Entre leis, pleitos e mandatos: as divisões dos colégios nas eleições provinciais de Sergipe (1834-1847)

Abstract

Considering the post-independence political-administrative context, this research analyzed elections and the imperial legislative system, specifically focusing on the conduct of elections for the Provincial Legislative Assembly. The Province of Sergipe d’El Rei was selected as the spatial frame, and the period between 1834 and 1847 was set as the temporal boundary, encompassing seven different elections. The main objective was to gather primary sources from various archives (General Archive of the Judicial Power of Sergipe - AGJSE, Public Archive of the State of Sergipe – APES, and the Digital Newspaper Library of the National Library Foundation) and, through the comparison of these sources, elaborate a synthesis that provides an updated understanding of the topic. Theoretically, the study is aligned with New Political History—which emerged between the late 1970s and early 1980s—and relies on the concept of political culture as its interpretive framework. As a result, the research not only mapped out several sources that can support future works on Sergipe's political historiography, but also reconstructed Sergipe's electoral colleges during the 1840s, alongside the causes and implications of their reconfigurations over time.