1919 Portuguese legislative election

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1919 Portuguese legislative election
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  1918 11 May 1919 1921  

All 163 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
82 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
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Presidente Antonio Jose de Almeida.jpg
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Leader Afonso Costa António José de Almeida Manuel de Brito Camacho
Party Democratic Evolutionist Republican Union
Last electionBoycottedBoycottedBoycotted
Seats won963817
Seat changeNewNewNew

 Fourth partyFifth party
 
PSP
PCC
LeaderAntónio Lino Neto
Party Socialist PCC
Last electionBoycotted5 seats
Seats won81
Seat changeNewDecrease2.svg 4

Prime Minister before election

Domingos Leite Pereira
Independent

Prime Minister after election

Alfredo Ernesto de Sá Cardoso
Democratic

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]

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Results

Chamber of Deputies

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PartySeats+/–
Democratic Party 86New
Evolutionist Party 38New
Republican Union 17New
Portuguese Socialist Party 8New
Portuguese Catholic Centre 1–4
Other parties and independents13+8
Total163+8
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Senate

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PartySeats+/–
Democratic Party 36New
Evolutionist Party 27New
Republican Union New
Portuguese Catholic Centre 10
Portuguese Socialist Party 0New
Other parties and independents7–23
Total71–2
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