| Table 4 : Competitive Presidential Elections in the First Republic (incomplete figures) | |||
| 1910 | 1914 | 1930 | |
| States in the opposition | São Paulo, Bahia, Rio de Janeiro | Bahia | Minas, Paraiba, Rio Grande do Sul |
| average % of votes for the candidate winning the Presidential election in the states were they won | 89.5% (16 States) | 95.6% (10 States) | 85,4% (9 States) |
| average % of votes for the candidates losing the Presidential election in the States were they won | 73.7% (Bahia and S. Paulo) | 62.1% (Bahia) | 84.8% |
| Percentage of voters of the total population | 1.64% | 2.14% | 5.10% |
| Source: see footnote 7. | |||