1881 Portuguese legislative election

1881 Portuguese legislative election

21 August 1881
137 seats to the Chamber of Deputies 69 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Fontes Pereira de Melo José Dias Ferreira Party Regenerator Constituent Leader since 1856 1871 Last election 21 seats 6 seats Seats won 122 8 Seats after 101 2   Third party Fourth party   PRP Leader Anselmo José Braamcamp Political Directory Party Progressive Republicans Leader since 1876 1876 Last election 106 seats 1 seat Seats won 6 1 Seats after 100
Prime Minister before election António Rodrigues Sampaio Regenerator Prime Minister after election António Rodrigues Sampaio Regenerator

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

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.

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