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The Republican Party of National Reconstitution (, PRRN), commonly known as the Reconstitution Party, was a political party in
Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe. Featuring Cabo da Roca, the westernmost point in continental Europe, Portugal borders Spain to its north and east, with which it share ...


History

The PRRN was established in 1920 as a right-wing breakaway from the Democratic Party.
Dieter Nohlen Dieter Nohlen (born 6 November 1939) is a German academic and political scientist. He currently holds the position of Emeritus Professor of Political Science in the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences of the University of Heidelberg. An ex ...
& Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1554 The new party emerged as the third-largest in the
1921 elections The following elections occurred in the year 1921. * 1921 Belgian general election * 1921 Italian general election * 1921 Northern Ireland general election * 1921 Norwegian parliamentary election Africa * 1921 South African general election Asia ...
, winning 12 of the 163 seats in the House of Representatives and 7 of the 71 seats in the Senate. The
1922 elections The following elections occurred in the year 1922. Africa * 1922 Southern Rhodesian government referendum Asia * 1922 Philippine House of Representatives elections * 1922 Philippine Senate elections * 1922 Philippine legislative election Europe ...
saw the party win 17 House seats and 10 Senate seats. In 1923 the PRRN merged with the Republican Liberal Party and the
National Republican Party The National Republican Party, also known as the Anti-Jacksonian Party or simply Republicans, was a political party in the United States which evolved from a conservative-leaning faction of the Democratic-Republican Party that supported John ...
to form the Nationalist Republican Party.


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{{Defunct political parties in Portugal Conservative liberal parties Conservative parties in Portugal Defunct political parties in Portugal National liberal parties Political parties established in 1920 Political parties disestablished in 1923 1920 establishments in Portugal 1923 disestablishments in Portugal