1918 Brazilian general election
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.
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Results
The estimated population of Brazil in 1918 was of 28.9 million, of which just 1,726,000 were eligible to vote.
Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
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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 |
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References
- Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p173 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
- Nohlen, p. 230
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