Parliamentary elections were held in
Portugal on 13 November 1949.
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 Following the late withdrawal of the Democratic Opposition, only eight opposition candidates ran against the ruling
National Union.
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.][
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Campaign
The Democratic Opposition withdrew from the election shortly before election day.["General Election In Portugal Only Eight Opposition Candidates" ''The Times'', 12 November 1949, p3, Issue 51537] This left only eight opposition candidates on two lists; a Regionalist list in Castelo Branco including former Prime Minister 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 ...
and an Independent Agrarian list in Portalegre including monarchist Pequito Rebelo.[
The communist National Democratic Movement and the Youth Movement for Democratic Union both boycotted the election in protest at a lack of free vote.]["Elections In Portugal Opposition Candidates Defeated" ''The Times'', 9 November 1953, p7, Issue 52774]
Results
References
See also
*Politics of Portugal
Politics in Portugal operates as a unitary multi-party semi-presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the Prime Minister of Portugal is the head of government, and the President of Portugal is the non-executive head of state with ...
* List of political parties in Portugal
*Elections in Portugal
Elections in Portugal are free, fair, and regularly held, in accordance with election law.
Only the elections since the Carnation Revolution of 1974 are listed here. During the period encompassing the Constitutional Monarchy and the First Repub ...
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Legislative elections in Portugal
Portugal
Legislative election
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Portuguese legislative election