1911 Portuguese Constituent National Assembly election
28 May 1911
234 seats to the Chamber of Deputies
118 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
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Leader Teófilo Braga Azedo Gneco
Party Republican Party Socialist Party
Leader since 1910 1895
Last election 14 Did not run
Seats won 229 2
Seat change Increase 215 New
Popular vote 210,000 8,000
Percentage 84% 7%
Swing Increase 75% New
Prime Minister before election

Teófilo Braga
PRP

 Prime Minister after election

Teófilo Braga
PRP

Constituent Assembly elections were held in Portugal on 28 May 1911, following a coup in October 1910.[1] The result was a victory for the Portuguese Republican Party, which won 229 of the 234 seats.[2]

Electoral system

The country was divided into 51 constituencies for the election.[3] Lisbon elected 20 members from two 10 member seats using proportional representation and the d'Hondt method, whilst Oporto had one 10 member constituency using the same system.[3] The remaining seats were elected from 48 constituencies with three or four members.[3]

Property qualifications for voters were abolished and suffrage was extended to all adults who were either literate or heads of their households, as well as soldiers, who had previously been barred from voting.[4] Bankrupts and "vagabonds" were excluded from the electoral roll.[3]

Candidates for the election had to be literate, and could not run in more than one seat.[3] Party lists had to obtain a certain number of signatures in every constituency (100 in Lisbon and Oporto and 25 in other constituencies) in order to contest the election.[3]

Parties

The table below lists the parties that contested the elections:

Name Ideology Political position Leader
PRP Portuguese Republican Party
Partido Republicano Português		 Republicanism
Radicalism		 Centre Teófilo Braga
PSP Portuguese Socialist Party
Partido Socialista Português		 Socialism
Proudhonism		 Left-wing Azedo Gneco

Results

Party Votes % Seats
Portuguese Republican Party229
Portuguese Socialist Party2
Other parties3
Invalid/blank votes––
Total234
Registered voters/turnout846,801–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver
Parliamentary seats
Republicans
 
 97.86%
Socialist Party
 
 0.85%
Others
 
 1.31%

Aftermath

The 1911 constitution was subsequently drawn up, which provided for a bicameral parliament and a president elected by a two-thirds vote in Parliament.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1542 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p1551
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Nohlen & Stöver, p1534
  4. ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, pp1533-1534
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