The Republican Evolutionist Party (, PRE), commonly known as the Evolutionist Party, was a political party in

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led by António José de Almeida.

History

The party was established on 24 February 1912 as the result of a split in the

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that led to the creation of the PRE, the Democratic Party and the Republican Union.

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& Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1548 It won 26 seats in the House of Representatives and nine seats in the Senate in the 1915 parliamentary elections, emerging as the second-largest faction after the Democratic Party. The party boycotted the 1918 elections,Nohlen & Stöver, p1557 but returned to run in the 1919 elections, in which it won 38 House seats, regaining its place as the second-largest party. After Almeida became

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in 1919, the party merged with the Republican Union to form the Republican Liberal Party during the same year.

References

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