1834 Spanish general election

General elections to the Cortes Generales were held in Spain in 1834. At stake were all 188 seats in the Congress of Deputies.

1834 Spanish general election

30 June 1834
All 188 seats of the Congress of Deputies 94 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	~58.9%
First party Second party   Leader Francisco de Paula Martínez de la Rosa y Berdejo Juan Álvarez Mendizábal Party Moderate Progressive Party Leader's seat Madrid Madrid Seats won 111 77 Seat change New New
Prime Minister before election Francisco Cea Bermúdez [[none|none]] Prime Minister after election Francisco de Paula Martínez de la Rosa y Berdejo Moderate Party

Background

The 1834 elections were the first ones since 1822 and signalled the return of liberalism to Spain after the absolutist Década Ominosa.

Electoral system

The elections were held under the Spanish Royal Statute of 1834, not under a full constitutional system. A first-past-the-post system was used with 48 multi-member constituencies and one single-member constituency.

Only around 18,000 people were allowed to vote, out of a population of 12 million.

Results

Party		Seats	+/–
	Moderate Party	111	New
	Progressive Party	77	New
Total		188	–15

References

• Estadísticas históricas de España: siglos XIX-XX.