Election Name: | 1913 Portuguese legislative election |
Country: | Portugal |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1911 Portuguese Constituent National Assembly election |
Previous Year: | 1911 |
Next Election: | 1915 Portuguese legislative election |
Next Year: | 1915 |
Seats For Election: | 153 seats to the Chamber of Deputies |
Majority Seats: | 77 |
Election Date: | 16 November 1913 |
Leader1: | Afonso Costa |
Leader Since1: | 1912 |
Party1: | PD |
Last Election1: | Did not contest |
Seats1: | 68 |
Seat Change1: | New party |
Leader2: | António José de Almeida |
Leader Since2: | 1912 |
Party2: | PRE |
Last Election2: | Did not contest |
Seats2: | 41 |
Seat Change2: | New party |
Leader4: | Manuel de Brito Camacho |
Leader Since4: | 1912 |
Party4: | PUR |
Last Election4: | Did not contest |
Seats4: | 36 |
Seat Change4: | New party |
Image5: | PSP |
Party5: | PSP |
Last Election5: | 2 seats |
Seats5: | 2 |
Colour5: | FF0000 |
Map Size: | 300px |
Map2 Size: | 300px |
Map2 Caption: | Senate |
Posttitle: | Prime Minister after election |
Before Election: | Afonso Augusto da Costa |
Before Party: | PD |
After Election: | Afonso Augusto da Costa |
After Party: | PD |
Parliamentary elections were held in Portugal on 16 November 1913. These were the first elections under the new Constitution, approved in 1911, that created a Bicameralism legislature. The result was a victory for the Democratic Party, which won 68 of the 153 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 24 of the 66 seats in the Senate.
Party | Chamber of Deputies | Senate | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Seats | +/– | ||
Democratic Party | 68 | New | 24 | New | |||
Evolutionist Party | 41 | New | 16 | New | |||
Republican Union | 36 | New | 18 | New | |||
Portuguese Socialist Party | 2 | 0 | 2 | New | |||
Other parties and independents | 6 | +3 | 6 | New | |||
Invalid/blank votes | – | – | – | – | |||
Total | 150,000 | 100 | 153 | -81 | 66 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 397,038 | 37.8 | – | – | – | ||
Source: Eleições 1913 |