1869 Spanish general election

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1869 Spanish general election
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 186715 January 1869 1871  

All 352 seats of the Congress of Deputies
176 seats needed for a majority
Turnout~58.9%
 First partySecond partyThird party
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Leader Juan Prim Francesc Pi i Margall Carlos, Duke of Madrid
Party Progressive-Liberal coalition FDRP CTC
Leader's seat Madrid Barcelona
Seats won236 8520
Seat changenew partynew partynew party
Percentage67.05%24.15%5.68%

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Spanish Congress of Deputies, after the election

Prime Minister before election

Juan Prim
Progressive Party

Prime Minister after election

Juan Prim
Progressive Party

General elections to the Cortes Generales were held in Spain on the 15 January 1869. At stake were all 352 seats in the Congress of Deputies, plus 11 Puerto Rican and 18 Cuban additional seats.

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History

The 1869 elections were the first ones after the Glorious Revolution of 1868, and also the first ones in the Sexenio Democrático.

Results

PartySeatsDifferenceLeader
Progressive-Liberal coalition236NewGeneral Juan Prim y Prats
Federal Democratic Republican Party 85New Francesc Pi i Margall
Catholic-Traditionalist Communion 20New Carlos, Duke of Madrid
Right-wing independents3NewJosé Ramón Bugallal
Other8New
Total352

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