Spanish general election, 1881

Spanish general election, 1881
Spain
21 August 1881

All 392 seats of the Congress of Deputies
197 seats needed for a majority
Turnout ~71.5%
  First party Second party
 
Leader Práxedes Mateo Sagasta Antonio Cánovas del Castillo
Party PL PLC
Leader since 1876 1876
Last election 78 seats 304 seats
Seats won 300 62
Seat change Increase222 Decrease242

Prime Minister before election

Práxedes Mateo Sagasta
PL

Elected Prime Minister

Práxedes Mateo Sagasta
PL

General elections to the Cortes Generales were held in Spain on 21 August 1881. At stake were all 392 seats in the Congress of Deputies.[1][2]

Though formally competitive, the 1881 general election was held under the recently developed system of Turno Pacifico; in accordance with a semi-formal power-sharing arrangement brokered by Antonio Cánovas del Castillo, elections (under influence by machine bosses called caciques) served as a rubber stamp for a routine handover of power initiated by the King. The 1881 election, as expected, sanctioned the pre-arranged handover from the Conservatives to the Liberals. From 1881 until the end of the constitutional monarchy, the Turno power-sharing plan would continue almost uninterrupted, dominating the electoral politics of Spain utterly.

Results

Summary of the 21 August 1881 Spanish Congress of Deputies election results

Parties and coalitions Votes Congress
# % Swing Seats +/−
Liberal Fusionist Party PLF 290 Increase226
Independent Monarchic Progresists Mon Ind 10 Increase10
Total Liberals 300 Increase222
Conservative Party PLC 62 Decrease233
Total Conservatives 62 Decrease242
Democratic Party PD 12 Increase6
Progressive Republican Democratic Party PPRD 10 Increase2
Total Republicans 22 Increase8
Catholic Union UC 2 Increase1
Traditionalists T 2 Increase2
Total Carlists and Catholics 4 Increase3
Basque Union UV 1 Steady0
Independents Indep 3 Decrease1
Others 0 Decrease3
Total ~604,879 100.00 392 Steady0
Votes cast / turnout ~604,879 71.46 Decrease2.46
Abstentions ~241,602 28.54 Increase2.46
Registered voters ~846,481
Source:

References

  1. "Elecciones en la Restauración" (in Spanish). Historiaelectoral.com. Retrieved 2012-01-20.
  2. "Gráfico resumen Diputados 1869-1923" (in Spanish). Historiaelectoral.com. Retrieved 2012-01-20.
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