1915 Portuguese legislative election

1915 Portuguese legislative election

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Turnout	59.9% (22.8pp)
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Afonso Costa António José de Almeida Manuel de Brito Camacho Party Democratic Evolutionist Republican Union Last election 68 (Chamber) 24 (Senate) 41 (Chamber) 16 (Senate) 36 (Chamber) 18 (Senate) Seats won 106 (Chamber) 45 (Senate) 26 (Chamber) 9 (Senate) 15 (Chamber) 11 (Senate)   Fourth party Fifth party   PSP Leader António Augusto de Castro Meireles Party Socialist PCC Last election 2 (Chamber) 2 (Senate) Did not contest Seats won 2 (Chamber) 0 (Senate) 1 (Chamber) 1 (Senate)
Most voted-for party by municipality
Prime Minister before election José de Castro Democratic Prime Minister after election Afonso Costa Democratic

Parliamentary elections were held in Portugal on 13 June 1915. ^[1] The result was a victory for the Democratic Party, which won 106 of the 163 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 45 of the 69 seats in the Senate. ^[2]

Results

Chamber of Deputies

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Democratic Party			106	+38
	Evolutionist Party			26	–15
	Republican Union			15	–21
	Portuguese Socialist Party			2	0
	Catholic Centre Party			1	New
	Other parties and independents			13	+7
Total				163	+10
Total votes		282,387	–
Registered voters/turnout		471,557	59.88
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Chamber of Deputies seats Democratic Party   65.03% Evolutionist Party   15.95% Republican Union   9.20% Socialist Party   1.23% Catholic Center   0.61% Others   7.98%

Senate

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Democratic Party			45	+21
	Republican Union			11	–7
	Evolutionist Party			9	–7
	Catholic Centre Party			1	New
	Portuguese Socialist Party			0	–2
	Other parties and independents			3	–3
Total				69	+3
Total votes		276,188	–
Registered voters/turnout		471,557	58.57
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Senate seats Democratic Party   65.22% Republican Union   15.94% Evolutionist Party   13.04% Catholic Center   1.44% Others   4.35%

References

1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1541 ISBN   978-3-8329-5609-7
2. Nohlen & Stöver, pp1557-1558