1919 Portuguese presidential election

1919 Portuguese presidential election

← Dec. 1918 6 December 1919 1923 →

Candidate António José de Almeida Manuel Teixeira Gomes Party Evolutionist Democratic Electoral vote 123 31 Percentage 73.65% 18.56%

President before election João do Canto e Castro PNR Elected President António José de Almeida Evolutionist

Presidential elections were held in Portugal on 6 December 1919. 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 seven candidates. António José de Almeida of the Evolutionist Party won against his opponents and he was elected as the new President of Portugal.