1918 Brazilian general election

none Brazil 1889 1 March 1918 yes 1914 Brazilian presidential election 1914 1919 Brazilian presidential election 1919 Presidential election presidential Rodrigues Alves.jpg Rodrigues Alves Paulista Republican Party 386,467 99.06% Nilo Peçanha 02 (cropped).jpg Nilo Peçanha Fluminense Republican Party 1,258 0.32% Presidencial do Brasil 1918.svg Results by state General elections were held in Brazil on 1 March 1918.Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p173 978-0-19-928358-3 The presidential elections were won by former President Rodrigues Alves, who received 99% of the vote.Nohlen, p. 230 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 Rodrigues Alves Paulista Republican Party 386467 Nilo Peçanha Fluminense Republican Party 1258 Ruy Barbosa Independent 1014 Other candidates 1392 Nohlen References Category:Parliamentary elections in Brazil Category:Presidential elections in Brazil Brazil General Brazil Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results Category:Elections of the First Brazilian Republic