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1969 Portuguese legislative election

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Field	Value
country	Portugal
type	parliamentary
previous_election	1965 Portuguese legislative election
previous_year	1965
next_election	1973 Portuguese legislative election
next_year	1973
seats_for_election	All 130 seats in the National Assembly
majority_seats	66
election_date	26 October 1969
image1
leader1	Marcello Caetano
party1	National Union (Portugal)
seats1	130
popular_vote1	981,263
percentage1	88.07%
title	Prime Minister
posttitle	Prime Minister after election
before_election	Marcello Caetano
before_party	National Union (Portugal)
after_election	Marcello Caetano
after_party	National Union (Portugal)

Parliamentary elections were held in Portugal on 26 October 1969. The elections were announced on 12 August, and were the first under the Prime Minister Marcello Caetano, appointed in the previous year to replace the long-term Prime Minister António de Oliveira Salazar, who had been left incapacitated after a stroke. The ruling National Union won all seats with an official turnout of 62.5%.

Electoral system

The constitution of 1933 stated that elections were to be held in all of Portugal's 18 constituencies by majority party list system, with all seats in each constituency going to the party list with a plurality of votes. In order to select a specific candidate, voters were formally able to strike out names.

The electoral law of 5 December 1958 (rearranged to allow for the National Assembly to appoint the president) guaranteed universal suffrage for all mature, literate citizens, but unofficially curtailed female participation. All natural-born nationals residing in Portugal for the previous five years were allowed to stand for election. The Chamber of Corporations, consisting of 200 members or more, was appointed by the government following the election to the National Assembly.

Although Caetano had made some effort to blunt the harsher edges of the regime, the election took place in an environment little different from the past 40 years. Numerous opposition candidates bowed out of the race prematurely due to reportedly extensive harassment and voter manipulation. After the election, the government banned the two opposition "electoral commissions" and ordered them dissolved.

Parties

The major parties involved and the respective leaders:

Democratic Electoral Commission (CDE), Francisco Pereira de Moura
Monarchist Electoral Commission (CEM), Henrique Barrilaro Ruas
National Union (UN), Marcello Caetano
United Democratic Electoral Commission (CEUD), Mário Soares

Results

References

[[Dieter Nohlen. Nohlen, D]] & Stöver, P (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1542 {{ISBN. 978-3-8329-5609-7
[http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/PORTUGAL_1969_E.PDF Portugal] Inter-Parliamentary Union

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