1922 Portuguese legislative election

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1922 Portuguese legislative election
← 1921 29 January 1922 1925 →
163 seats to the Chamber of Deputies
82 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
PLR
Leader Afonso Costa Álvaro de Castro
Party PD PLR PRRN
Leader since 1912 1920
Last election 54 seats 79 seats 12 seats
Seats won 74 34 17
Seat change Increase 20 Decrease 45 Increase 5
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
CM
CCP
PR
Leader António Lino Neto
Party CM CCP PR
Leader since 1915
Last election 4 seats 3 seats 2 seats
Seats won 13 5 2
Seat change Increase 9 Increase 2 Steady
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Chamber of Deputies
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Senate
Prime Minister before election

Francisco Cunha Leal
PD

 Prime Minister after election

Francisco Cunha Leal
PD

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Parliamentary elections were held in Portugal on 29 January 1922.[1] The Democratic Party emerged as the largest in Parliament, winning 74 of the 163 seats in the House of Representatives and 37 of the 70 seats in the Senate.[2]

Background

The elections were held less than a year after the July 1921 legislative elections, in which the Republican Liberal Party (PLR) had won a majority of votes. However, on 19 October 1921 ("the night of blood"), a military coup resulted in several republican figures being killed, including PLR prime minister António Granjo.[3] On the night of blood, President António José de Almeida invested Manuel Maria Coelho as Prime Minister, but his government resigned on 3 November.[4] On the same day, Carlos Maia Pinto became Prime Minister, but also resigned on 16 December.[5] Francisco Cunha Leal then served as Prime Minister until the elections.[6] The elections took place amidst instability and violence and were postponed four times before finally taking place on 29 January.[6]

Results

Party House of Representatives Senate
Votes % Seats +/– Votes % Seats +/–
Democratic Party 74 +20 37 +15
Republican Liberal Party 34 –45 11 –21
Reconstitution Party 17 +5 10 +3
Monarchist Cause 13 +9 4 +4
Catholic Centre Party 5 +2 1 –2
Regionalist Party 2 0 –
Portuguese Socialist Party 0 0 0 0
Other parties and independents 18 +9 7 0
Invalid/blank votes – – – – – –
Total 380,000 100 163 0 70 –1
Registered voters/turnout 550,000 69.1 – – 550,000 – –
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Aftermath

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Vote count in a Lisbon polling place

The Democratic Party failed to win an absolute majority of seats and Afonso Costa chose not to form government.[6][7] Instead, António Maria da Silva of the Democratic Party became Prime Minister on 6 February,[7] leading a minority government with the support of the Reconstitution Party, the Catholic Centre Party, the Regionalist Party and some independents.[6] However, the government failed to serve a full term after being forced to resign following a motion of no confidence in November 1923.[8] Further instability resulted in seven different governments holding office in the subsequent period until the 1925 elections.[9]

References

  1. ↑ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1542 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, pp1557-1558
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