Brazilian presidential election, 1891

February, 1891


Candidate	Deodoro da Fonseca	Prudente de Morais	Floriano Peixoto
Electoral vote	129	97	3
Percentage	55.6%	41.8%	1.3%

President before election

Deodoro da Fonseca (Provisional)
Nonpartisan

Elected President

Deodoro da Fonseca
Nonpartisan

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The Brazilian presidential election of February 1891 was the first presidential election held in Brazil. The president was elected by Congress and resulted in the election as President of Manuel Deodoro da Fonseca, who had been the Head of the Provisional Government since November 15, 1889, when the monarchy was overthrown. Under the Constitution promulgated by Congress of 24 February 1891, the congressional election was held on the following day, 25 February 1891, and the President-elect, together with the Vice-President elect, took office on 26 February 1891.

Results

Candidates	Votes	%
Deodoro da Fonseca	129	55.61%
Prudente de Morais	97	41.81%
Floriano Peixoto	3	1.29%
Saldanha Marinho	2	0.86%
José Higino Duarte Pereira	1	0.43%
Total	232	100%

Elections and referendums in Brazil

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Referendums	1963 1993 2005

Elections in brackets were indirect

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Brazilian presidential election, 1891

Results

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