1967 Spanish general election explained

Election Name:1967 Spanish general election
Country:Spain
Flag Year:1945
Type:parliamentary
Vote Type:Popular
Previous Election:1936 Spanish general election
Previous Year:1936
Election Date:10 October 1967
Next Election:1971 Spanish general election
Next Year:1971
Registered:16,500,000
Turnout:64.3%
Seats For Election:102 of the 564 seats in the Cortes Españolas
Image1:Francisco Franco 1968b.jpg
Leader1:Francisco Franco
Party1:Movimiento Nacional
Seats Before1:564
Seats1:564
Seat Change1: 0
Prime Minister
Before Election:Francisco Franco
Before Party:National Movement
Posttitle:Prime Minister after election
After Election:Francisco Franco
After Party:National Movement

General elections were held in Spain on 10 October 1967 where Spanish citizens elected 102 of the 564 members of the Cortes Españolas, the Spanish legislature. It was the first election held in Spain since the 1936 general election before the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939) and the first election held during the dictatorship of Francisco Franco.[1]

Electoral procedure

To be eligible to vote, citizens must be heads of families, married women, or widows. To be eligible to be a candidate, citizens must be born in a province they are running in, have resided in the province for at least seven years since the age of 14, be supported by 1,000 electors of 0.5 percent of the province's population, and be a member of the National Movement.[2]

Two members were elected from each province, including from Fernando Po, Río Muni, and Spanish Sahara; Ceuta and Melilla elected one member. The remaining seats were appointed by the Spanish government.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Spain Voting Today in Direct Elections. 10 October 1967. The New York Times. Madrid, Spain. 18 February 2023. en. 6.
  2. Web site: Spain. en. Inter-Parliamentary Union. 101–104. 18 February 2023.