Election Name: | 1869 Spanish general election |
Country: | Spain |
Flag Year: | 1785 |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1867 Spanish general election |
Previous Year: | 1867 |
Next Election: | 1871 Spanish general election |
Next Year: | 1871 |
Seats For Election: | All 352 seats of the Congress of Deputies |
Majority Seats: | 176 |
Turnout: | ~58.9% |
Election Date: | 15 January 1869 |
Leader1: | Juan Prim |
Party1: | Progressive-Liberal coalition |
Leaders Seat1: | Madrid |
Seats1: | 236 |
Seat Change1: | new party |
Percentage1: | 67.05% |
Leader2: | Francesc Pi i Margall |
Party2: | FDRP |
Leaders Seat2: | Barcelona |
Seats2: | 85 |
Seat Change2: | new party |
Percentage2: | 24.15% |
Leader3: | Carlos, Duke of Madrid |
Party3: | CTC |
Seats3: | 20 |
Seat Change3: | new party |
Percentage3: | 5.68% |
Map Size: | 300px |
Prime Minister | |
Posttitle: | Prime Minister after election |
Before Election: | Juan Prim |
Before Party: | Progressive Party |
After Election: | Juan Prim |
After Party: | Progressive Party |
General elections to the Cortes Generales were held in Spain on the 15 January 1869. At stake were all 352 seats in the Congress of Deputies, plus 11 Puerto Rican and 18 Cuban additional seats.
The 1869 elections were the first ones after the Glorious Revolution of 1868, and also the first ones in the Sexenio Democrático.
Party | Seats | Difference | Leader | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
align=center bgcolor=lightgreen | Progressive-Liberal coalition | 236 | New | General Juan Prim y Prats | |
align=center bgcolor=purple | 85 | New | Francesc Pi i Margall | ||
align=center bgcolor=darkred | 20 | New | Carlos, Duke of Madrid | ||
align=center bgcolor=#FF8800 | Right-wing independents | 3 | New | José Ramón Bugallal | |
align=center bgcolor=grey | Other | 8 | New | ||
Total | 352 |