Spanish general election, April 1872

3 April 1872

All 391 seats of the Congress of Deputies 196 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Práxedes Mateo Sagasta	Francesc Pi i Margall	Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla
Party	Conservative-Constitutional coalition	Democratic Federal Republican Party	Radical Democratic Party
Leader's seat	Madrid	Barcelona	Madrid
Seats won	236	52	42
Seat change	1		new party
Percentage	60.36%	13.30%	10.74%
Swing	0.26		new party

	Fourth party	Fifth party

Leader	Carlos, Duke of Madrid
Party	Comunión Católico-Monárquica	Other
Leader's seat	Navarre
Seats won	38	23
Seat change	13	12
Percentage	13.04% 9.72	5.88%
Swing	3.32	3.07

Spanish Congress of Deputies, after the election

Prime Minister before election

Práxedes Mateo Sagasta
Constitutional Party

Elected Prime Minister

Francisco Serrano y Domínguez
Independent

General elections to the Cortes Generales were held in Spain on April 3, 1871. At stake were all 391 seats in the Congress of Deputies. The Conservative-Constitutional coalition (political heir of the Progressive-Liberal coalition in the previous elections) won the elections.

History

General elections of Spain of 1872were held on April 8 under universal male suffrage. The elections were held during the brief reign of Amadeo I, once the Constitution of 1869 was approved. Práxedes Mateo Sagasta, a member of the Constitutional Party (part of the Conservative-Constitutional coalition), was the prime minister before the elections.

Results

Party	Seats	Leader
← Spanish general election, 3 April 1872 →
Conservative-Constitutional coalition Conservative Party Constitutional Party Others	236 129 82 25	Práxedes Mateo Sagasta
Democratic Federal Republican Party	52	Francisco Pi i Margall
Radical Democratic Party	42	Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla
Comunión Católico-Monárquica	38	Cándido Nocedal
Moderate Party	11	Alejandro Mon y Menéndez
Independents	12

References

Elections and referendums in Spain

General elections	1810 1813 1820 1822 1834 1836 (Feb) 1836 (Jul) 1836 (Oct) 1837 1839 1840 1841 1843 (Feb) 1843 (Sep) 1844 1846 1850 1853 1854 1857 1858 1863 1864 1865 1867 1869 1871 1872 (Apr) 1872 (Aug) 1873 1876 1879 1881 1884 1886 1891 1893 1896 1898 1899 1901 1903 1905 1907 1910 1914 1916 1918 1919 1920 1923 1931 1933 1936 1967 1971 1977 1979 1982 1986 1989 1993 1996 2000 2004 2008 2011 2015 2016

European elections	1987 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2014

Municipal elections	1922 1933 1948 1951 1954 1957 1960 1963 1966 1970 1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Regional elections	1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Referendums	1947 1966 1976 1978 1986 2005

See also: Elections and referendums in Andalusia Aragon Asturias Basque Country Canary Islands Cantabria Castile and León Castile-La Mancha Catalonia Extremadura Galicia Madrid Murcia Navarre La Rioja Valencian Community

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