1871 Spanish general election

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8 March 1871

All 391 seats of the Congress of Deputies
196 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Francisco Serrano y Domínguez	Francesc Pi i Margall	Agustín Crespí de Valldaura
Party	Progressive-Liberal coalition	FDRP	CMC
Leader's seat	Madrid	Barcelona	Villadiego
Seats won	235	52	51
Seat change	1	33	31
Percentage	60.10%	13.03%	13.04%
Swing	6.95	10.85	7.40

	Fourth party	Fifth party	Sixth party

Leader	Alejandro Mon y Menéndez	Antonio Cánovas del Castillo	Antoine, Duke of Montpensier
Party	Moderate	Conservative	Partidaries of Montpensier
Leader's seat	Madrid	Madrid	Madrid
Seats won	18	9	9
Seat change	new party	new party	new party
Percentage	4.60%
Swing	new party

Spanish Congress of Deputies, after the election

Prime Minister before election

Francisco Serrano y Domínguez
Liberal Union

Prime Minister after election

Francisco Serrano y Domínguez
Liberal Union

General elections to the Cortes Generales were held in Spain on the 8 March 1871. At stake were all 391 seats in the Congress of Deputies. The Progressive-Liberal coalition won the elections.

History

General elections of Spain of 1871 were held on March 8 under universal male suffrage. The elections were the first held during the brief reign of Amadeo I, once the Constitution of 1869 was approved. Francisco Serrano y Domínguez, a member of the Liberal Union (part of the Progressive-Liberal coalition), was the prime minister before the elections.

Results

Party		Seats	Difference	Leader
	Progressive-Liberal coalition	235	1	General Francisco Serrano y Domínguez
	Federal Democratic Republican Party	52	31	Francesc Pi i Margall
	Catholic-Monarchist Communion	51	31	Agustín Crespí de Valldaura y Caro, Count of Orgaz
	Moderate Party	18	18	Alejandro Mon y Menéndez
	Conservative Party	9	9	Antonio Cánovas del Castillo
	Partidaries of Antoine, Duke of Montpensier	9	9	Antoine, Duke of Montpensier
	Other	17	9
Total		391