1918 Brazilian general election
1 March 1918
Presidential election
 
Nominee Rodrigues Alves Nilo Peçanha
Party PRP Rio Republican Party
Popular vote 386,467 1,258
Percentage 99.06% 0.32%

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.

Results

The estimated population of Brazil in 1918 was of 28.9 million, of which just 1,726,000 were eligible to vote.

President

CandidatePartyVotes%
Rodrigues AlvesPaulista Republican Party386,46799.06
Nilo PeçanhaRio Republican Party1,2580.32
Ruy BarbosaIndependent1,0140.26
Other candidates1,3920.36
Total390,131100.00
Source: Nohlen

References

  1. ↑ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p173 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
  2. ↑ Nohlen, p. 230
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