1878 Portuguese legislative election

1878 Portuguese legislative election
← 1874 13 October 1878 1879 →
137 seats to the Chamber of Deputies
69 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
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Leader Fontes Pereira de Melo Anselmo José Braamcamp
Party Regenerator Progressive
Leader since 1856 1876
Last election 78 seats New
Seats won 97 22
Seats after Increase 19 New
  Third party Fourth party
 
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PRP
Leader José Dias Ferreira Political Directory
Party Constituent Republican
Leader since 1871 1876
Last election 6 seats New
Seats won 14 1
Seats after Increase 8 New
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 Regeneration Party, which won 97 seats.[2]

Results

Party Votes % Seats
Regeneration Party 97
Progressive Party 22
Constituent Party 14
Portuguese Republican Party 1
Other parties and independents 3
Invalid/blank votes – –
Total 523,929 100 137
Registered voters/turnout 824,726 63.5 –
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

The results exclude the seats from overseas territories.[2]

Parliamentary seats
Regenerator
 
 70.80%
Progressive
 
 16.06%
Constituents
 
 10.22%
Republicans
 
 0.73%
Others/Independent
 
 2.19%

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
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