1922 Brazilian presidential election

1922 Brazilian presidential election
← 1919 1926 →
	Presidential election
President before election; Epitacio Pessoa; MRP	Elected President ; Arthur Bernardes; MRP
	Vice-presidential election
Vice President before election; Bueno de Paiva; MRP	Elected Vice President ; Estácio Coimbra; MRP

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

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