1919 Portuguese legislative election

1919 Portuguese legislative election

11 May 1919
All 163 seats in the Chamber of Deputies 82 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Afonso Costa António José de Almeida Manuel de Brito Camacho Party Democratic Evolutionist Republican Union Last election Boycotted Boycotted Boycotted Seats won 96 38 17 Seat change New New New   Fourth party Fifth party   PSP PCC Leader António Lino Neto Party Socialist PCC Last election Boycotted 5 seats Seats won 8 1 Seat change New 4
Prime Minister before election Domingos Leite Pereira Independent Prime Minister after election Alfredo Ernesto de Sá Cardoso Democratic

Parliamentary elections were held in Portugal on 11 May 1919. 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.

Results

Chamber of Deputies

Party		Seats	+/–
	Democratic Party	86	New
	Evolutionist Party	38	New
	Republican Union	17	New
	Portuguese Socialist Party	8	New
	Portuguese Catholic Centre	1	–4
	Other parties and independents	13	+8
Total		163	+8
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Senate

Party		Seats	+/–
	Democratic Party	36	New
	Evolutionist Party	27	New
	Republican Union		New
	Portuguese Catholic Centre	1	0
	Portuguese Socialist Party	0	New
	Other parties and independents	7	–23
Total		71	–2
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

External links

• Eleições de 1919