August 1915 Portuguese presidential election

Portuguese presidential election of August 1915

6 August 1915

Candidate Bernardino Machado Correia Barreto Party Portuguese Democratic Party PRP Popular vote 134 18 Percentage 74.86% 10.06%

President before election Teófilo Braga Portuguese Democratic Party Elected President Bernardino Machado Portuguese Democratic Party

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.

There were a total of 7 candidates, all but one were from the Republican Party (Portugal). The only Democratic Party candidate Bernardino Machado won against his opponents and he was elected as the new President of Portugal.

Abílio de Guerra Junqueiro

Duarte Leite

Augusto Manuel Alves da Veiga

Joaquim Pedro de Oliveira Martins

Results

Portuguese Presidential Election of August 1915 - Results (6 August)
Candidates		Supporting parties	Votes	%
	Bernardino Luís Machado Guimarães	Democratic Party	134	74.86
	António Xavier Correia Barreto	Republican Party	18	10.06
	Abílio de Guerra Junqueiro	Republican Party	0	0
	Duarte Leite Pereira da Silva	Republican Party	0	0
	Augusto Manuel Alves da Veiga	Republican Party	0	0
	Joaquim Pedro de Oliveira Martins	Republican Party	0	0
	José Ernesto de Sousa Caldas	Republican Party	0	0
Total Vote (turnout % with 27 blank votes)			179	100.00
Source:

1st ballot Bernardino Machado   37.57% Correia Baretto   23.28% Guerra Junqueiro   17.46% Duarte Leite   10.58% Augusto Alves da Veiga   2.12% Joaquim Pedro Martins   0.53% José de Sousa Caldas   0.53% Blank/Invalid   7.94%

2nd ballot Bernardino Machado   40.98% Correia Baretto   24.59% Guerra Junqueiro   16.39% Duarte Leite   10.38% Augusto Alves da Veiga   1.09% Blank/Invalid   6.56%

3rd ballot Bernardino Machado   74.86% Correia Baretto   10.06% Blank/Invalid   15.08%