1922 Brazilian presidential election

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]

1922 Brazilian presidential election

1 March 1922

Presidential election

Candidate Arthur Bernardes Nilo Peçanha Party PR Mineiro Republican Reaction Popular vote 466,877 317,714 Percentage 56.0% 38.1%

President before election Epitacio Pessoa PR Mineiro Elected President Arthur Bernardes PR Mineiro

Vice-presidential election (22, August)

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

Vice President before election Bueno de Paiva PR Mineiro Elected Vice President Estácio Coimbra PR Mineiro

Results

President

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Artur Bernardes	Mineiro Republican Party	466,877	56.0
Nilo Peçanha	Republican Reaction	317,714	38.1
Others		48,679	5.8
Invalid/blank votes			–
Total		833,270	100
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
Others
Invalid/blank votes			–
Total
Registered voters
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
Others
Invalid/blank votes			–
Total
Registered voters
Source: ICUB[4]

References

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