1881 Portuguese legislative election

Parliamentary elections were held in Portugal on 21 August 1881. The result was a landslide victory for the Regeneration Party, which won 122 seats.

1881 Portuguese legislative election

21 August 1881
137 seats to the Chamber of Deputies 69 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Fontes Pereira de Melo José Dias Ferreira Party Regenerator Constituent Leader since 1856 1871 Last election 21 seats 6 seats Seats won 122 8 Seats after 101 2   Third party Fourth party   PRP Leader Anselmo José Braamcamp Political Directory Party Progressive Republicans Leader since 1876 1876 Last election 106 seats 1 seat Seats won 6 1 Seats after 100
Prime Minister before election António Rodrigues Sampaio Regenerator Prime Minister after election António Rodrigues Sampaio Regenerator

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Regeneration Party			122	+101
Constituent Party			8	+2
Progressive Party			6	-100
Portuguese Republican Party			1	0
Invalid/blank votes		–	–	–
Total	491,766	100	137	0
Registered voters/turnout	841,511	58.4	–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

The results exclude seats from overseas territories.

Parliamentary seats Regenerator   89.05% Constituents   5.84% Progressive   4.38% Republicans   0.73%