Election Name: | 1919 Portuguese legislative election |
Country: | Portugal |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1918 Portuguese general election |
Previous Year: | 1918 |
Next Election: | 1921 Portuguese legislative election |
Next Year: | 1921 |
Seats For Election: | 163 seats to the Chamber of Deputies |
Majority Seats: | 82 |
Election Date: | 11 May 1919 |
Leader1: | Afonso Costa |
Leader Since1: | 1912 |
Party1: | Democratic Party (Portugal) |
Last Election1: | Boycotted |
Seats1: | 96 |
Seat Change1: | 96 |
Leader2: | António José de Almeida |
Leader Since2: | 1912 |
Party2: | Evolutionist Party |
Last Election2: | Boycotted |
Seats2: | 38 |
Seat Change2: | 38 |
Leader3: | Manuel de Brito Camacho |
Leader Since3: | 1912 |
Party3: | Republican Union (Portugal) |
Last Election3: | Boycotted |
Seats3: | 17 |
Seat Change3: | 17 |
Image4: | PSP |
Party4: | Portuguese Socialist Party |
Last Election4: | Boycotted |
Seats4: | 8 |
Seat Change4: | 8 |
Image5: | CCP |
Leader5: | António Lino Neto |
Leader Since5: | 1915 |
Party5: | Catholic Centre Party (Portugal) |
Last Election5: | 5 seats |
Seats5: | 1 |
Seat Change5: | 4 |
Map Size: | 300px |
Map2 Size: | 300px |
Prime Minister | |
Posttitle: | Prime Minister after election |
Before Election: | Domingos Leite Pereira |
Before Party: | Independent (politician) |
After Election: | Alfredo Ernesto de Sá Cardoso |
After Party: | PD |
Parliamentary elections were held in Portugal on 11 May 1919.[1] The three main parties that boycotted the 1918 elections returned to contest the elections. The result was a victory for the Democratic Party, which won 86 of the 163 seats in the House of Representatives and 36 of the 71 seats in the Senate.[2] [3]
Party | House of Representatives | Senate | ||||||
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Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
Democratic Party | 96 | New | 36 | New | ||||
Evolutionist Party | 38 | New | 27 | New | ||||
Republican Union | 17 | New | New | |||||
Portuguese Socialist Party | 8 | New | 0 | New | ||||
Catholic Centre Party | 1 | –4 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Other parties and independents | 13 | +8 | 7 | –23 | ||||
Invalid/blank votes | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
Total | 163 | +8 | 71 | –2 | ||||
Registered voters/turnout | 500,000 | – | – | 500,000 | – | – | ||
align=left colspan=9 | Source: Nohlen & Stöver |