1856 Portuguese legislative election

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1856 Portuguese legislative election
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162 seats to the Chamber of Deputies
82 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
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Leader 1st Duke of Loulé Rodrigo da Fonseca Magalhães
Party Historic Regenerator Miguelist
Leader since18521851
Last electionNew121 seatsNew
Seats won116415
Seats afterNewDecrease2.svg 80New
Percentage72%25%3%
SwingNewDecrease2.svg 53%New
Prime Minister before election

1st Duke of Loulé
Historic

Prime Minister after election

1st Duke of Loulé
Historic

Legislative elections were held in Portugal on 9 November 1856.

Contents

Parties

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats
Historic 72.0%116
Regenerator Party 25.0%41
Miguelistas3.0%5 [1]
Total100.0%162
Note: Table incomplete.
Source: [2] [3]
Parliamentary seats
Historic
 
71.60%
Regenerator
 
25.31%
Miguelists
 
3.09%

Notes and references

  1. ↑ Didn't take the oath of office.
  2. ↑ "Eleições de 1856" (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 11 January 2005. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
  3. ↑ "Eleições Gerais Portuguesas desde 1820" (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2005-01-05. Retrieved 9 September 2014.


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