March 1870 Portuguese legislative election

March 1870 Portuguese legislative election

13 March 1870

All 107 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
54 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader 1st Duke of Loulé 1st Marquis of Sá da Bandeira Fontes Pereira de Melo
Party Historic Reformist Regenerator
Last election 20 seats 79 seats 5 seats
Seats won 75 15 14
Seats after 55 64 9

Prime Minister before election

1st Duke of Loulé
Historic

Prime Minister after election

1st Duke of Loulé
Historic

Parliamentary elections were held in Portugal on 13 March 1870.

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Historic Party75+55
Reformist Party15–64
Regenerator Party14+9
Independents3
Total1070
Total votes227,298
Registered voters/turnout366,88661.95
Source: ISCSP, Nohlen & Stöver[1]

References

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1543 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7