1951 Portuguese presidential election

The Portuguese presidential election, 1951 was held on 22 July, five years earlier than scheduled due to the death of President Óscar Carmona on 18 April 1951.

1951 Portuguese presidential election
22 July 1951
Turnout77.2% 0.4 pp
 
Candidate Francisco Craveiro Lopes
Party UN
Popular vote 761,730
Percentage 100%
President before election

Óscar Carmona
UN

 Elected President

Francisco Craveiro Lopes
UN

Francisco Craveiro Lopes won the election unopposed after Manuel Quintão Meireles withdrew, while Rui Luís Gomes was removed from the ballot after being declared a communist by the Salazar dictatorship.

Results
Candidate Votes %
Francisco Craveiro Lopes965,236100
Manuel Quintão Meireles - Withdrew
Rui Luís Gomes - Candidacy rejected
Invalid/blank votes–
Total965,236100
Registered voters/turnout1,250,74677.2
Source:[1][2][3]

Notes and references
  1. "Eleição presidencial de 1951" (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 11 May 2011. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  2. "Eleições Gerais Portuguesas desde 1820" (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2005-01-05. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  3. "Elections in Portugal". Retrieved 5 August 2020.

See also


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