Brazilian general election, 1918

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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

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

↑ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p173 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
↑ Nohlen, p230

Elections and referendums in Brazil

Presidential elections	(1891) 1894 1898 1902 1906 1910 1914 1918 1919 1922 1926 1930 (1934) 1945 1950 1955 1960 (1964) (1966) (1969) (1974) (1978) (1985) 1989 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014

Parliamentary elections	1823 1826 1830 1834 1842 1843 1845 1848 1850 1853 1857 1861 1864 1867 1869 1872 1877 1878 1882 1885 1886 1890 1894 1896 1899 1903 1906 1909 1912 1915 1918 1927 1930 1933 1934 1945 1947 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014

Municipal elections	1985 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012

Referendums	1963 1993 2005

Elections in brackets were indirect

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