September 1870 Portuguese legislative election

September 1870 Portuguese legislative election

18 September 1870

All 107 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
54 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader 1st Marquis of Sá da Bandeira 1st Duke of Loulé
Party Reformist Historic
Last election 15 seats 75 seats
Seats won 59 20
Seats after 44 55

  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader 1st Duke of Ávila Fontes Pereira de Melo
Party Avilistas Regenerator
Last election 14 seats
Seats won 16 12
Seats after New 2

Prime Minister before election

1st Marquis of Sá da Bandeira
Reformist

Prime Minister after election

1st Marquis of Sá da Bandeira
Reformist

Parliamentary elections were held in Portugal on 18 September 1870.

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Reformist Party59+44
Historic Party20–55
Avilistas16New
Regenerator Party12–2
Total1070
Total votes230,789
Registered voters/turnout422,64254.61
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