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1965 Portuguese presidential election

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1965 Portuguese presidential election

← 1958 25 July 1965 1972 →
 
Candidate Américo Tomás
Party UN
Electoral vote 556
Percentage 100%

President before election

Américo Tomás
UN

Elected President

Américo Tomás
UN

Presidential elections were held in Portugal on 25 July 1965, during the Estado Novo regime of Prime Minister António de Oliveira Salazar, following parliamentary elections in the same year. It was the first presidential election to be held by the National Assembly of Portugal rather than by direct popular ballot and, subsequently, rear admiral Américo Tomás was universally endorsed for a second seven-year term. His only opponent in the preceding 1958 election, general Humberto Delgado, had been assassinated in early 1965 following an attempt to return to Portugal from exile, possibly to contest Tomás' election for a second time.

Results

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CandidatePartyVotes%
Américo TomásNational Union556100.00
Total556100.00
Valid votes55697.72
Invalid/blank votes132.28
Total votes569100.00

References

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