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1919 Portuguese legislative election

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1919 Portuguese legislative election

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163 seats to the Chamber of Deputies
82 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
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Presidente António José de Almeida.jpg
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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 PCC
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

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Party
House of Representatives
Senate
Votes % Seats +/– Votes % Seats +/–
Democratic Party 96 New 36 New
Evolutionist Party 38 New 27 New
Republican Union 17 New New
Portuguese Socialist Party 8 New 0 New
Catholic Centre Party 1 –4 1 1
Other parties and independents 13 +8 7 –23
Invalid/blank votes
Total 163 +8 71 –2
Registered voters/turnout 500,000 500,000
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

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  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
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