1919 Portuguese legislative election

1919 Portuguese legislative election
11 May 1919
All 163 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
82 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Afonso Costa António José de Almeida Manuel de Brito Camacho
Party Democratic Evolutionist Republican Union
Last election Boycotted Boycotted Boycotted
Seats won 96 38 17
Seat change New New New
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
PSP
PCC
Leader António Lino Neto
Party Socialist PCC
Last election Boycotted 5 seats
Seats won 8 1
Seat change New 4
Prime Minister before election

Domingos Leite Pereira
Independent

Prime Minister after election

Alfredo Ernesto de Sá Cardoso
Democratic

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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]

Results

Chamber of Deputies

PartySeats+/–
Democratic Party86New
Evolutionist Party38New
Republican Union17New
Portuguese Socialist Party8New
Portuguese Catholic Centre1–4
Other parties and independents13+8
Total163+8
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Senate

PartySeats+/–
Democratic Party36New
Evolutionist Party27New
Republican UnionNew
Portuguese Catholic Centre10
Portuguese Socialist Party0New
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
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