1856 Portuguese legislative election

1856 Portuguese legislative election
9 November 1856
All 162 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
82 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader 1st Duke of Loulé Rodrigo da Fonseca Magalhães
Party Historic Regenerator Miguelistas
Last election – 121 seats –
Seats won 116 41 5
Seats after New 80 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.

Results

The elected Miguelistas did not take their oath of office.

PartySeats+/–
Historic Party116New
Regenerator Party41–79
Miguelistas5New
Total162+8
Source: ISCSP[1][2]

References

  1. ^ "Eleições de 1856" (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 11 January 2005. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
  2. ^ "Eleições Gerais Portuguesas desde 1820" (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2005-01-05. Retrieved 9 September 2014.


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