1965 Portuguese presidential election

25 July 1965
 
Fotografia oficial do Presidente da República Américo Tomás.jpg
Candidate Americo Thomaz
Party National Union
Popular vote 556
Percentage 97.7%

President before election

Americo Thomaz
National Union

Elected President

Americo Thomaz
National Union

Presidential elections were held in Portugal on 25 July 1965, during the Estado Novo regime of Prime Minister António de Oliveira Salazar, following parliamentary elections in the same year. It was the first presidential election to be held by the National Assembly of Portugal rather than by direct popular ballot and, subsequently, rear admiral Thomaz was universally endorsed for a second seven-year term. His only opponent in the preceding 1958 election, general Humberto Delgado, had been assassinated in early 1965 following an attempt to return to Portugal from exile, possibly to contest Thomaz' election for a second time.

Results

Candidate Votes %
Americo Thomaz55697.7
Invalid/blank votes132.3
Total569100
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