1894 Brazilian general election

General elections were held in Brazil on 1 March 1894 to elect the president and both houses of Congress.[1][2] The presidential election was won by Prudente de Morais of the Paulista Republican Party, who received 80.1% of the vote.[3]

1894 Brazilian general election

1 March 1894
Presidential election
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Candidate Prudente de Morais Afonso Pena
Party PRP PRM
Popular vote 276,583 38,291
Percentage 80.15% 11.10%

Results by state

President before election

Floriano Peixoto
Independent

Elected President

Prudente de Morais
PRP

Results edit

President edit

CandidatePartyVotes%
Prudente de MoraisPaulista Republican Party276,58380.15
Afonso PenaRepublican Party of Minas Gerais38,29111.10
Cesário AlvimRepublican Party of Minas Gerais3,7191.08
Ruy BarbosaRepublican Party of Bahia3,7181.08
José Luiz de Almeida Couto3,4371.00
Lauro SodréRepublican Party of Paraná1,9830.57
Other candidates17,3665.03
Total345,097100.00
Source: Nohlen

References edit

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p173 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
  2. ^ Dunning, Wm. A. (1894). "Record of Political Events". Political Science Quarterly. 9 (2): 376. doi:10.2307/2140209. JSTOR 2140209.
  3. ^ Nohlen, p229