1871 Spanish general election

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1871 Spanish general election
Flag of Spain (1785-1873, 1875-1931).svg
  1869 8 March 1871 April 1872  

All 391 seats of the Congress of Deputies
196 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Francisco Serrano (cropped).jpg Pi i Margall 1869 cropped.png Agustin crespi de valldaura y caro.png
Leader Francisco Serrano y Domínguez Francesc Pi i Margall Agustín Crespí de Valldaura
Party Progressive-Liberal coalition FDRP CMC
Leader's seat Madrid Barcelona Villadiego
Seats won2355251
Seat changeDecrease2.svg1Decrease2.svg33Increase2.svg31
Percentage60.10%13.03%13.04%
SwingDecrease2.svg6.95Decrease2.svg10.85Increase2.svg7.40

 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
  Alejandro Mon 1872 (cropped).jpg Antonio Canovas del Castillo 1872 (cropped).png Montpensier 1870 cropped.png
Leader Alejandro Mon y Menéndez Antonio Cánovas del Castillo Antoine, Duke of Montpensier
Party Moderate Conservative Partidaries of Montpensier
Leader's seat Madrid Madrid Madrid
Seats won1899
Seat changenew partynew partynew party
Percentage4.60%
Swingnew party

Congreso de los Diputados 1871.svg
Spanish Congress of Deputies, after the election

Prime Minister before election

Francisco Serrano y Domínguez
Liberal Union

Prime Minister after election

Francisco Serrano y Domínguez
Liberal Union

General elections to the Cortes Generales were held in Spain on the 8 March 1871. At stake were all 391 seats in the Congress of Deputies. The Progressive-Liberal coalition won the elections.

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History

General elections of Spain of 1871 were held on March 8 under universal male suffrage. The elections were the first held during the brief reign of Amadeo I, once the Constitution of 1869 was approved. Francisco Serrano y Domínguez, a member of the Liberal Union (part of the Progressive-Liberal coalition), was the prime minister before the elections.

Results

PartySeatsDifferenceLeader
Progressive-Liberal coalition235Decrease2.svg1General Francisco Serrano y Domínguez
Federal Democratic Republican Party 52Decrease2.svg31 Francesc Pi i Margall
Catholic-Monarchist Communion 51Increase2.svg31 Agustín Crespí de Valldaura y Caro, Count of Orgaz
Moderate Party 18Increase2.svg18 Alejandro Mon y Menéndez
Conservative Party 9Increase2.svg9 Antonio Cánovas del Castillo
Partidaries of Antoine, Duke of Montpensier 9Increase2.svg9 Antoine, Duke of Montpensier
Other17Increase2.svg9
Total391

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