October 1836 Spanish general election

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October 1836 Spanish general election
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All 242 seats of the Congress of Deputies
121 seats needed for a majority
TurnoutN/A
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Agustin Arguelles.jpg Francisco Martinez de la Rosa (cropped).jpg Fermin Caballero (cropped).jpg
Leader Agustín Argüelles Francisco Martínez de la Rosa Fermín Caballero
Party Independents Moderate Progressive Party
Leader's seat Asturias Madrid Madrid
Seats won907030
Percentage37%29%12.4%
Prime Minister before election

José María Calatrava
Moderate Party

Prime Minister after election

José María Calatrava
Moderate Party

General elections to the Cortes Generales were held in Spain in October 1836. At stake were all 149 seats in the Congress of Deputies, in order to adopt a new constitution to replace the Royal Statute of 1834. The Cortes eventually enacted the Constitution of 1837.

Contents

Electoral system

Right to vote

All male citizens older than 21 had the right to vote.

Constituencies

A majority voting system was used for the election, with 48 multi-member constituencies and 1 single-member constituency. [1] Voting was secret and indirect. [2]

Results

PartySeats
Independents90
Moderate Party 70
Progressive Party 30
Total242 [3] [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Carreras, Albert; Tafunell, Xavier (Coords.) (2005). Estadísticas históricas de España, siglos XIX-XX. Bilbao: Fundación BBVA. pp. 1074-1091. ISBN 84-96515-00-1.
  2. ↑ Marichal, Carlos (1980). La revolución liberal y los primeros partidos políticos en España, 1834-1844. Cátedra. ISBN 8437602459.
  3. ↑ Estrada Sánchez, Manuel (1998). El enfrentamiento entre doceañistas y moderados por la cuestión electoral (1834-1836). Revista de Estudios Políticos (Nueva Época) 100.
  4. ↑ Marichal, Carlos (1980). La revolución liberal y los primeros partidos políticos en España, 1834-1844. Cátedra. ISBN 8437602459.


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