April 1906 Portuguese legislative election

April 1906 Portuguese legislative election

29 April 1906
148 seats to the Chamber of Deputies 75 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   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 72 90   Third party Fourth party   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 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. Nohlen & Stöver, p1557