1922 Portuguese legislative election

none Portugal parliamentary 1921 Portuguese legislative election 1921 1925 Portuguese legislative election 1925 All 163 seats in the Chamber of Deputies 82 29 January 1922 130x130px Afonso_Costa_-_Mar%C3%A7o,_1921.png 180 95 130 5 55 Afonso Costa Democratic Party (Portugal) 54 seats 74 20 Republican Liberal Party (Portugal) 95 130 Republican Liberal Party (Portugal) 79 seats 34 45 Álvaro Xavier de Castro (Arquivo Histórico Parlamentar).png 135 95 130 0 17 Álvaro de Castro Reconstitution Party 12 seats 17 5 Monarchist Cause 95 130 Monarchist Cause 4 seats 13 9 António Lino Neto.png António Lino Neto Catholic Centre Party (Portugal) 3 seats 5 2 Regionalist Party 95 130 Regionalist Party 2 seats 2 Prime Minister Prime Minister after election Francisco Cunha Leal Democratic Party (Portugal) Francisco Cunha Leal Democratic Party (Portugal) Parliamentary elections were held in Portugal on 29 January 1922.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1542 978-3-8329-5609-7 The Democratic Party emerged as the largest in Parliament, winning 74 of the 163 seats in the House of Representatives and 37 of the 70 seats in the Senate.Nohlen & Stöver, pp1557-1558 Background The elections were held less than a year after the July 1921 legislative elections, in which the Republican Liberal Party (PLR) had won a majority of votes. However, on 19 October 1921 ("the night of blood"), a military coup resulted in several republican figures being killed, including PLR prime minister António Granjo.Baiôa Manuel Pimenta Morgado Fernandes Paulo Jorge Ribeiro de Meneses Filipe 2003 The Political History of Twentieth-Century Portugal e-Journal of Portuguese History https://dspace.uevora.pt/rdpc/handle/10174/21851 1645-6432 On the night of blood, President António José de Almeida invested Manuel Maria Coelho as Prime Minister, but his government resigned on 3 November.2011-03-12 Governo de Manuel Maria Coelho http://www.iscsp.utl.pt/~cepp/governos_portugueses/i_republica/manuel_maria_coelho_1921.htm 2020-06-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20110312045249/http://www.iscsp.utl.pt/~cepp/governos_portugueses/i_republica/manuel_maria_coelho_1921.htm 2011-03-12 On the same day, Carlos Maia Pinto became Prime Minister, but also resigned on 16 December.Infopédia Carlos Maia Pinto - Infopédia https://www.infopedia.pt/$carlos-maia-pinto 2020-06-28 Infopédia - Dicionários Porto Editora pt Francisco Cunha Leal then served as Prime Minister until the elections.Baiôa Manuel Pimenta Morgado 2012 Elites e organizações políticas na I República Portuguesa: o caso do partido republicano nacionalista https://dspace.uevora.pt/rdpc/handle/10174/22805 2020-06-28 dspace.uevora.pt The elections took place amidst instability and violence and were postponed four times before finally taking place on 29 January. Results Chamber of Deputies File:Portugal Chamber of Deputies 1922.svg Democratic Party 74 +20 Republican Liberal Party 34 –45 Reconstitution Party 17 +5 Monarchist Cause 13 +9 Portuguese Catholic Centre 5 +2 Regionalist Party 2 0 Portuguese Socialist Party 0 –8 Other parties and independents 18 +9 0 Nohlen & Stöver Senate File:Portugal Senate 1922.svg Democratic Party 37 +15 Republican Liberal Party 11 –21 Reconstitution Party 10 +3 Monarchist Cause 4 +4 Portuguese Catholic Centre 1 –2 Portuguese Socialist Party 0 0 Regionalist Party 0 0 Other parties and independents 7 0 –1 Nohlen & Stöver Aftermath thumb|right|Vote count in a Lisbon polling place The Democratic Party failed to win an absolute majority of seats and Afonso Costa chose not to form government.Governo de António Maria da Silva (1922-1923) Politipedia http://www.politipedia.pt/governo-de-antonio-maria-da-silva-1922-1923/ 2020-06-28 www.politipedia.pt pt-PT Instead, António Maria da Silva of the Democratic Party became Prime Minister on 6 February, leading a minority government with the support of the Reconstitution Party, the Catholic Centre Party, the Regionalist Party and some independents. However, the government failed to serve a full term after being forced to resign following a motion of no confidence in November 1923.Governo de António Maria da Silva (1922-1923) Politipedia http://www.politipedia.pt/governo-de-antonio-maria-da-silva-1922-1923/ 2020-06-28 www.politipedia.pt pt-PT Further instability resulted in seven different governments holding office in the subsequent period until the 1925 elections.Governos da I República Politipedia http://www.politipedia.pt/governos-da-i-republica/ 2020-06-28 www.politipedia.pt pt-PT References External links Eleições de 1922 Category:Legislative elections in Portugal Legislative Portugal Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results