1837 Spanish general election

General elections to the Cortes Generales were held in Spain in November 1837. At stake were all 241 seats in the Congress of Deputies.

1837 Spanish general election
19 November 1837
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

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 majority voting system was used for the election, with 51 multi-member constituencies and 1 single-member constituency.[1] Voting was secret and direct.[2]

Results
Party Seats
Other and independents94
Moderate Party88
Progressive Party59
Total241[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.


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