Portuguese presidential election, 1925

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Portuguese presidential election of 1925

← 1923 11 December 1925 1928 →
  162px Duarte Leite
Candidate Bernardino Machado Duarte Leite
Party Portuguese Republican Party Portuguese Republican Party
Popular vote 148 5
Percentage 92.5% 3.12%

President before election

Manuel Teixeira Gomes
Democratic Party (Portugal)

Elected President

Bernardino Machado
Democratic Party (Portugal)

Presidential elections were held in Portugal on 11 December 1925. Following Portugal's 1911 constitution , the Congress of the Republic must elect the president in Lisbon instead of the Portuguese people.[1]

There were a total of 7 candidates, 1 from the Democratic Party (Portugal), 3 from the Republican Party (Portugal), 2 from the Liberal Regenerator Party and 1 candidate from the Independent party . Of these candidates, only the 1 Democratic Party (Portugal) member, 1 Republican Party (Portugal) member and 1 Liberal Regenerator Party member were left in which Bernardino Machado won in a landslide victory against his opponents and he was granted a second term as the President of Portugal.

File:Francisco Gomes Teixeira.png
Francisco Gomes Teixeira (Liberal)
File:Afonso Costa - Março, 1921.png
Afonso Costa (Republican)

Results

Portuguese Presidential Election of 1925 - Results (11 December)
Candidates Supporting parties Votes %
Bernardino Machado Democratic Party 148 92.50
Duarte Leite Republican Party 5 3.12
Francisco Gomes Teixeira Liberal Regenerator Party 0 0
António Maria de Bettencourt Rodrigues Liberal Regenerator Party 1 0.62
Carlos Belo de Morais Independent Party 0 0
Afonso Costa Republican Party 0 0
José Jacinto Nunes Republican Party 0 0
Total Vote (turnout % with 5 blank votes)
160 100.00
Source:[2]
1st ballot
Bernardino Machado
  
72.94%
Duarte Leite
  
19.41%
Francisco Gomes Teixeira
  
2.94%
António Rodrigues
  
0.58%
Carlos Belo de Morais
  
0.58%
Afonso Costa
  
0.58%
José Jacinto Nunes
  
0.58%
Blank/Invalid
  
2.94%
Abstention
  
0%
2nd ballot
Bernardino Machado
  
92.50%
Duarte Leite
  
3.12%
António Rodrigues
  
0.62%
Blank/Invalid
  
3.12%
Abstention
  
0%

References

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