General elections were held in Portugal on 28 April 1918, following a coup by Sidónio Pais in December 1917.

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& Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1542 The elections were boycotted by the

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, the

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and the Republican Union, who had won over 90% of the seats in the 1915 elections. Although they included the first direct vote election for the position of President, Pais was the only candidate and the vote was uncontested.Nohlen & Stöver, p1563 In the parliamentary elections the result was a victory for the

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, which won 108 of the 155 seats in the House of Representatives and 32 of the 73 seats in the indirectly elected Senate.

Results

President

Parliament

Aftermath

Pais was assassinated in

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on 14 December. On 16 December

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was elected by parliament for a "transitional term".Nohlen & Stöver, p1564

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Eleições de 1918
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