1953 Portuguese legislative election

none Portugal parliamentary 1949 Portuguese legislative election 1949 1957 Portuguese legislative election 1957 All 120 seats in the National Assembly 61 8 November 1953 Oliveira Salazar, retratado por San Payo (Arquivo Municipal de Lisboa, MNV001514).png 140 110 150 5 10 center António de Oliveira Salazar National Union (Portugal) 120 Prime Minister Prime Minister after election António de Oliveira Salazar National Union (Portugal) António de Oliveira Salazar National Union (Portugal) Parliamentary elections were held in Portugal on 8 November 1953.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1542 978-3-8329-5609-7 The ruling National Union won all 120 seats. Electoral system The elections were held using 21 multi-member constituencies and one single-member constituency covering the Azores, together electing a total of 120 members, 13 of which were from Portuguese colonies.Nohlen & Stöver, p1535 Voters could delete names from the lists of candidates, but could not replace them. Suffrage was given to all men aged 21 or over as long as they were literate or paid over 100 escudos in taxation, and to women aged over 21 if they had completed secondary education, or if they were the head of a household and met the same literacy and tax criteria as men. Campaign The opposition to the Estado Novo, consisting of anti-communist liberals, republicans and intellectuals, presented three lists with a total of 28 candidates in Lisbon, Porto and Aveiro."Elections In Portugal Opposition Candidates Defeated" The Times, 9 November 1953, p7, Issue 52774 The elections were boycotted by the National Democratic Movement and the Youth Movement for Democratic Union in protest at a lack of freedom, whilst monarchists boycotted the elections except in cases where a National Union candidate was a known royalist. Results File:Portugal Chamber of Deputies 1945-1957.svg National Union 120 Opposition lists 0 845281 1239504 Nohlen & Stöver References See also Politics of Portugal List of political parties in Portugal Elections in Portugal Category:Legislative elections in Portugal Legislative Portugal Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results