1922 Brazilian presidential election

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Presidential election

1 March 1922


Candidate	Artur Bernardes	Nilo Peçanha
Party	PRM	Republican Reaction
Popular vote	466,877	317,714
Percentage	56.03%	38.13%

President before election

Epitacio Pessoa
PRM

Elected President

Artur Bernardes
PRM

Vice-presidential election

22 August 1922


Candidate	Estácio Coimbra	José Joaquim Seabra
Party	PRM	Republican Reaction
Popular vote	295,787	790

Vice President before election

Bueno de Paiva
PRM

Elected Vice President

Estácio Coimbra
PRM

Presidential and vice-presidential elections were held in Brazil on 1 March 1922.^[1] The result was a victory for Artur Bernardes of the Mineiro Republican Party, who received 56% of the vote.^[2]

Results

President


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Artur Bernardes	Mineiro Republican Party	466,877	56.03
	Nilo Peçanha	Republican Reaction	317,714	38.13
Other candidates			48,679	5.84
Total			833,270	100.00

Registered voters/turnout			1,305,826	–
Source: Nohlen

Vice-president


Candidate		Party	Votes
	Urbano Santos	Mineiro Republican Party	447,595
	José Joaquim Seabra	Republican Reaction	330,529
	Washington Luis		368
	Carlos de Campos		61
Other candidates
Total

Source: Prazeres^[3]

Aftermath

Urbano Santos died before being sworn in as Vice President. A second vice-presidential election was held on 22 August, which was won by Estácio Coimbra.


Candidate		Party	Votes
	Estácio Coimbra	Mineiro Republican Party	295,787
	José Joaquim Seabra	Republican Reaction	790
Other candidates
Total

Source: ICUB^[4]

References

^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p173 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
^ Nohlen, p231
^ Otto Prazeres (1922) A presidencia de republica, p175
^ Juscelino Kubitschek, el hombre y su obra, Instituto de Cultura Uruguayo-Brasileño (1958), p25