Country: | Portugal |
Type: | presidential |
Previous Election: | May 1915 Portuguese presidential election |
Previous Year: | May 1915 |
Next Election: | 1918 Portuguese general election |
Next Year: | Apr. 1918 |
Election Date: | 6 August 1915 |
Image1: | BernardinoMachado.png |
Candidate1: | Bernardino Machado |
Party1: | Democratic Party (Portugal) |
Electoral Vote1: | 134 |
Percentage1: | 74.86% |
Party2: | Democratic Party (Portugal) |
Electoral Vote2: | 18 |
Percentage2: | 10.06% |
President | |
Before Election: | Teófilo Braga |
Before Party: | Democratic Party (Portugal) |
After Election: | Bernardino Machado |
After Party: | Democratic Party (Portugal) |
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]