Portuguese legislative election, 1879

Portuguese legislative election, 1879
19 October 1879
137 seats to the Chamber of Deputies

  First party Second party
 
Party Progressive Regenerator
Seats won 106 21
Seats after Increase 84 Decrease 76
  Third party Fourth party
 
Party Constituents Republicans
Seats won 6 1
Seats after Decrease 8 Steady 0
Prime Minister before election

Anselmo José Braamcamp
Progressive

 Prime Minister-elect

Anselmo José Braamcamp
Progressive

Parliamentary elections were held in Portugal on 19 October 1879.[1] The result was a landslide victory for the Progressive Party, which won 106 seats.[2]

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Progressive Party106+84
Regeneration Party21–76
Constituent Party6–8
Portuguese Republican Party10
Other parties and independents30
Invalid/blank votes–––
Total539,9151001370
Registered voters/turnout831,76464.9––
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

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

Parliamentary seats
Progressive
 
 77.37%
Regenerator
 
 15.33%
Constituents
 
 4.38%
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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