Election Name: | April 1872 Spanish general election |
Country: | Spain |
Flag Year: | 1785 |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1871 Spanish general election |
Previous Year: | 1871 |
Next Election: | August 1872 Spanish general election |
Next Year: | August 1872 |
Seats For Election: | All 391 seats of the Congress of Deputies |
Majority Seats: | 196 |
Election Date: | 3 April 1872 |
Leader1: | Práxedes Mateo Sagasta |
Party1: | Conservative-Constitutional coalition |
Leaders Seat1: | Madrid |
Seats1: | 236 |
Seat Change1: | 1 |
Percentage1: | 60.36% |
Swing1: | 0.26 |
Leader2: | Francesc Pi i Margall |
Party2: | FDRP |
Leaders Seat2: | Barcelona |
Seats2: | 52 |
Percentage2: | 13.30% |
Leader3: | Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla |
Party3: | Radical Democratic |
Leaders Seat3: | Madrid |
Seats3: | 42 |
Seat Change3: | new party |
Percentage3: | 10.74% |
Swing3: | new party |
Map Size: | 300px |
Prime Minister | |
Posttitle: | Prime Minister after election |
Before Election: | Práxedes Mateo Sagasta |
Before Party: | Constitutional Party |
After Election: | Francisco Serrano y Domínguez |
After Party: | Independent (politician) |
General elections to the Cortes Generales were held in Spain on April 3, 1872. At stake were all 391 seats in the Congress of Deputies. The Conservative-Constitutional coalition (political heir of the Progressive-Liberal coalition in the previous elections) won the elections.
General elections of Spain of 1872 were held on April 8 under universal male suffrage. The elections were held during the brief reign of Amadeo I, once the Spanish Constitution of 1869 was approved. Práxedes Mateo Sagasta, a member of the Constitutional Party (part of the Conservative-Constitutional coalition), was the prime minister before the elections.
Party | Seats | Difference | Leader | ||
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align=center bgcolor=lightgreen | Conservative-Constitutional coalition | 236 | 1 | Práxedes Mateo Sagasta | |
align=center bgcolor=purple | 52 | = | Francesc Pi i Margall | ||
align=center bgcolor=magenta | 42 | New Party | Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla | ||
align=center bgcolor=darkred | 38 | 13 | Cándido Nocedal | ||
align=center bgcolor=orange | 11 | 7 | Alejandro Mon y Menéndez | ||
align=center bgcolor=grey | Independents | 12 | 5 | ||
Total | 391 |