1951 Portuguese presidential election

The Portuguese presidential election, 1951 was held on 22 July. The elections were called 5 years earlier due to the death of President Óscar Carmona on 18 April 1951. Francisco Craveiro Lopes won. He was the only candidate. Both opposition candidates became ineligible before the election was held; Manuel Quintão Meireles withdrew and Rui Luís Gomes was declared a communist by the Salazar dictatorship and his campaign suspended.

1951 Portuguese presidential election
22 July 1949
Turnout77.2% 0.4 pp
 
Candidate Francisco Craveiro Lopes Manuel Quintão Meireles Ruy Luís Gomes
Party UN Independent PCP
Popular vote 761,730 Withdrew Candidacy
Percentage 100% rejected
President before election

Óscar Carmona
UN

 Elected President

Francisco Craveiro Lopes
UN

Results
Candidate Votes %
Francisco Craveiro Lopes965,236100
Manuel Quintão Meireles - Withdrew
Rui Luís Gomes - Candidacy rejected
Invalid/blank votes–
Total965,236100
Registered voters/turnout1,250,74677.2
Source:[1][2][3]

Notes and references
  1. "Eleição presidencial de 1951" (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 11 May 2011. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  2. "Eleições Gerais Portuguesas desde 1820" (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2005-01-05. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  3. "Elections in Portugal". Retrieved 5 August 2020.
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