 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||
All 242 seats of the Congress of Deputies 121 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnout | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||
.jpg)
.jpg)
General elections to the Cortes Generales were held in Spain in October 1836. At stake were all 149 seats in the Congress of Deputies, in order to adopt a new constitution to replace the Royal Statute of 1834. The Cortes eventually enacted the Constitution of 1837.
Electoral system
Right to vote
All male citizens older than 21 had the right to vote.
Constituencies
A majority voting system was used for the election, with 48 multi-member constituencies and 1 single-member constituency. [1] Voting was secret and indirect. [2]
Results
| Party | Seats | |
|---|---|---|
| Independents | 90 | |
| Moderate Party | 70 | |
| Progressive Party | 30 | |
| Total | 242 [3] [4] | |
References
- ^ Carreras, Albert; Tafunell, Xavier (Coords.) (2005). Estadísticas históricas de España, siglos XIX-XX. Bilbao: Fundación BBVA. pp. 1074-1091. ISBN 84-96515-00-1.
- ^ Marichal, Carlos (1980). La revolución liberal y los primeros partidos políticos en España, 1834-1844. Cátedra. ISBN 8437602459.
- ^ Estrada Sánchez, Manuel (1998). El enfrentamiento entre doceañistas y moderados por la cuestión electoral (1834-1836). Revista de Estudios Políticos (Nueva Época) 100.
- ^ Marichal, Carlos (1980). La revolución liberal y los primeros partidos políticos en España, 1834-1844. Cátedra. ISBN 8437602459.
| General elections |
|
|---|---|
| Presidential elections | |
| European elections | |
| Local elections | |
| Regional elections | |
| Referendums | |
| |
  | This Spanish elections-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |