1913 Chinese presidential election

The 1913 Chinese presidential election were the election held on 6 and 7 October 1913 in Beijing for the first formal President and Vice President of China. The incumbent Yuan Shikai and Li Yuanhong were elected by two houses of the National Assembly.^[1]

Results


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Yuan Shikai	Independent	500	71.12
Others			203	28.88
Total			703	100.00


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Li Yuanhong	Independent	601	83.59
Others			118	16.41
Total			719	100.00

^ Xin, Zhang (2000). Social Transformation in Modern China: The State and Local Elites in Henan, 1900-1937. Cambridge University Press. p. 118.

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