1878 Portuguese legislative election

1878 Portuguese legislative election

13 October 1878

All seats in the Chamber of Deputies
  First party Second party
 
Leader Fontes Pereira de Melo Anselmo José Braamcamp
Party Regenerator Progressive
Seats won 97 22

  Third party Fourth party
 
Rep
Leader José Dias Ferreira Political Directory
Party Constituent Republican
Seats won 14 1

Prime Minister before election

Fontes Pereira de Melo
Regenerator

Prime Minister after election

Fontes Pereira de Melo
Regenerator

Parliamentary elections were held in Portugal on 13 October 1878.[1] The result was a victory for the Regenerator Party, which won 97 seats.[2]

Results

PartyVotes%Seats
Regenerator Party97
Progressive Party22
Constituent Party14
Portuguese Republican Party1
Other parties and independents3
Total137
Total votes523,929
Registered voters/turnout824,72663.53
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

The results exclude the 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, p1556