August 1906 Portuguese legislative election

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19 August 1906

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148 seats to the Chamber of Deputies
75 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party

Leader	João Franco	José Luciano de Castro
Party	Liberal Regenerator	Progressive
Leader since	1901	1885
Last election	7 seats	19 seats
Seats won	65	45
Seats after	58	26

	Third party	Fourth party

Leader	Ernesto Hintze Ribeiro	José Maria de Alpoim
Party	Regenerator	Progressive Dissidence
Leader since	1900	1905
Last election	104 seats	9 seats
Seats won	24	4
Seats after	80	5

Prime Minister before election

João Franco
Liberal Regenerator

Prime Minister after election

João Franco
Liberal Regenerator

Parliamentary elections were held in Portugal on 19 August 1906, the second that year and the fourth in three years. For the first time in several decades no party won an overall majority, with the Liberal Regenerator Party emerging as the largest party with 65 seats.

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–

Liberal Regenerator Party			65	+58
Regeneration Party			24	–80
Progressive Party			45	+26
Progressive Dissidence			4	–5
Portuguese Republican Party			4	+3
Other parties and independents			6	–2
Invalid/blank votes		–	–	–
Total	489,778	100	148	0
Registered voters/turnout	677,693	72.3	–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

The results exclude seats from overseas territories.

Parliamentary seats

Liberal Regenerator			43.92%
Progressive			30.41%
Regenerator			16.22%
Progressive Dissi.			2.70%
Republicans			2.70%
Others/Independent			4.05%

References

Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1541 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1557

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