1919 Portuguese legislative election
11 May 1919
163 seats to the Chamber of Deputies
82 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Afonso_Costa_-_Mar%C3%A7o,_1921.png
Presidente António José de Almeida.jpg
BritoCamacho.jpg
Leader Afonso Costa António José de Almeida Manuel de Brito Camacho
Party Democratic Evolutionist Republican Union
Leader since 1912 1912 1912
Last election Boycotted Boycotted Boycotted
Seats won 96 38 17
Seat change Increase 96 Increase 38 Increase 17
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
PSP
CCP
Leader António Lino Neto
Party Socialist Catholic Centre
Leader since 1915
Last election Boycotted 5 seats
Seats won 8 1
Seat change Increase 8 Decrease 4
Prime Minister before election

Domingos Leite Pereira
Independent

 Prime Minister after election

Alfredo Ernesto de Sá Cardoso
PD

Parliamentary elections were held in Portugal on 11 May 1919.[1] The three main parties that boycotted the 1918 elections returned to contest the elections. The result was a victory for the Democratic Party, which won 86 of the 163 seats in the House of Representatives and 36 of the 71 seats in the Senate.[2][3]

Results

Party
House of Representatives
Senate
Votes % Seats +/– Votes % Seats +/–
Democratic Party96New36New
Evolutionist Party38New27New
Republican Union17NewNew
Portuguese Socialist Party8New0New
Catholic Centre Party1–411
Other parties and independents13+87–23
Invalid/blank votes––––––
Total163+871–2
Registered voters/turnout500,000––500,000––
Source: Nohlen & Stöver
Chamber of Deputies seats
Democratic Party
 
 58.90%
Evolutionist Party
 
 23.32%
Republican Union
 
 10.43%
Socialist Party
 
 4.91%
Catholic Center
 
 0.61%
Others
 
 7.98%
Senate seats
Democratic Party
 
 50.70%
Evolutionist Party
 
 38.03%
Catholic Center
 
 1.41%
Others
 
 9.86%

References

  1. ↑ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1542 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, pp1557-1558
  3. ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p1543
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.