1919 Portuguese legislative election

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]

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
 
Leader Afonso Costa António José de Almeida Manuel de Brito Camacho
Party PD PRE PUR
Leader since 1912 1912 1912
Last election Boycotted Boycotted Boycotted
Seats won 86 38 17
Seat change 86 38 17
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader António Lino Neto
Party PSP CCP
Leader since 1915
Last election Boycotted 5 seats
Seats won 8 1
Seat change 8 4
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
Prime Minister before election

Domingos Leite Pereira
Independent

 Prime Minister-elect

Alfredo Ernesto de Sá Cardoso
PD

Portugal
This article is part of a series on the
politics and government of
Portugal
Constitution
Executive
Legislature
Judiciary
Elections
Administrative divisions
Foreign relations
 Portugal portal

Results
Party House of Representatives Senate
Votes % Seats +/– Votes % Seats +/–
Democratic Party86New36New
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

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.