August 1915 Portuguese presidential election

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August 1915 Portuguese presidential election

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Candidate Bernardino Machado António Xavier Correia Barreto [pt] Party Democratic Democratic Electoral vote 134 18 Percentage 74.86% 10.06%

President before election Teófilo Braga Democratic Elected President Bernardino Machado Democratic

Presidential elections were held in Portugal on 6 August 1915. 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. One of the Democratic Party candidates, Bernardino Machado won against his opponents and he was elected as the new President of Portugal.^[1]