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1949 Portuguese legislative election

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Summary

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Field	Value
country	Portugal
type	parliamentary
previous_election	1945 Portuguese legislative election
previous_year	1945
next_election	1953 Portuguese legislative election
next_year	1953
seats_for_election	All 120 seats in the National Assembly
majority_seats	61
election_date	13 November 1949
image1
leader1	António de Oliveira Salazar
party1	National Union (Portugal)
last_election1	120 seats
title	Prime Minister
posttitle	Prime Minister after election
before_election	António de Oliveira Salazar
before_party	National Union (Portugal)
after_election	António de Oliveira Salazar
after_party	National Union (Portugal)

Parliamentary elections were held in Portugal on 13 November 1949. 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.

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 Democratic Opposition withdrew from the election shortly before election day. This left only eight opposition candidates on two lists; a Regionalist list in Castelo Branco including former Prime Minister Francisco Cunha Leal 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.

Results

References

[[Dieter Nohlen]] & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1542 {{ISBN. 978-3-8329-5609-7
Nohlen & Stöver, p1535
"General Election In Portugal Only Eight Opposition Candidates" ''The Times'', 12 November 1949, p3, Issue 51537
"Elections In Portugal Opposition Candidates Defeated" ''The Times'', 9 November 1953, p7, Issue 52774

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