Portuguese presidential election, 1925
Portuguese presidential election of 1925
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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.
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Francisco Gomes Teixeira (Liberal)
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António Maria de Bettencourt Rodrigues (Liberal)
![](../I/m/Afonso_Costa_-_Mar%C3%A7o%2C_1921.png)
Afonso Costa (Republican)
![](../I/m/Jos%C3%A9_Jacintho_Nunes_-_Galeria_Republicana_(Mar%C3%A7o_1882).png)
José Jacintho Nunes (Republican)
Results
1st ballot |
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Bernardino Machado |
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72.94% |
Duarte Leite |
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19.41% |
Francisco Gomes Teixeira |
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2.94% |
António Rodrigues |
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0.58% |
Carlos Belo de Morais |
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0.58% |
Afonso Costa |
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0.58% |
José Jacinto Nunes |
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0.58% |
Blank/Invalid |
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2.94% |
Abstention |
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0% |
2nd ballot |
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Bernardino Machado |
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92.50% |
Duarte Leite |
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3.12% |
António Rodrigues |
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0.62% |
Blank/Invalid |
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3.12% |
Abstention |
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0% |
References