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The1918 Chinese presidential election were the elections held on 4 September 1918 inBeijing for the second term of thePresident ofChina.Xu Shichang was elected by two houses of theNational Assembly which were controlled by theAnfu Club formed in theNational Assembly election in the same year.[1]
Feng Guozhang's term as president expired on 10 October 1918. He did not seek re-election providedDuan Qirui retired asPremier on the same day.[2] Xu Shichang, a veteran statesman and was seen as being a fairly neutral mediator between different factions and between the North and South.[1]
Though the Anfu Club promised the vice-presidency to Cao Kun, theCommunications Clique prevented the two-thirds quorum required for his election and left the office vacant.[citation needed]
TheGuangzhou Government denounced the "new" parliament as illegal and refused to recognize the election of Xu Shichang as legitimate. The "old" National Assemblyelected in 1912 attained a quorum on 6 August in Guangzhou and declared it would not recognize any activities of the body meeting in Beijing, including the presidential election or any mandates or agreements made.[3]
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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| Xu Shichang | Independent | 425 | 98.15 | |
| Duan Qirui | Anhui clique | 5 | 1.15 | |
| Wang Shizhen | Independent | 1 | 0.23 | |
| Zhang Jian | Independent | 1 | 0.23 | |
| Ni Sichong | Anhui clique | 1 | 0.23 | |
| Total | 433 | 100.00 | ||
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