1922 Brazilian presidential election

1922 Brazilian presidential election

President

1 March 1922

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

Results by state

President before election Epitacio Pessoa PRM Elected President Artur Bernardes PRM

Vice president

22 August 1922

Candidate Estácio Coimbra J. J. 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. The result was a victory for Artur Bernardes of the Mineiro Republican Party, who received 56% of the vote.

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
	J. J. Seabra	Republican Reaction	330,529
	Washington Luis		368
	Carlos de Campos		61
Other candidates
Total
Source: Prazeres

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
	J. J. Seabra	Republican Reaction	790
Other candidates
Total
Source: ICUB