Spanish general election, 1918

Spanish general election, 1918
Spain
February 24, 1918

All 409 seats of the Congress of Deputies
205 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Manuel García Prieto Eduardo Dato Francesc Cambó
Party PL PLC LRC
Leader since 1918 1913 1901
Last election 233 seats 113 seats 14 seats
Seats won 174 154 21
Seat change Decrease39 Increase41 Increase7

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Melquíades Álvarez Pablo Iglesias Alejandro Lerroux
Party PR PSOE PRR
Leader since 1912 2 May 1879 1908
Last election 12 seats 1 seat 5 seats
Seats won 9 6 2
Seat change Decrease3 Increase5 Decrease3

Prime Minister before election

Manuel García Prieto
PL

Elected Prime Minister

Manuel García Prieto
PL

General elections to the Cortes Generales were held in Spain on 24 February 1918. At stake were all 409 seats in the Congress of Deputies.[1][2]

The 1918 general election represented a break in the customary turno system, and saw the Liberals retained in power.

Results

Parliamentary seats
Liberal Party
 
42.54%
Conservative Party
 
37.65%
Regionalist League
 
5.13%
Reformist Party
 
2.20%
PSOE
 
1.47%
PRR
 
0.49%
Others
 
10.52%

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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