1810 Spanish general election
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General elections to the special
Ferdinand VII was deposed by Napoleon
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History
During the first years of the
king. The juntas were mainly composed of military personnel, representatives of the high clergy, officials and professors. In September 1808 the local and provincial juntas ceded their power to the Supreme Central Government Junta of the Kingdom, which led the war against the French and was recognized as the legitimate government of Spain by the United Kingdom
and other anti-Napoleonic countries. The Supreme Junta summoned an extraordinary meeting of the Cortes of Cádiz, a revolutionary act, since the right to call for a meeting of the Cortes was exclusive to the crown.
After an intense debate in the
census suffrage (only those with a certain level of income could vote) and indirect. The Cortes met for the first time in the last major Spanish foothold during the Peninsular War, Cádiz, on the Isla de León, on September 24, 1810.[2]
Constituencies
A majority voting system was used for the election, with 32 multi-member constituencies and 2 single-member constituencies. Spanish America had 29 representatives.[3]
References
- ^ Cuadro de elecciones. CSIC
- ^ Artola, M. (ed., 2003). Las Cortes de Cádiz. Marcial Pons.
- ^ Rieu-Millan, M. L. (1990). Los diputados americanos en las Cortes de Cádiz: igualdad o independencia. Editorial CSIC-CSIC Press.
- Carreras de Odriozola, A., & Tafunell Sambola, X. (2006). Estadísticas históricas de España, siglos XIX-XX. Fundacion BBVA/BBVA Foundation.
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