1922 Brazilian presidential election

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

1922 Brazilian presidential election

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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 [pt] Party PRM Republican Reaction Popular vote 295,787 790

Vice President before election Bueno de Paiva PRM Elected Vice President Estácio Coimbra PRM

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 [pt]	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
	J. J. Seabra [pt]	Republican Reaction	790
Other candidates
Total
Source: ICUB[4]