1925 Portuguese presidential election

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]

Portuguese presidential election of 1925
11 December 1925
 
Candidate Bernardino Machado Duarte Leite
Party Portuguese Democratic 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)

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%
2nd ballot
Bernardino Machado
 
 92.50%
Duarte Leite
 
 3.12%
António Rodrigues
 
 0.62%
Blank/Invalid
 
 3.12%
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References
  1. "1925 Presidential Election". Retrieved 13 December 2015.
  2. "Bernardino Machado". 2 October 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
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