February 1836 Spanish general election
26 February 1836
All 149 seats of the Congress of Deputies
75 seats needed for a majority
TurnoutN/A
  First party Second party
 
Leader Juan Álvarez Mendizábal Francisco Martínez de la Rosa
Party Progressive Party Moderate
Leader's seat Madrid Madrid
Seats won 149 30
Prime Minister before election

Juan Álvarez Mendizábal
Moderate Party

 Prime Minister after election

Juan Álvarez Mendizábal
Moderate Party

General elections to the Cortes Generales were held in Spain in February 1836. At stake were all 149 seats in the Congress of Deputies.

Constituencies

A majority voting system was used for the election, with 48 multi-member constituencies and 1 single-member constituency.[1]

Results

Party Seats
Progressive Party119
Moderate Party30
Total149[2]

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. ↑ Estrada Sánchez, Manuel (1998). El enfrentamiento entre doceañistas y moderados por la cuestión electoral (1834-1836). Revista de Estudios Políticos (Nueva Época) 100.


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