Portuguese presidential election, 1923
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Presidential elections were held in Portugal on 6 August 1923. The Congress of the Republic elected the president in Lisbon instead of the Portuguese people. However the new president Manuel Teixeira Gomes was elected In absentia, meaning that he wasn't present during the election.[1]
There were a total of 5 candidates, 2 from the Democratic Party (Portugal) and 3 from the Republican Party (Portugal). Of these candidates, only the 2 Democratic Party (Portugal) members were left in which Manuel Teixeira Gomes won in a landslide victory against old president and party colleage Bernardino Machado.
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Sebastião de Magalhães Lima (Republican)
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Duarte Leite (Republican)
Results
Portuguese Presidential Election of 1923 - Results (6 August) | |||||||
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Candidates | Supporting parties | Votes | % | ||||
Manuel Teixeira Gomes | Democratic Party | 121 | 62.37 | ||||
Bernardino Machado | Democratic Party | 5 | 2.57 | ||||
Duarte Leite | Republican Party | 0 | 0 | ||||
Augusto Luís Vieira Soares[2] | Republican Party | 0 | 0 | ||||
Sebastião de Magalhães Lima | Republican Party | 0 | 0 | ||||
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194 | 100.00 | |||||
Source:[3] |
References
- ↑ "1923 Presidential Election". Retrieved 13 December 2015.
- ↑ "Augusto Luís Vieira Soares". Retrieved 13 December 2015.
- ↑ "Manuel Teixeira Gomes". 26 June 2009. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
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