1894 Brazilian general election

1894 Brazilian general election

1 March 1894

Presidential election

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

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% of the vote.^[3]

Results

President

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Prudente de Morais	Paulista Republican Party	276,583	80.15
	Afonso Pena	Mineiro Republican Party	38,291	11.10
	Cesário Alvim	Mineiro Republican Party	3,719	1.08
	Ruy Barbosa	Bahia Republican Party	3,718	1.08
	José Luiz de Almeida Couto		3,437	1.00
	Lauro Sodré	Paraná Republican Party	1,983	0.57
Other candidates			17,366	5.03
Total			345,097	100.00
Source: Nohlen

References

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