Portuguese presidential election, 1925

Portuguese presidential election of 1925

11 December 1925



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.

Francisco Gomes Teixeira (Liberal)

António Maria de Bettencourt Rodrigues (Liberal)

Afonso Costa (Republican)

José Jacintho Nunes (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

↑ "1925 Presidential Election". Retrieved 13 December 2015.
↑ "Bernardino Machado". 2 October 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2015.

Elections and referendums in Portugal

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Referendums	1933 1998 (Jun) 1998 (Nov) 2007

* Constituent Assembly ** Indirect elections See also: Elections in Azores Madeira

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