1915 Portuguese legislative election
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Article ImagesParliamentary elections were held in Portugal on 13 June 1915.[1] The result was a victory for the Democratic Party, which won 106 of the 163 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 45 of the 69 seats in the Senate.[2]
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Turnout | 59.9% (22.8pp) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Results
Party | Chamber of Deputies | Senate | |||||
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Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Seats | +/– | ||
Democratic Party | 106 | +38 | 45 | +21 | |||
Evolutionist Party | 26 | –15 | 9 | –7 | |||
Republican Union | 15 | –21 | 11 | –7 | |||
Portuguese Socialist Party | 2 | 0 | 0 | –2 | |||
Catholic Centre Party | 1 | New | 1 | New | |||
Other parties and independents | 13 | +7 | 3 | –3 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | – | – | – | – | |||
Total | 282,387 | 100 | 163 | 69 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 471,557 | 59.9 | – | – | |||
Source: Nohlen & Stöver |
Chamber of Deputies seats | ||||
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Democratic Party | 65.03% | |||
Evolutionist Party | 15.95% | |||
Republican Union | 9.20% | |||
Socialist Party | 1.23% | |||
Catholic Center | 0.61% | |||
Others | 7.98% |
Senate seats | ||||
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Democratic Party | 65.22% | |||
Republican Union | 15.94% | |||
Evolutionist Party | 13.04% | |||
Catholic Center | 1.44% | |||
Others | 4.35% |
Notes
- ^ The central commission was constituted by Alberto Pinheiro Torres, José Fernando de Sousa and Diogo Pacheco de Amorim.
References
- ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1541 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, pp1557-1558