1834 Spanish general election explained

Country:Spain
Flag Year:1785
Type:parliamentary
Previous Election:1822 Spanish general election
Previous Year:1822
Next Election:February 1836 Spanish general election
Next Year:1836
Seats For Election:All 188 seats of the Congress of Deputies
Majority Seats:94
Turnout:~58.9%
Election Date:30 June 1834
Image1:Martinez_Rosa_cropped.png
Leader1:Francisco de Paula Martínez de la Rosa y Berdejo
Party1:Moderate Party (Spain)
Leaders Seat1:Madrid
Seats1:111
Seat Change1:New
Leader2:Juan Álvarez Mendizábal
Party2:Progressive Party (Spain)
Leaders Seat2:Madrid
Seats2:77
Seat Change2:New
Map Size:300px
Prime Minister
Posttitle:Prime Minister after election
Before Election:Francisco Cea Bermúdez
Before Party:none
After Election:Francisco de Paula Martínez de la Rosa y Berdejo
After Party:Moderate Party

General elections to the Cortes Generales were held in Spain in 1834. At stake were all 188 seats in the Congress of Deputies.

Background

The 1834 elections were the first ones since 1822 and signalled the return of liberalism to Spain after the absolutist Década Ominosa.

Electoral system

The elections were held under the Spanish Royal Statute of 1834,[1] not under a full constitutional system. A first-past-the-post system was used with 48 multi-member constituencies and one single-member constituency.

Only around 18,000 people were allowed to vote, out of a population of 12 million.

References

Notes and References

  1. Fuentes, Juan Francisco (2007). El fin del Antiguo Régimen (1808-1868). Política y sociedad. Madrid: Síntesis. .