1820 Portuguese legislative election

Parliamentary elections were held in Portugal between 10 and 27 December.[1] They followed the Liberal Revolution on 24 August.

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Electoral system

The new electoral law was introduced on 22 November and had been directly translated from 1812 Spanish constitution, which had a wide electoral franchise but indirect electoral system.[2] All literate men had the right to vote except monks, servants and some other groups.[1] In a three-stage process, members of parochial assemblies elected provincial assemblies, whose members elected the members of the legislature.[2]

Results

The 110 elected members included 43 jurists and magistrates, 20 academics, 15 members of the church, 11 military personnel, five property owners, three physicians and three tradespeople.[1] The vast majority were members of masonic societies.[1]

References
  1. Elections of 1820 (December) Archived 2018-02-08 at the Wayback Machine ISCSP
  2. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1529 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
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