1839 Spanish general election

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1839 Spanish general election

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All 241 seats of the
Congress of Deputies

121 seats needed for a majority
Turnout64.6%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Baldomero Espartero Evaristo Pérez de Castro
Party Progressive Party Independents Moderate
Leader's seat
Madrid
Madrid
Seats won 115 98 28
Percentage 47.72% 40.6% 11.16%

Prime Minister before election

Evaristo Pérez de Castro
Moderate Party

Prime Minister after election

Evaristo Pérez de Castro
Moderate Party

General elections to the

Congress of Deputies
.

Electoral system

Voting rights

Restricted census suffrage, only 376,255 people out of a total population of 12,162,872 were allowed to vote.

Constituencies

A

single-member constituency.[1] Voting was secret and direct.[2][not specific enough to verify
]

Results

Party Seats
Progressive Party 115
Other and independents 98
Moderate Party 28
Total 241[3]

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. ^ Monsell Cisneros, Mª Francisca; Pérez Díaz, Rafael Luís (1989). La práctica electoral en el reinado de Isabel II. Revista de las Cortes Generales 16: 143-177.