Municipal elections in Lisbon in the First Republic (1910-1926).

This thesis investigates the municipal elections in Lisbon during the First Republic (1910- 1926). It is intended to capture continuity and change in this political microcosm, for a thorough knowledge of the electoral History of this time and place. It studies, one by one, the municipal elections in Lisbon (1913, 1917, 1919, 1922 and 1925). It searches partisan forces, candidates for councilors, political campaigning, the electoral body and the voting results for each ballot. In the final chapter there is an analysis of all the suffrages, looking into the issue of municipal power legitimacy in Lisbon in the First Republic. We conclude that the "elections made" dictated the Portuguese Republican Party hegemony in all municipal elections in the capital city. Nevertheless, the republican regime endeavored in political participation, civic culture and the democratization and modernization of Portuguese society. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]