Republic of China presidential election, 1923

5 October 1923



Nominee	Cao Kun
Party	Zhili Clique
Electoral vote	480
Percentage	81.36%

President before election

Gao Lingwei (acting)
Nonpartisan

Elected President

Cao Kun
Zhili Clique

The 1923 Republic of China Presidential Election was the election held on 5 October 1923 in Beijing for the third term of the President of the Republic of China. Zhili warlord Cao Kun won the election through bribery.

The capital was under control of the Zhili Clique after the Zhili-Anhui War. In 1922 the Zhili warlords Wu Peifu and Cao Kun restored the "old" parliament elected in 1912. Cao bribed the congressmen to elect him President. The bribery scandal led to the collapse of Cao's presidency and dismissal of the parliament on 24 November 1924,^[1] after the Cao's defeat in the Second Zhili-Fengtian War in 1924.

Vote summary 1
- Presidential election 1.1
See also 2
Citations 3
References 4

Vote summary

Presidential election

Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Zhili Clique	Cao Kun	480	81.36%
	Kuomintang	Sun Yat-sen	33	6.875%
Total			590	100.00%

Citations

References

中央選舉委員會，中華民國選舉史，台北：中央選舉委員會印行，1987年

Elections in the Republic of China (1912–49)

Presidential elections	1913 1918 1923 1948

Legislative elections	1948

National Assembly elections	1912 1918 1921 1947

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Republic of China presidential election, 1923