	10.06
	Guerra Junqueiro	Evolutionist	33	17.46	30	16.22
	Duarte Leite	Republican Union	20	10.58	19	10.27
	Augusto Alves da Veiga [pt]	Democratic	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			189	100.00	185	100.00	179	100.00

Source: Archontology^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Bernardino Luís Machado Guimarães". 2 October 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2020.

[DSM-1] "Bernardino Luís Machado Guimarães". 2 October 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2020.

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August 1915 Portuguese presidential election

Results

References