Talk:1919 Brazilian presidential election

This article is within the scope of WikiProject Elections and Referendums, an ongoing effort to improve the quality of, expand upon and create new articles relating to elections, electoral reform and other aspects of democratic decision-making. For more information, visit our project page.Elections and ReferendumsWikipedia:WikiProject Elections and ReferendumsTemplate:WikiProject Elections and ReferendumsElections and Referendums articles

Brazil: Government and laws / History Low‑importance

	Brazil portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Brazil, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Brazil and related topics on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.BrazilWikipedia:WikiProject BrazilTemplate:WikiProject BrazilBrazil articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.
	This article is supported by the Government and Laws of Brazil task force (assessed as Low-importance).
	This article is supported by the History of Brazil task force (assessed as Low-importance).

Paraiba Republican Party[edit]

There is a discrepancy here between the assertion that Pessoa was from the Paraiba Republican Party (but supported by the Sao Paulo Republicans), and that of the Portuguese Wikipedia that he was the actual nominee of the Sao Paulo Republicans, which makes a lot more sense, as his political background was as an office-holder from Sao Paulo State (Senator, etc). So I question the sources (unnamed) which asserts his membership of the Paraiba Republicans — a state he he nothing evident to do with. David Cannon (talk) 08:09, 11 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The source is the Nohlen book, which I've just checked again and does state that he was the candidate of the Paraiba Republican Party, supported by the Paulista and Mineiro Republican parties. Unfortunately the Brazilian source for the results is dead (and not available on the web archive). Pessoa was from Paraiba and his pt.wiki biography states that "His candidacy was supported by Minas Gerais". Number 5 7 12:52, 11 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Nohlen is wrong here, see:

1: "O nome de Epitácio, lançado pelo Partido Republicano Mineiro (PRM), surgiu, então, como alternativa capaz de manter a unidade dos setores políticos situacionistas".
2: "A solução consistiu em indicar Epitácio Pessoa, político nordestino que, por acaso ou destino, desempenhava naquele momento função de relevo internacional. A iniciativa partira do Partido Republicano Mineiro (PRM)."
3: "Assim, em 28 de julho de 1919, no Congresso Nacional, ocorreu a sessão solene [...] na qual Epitácio Pessoa [...] vencedor do Partido Republicano Mineiro obteve 286,373 votos"
4: "Enquanto isso, na Paraíba, a força política de Epitácio Pessoa atinge o ápice. Em 1919, em eleição suplementar para a presidência da República, tendo em vista o falecimento do eleito, Rodrigues Alves, o nome de Epitácio, por conta de sua “neutralidade”, é indicado pelo Partido Republicano Mineiro (PRM).

Torimem (talk) 00:42, 29 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Fair enough, feel free to reinstate it with whichever one of the sources you feel is most appropriate to use (a new source is needed for the results table as if anyone checks the current source, they will see it lists the Paraiba party). Cheers, Number 5 7 01:15, 30 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]