April 1906 Portuguese legislative election

April 1906 Portuguese legislative election

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148 seats to the Chamber of Deputies
75 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
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Leader Ernesto Hintze Ribeiro José Luciano de Castro
Party Regenerator Progressive
Leader since 1900 1885
Last election 32 seats 109 seats
Seats won 104 19
Seats after Increase 72 Decrease 90

  Third party Fourth party
 
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Leader José Maria de Alpoim João Franco
Party Progressive Dissidence Liberal Regenerator
Leader since 1905 1901
Last election New 3 seats
Seats won 9 7
Seats after New Increase 4

Prime Minister before election

Ernesto Hintze Ribeiro
Regenerator

Prime Minister after election

Ernesto Hintze Ribeiro
Regenerator

Parliamentary elections were held in Portugal on 29 April 1906.[1] The result was a victory for the Regeneration Party, which won 104 seats.[2] The one elected Portuguese Republican Party MP refused to take his seat in protest at electoral fraud.[2]

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Regeneration Party 104 +72
Progressive Party 19 –90
Progressive Dissidence 9 New
Liberal Regenerator Party 7 +4
Portuguese Republican Party 1 New
Other parties and independents 8 +4
Invalid/blank votes
Total 491,287 100 148 0
Registered voters/turnout 677,693 72.5
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

The results exclude seats from overseas territories.[2]

Parliamentary seats
Regenerator
70.27%
Progressive
12.84%
Progressive Dissi.
6.08%
Liberal Regenerator
4.73%
Republicans
0.68%
Others/Independent
5.41%

References

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