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1918 Portuguese presidential election
1918 Portuguese legislative election
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Sidónio Pais
António Lino Neto
Party
PNR
CM
CCP
Leader since
1918
1915
Last election
New
New
1 seat
Seats won
108
37
5
Seat change
New
New
4
General elections were held in Portugal on 28 April 1918, following a coup by Sidónio Pais in December 1917.[1] The elections were boycotted by the 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] In the parliamentary elections the result was a victory for the 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] On 16 December 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
External links
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