Portuguese legislative election, 1878

Portuguese legislative election, 1878
13 October 1878
137 seats to the Chamber of Deputies

  First party Second party
 
Party Regenerator Progressive
Seats won 97 22
Seats after Increase 19 new
  Third party Fourth party
 
Party Constituents Republicans
Seats won 14 1
Seats after Increase 8 new
Prime Minister before election

Fontes Pereira de Melo
Regenerator

 Prime Minister-elect

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 Party97
Progressive Party22
Constituent Party14
Portuguese Republican Party1
Other parties and independents3
Invalid/blank votes––
Total523,929100137
Registered voters/turnout824,72663.5–
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. 1 2 Nohlen & Stöver, p1556
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