1856 Portuguese legislative election

1856 Portuguese legislative election
9 November 1856
All 162 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
82 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
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Leader 1st Duke of Loulé Rodrigo da Fonseca Magalhães
Party Historic Regenerator Miguelistas
Last election – 121 seats –
Seats won 116 41 5
Seats after New Decrease 80 New
Prime Minister before election

1st Duke of Loulé
Historic

Prime Minister after election

1st Duke of Loulé
Historic

Legislative elections were held in Portugal on 9 November 1856.

Results

The elected Miguelistas did not take their oath of office.

PartySeats+/–
Historic Party116New
Regenerator Party41–79
Miguelistas5New
Total162+8
Source: ISCSP[1][2]

References

  1. ^ "Eleições de 1856" (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 11 January 2005. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
  2. ^ "Eleições Gerais Portuguesas desde 1820" (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2005-01-05. Retrieved 9 September 2014.


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