1874 Portuguese legislative election

Parliamentary elections were held in Portugal on 12 July 1874.

1874 Portuguese legislative election

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107 seats to the Chamber of Deputies
54 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
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Leader Fontes Pereira de Melo 1st Duke of Loulé
Party Regenerator Historic
Leader since 1856 1852
Last election 22 seats 31 seats
Seats won 78 8
Seats after Increase 56 Decrease 23

  Third party Fourth party
 
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Leader 1st Marquis of Sá da Bandeira José Dias Ferreira
Party Reformist Constituent
Leader since 1869 1871
Last election 14 seats 8 seats
Seats won 8 6
Seats after Decrease 6 Decrease 2

Prime Minister before election

Fontes Pereira de Melo
Regenerator

Prime Minister after election

Fontes Pereira de Melo
Regenerator

Results

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Party Votes % Seats
Regenerator Party and Avilistas 78
Historic Party 8
Reformist Party 8
Constituent Party 6
Colonial seats 7
Total 291,402 107
Registered voters/turnout 452,036 64.5
Source: ISCSP, Nohlen & Stöver[1]
Parliamentary seats
Regenerator
72.90%
Historic
7.48%
Reformist
7.48%
Constituents
5.61%
Others/Independent
6.54%

References

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  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1544 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7