1918 Brazilian general election

1918 Brazilian general election
	1 March 1918
	1 March 1918

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.

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Rodrigues Alves	Republican Party of São Paulo	386,467	99.1
Nilo Peçanha	Rio Republican Party	1,258	0.3
Rui Barbosa	Independent	1,014	0.2
Others		1,392	0.4
Invalid/blank votes			–
Total		390,131	100
Source: Nohlen

References

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

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[N1-1] Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p173 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3

[N2-2] Nohlen, p. 230

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