1919 Portuguese legislative election

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163 seats to the Chamber of Deputies 82 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Afonso Costa António José de Almeida Manuel de Brito Camacho Party Democratic Evolutionist Republican Union Leader since 1912 1912 1912 Last election Boycotted Boycotted Boycotted Seats won 96 38 17 Seat change 96 38 17   Fourth party Fifth party   PSP CCP Leader António Lino Neto Party Socialist Catholic Centre Leader since 1915 Last election Boycotted 5 seats Seats won 8 1 Seat change 8 4
Prime Minister before election Domingos Leite Pereira Independent Prime Minister after election Alfredo Ernesto de Sá Cardoso PD

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Parliamentary elections were held in Portugal on 11 May 1919.^[1] The three main parties that boycotted the 1918 elections returned to contest the elections. The result was a victory for the Democratic Party, which won 86 of the 163 seats in the House of Representatives and 36 of the 71 seats in the Senate.^[2][3]

Results

Party	House of Representatives				Senate
	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Democratic Party			96	New			36	New
Evolutionist Party			38	New			27	New
Republican Union			17	New				New
Portuguese Socialist Party			8	New			0	New
Catholic Centre Party			1	–4			1	1
Other parties and independents			13	+8			7	–23
Invalid/blank votes		–	–	–		–	–	–
Total			163	+8			71	–2
Registered voters/turnout	500,000		–	–	500,000		–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver