Misplaced Pages

1922 Brazilian presidential election

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
1922 Brazilian presidential election
← 19191926 →
President
1 March 1922
 
Candidate Artur Bernardes Nilo Peçanha
Party PRM Republican Reaction
Popular vote 466,877 317,714
Percentage 56.03% 38.13%
Results by state
President before election

Epitacio Pessoa
PRM

Elected President

Artur Bernardes
PRM

Vice president
22 August 1922
 
Candidate Estácio Coimbra J. J. Seabra [pt]
Party PRM Republican Reaction
Popular vote 295,787 790
Vice President before election

Bueno de Paiva
PRM

Elected Vice President

Estácio Coimbra
PRM

Presidential and vice presidential elections were held in Brazil on 1 March 1922. The presidential election resulted in a victory for Artur Bernardes of the Mineiro Republican Party, who received 56% of the vote.

Results

President

CandidatePartyVotes%
Artur BernardesMineiro Republican Party466,87756.03
Nilo PeçanhaRepublican Reaction317,71438.13
Other candidates48,6795.84
Total833,270100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,305,826–
Source: Nohlen

Vice president

CandidatePartyVotes%
Urbano SantosMineiro Republican Party447,595 
J. J. Seabra [pt]Republican Reaction330,529 
Washington Luis368 
Carlos de Campos61 
Other candidates 
Total
Source: Prazeres

Aftermath

Urbano Santos died before being sworn in as Vice President. A second vice presidential election was held on 22 August, which was won by Estácio Coimbra.

CandidatePartyVotes%
Estácio CoimbraMineiro Republican Party295,787 
J. J. Seabra [pt]Republican Reaction790 
Other candidates 
Total
Source: ICUB

References

  1. Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p173 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
  2. Nohlen, p231
  3. Otto Prazeres (1922) A presidencia de republica, p175
  4. Juscelino Kubitschek, el hombre y su obra, Instituto de Cultura Uruguayo-Brasileño (1958), p25
Brazil Elections and referendums in Brazil
Presidential elections
Parliamentary elections
Gubernatorial elections
State elections
Municipal elections
Regency elections
Referendums
Categories:
1922 Brazilian presidential election Add topic