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Constituent Assembly elections were held in Portugal on 28 May 1911, following a coup in October 1910.[1] The result was a victory for the Portuguese Republican Party, which won 229 of the 234 seats.[2]

Electoral system

The country was divided into 51 constituencies for the election.[3] Lisbon elected 20 members from two 10 member seats using proportional representation and the d'Hondt method, whilst Oporto had one 10 member constituency using the same system.[3] The remaining seats were elected from 48 constituencies with three or four members.[3]

Property qualifications for voters were abolished and suffrage was extended to all adults who were either literate or heads of their households, as well as soldiers, who had previously been barred from voting.[4] Bankrupts and "vagabonds" were excluded from the electoral roll.[3]

Candidates for the election had to be literate, and could not run in more than one seat.[3] Party lists had to obtain a certain number of signatures in every constituency (100 in Lisbon and Oporto and 25 in other constituencies) in order to contest the election.[3]

Parties

The table below lists the parties that contested the elections:

Name Ideology Political position Leader
PRP Portuguese Republican Party
Partido Republicano Português 		Republicanism
Radicalism 		Centre Teófilo Braga
PSP Portuguese Socialist Party
Partido Socialista Português 		Socialism
Proudhonism 		Left-wing Azedo Gneco

Results

Party Votes % Seats
Portuguese Republican Party 229
Portuguese Socialist Party 2
Other parties 3
Invalid/blank votes – –
Total 234
Registered voters/turnout 846,801 –
Source: Nohlen & Stöver
Parliamentary seats
Republicans
 
 97.86%
Socialist Party
 
 0.85%
Others
 
 1.31%

Aftermath

The 1911 constitution was subsequently drawn up, which provided for a bicameral parliament and a president elected by a two-thirds vote in Parliament.[3]

References

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1542 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1551
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Nohlen & Stöver, p1534
  4. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, pp1533-1534
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