Country: | Portugal |
Flag Year: | 1830 |
Type: | Parliamentary |
Previous Election: | July 1836 Portuguese legislative election |
Previous Year: | July 1836 |
Next Election: | 1838 Portuguese legislative election |
Next Year: | 1838 |
Election Date: | 20 November 1836 |
Seats For Election: | 130 seats in the Chamber of Deputies |
Majority Seats: | 66 |
Colour2: | 376091 |
Leader2: | José da Silva Carvalho |
Last Election2: | 79 seats |
Seats2: | 2 |
Seats After2: | 77 |
Colour1: | FFA500 |
Party1: | Septembrism |
Last Election1: | 30 seats |
Seats1: | 79 |
Seats After1: | 49 |
Prime Minister | |
Before Election: | 1st Marquis of Sá da Bandeira |
Before Party: | Septembrism |
After Election: | 1st Marquis of Sá da Bandeira |
After Party: | Septembrism |
Parliamentary elections were held in Portugal on 20 November 1836.[1]
Elections had been held in July 1836 under the Constitutional Charter of 1826 and the Electoral Law of 7 August 1826. However, following the September Revolution, the 1822 constitution was restored. The constitution, together with decrees issued on 8 October and 10 November, created a 130-seat legislature with 122 members elected from multi-member constituencies on the mainland and islands and eight members elected in overseas colonies (six in single-member constituencies and two in a two-seat constituency).[1] However, restrictions on the electoral franchise meant that only around 4.5% of the population were eligible to vote.[1]
The result was a victory for the moderate Setembristas, who won a majority of seats, with the previously ruling Cartistas winning only two seats.[1]
The newly elected Cortes Gerais met on 2 January 1837.[1]