1881 Portuguese legislative election

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Portuguese legislative election, 1881

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137 seats to the Chamber of Deputies
  First party Second party
 
Party Regenerator Constituents
Seats won 122 8
Seats after Increase 101 Increase 2

  Third party Fourth party
 
Party Progressive Republicans
Seats won 6 1
Seats after Decrease 100 Steady 0

Prime Minister before election

António Rodrigues Sampaio
Regenerator

Prime Minister-elect

António Rodrigues Sampaio
Regenerator

Parliamentary elections were held in Portugal on 21 August 1881.[1] The result was a landslide victory for the Regeneration Party, which won 122 seats.[2]

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Regeneration Party 122 +101
Constituent Party 8 +2
Progressive Party 6 -100
Portuguese Republican Party 1 0
Invalid/blank votes
Total 491,766 100 137 0
Registered voters/turnout 841,511 58.4
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

The results exclude seats from overseas territories.[2]

Parliamentary seats
Regenerator
89.05%
Constituents
5.84%
Progressive
4.38%
Republicans
0.73%

References

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1541 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ a b Nohlen & Stöver, p1556