1908 Portuguese legislative election

1908 Portuguese legislative election

5 April 1908

All seats in the Chamber of Deputies
  First party Second party
 
Leader Júlio de Vilhena José Luciano de Castro
Party Regenerator Progressive
Seats won 62 58

  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader José Maria de Alpoim Afonso Costa
Party DP Republican
Seats won 7 7

Prime Minister before election

Ferreira do Amaral
Independent

Prime Minister after election

Ferreira do Amaral
Independent

Parliamentary elections were held in Portugal on 5 April 1908.[1] The Regenerator Party emerged as the largest party in Parliament, winning 62 seats.[2]

Results

PartyVotes%Seats
Regenerator Party62
Progressive Party58
Progressive Dissidence7
Portuguese Republican Party7
Liberal Regenerator Party3
Other parties and independents11
Total148
Total votes450,199
Registered voters/turnout655,49168.68
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. ^ a b Nohlen & Stöver, p1557