1918 Brazilian general election explained

Country:	Brazil
Election Date:	1 March 1918
Module:	Embed: yes Previous Election: 1914 Brazilian presidential election Previous Year: 1914 Next Election: 1919 Brazilian presidential election Next Year: 1919 Election Name: Presidential election Type: presidential Image1: Rodrigues Alves (pintura) (cropped).jpg Nominee1: Rodrigues Alves Party1: Paulista Republican Party Popular Vote1: 386,467 Percentage1: 99.06% Nominee2: Nilo Peçanha Party2: Fluminense Republican Party Popular Vote2: 1,258 Percentage2: 0.32%

General elections were held in Brazil on 1 March 1918.^[1] The presidential elections were won by former President Rodrigues Alves, who received 99% of the vote.^[2] However, he died of the Spanish flu in 1919 before he could take office. Vice-president Delfim Moreira became Acting President until fresh elections were held on 13 April 1919.

Results

The estimated population of Brazil in 1918 was of 28.9 million, of which just 1,726,000 were eligible to vote.

President

Notes and References

1. [Dieter Nohlen]
2. Nohlen, p. 230