Presidential elections were held in Portugal on 8 February 1942. ÃÂscar Carmona ran unopposed and was reelected for a third term.
According to the 1933 Constitution of Portugal, a president is elected for a period of 7 years and whoever gets the more votes is elected as president. Candidates must be Portuguese citizens, older than 35, in full possession of their civil and political rights, and must have always had Portuguese nationality. Family members of the King of Portugal, up to the 6th degree, could not become presidents.
Voters had to be 21 years or older and, for women they had to have secondary or college education, while, for men, they only had to prove they were able to read, write, and count or had been taxed at least 100 escudos.