Monarchist Cause

Political party in the First Portuguese Republic which sought the restoration of King Manuel II

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Monarchist Cause (Portuguese: Causa Monárquica, CM) was a political party in Portugal that supported to restoration of King Manuel II during the First Portuguese Republic.^[1]

History

The party was established in 1914.^[1] It emerged as the second-largest party in the 1918 elections, which were boycotted by the main opposition parties.^[2] It failed to win a seat in the 1919 elections,^[1] but won four seats in the House of Representatives in the 1921 elections. The party went on to win 13 seats in the 1922 elections, but was reduced to seven seats in the 1925 elections.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Douglas L. Wheeler (1999) Republican Portugal: A Political History, 1910-1926, Univ of Wisconsin Press, p258
^ ^a ^b Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, pp1557–1558 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7

v t e Defunct political parties in Portugal
Constitutional Monarchy (1834–1910)	Cartista Constituent Party Historic Party Liberal Regenerator Party Miguelist Portuguese Republican Party Portuguese Socialist Party Progressive Dissidence Progressive Party Reformist Party Regenerator Party Setembrismo
First Republic (1910–1926)	Catholic Centre Party Democratic Leftwing Republican Party Democratic Party Evolutionist Party Integralismo Lusitano Causa Monárquica National Republican Party Nationalist Republican Party Reconstitution Party Regionalist Party Republican Liberal Party Republican Union Union of Economic Interests
Ditadura Nacional (1926–1933)	National Syndicalists
Estado Novo (1933–1974)	Movement of Democratic Unity Movement of National Antifascist Unity National Union Portuguese Marxist–Leninist Committee Portuguese National Liberation Front Revolutionary Party of the Proletariat - Revolutionary Brigades
Third Republic (1974–)	Christian Democratic Party Communist Electoral Front Communist Party (Reconstructed) Communist Party of Portugal (Marxist–Leninist) Democratic Party of the Atlantic Democratic Renewal Party Hope for Portugal Movement Humanist Party Independent Movement for the National Reconstruction / Party of the Portuguese Right Independent Social Democratic Action Internationalist Communist League Left-wing Union for the Socialist Democracy Left Revolutionary Front Marxist–Leninist Committee of Portugal Movement for the Sick Movement of Socialist Left National Solidarity Party New Democracy Party People's Socialist Front Politics XXI Popular Democratic Union Popular Unity Party Portuguese Democratic Labour Party Portuguese Democratic Movement Portuguese Marxist–Leninist Communist Organization Revolutionary Socialist Party Worker–Peasant Alliance Workers Politics Communist Organisation Workers' Revolutionary Party