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 | |
|---|---|
| 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") |
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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
Electoral performance
| Election | Votes | % | Seats[a] | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingdom of Portugal | ||||
| 1878 | 1 / 137 | Opposition | ||
| 1879 | 1 / 137 | Opposition | ||
| 1881 | 1 / 137 | Opposition | ||
| 1884 | 2 / 151 | Opposition | ||
| 1887 | 2 / 152 | Opposition | ||
| 1889 | 2 / 152 | Opposition | ||
| 1890 | 4 / 152 | Opposition | ||
| 1892 | 4 / 152 | Opposition | ||
| 1894 | 2 / 152 | Opposition | ||
| 1895 | Boycotted | 0 / 114 | Extraparliamentary opposition | |
| 1897 | Boycotted | 0 / 114 | Extraparliamentary opposition | |
| 1899 | 3 / 138 | Opposition | ||
| 1900 | 0 / 138 | Extraparliamentary opposition | ||
| 1901 | 0 / 148 | Extraparliamentary opposition | ||
| 1904 | Boycotted | 0 / 148 | Extraparliamentary opposition | |
| 1905 | 0 / 148 | Extraparliamentary opposition | ||
| April 1906 | 1 / 148 [b] | Opposition | ||
| August 1906 | 4 / 148 | Opposition | ||
| 1908 | 7 / 148 | Opposition | ||
| 1910 | 14 / 155 | Election annulled following a coup d'état | ||
| Republic of Portugal | ||||
| 1911 (constituent assembly) | 229 / 234 | Supermajority | ||
