1915 Portuguese legislative election

Parliamentary elections were held in Portugal on 13 June 1915.[1] The result was a victory for the Democratic Party, which won 106 of the 163 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 45 of the 69 seats in the Senate.[2]

1915 Portuguese legislative election

← 1913 13 June 1915 1918 →
Turnout59.9% (Increase22.8pp)
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Affonso Augusto da Costa (As Constituintes de 1911 e os seus Deputados, Livr. Ferreira, 1911).png
António José d'Almeida (As Constituintes de 1911 e os seus Deputados, Livr. Ferreira, 1911).png
Manuel de Brito Camacho (As Constituintes de 1911 e os seus Deputados, Livr. Ferreira, 1911).png
Leader Afonso Costa António José de Almeida Manuel de Brito Camacho
Party Democratic Evolutionist Republican Union
Last election 68 (Chamber)
24 (Senate)
41 (Chamber)
16 (Senate)
36 (Chamber)
18 (Senate)
Seats won 106 (Chamber)
45 (Senate)
26 (Chamber)
9 (Senate)
15 (Chamber)
11 (Senate)

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
PSP
CCP
Leader Central commission[n 1]
Party Socialist PCC
Last election 2 (Chamber)
2 (Senate)
New
Seats won 2 (Chamber)
0 (Senate)
1 (Chamber)
1 (Senate)

Colours denote the winning party, as shown in the main table of results.

Prime Minister before election

José de Castro
Democratic

Prime Minister after election

Afonso Costa
Democratic

Results

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Party
 
Chamber of Deputies
 
Senate
Votes % Seats +/– Seats +/–
Democratic Party 106 +38 45 +21
Evolutionist Party 26 –15 9 –7
Republican Union 15 –21 11 –7
Portuguese Socialist Party 2 0 0 –2
Catholic Centre Party 1 New 1 New
Other parties and independents 13 +7 3 –3
Invalid/blank votes
Total 282,387 100 163 69
Registered voters/turnout 471,557 59.9
Source: Nohlen & Stöver
Chamber of Deputies seats
Democratic Party
65.03%
Evolutionist Party
15.95%
Republican Union
9.20%
Socialist Party
1.23%
Catholic Center
0.61%
Others
7.98%
Senate seats
Democratic Party
65.22%
Republican Union
15.94%
Evolutionist Party
13.04%
Catholic Center
1.44%
Others
4.35%

Notes

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  1. ^ The central commission was constituted by Alberto Pinheiro Torres, José Fernando de Sousa and Diogo Pacheco de Amorim.

References

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  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1541 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, pp1557-1558