Portuguese presidential election, 1972

Portuguese presidential election, 1972

N/A (cancelled in 1972)

Candidate Americo Thomaz Party People's National Action Popular vote 120 Percentage 100%

President before election Americo Thomaz People's National Action Elected President Americo Thomaz People's National Action

Presidential elections under the Estado Novo regime was held for the last time in 1972, the only one not controlled by late Prime Minister António de Oliveira Salazar, with the last elections for the National Assembly held the following year, less than a year before the Carnation Revolution. Incumbent President and former Naval Minister Américo Thomaz of the ruling People's National Action was endorsed by a uniform National Assembly for a third seven-year term, which would have ended in 1979.