Portuguese Republican Party

The Portuguese Republican Party (, ) 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.O Campo Político dos Partidos Republicanos Portugueses (1910-1926). Ernesto Castro Leal, Lagos da República

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 Afonso Costa José Relvas Teófilo Braga Manuel de Arriaga Manuel de Brito Camacho António José de Almeida

Electoral performance ElectionVotes%SeatsResultKingdom of Portugal1878187918811884188718891890189218941895Boycotted1897Boycotted1899190019011904Boycotted1905April 1906August 190619081910Election annulledfollowing a coup d'étatRepublic of Portugal1911 (constituent assembly)

See also

Timeline of Portuguese history

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