1919 Portuguese legislative election

Parliamentary elections were held in Portugal on 11 May 1919.^[1] 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.^[2][3]

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1919 Portuguese legislative election

← 1918 11 May 1919 1921 â†’
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

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