Country: | Portugal |
Type: | presidential |
Previous Election: | 1911 Portuguese presidential election |
Previous Year: | 1911 |
Next Election: | August 1915 Portuguese presidential election |
Next Year: | Aug. 1915 |
Election Date: | 29 May 1915 |
Candidate1: | Teófilo Braga |
Party1: | Democratic |
Electoral Vote1: | 98 |
Candidate2: | Duarte Leite |
Party2: | Independent |
Electoral Vote2: | 1 |
President | |
Before Election: | Manuel de Arriaga |
Before Party: | Democratic Party (Portugal) |
After Election: | Teófilo Braga |
After Party: | Democratic Party (Portugal) |
Percentage1: | 96.08% |
Percentage2: | 0.98% |
Presidential elections were held in Portugal on 29 May 1915. Following the resignation of president Manuel de Arriaga, an election was held to see who would complete the remainder of his term. Portugal's 1911 constitution stated that the Congress of the Republic must elect the president in Lisbon instead of the Portuguese people.[1]
Teófilo Braga, the former President of the Provisional Government was elected to replace Manuel de Arriaga with almost unanimous support from Congress, becoming the second President of the Republic.[1]