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1918 Brazilian general election

Field	Value
country	Brazil
flag_year	1889
election_date	1 March 1918
module	{{Infobox election
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%
image2	Nilo Peçanha 02 (cropped).jpg
nominee2	Nilo Peçanha
party2	Fluminense Republican Party
popular_vote2	1,258
percentage2	0.32%
map_image	Presidencial do Brasil 1918.svg
map_caption	Results by state

General elections were held in Brazil on 1 March 1918. The presidential elections were won by former President Rodrigues Alves, who received 99% of the vote. 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

References

[[Dieter Nohlen]] (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II'', p173 {{ISBN. 978-0-19-928358-3
Nohlen, p. 230

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