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The Portuguese Republican Party (Portuguese: Partido Republicano Português, pronounced [pɐɾˈtiðu ʁɛpuβliˈkɐnu puɾtuˈɣeʃ]) was a Portuguese political party formed during the late years of the constitutional monarchy that proposed and later brought about the replacement of the monarchy with the Portuguese First Republic.[1]
Portuguese Republican Party Partido Republicano Português | |
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| Founded | 25 March 1876 |
| Dissolved | 1912 (de facto) 1926 (de jure) |
| Succeeded by | Republican Party Republican Evolutionist Party Republican Union Party |
| Headquarters | Lisbon |
| Ideology | Republicanism Anti-clericalism Secularism Classical radicalism |
| Political position | Centre to centre-left |
| Slogan | Pátria e Liberdade ("Fatherland and Liberty") |
| Party flag | |
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When the Republic was established on the 5 October 1910 Revolution, the members of the party initially stood together, but soon began splitting into different parties, including the Democratic Party, Republican Union, and Evolutionist Party, some of which themselves later merged or split to form the Democratic Leftwing Republican Party, Reformist Party, Centrist Republican Party, Popular Party, Radical Party, Republican Liberal Party, Liberal Republican Union, Reconstitution Party and Nationalist Republican Party.
Notable members
editElectoral performance
edit| Election | Votes | % | Seats[a] | Result |
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| Kingdom of Portugal | ||||
| 1878 | 1 / 137
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Opposition | ||
| 1879 | 1 / 137
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Opposition | ||
| 1881 | 1 / 137
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Opposition | ||
| 1884 | 2 / 151
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Opposition | ||
| 1887 | 2 / 152
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Opposition | ||
| 1889 | 2 / 152
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Opposition | ||
| 1890 | 4 / 152
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Opposition | ||
| 1892 | 4 / 152
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Opposition | ||
| 1894 | 2 / 152
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Opposition | ||
| 1895 | Boycotted | 0 / 114
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Extraparliamentary opposition | |
| 1897 | Boycotted | 0 / 114
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Extraparliamentary opposition | |
| 1899 | 3 / 138
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Opposition | ||
| 1900 | 0 / 138
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Extraparliamentary opposition | ||
| 1901 | 0 / 148
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Extraparliamentary opposition | ||
| 1904 | Boycotted | 0 / 148
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Extraparliamentary opposition | |
| 1905 | 0 / 148
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Extraparliamentary opposition | ||
| April 1906 | 1 / 148 [b]
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Opposition | ||
| August 1906 | 4 / 148
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Opposition | ||
| 1908 | 7 / 148
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Opposition | ||
| 1910 | 14 / 155
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Election annulled following a coup d'état | ||
| Republic of Portugal | ||||
| 1911 (constituent assembly) | 229 / 234
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Supermajority | ||
See also
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References
edit- ^ From 1878 to 1908 the 6 seats representing overseas territories are excluded, and from 1884 to 1895 the 6 seats elected at the national level are excluded.
- ^ The Republican candidate elected in April 1906 refused to take his seat in the Chamber of Deputies as a protest against electoral fraud
- ^ O Campo Político dos Partidos Republicanos Portugueses (1910-1926). Ernesto Castro Leal, Lagos da República (in Portuguese)
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