1919 Portuguese legislative election

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1919 Portuguese legislative election
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  1918 11 May 1919 1921  

163 seats to the Chamber of Deputies
82 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Afonso Costa - Marco, 1921.png
Presidente Antonio Jose de Almeida.jpg
BritoCamacho.jpg
Leader Afonso Costa António José de Almeida Manuel de Brito Camacho
Party Democratic Evolutionist Republican Union
Leader since191219121912
Last electionBoycottedBoycottedBoycotted
Seats won963817
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 96Increase2.svg 38Increase2.svg 17

 Fourth partyFifth party
 
PSP
CCP
LeaderAntónio Lino Neto
Party Socialist Catholic Centre
Leader since1915
Last electionBoycotted5 seats
Seats won81
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 8Decrease2.svg 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]

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Results

Party
Portuguese Chamber of Deputies 1919.svg
House of Representatives
Portugal Senate 1919.svg
Senate
Votes%Seats+/–Votes%Seats+/–
Democratic Party 96New36New
Evolutionist Party 38New27New
Republican Union 17NewNew
Portuguese Socialist Party 8New0New
Catholic Centre Party 1–411
Other parties and independents13+87–23
Invalid/blank votes
Total163+871–2
Registered voters/turnout500,000500,000
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%

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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