Election Name: | 1813 Spanish general election |
Country: | Spain |
Flag Year: | 1785 |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1810 Spanish general election |
Previous Year: | 1810 |
Next Election: | 1820 Spanish general election |
Next Year: | 1820 |
Seats For Election: | All 149 seats of the Congress of Deputies |
Majority Seats: | 75 |
Turnout: | NA |
Election Date: | May - September 1813[1] |
Party1: | Liberals |
Seats1: | 80 |
Party2: | Absolutist "Persians" |
Seats2: | 69 |
General elections to the Cortes Generales were held in Spain in 1813. At stake were all 149 seats in the Congress of Deputies.
The 1813 elections were the first ones held since the approval of the 1812 Cádiz Constitution. Vote was secret for the first time. All males over 21 years old, a total of 3,216,460 people,[2] had the right to vote.
Party | Seats | ||
---|---|---|---|
align=center bgcolor=yellow | 80 | ||
align=center bgcolor=black | Absolutists (also called "persas") | 69 | |
Total | 149 |