1869 Spanish general election

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15 January 1869

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All 352 seats of the Congress of Deputies
176 seats needed for a majority

Turnout

~58.9%

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Juan Prim	Francesc Pi i Margall	Carlos, Duke of Madrid
Party	Progressive-Liberal coalition	FDRP	CTC
Leader's seat	Madrid	Barcelona
Seats won	236	85	20
Seat change	new party	new party	new party
Percentage	67.05%	24.15%	5.68%

Spanish Congress of Deputies, after the election

Prime Minister before election

Juan Prim
Progressive Party

Prime Minister after election

Juan Prim
Progressive Party

General elections to the Cortes Generales were held in Spain on the 15 January 1869. At stake were all 352 seats in the Congress of Deputies, plus 11 Puerto Rican and 18 Cuban additional seats.

History

The 1869 elections were the first ones after the Glorious Revolution of 1868, and also the first ones in the Sexenio Democrático.

Results

Party		Seats	Difference	Leader
	Progressive-Liberal coalition	236	New	General Juan Prim y Prats
	Federal Democratic Republican Party	85	New	Francesc Pi i Margall
	Catholic-Traditionalist Communion	20	New	Carlos, Duke of Madrid
	Right-wing independents	3	New	José Ramón Bugallal
	Other	8	New
Total		352