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1908 Portuguese legislative election

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1908 Portuguese legislative election

← August 1906 5 April 1908 1910 →

All seats in the Chamber of Deputies
  First party Second party
 
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Leader Júlio de Vilhena [pt] José Luciano de Castro
Party Regenerator Progressive
Seats won 62 58

  Third party Fourth party
 
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Afonso Augusto da Costa (Arquivo Histórico Parlamentar).png
Leader José Maria de Alpoim Afonso Costa
Party DP Republican
Seats won 7 7

Prime Minister before election

Ferreira do Amaral
Independent

Prime Minister after election

Ferreira do Amaral
Independent

Parliamentary elections were held in Portugal on 5 April 1908.[1] The Regenerator Party emerged as the largest party in Parliament, winning 62 seats.[2]

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats
Regenerator Party62
Progressive Party58
Progressive Dissidence7
Portuguese Republican Party7
Liberal Regenerator Party3
Other parties and independents11
Total148
Total votes450,199
Registered voters/turnout655,49168.68
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

The results exclude seats from overseas territories.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1541 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ a b Nohlen & Stöver, p1557