Portuguese legislative election, 1881

Portuguese legislative election, 1881
21 August 1878
137 seats to the Chamber of Deputies

  First party Second party
 
Party Regenerator Constituents
Seats won 122 8
Seats after Increase 101 Increase 2
  Third party Fourth party
 
Party Progressive Republicans
Seats won 6 1
Seats after Decrease 100 Steady 0
Prime Minister before election

António Rodrigues Sampaio
Regenerator

 Prime Minister-elect

António Rodrigues Sampaio
Regenerator

Parliamentary elections were held in Portugal on 21 August 1881.[1] The result was a landslide victory for the Regeneration Party, which won 122 seats.[2]

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Regeneration Party122+101
Constituent Party8+2
Progressive Party 6-100
Portuguese Republican Party10
Invalid/blank votes–––
Total491,7661001370
Registered voters/turnout841,51158.4––
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

The results exclude seats from overseas territories.[2]

Parliamentary seats
Regenerator
 
 89.05%
Constituents
 
 5.84%
Progressive
 
 4.38%
Republicans
 
 0.73%

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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