Portuguese legislative election, 1919

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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]

Results

Party	House of Representatives				Senate
Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Democratic Party			86	New			36	New
Evolutionist Party			38	New			27	New
Republican Union			17	New			27	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		–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

↑ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1542 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
↑ Nohlen & Stöver, pp1557-1558
↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p1543

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Eleições de 1919

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