Country: | Portugal |
Type: | presidential |
Previous Election: | 1918 Portuguese presidential election |
Previous Year: | Dec. 1918 |
Next Election: | 1923 Portuguese presidential election |
Next Year: | 1923 |
Election Date: | 6 December 1919 |
Candidate1: | António José de Almeida |
Party1: | Evolutionist Party |
Electoral Vote1: | 123 |
Percentage1: | 73.65% |
Candidate2: | Manuel Teixeira Gomes |
Party2: | Democratic Party (Portugal) |
Electoral Vote2: | 31 |
Percentage2: | 18.56% |
President | |
Before Election: | João do Canto e Castro |
Before Party: | National Republican Party (Portugal) |
After Election: | António José de Almeida |
After Party: | Evolutionist Party |
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.