Election Name: | 1822 Spanish general election |
Country: | Spain |
Flag Year: | 1785 |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1820 Spanish general election |
Previous Year: | 1820 |
Next Election: | 1834 Spanish general election |
Next Year: | 1834 |
Seats For Election: | All 203 seats of the Congress of Deputies |
Majority Seats: | 102 |
Turnout: | NA |
Election Date: | October – December 1822[1] |
Map Size: | 250px |
Prime Minister | |
Posttitle: | Prime Minister after election |
Before Election: | Francisco Martínez de la Rosa |
Before Party: | Independent |
After Election: | Evaristo Fernández San Miguel y Valledor |
After Party: | Independent |
General elections to the Cortes Generales were held in Spain in 1822. At stake were all 203 seats in the Congress of Deputies.
The 1822 elections were the second ones since the 1820 revolution. The elections were held under the Spanish Constitution of 1812.[2] 3,215,460 people were eligible to vote (universal male suffrage), out of a population of 11,661,865.
A majority voting system was used for the election, with 33 multi-member constituencies and various single-member ones.
Party | Seats | ||
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align=center bgcolor=#808080 | 203 | ||
Total | 203 |