Country: | Portugal |
Type: | presidential |
Previous Election: | 1949 Portuguese presidential election |
Previous Year: | 1949 |
Next Election: | 1958 Portuguese presidential election |
Next Year: | 1958 |
Election Date: | 22 July 1951 |
Turnout: | 77.17% (0.44pp) |
Candidate1: | Francisco Craveiro Lopes |
Party1: | National Union (Portugal) |
President | |
Before Election: | Óscar Carmona |
Before Party: | National Union (Portugal) |
After Election: | Francisco Craveiro Lopes |
After Party: | National Union (Portugal) |
Presidential elections were held in Portugal on 22 July 1951, five years earlier than scheduled due to the death of President Óscar Carmona on 18 April 1951.
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.