August 1872 Spanish general election

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August 1872 Spanish general election
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  April 1872 24 August 1872 1873  

All 391 seats of the Congress of Deputies
196 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Ruiz Zorrilla 1874 cropped.png Pi i Margall 1869 cropped.png Praxedes Mateo Sagasta cropped 1871.png
Leader Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla Francesc Pi i Margall Práxedes Mateo Sagasta (with Francisco Serrano)
Party Radical Democratic FDRP Constitutional and conservative independents
Leader's seat Madrid Barcelona Madrid
Seats won2747814
Seat changeIncrease2.svg232Increase2.svg26Decrease2.svg222
Percentage70.08%19.95%3.58%
SwingIncrease2.svg59.34Increase2.svg6.65Decrease2.svg56.78

Congreso de los Diputados agosto 1872.svg
Spanish Congress of Deputies, after the election

Prime Minister before election

Práxedes Mateo Sagasta
Constitutional Party

Prime Minister after election

Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla
Radical-Democratic Party

General elections to the Cortes Generales were held in Spain on August 24, 1872. At stake were all 391 seats in the Congress of Deputies. The Radical-Democratic Party won the elections.

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History

General elections of Spain of 1872 were held on August 24 under universal male suffrage. The elections were held during the brief reign of Amadeo I.

Results

PartySeatsDifferenceLeader
Radical Democratic Party 274Increase2.svg232 Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla
Federal Democratic Republican Party 78Increase2.svg26 Francesc Pi i Margall
Constitutional Party and conservative independents14Decrease2.svg222 Práxedes Mateo Sagasta;
Francisco Serrano y Domínguez
Alfonsinos 9New Party Antonio Cánovas del Castillo
Carlists 3Decrease2.svg35 Cándido Nocedal
Independent republicans ("Unitarians")2New Party
Independents11Decrease2.svg1
Total391

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