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1961 Portuguese legislative election

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Summary

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Field	Value
country	Portugal
type	parliamentary
previous_election	1957 Portuguese legislative election
previous_year	1957
next_election	1965 Portuguese legislative election
next_year	1965
seats_for_election	All 130 seats in the National Assembly
majority_seats	66
election_date	12 November 1961
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leader1	António de Oliveira Salazar
party1	National Union (Portugal)
last_election1	120 seats
seats1	130
seat_change1	10
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 12 November 1961. The ruling National Union won all 130 seats unopposed.

Electoral system

The number of seats in the National Assembly was increased from 120 to 130 prior to the elections. The number of seats for Angola and Mozambique was increased from four each to seven each, whilst Portuguese India and Cape Verde each gained a seat, taking their totals to three and two respectively. Mainland Portugal also gained two seats.

Following the granting of Portuguese citizenship to the indigenous inhabitants of Angola and Mozambique, they were entitled to vote for the first time as long as they were literate, held a job in a recognised profession, or were taxpayers.

Campaign

A total of 25 opposition candidates registered to run in the elections on 12 lists. They officially withdrew their candidacies on 7 November, protesting against the government's failure to allow "free and clean elections". The Monarchist list was rejected in Lisbon after arriving to hand in their list a minute late.

Results

References

[[Dieter Nohlen]] & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1542 {{ISBN. 978-3-8329-5609-7
"No Opposition In Portuguese Election "Discrimination By Government"" ''The Times'', 8 November 1961, p11, Issue 55233
"Portugal To Vote On Nov. 12 Salazar Opponents Prepare Lists" ''The Times'', 3 October 1961, p11, Issue 55202
"New Candidates In Portugal" ''The Times'', 16 October 1961, p11, Issue 55213

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