1919 Portuguese presidential election

1919 Portuguese presidential election

6 December 1919

Candidate António José de Almeida Manuel Teixeira Gomes Party Evolutionist Democratic Electoral vote 123 31 Percentage 73.65% 18.56%

President before election João do Canto e Castro PNR Elected President António José de Almeida Evolutionist

Presidential elections were held in Portugal on 6 December 1919. 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. António José de Almeida of the Evolutionist Party 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	%
	António José de Almeida	Evolutionist	87	48.07	93	51.96	123	73.65
	Manuel Teixeira Gomes	Democratic	82	45.30	83	46.37	31	18.56
	Afonso Costa	Democratic	3	1.66
	Duarte Leite	Republican Union	1	0.55
	António Xavier Correia Barreto	Democratic	1	0.55
	Sebastião de Magalhães Lima	Democratic	1	0.55
	José Francisco de Azevedo e Silva	Democratic	1	0.55
Blank votes			5	2.76	3	1.68	13	7.78
Total			181	100.00	179	100.00	167	100.00
Source: CPHRC