August 1915 Portuguese presidential election

August 1915 Portuguese presidential election

6 August 1915

Candidate Bernardino Machado António Xavier Correia Barreto Party Democratic Democratic Electoral vote 134 18 Percentage 74.86% 10.06%

President before election Teófilo Braga Democratic Elected President Bernardino Machado Democratic

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 seven candidates. One of the Democratic Party candidates, Bernardino Machado won against his opponents and he was elected as the new President of Portugal.

Results

Candidate		Party	First round		Second round		Third round
			Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
	Bernardino Machado	Democratic	71	37.57	75	40.54	134	74.86
	António Xavier Correia Barreto	Democratic	44	23.28	45	24.32	18	10.06
	Guerra Junqueiro	Evolutionist	33	17.46	30	16.22
	Duarte Leite	Republican Union	20	10.58	19	10.27
	Augusto Alves da Veiga	Democratic	4	2.12	4	2.16
	Joaquim Pedro de Oliveira Martins	Independent	1	0.53
	José Ernesto de Sousa Caldas	Independent	1	0.53
Blank votes			15	7.94	12	6.49	27	15.08
Total			189	100.00	185	100.00	179	100.00
Source: Archontology