1878 Portuguese legislative election

Parliamentary elections were held in Portugal on 13 October 1878.[1] The result was a victory for the Regeneration Party, which won 97 seats.[2]

1878 Portuguese legislative election
13 October 1878
137 seats to the Chamber of Deputies
69 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Fontes Pereira de Melo Anselmo José Braamcamp
Party Regenerator Progressive
Leader since 1856 1876
Last election 78 seats New
Seats won 97 22
Seats after 19 New
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader José Dias Ferreira Political Directory
Party Constituent Republican
Leader since 1871 1876
Last election 6 seats New
Seats won 14 1
Seats after 8 New
Prime Minister before election

Fontes Pereira de Melo
Regenerator

 Prime Minister-elect

Fontes Pereira de Melo
Regenerator

Results
Party Votes % Seats
Regeneration Party97
Progressive Party22
Constituent Party14
Portuguese Republican Party1
Other parties and independents3
Invalid/blank votes––
Total523,929100137
Registered voters/turnout824,72663.5–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

The results exclude the seats from overseas territories.[2]

Parliamentary seats
Regenerator
 
 70.80%
Progressive
 
 16.06%
Constituents
 
 10.22%
Republicans
 
 0.73%
Others/Independent
 
 2.19%

References
  1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1541 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Nohlen & Stöver, p1556
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