1881 Portuguese legislative election

1881 Portuguese legislative election

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All seats in the Chamber of Deputies
First party Second party   Leader Fontes Pereira de Melo José Dias Ferreira Party Regenerator Constituent Seats won 122 8   Third party Fourth party   Rep Leader Anselmo José Braamcamp Political Directory Party Progressive Republican Seats won 6 1
Prime Minister before election António Rodrigues Sampaio Regenerator Prime Minister after election António Rodrigues Sampaio Regenerator

Parliamentary elections were held in Portugal on 21 August 1881. ^[1] The result was a landslide victory for the Regenerator Party, which won 122 seats. ^[2]

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Regenerator Party			122
	Constituent Party			8
	Progressive Party			6
	Portuguese Republican Party			1
Total				137
Total votes		491,766	–
Registered voters/turnout		841,511	58.44
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

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

References

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