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1925 Portuguese presidential election

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1925 Portuguese presidential election

← 1923 11 December 1925 1928 →
 
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Candidate Bernardino Machado Duarte Leite
Party Democratic PLR
Electoral vote 148 5
Percentage 93.08% 3.14%

President before election

Manuel Teixeira Gomes
Democratic

Elected President

Bernardino Machado
Democratic

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 seven candidates. Bernardino Machado won against his opponents and he was granted a second term as the President of Portugal.

Results

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CandidatePartyFirst roundSecond round
Votes%Votes%
Bernardino MachadoDemocratic12470.8614893.08
Duarte LeiteRepublican Liberal3318.8653.14
Francisco Gomes TeixeiraRepublican Liberal52.86
José Jacinto Nunes [pt]Republican Liberal52.86
António Maria de Bettencourt RodriguesRepublican Liberal10.5710.63
Afonso CostaDemocratic10.57
Carlos Belo de Morais [pt]Independent10.57
Blank votes52.8653.14
Total175100.00159100.00
Source: CPHRC[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "1925 Presidential Election". Retrieved 13 December 2015.