1923 Portuguese presidential election

1923 Portuguese presidential election

← 1919 6 August 1923 1925 →

Candidate Manuel Teixeira Gomes Bernardino Machado Party Democratic PRN Electoral vote 121 5 Percentage 62.37% 2.58%

President before election António José de Almeida Evolutionist Elected President Manuel Teixeira Gomes Democratic

Presidential elections were held in Portugal on 6 August 1923. The Congress of the Republic elected the president in Lisbon instead of the Portuguese people. However the new president Manuel Teixeira Gomes was elected In absentia, meaning that he wasn't present during the election.^[1]

There were a total of five candidates. Manuel Teixeira Gomes won the election against his opponents and became the next President of the Republic.