1919 Portuguese legislative election ← 1918 11 May 1919 1921 →
163 seats to the Chamber of Deputies 82 seats needed for a majority
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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 Party House of Representatives Senate Votes % Seats +/– Votes % Seats +/– Democratic Party 96 New 36 New Evolutionist Party 38 New 27 New Republican Union 17 New New Portuguese Socialist Party 8 New 0 New Catholic Centre Party 1 –4 1 1 Other parties and independents 13 +8 7 –23 Invalid/blank votes – – – – – – Total 163 +8 71 –2 Registered voters/turnout 500,000 – – 500,000 – – Source: Nohlen & Stöver
Chamber of Deputies seats Democratic Party
58.90% Evolutionist Party
23.32% Republican Union
10.43% Socialist Party
4.91% Catholic Center
0.61% Others
7.98%
Senate seats Democratic Party
50.70% Evolutionist Party
38.03% Catholic Center
1.41% Others
9.86%
References ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook , p1542 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7 ^ Nohlen & Stöver, pp1557-1558 ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1543 External links