1837 Spanish general election

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1837 Spanish general election

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All 241 seats of the
Congress of Deputies

121 seats needed for a majority
Turnout55.43%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Francisco Javier de Istúriz Vicente Sancho y Cobertores
Party Independents Moderate Progressive Party
Leader's seat
Madrid
Madrid
Seats won 94 88 59
Percentage 39% 36.51% 24.49%

Prime Minister before election

Baldomero Espartero
Progressive Party

Prime Minister after election

Eusebio Bardají Azara

Moderate Party

General elections to the

Congress of Deputies
.

Electoral system

Voting rights

Restricted census suffrage, only 262,000 people out of a total population of 12,162,872 were allowed to vote. The elections were held on 22 September, at the peak of the First Carlist War.

Constituencies

A

single-member constituency.[1] Voting was secret and direct.[2]

Results

Party Seats
Other and independents 94
Moderate Party 88
Progressive Party 59
Total 241[3][4][5]

References

  1. ^ Carreras, Albert; Tafunell, Xavier (Coords.) (2005). Estadísticas históricas de España, siglos XIX-XX. Bilbao: Fundación BBVA. pp. 1074-1091. ISBN 84-96515-00-1.
  2. ^ Marichal, Carlos (1980). La revolución liberal y los primeros partidos políticos en España, 1834-1844. Cátedra. ISBN 8437602459.
  3. ^ Estrada Sánchez, Manuel (1998). El enfrentamiento entre doceañistas y moderados por la cuestión electoral (1834-1836). Revista de Estudios Políticos (Nueva Época) 100.
  4. ^ Marichal, Carlos (1980). La revolución liberal y los primeros partidos políticos en España, 1834-1844. Cátedra. ISBN 8437602459.
  5. ^ Cases Méndez, José Ignacio (1983). «La Práctica Electoral bajo la Constitución de 1837». Revista de Derecho Político 20. ISSN 2174-5625.