1918 Portuguese general election
28 April 1918
Turnout57.0%
Presidential election
 
Candidate Sidónio Pais
Party PNR
Popular vote 513,958
Percentage 100.0%
President before election

Sidónio Pais
PNR

 President after election

Sidónio Pais
PNR

Legislative election
155 seats to the Chamber of Deputies
73 seats in the Senate
PartyLeader % Seats +/–
Chamber of Deputies
PNR Sidónio Pais 108 New
CM 37 New
CCP António Lino Neto 5 +4
Others 5 −8
Senate
PNR Sidónio Pais 32 New
CM 10 New
CCP António Lino Neto 1 0
Others 30 +27
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after election
Sidónio Pais
PNR		 Sidónio Pais
PNR

General elections were held in Portugal on 28 April 1918, following a coup by Sidónio Pais in December 1917.[1] The elections were boycotted by the Democratic Party, the Evolutionist Party and the Republican Union, who had won over 90% of the seats in the 1915 elections.[2]

Although they included the first direct vote election for the position of President, Pais was the only candidate and the vote was uncontested.[3] In the parliamentary elections the result was a victory for the National Republican Party, which won 108 of the 155 seats in the House of Representatives and 32 of the 73 seats in the indirectly elected Senate.[4][5]

Results

President

Candidate Party Votes %
Sidónio PaisNational Republican Party513,958100
Invalid/blank votes–
Total513,958100
Registered voters/turnout900,00057.0
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Parliament

Party
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
Votes % Seats +/– Votes % Seats +/–
National Republican Party108New32New
Monarchist Cause37New10New
Catholic Centre Party5+410
Other parties and independents5–830+27
Invalid/blank votes––––––
Total100155–8513,95810073+4
Registered voters/turnout900,000––900,00057.0––
Source: Nohlen & Stöver
Chamber of Deputies seats
PNR
 
 69.68%
CM
 
 23.87%
CCP
 
 3.23%
Others
 
 3.23%
Senate seats
PNR
 
 43.84%
CM
 
 13.70%
CCP
 
 1.37%
Others
 
 41.10%

Aftermath

Pais was assassinated in Lisbon on 14 December.[3] On 16 December João do Canto e Castro was elected by parliament for a "transitional term".[1][6]

References

  1. 1 2 Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1542 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p1557
  3. 1 2 Nohlen & Stöver, p1563
  4. ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, pp1557-1558
  5. ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p1543
  6. ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p1564
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