The Regenerator Party (Portuguese: Partido Regenerador) was a Portuguese political party. Along with their "rivals" the Progressive Party, they dominated politics in the Kingdom of Portugal in the second half of the 19th century and early 20th century. The Regenerator, Progressist, and other political parties in the late Kingdom of Portugal were all run by friends of the king.[1]

Regenerator Party
Portuguese: Partido Regenerador
AbbreviationPR
LeaderDuke of Saldanha Fontes Pereira de Melo
Founded1851 (1851)
Dissolved1910 (1910)
HeadquartersLisbon
IdeologyConstitutional Monarchy
Conservatism
Political positionRight-wing
ReligionRoman Catholicism
Colors  Blue

Election results

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Election Leader Seats +/- Government
1851 Rodrigo da Fonseca Magalhães
125 / 159
Government
1852
121 / 156
 4 Government
1852
41 / 162
 80 Opposition
1858 Fontes Pereira de Melo
22 / 162
 19 Opposition
1860
162 / 179
 140 Government
1861
40 / 177
 122 Opposition
1864
32 / 177
 8 Opposition
1868
13 / 179
 19 Opposition
1869
5 / 107
 8 Opposition
Mar. 1870
14 / 107
 9 Opposition
Sep. 1870
12 / 107
 2 Opposition
1871
22 / 107
 10 Opposition
1874
78 / 107
 56 Government
1878
97 / 137
 19 Government
1879
21 / 137
 76 Opposition
1881
122 / 137
 101 Government
1884
110 / 151
 12 Government
1887 António de Serpa Pimentel
36 / 152
 74 Opposition
1889
38 / 152
 2 Opposition
1890
115 / 152
 77 Government
1890
103 / 152
 12 Government
1894
101 / 152
 2 Government
1895
114 / 114
 13 Government
1897
23 / 114
 91 Opposition
1899
39 / 138
 16 Opposition
1900 Ernesto Hintze Ribeiro
104 / 138
 65 Government
1901
100 / 148
 4 Government
1904
100 / 148
 0 Government
1905
32 / 148
 68 Opposition
Apr. 1906
104 / 148
 72 Government
Aug. 1906
24 / 148
 80 Opposition
1908 Júlio de Vilhena
62 / 148
 38 Government
1910 António Teixeira de Sousa
50 / 155
 12 Government

References

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  1. ^ de Oliveira Marques, A.H. (March 1986). História de Portugal Volume III (in Portuguese). Lisbon: Palas Editores. pp. 33, 39, 69, 270.