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1957 Portuguese legislative election

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Voters could delete names from the lists of candidates, but could not replace them. Suffrage was given to all men aged 21 or over as long as they were literate or paid over 100 escudos in taxation, and to women aged over 21 if they had completed secondary education, or if they were the head of a
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regime boycotted the election in protest at the lack of a free vote, a total of 34 opposition candidates attempted to register for the elections, 12 in
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The elections were held using 21 multi-member constituencies and one single-member constituency covering the
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household and met the same literacy and tax criteria as men.
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Court of Auditors

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