1918 Brazilian general election

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1918 Brazilian general election

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Nominee Rodrigues Alves Nilo Peçanha
Party PRP Rio Republican Party
Popular vote 386,467 1,258
Percentage 99.1% 0.3%

General elections were held in Brazil on 1 March 1918.[1] The presidential elections were won by former President Rodrigues Alves, who received 99.1% of the vote.[2] However, he died of the Spanish flu in 1919 before he could take office. Vice-President Delfim Moreira became Acting President until fresh elections were held on 13 April 1919.

Results

The estimated population of Brazil in 1918 was of 28.9 million, of which just 1,726,000 were eligible to vote.

Candidate Party Votes %
Rodrigues Alves Republican Party of São Paulo 386,467 99.1
Nilo Peçanha Rio Republican Party 1,258 0.3
Rui Barbosa Independent 1,014 0.2
Others 1,392 0.4
Invalid/blank votes
Total 390,131 100
Source: Nohlen

References

  1. ^ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p173 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
  2. ^ Nohlen, p. 230