1915 Portuguese legislative election
13 June 1915
Turnout59.9% (Increase22.8pp)
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Affonso Augusto da Costa (As Constituintes de 1911 e os seus Deputados, Livr. Ferreira, 1911).png
António José d'Almeida (As Constituintes de 1911 e os seus Deputados, Livr. Ferreira, 1911).png
Manuel de Brito Camacho (As Constituintes de 1911 e os seus Deputados, Livr. Ferreira, 1911).png
Leader Afonso Costa António José de Almeida Manuel de Brito Camacho
Party Democratic Evolutionist Republican Union
Last election 68 (Chamber)
24 (Senate)		 41 (Chamber)
16 (Senate)		 36 (Chamber)
18 (Senate)
Seats won 106 (Chamber)
45 (Senate)		 26 (Chamber)
9 (Senate)		 15 (Chamber)
11 (Senate)
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
PSP
CCP
Leader Central commission[n 1]
Party Socialist Catholic Centre
Last election 2 (Chamber)
2 (Senate)		 New
Seats won 2 (Chamber)
0 (Senate)		 1 (Chamber)
1 (Senate)
Colours denote the winning party, as shown in the main table of results.
Prime Minister before election

José de Castro
Democratic

 Prime Minister after election

Afonso Costa
Democratic

Parliamentary elections were held in Portugal on 13 June 1915.[1] The result was a victory for the Democratic Party, which won 106 of the 163 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 45 of the 69 seats in the Senate.[2]

Results

Party
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
Votes % Seats +/– Seats +/–
Democratic Party106+3845+21
Evolutionist Party26–159–7
Republican Union15–2111–7
Portuguese Socialist Party200–2
Catholic Centre Party1New1New
Other parties and independents13+73–3
Invalid/blank votes––––
Total282,38710016369
Registered voters/turnout471,55759.9––
Source: Nohlen & Stöver
Chamber of Deputies seats
Democratic Party
 
 65.03%
Evolutionist Party
 
 15.95%
Republican Union
 
 9.20%
Socialist Party
 
 1.23%
Catholic Center
 
 0.61%
Others
 
 7.98%
Senate seats
Democratic Party
 
 65.22%
Republican Union
 
 15.94%
Evolutionist Party
 
 13.04%
Catholic Center
 
 1.44%
Others
 
 4.35%

Notes

  1. ↑ The central commission was constituted by Alberto Pinheiro Torres, José Fernando de Sousa and Diogo Pacheco de Amorim.

References

  1. ↑ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1541 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, pp1557-1558
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