Parliamentary elections were held in

Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of ...

on 29 January 1922.

Dieter Nohlen Dieter Nohlen (born 6 November 1939) is a German academic and political scientist. He currently holds the position of Emeritus Professor of Political Science in the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences of the University of Heidelberg. An expe ...

& Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1542 The

Democratic Party Democratic Party most often refers to: *Democratic Party (United States) Democratic Party and similar terms may also refer to: Active parties Africa *Botswana Democratic Party *Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea *Gabonese Democratic Party *Demo ...

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.

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 António Joaquim Granjo (27 December 1881 – 19 October 1921; ) was a Portuguese lawyer and politician who served twice as prime minister during 1920 and 1921, until his assassination. Biography Granjo was born in Chaves.Already a committed ...

. On the night of blood, President

António José de Almeida António José de Almeida, GCTE, GCA, GCC, GCSE (; 27 July 1866 – 31 October 1929), was a Portuguese politician who served as the sixth president of Portugal from 1919 to 1923. Early career Born in Penacova to José António de Almeida ...

invested

Manuel Maria Coelho Antonio Manuel Maria Coelho (1857–1943) was a Portuguese military officer of the Portuguese Army and politician during the period of the Portuguese First Republic. In January 1891, he had been one of the leading revolutionaries during the Po ...

as Prime Minister, but his government resigned on 3 November. On the same day,

Carlos Maia Pinto Carlos Henriques da Silva Maia Pinto (5 June 1866, in Porto – 2 November 1932), more commonly known as Carlos Maia Pinto, was a Portuguese military officer and republican politician during the Portuguese First Republic The First Portugu ...

became Prime Minister, but also resigned on 16 December.

Francisco Cunha Leal Francisco Pinto da Cunha Leal (22 August 1888 – 26 April 1970) was a Portuguese politician during the period of the Portuguese First Republic The First Portuguese Republic ( pt, Primeira República Portuguesa; officially: ''República Portu ...

then served as Prime Minister until the elections. The elections took place amidst instability and violence and were postponed four times before finally taking place on 29 January.

Results

Aftermath

The Democratic Party failed to win an absolute majority of seats and

Afonso Costa Afonso Augusto da Costa, GCTE, GCL (; born in Seia, 6 March 1871; died in Paris, 11 May 1937) was a Portuguese lawyer, professor and republican politician. Political career Costa was the leader of the Portuguese Republican Party and he was on ...

chose not to form government. Instead,

António Maria da Silva António Maria da Silva, GCTE (; 26 May 1872 in Lisbon – 14 October 1950 in Lisbon) was a Portuguese politician. An engineer, he was a prominent member of the Portuguese Republican Party. He was Prime Minister (President of the Council of M ...

of the Democratic Party became Prime Minister on 6 February, leading a minority government with the support of the

Reconstitution Party The Republican Party of National Reconstitution ( pt, Partido Republicano da Reconstituição Nacional, PRRN), commonly known as the Reconstitution Party, was a political party in Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, R ...

, the

Catholic Centre Party The Centre Party (german: Zentrum), officially the German Centre Party (german: link=no, Deutsche Zentrumspartei) and also known in English as the Catholic Centre Party, is a Catholic political party in Germany, influential in the German Empire ...

, 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 A motion of no confidence, also variously called a vote of no confidence, no-confidence motion, motion of confidence, or vote of confidence, is a statement or vote about whether a person in a position of responsibility like in government or mana ...

in November 1923. Further instability resulted in seven different governments holding office in the subsequent period until the 1925 elections.

References

External links

Eleições de 1922
{{Portuguese elections Legislative elections in Portugal

Legislative A legislature is an assembly with the authority to make laws for a political entity such as a country or city. They are often contrasted with the executive and judicial powers of government. Laws enacted by legislatures are usually known as p ...

January 1922 events