1878 Portuguese legislative election

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13 October 1878
137 seats to the Chamber of Deputies 69 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Fontes Pereira de Melo Anselmo José Braamcamp Party Regenerator Progressive Leader since 1856 1876 Last election 78 seats New Seats won 97 22 Seats after 19 New   Third party Fourth party   PRP Leader José Dias Ferreira Political Directory Party Constituent Republican Leader since 1871 1876 Last election 6 seats New Seats won 14 1 Seats after 8 New
Prime Minister before election Fontes Pereira de Melo Regenerator Prime Minister after election Fontes Pereira de Melo Regenerator

Parliamentary elections were held in Portugal on 13 October 1878. The result was a victory for the Regeneration Party, which won 97 seats.

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats
Regeneration Party			97
Progressive Party			22
Constituent Party			14
Portuguese Republican Party			1
Other parties and independents			3
Invalid/blank votes		–	–
Total	523,929	100	137
Registered voters/turnout	824,726	63.5	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

The results exclude the seats from overseas territories.

Parliamentary seats Regenerator   70.80% Progressive   16.06% Constituents   10.22% Republicans   0.73% Others/Independent   2.19%

References

1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1541 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
2. ^ a b Nohlen & Stöver, p1556

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