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1918 Portuguese presidential election Turnout 57.0%
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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