Spanish general election, 1923

Spanish general election, 1923

29 April 1923

All 409 seats of the Congress of Deputies 205 seats needed for a majority Turnout 40.09–69.76%   First party Second party Third party   Leader Manuel García Prieto José Sánchez Guerra Francesc Cambó Party PL PLC LRC Leader since 1918 1921 1901 Last election 125 seats 174 seats 14 seats Seats won 222 93 20 Seat change 97 81 6   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Juan de la Cierva y Peñafiel Antonio Maura Alejandro Lerroux Party CC PM PRR Leader since 1914 1914 1908 Last election 23 seats 24 seats 8 seats Seats won 18 12 7 Seat change 5 12 1

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 29 April 1923. At stake were all 409 seats in the Congress of Deputies.^[1][2][3]

The 1923 general election would be the final election governed by the customary turno system. As expected, it legitimated a prearranged shift of power from the Conservatives to the Liberals. The system ended with the September 1923 coup of Miguel Primo de Rivera, and the next elections - held after eight years of dictatorship and the removal of the monarchy - would be competitive.

Results

Composition of the elected Congress.

Summary of the 29 April 1923 Spanish Congress of Deputies election results

Party		Vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
	Liberal Party-Reformist Party (PL-PR)				222	97
	Conservative Party (PLC)				93	81
	Regionalist League of Catalonia (LRC)				20	6
	Ciervist Conservatives (CC)				18	5
	Maurist Party (PM)				12	12
	Radical Republican Party (PRR)				7	1
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)				7	3
	Monarchist Action League (LAM)				5	2
	Traditionalist Communion (CT)				4	±0
	Catalan Republican Party (PRC)				3	1
	Federal Democratic Republican Party (PRDF)				2	1
	Autonomist Monarchist Federation (FMA)				2	1
	Catalan State (EC)				2	±0
	Catholic Action-Traditionalist Catholic Party (ARAC-PCT)				1	1
	Basque Nationalist Party (PNV)				1	±0
	Agrarian Party (PA)				1	±0
	Autonomist Republican Union Party (PURA)				1	1
	Integrist Party (PI)				1	±0
	Aragonese Regionalist (RA)				1	±0
	Independents				6	7
Total			100.00		409	±0
Valid votes
Blank/Invalid votes
Votes cast / turnout		2,026,317
Abstentions
Registered voters
Source(s): Electoral History - 1923 elections Electoral History - 1869-1923 elections

Parliamentary seats
PL-PR			54.28%
PLC			22.74%
LRC			4.89%
CC			4.40%
PM			2.93%
PRR			1.71%
PSOE			1.71%
LAM			1.22%
CT			0.98%
PRC			0.73%
PRDF			0.49%
FMA			0.49%
EC			0.49%
ARAC-PCT			0.24%
PNV			0.24%
PA			0.24%
PURA			0.24%
PI			0.24%
RA			0.24%
Independents			1.47%

References

1. CARRERAS, Albert y TAFUNELL, Xavier (Coords.): Estadísticas históricas de España. Siglos XIX-XX, p. 1096, Fundación BBVA, Bilbao, 2005.
2. "Elecciones en la Restauración" (in Spanish). Historiaelectoral.com. Retrieved 2012-01-20.
3. "Gráfico resumen Diputados 1869-1923" (in Spanish). Historiaelectoral.com. Retrieved 2012-01-20.