1896 Spanish general election

none 1896 Spanish general election Spain 1785 parliamentary no 1893 Spanish general election 1893 1898 Spanish general election 1898 All 447 seats in the Congress of Deputies and 180 (of 360) seats in the Senate224 seats needed for a majority in the Congress of Deputies 12 April 1896 (Congress)"19Apr" The Congress election in the province of Canaries was postponed to 19 April 1896.Royal Decree of 12 April 1896 art. 1.20 April 1896 https://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/hd/es/viewer?id=7eff62a1-adf1-4f62-9533-e30a99ec660a&page=3 Las elecciones en Canarias es National Library of Spain La Época 31 August 202221 April 1896 https://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/hd/es/viewer?id=a5ab9d59-039e-4bb4-9b9e-0fa5dd36615d&page=2 Elecciones en Canarias es National Library of Spain El Movimiento Católico 31 August 202226 April 1896 (Senate) 170x170px Antonio Cánovas del Castillo Conservative Party (Spain) 1874 Hellín 67 D Congress of Deputies35 S Senate 307 D Congress of Deputies117 S Senate 10px 240 D Congress of Deputies10px 82 S Senate 170x170px Práxedes Mateo Sagasta Liberal Party (Spain, 1880) 1880 Logroño 298 D Congress of Deputies118 S Senate 111 D Congress of Deputies43 S Senate 10px 187 D Congress of Deputies10px 75 S Senate 170x170px Francisco Silvela Silvelist Party 1892 Piedrahíta 17 D Congress of Deputies4 S Senate 12 D Congress of Deputies2 S Senate 10px 5 D Congress of Deputies10px 2 S Senate 170x170px Enrique de Aguilera y Gamboa Carlist 1891 — 8 D Congress of Deputies2 S Senate 10 D Congress of Deputies2 S Senate 10px 2 D Congress of Deputies10px 0 S Senate 170x170px Ramón Nocedal Integrist Party 1888 Guipúzcoa (lost) 2 D Congress of Deputies0 S Senate 1 D Congress of Deputies0 S Senate 10px 1 D Congress of Deputies10px 0 S Senate x315px|Map of Spain showcasing seat distribution by Congress of Deputies constituency Election results by constituency (Congress) x315px|Map of Spain showcasing seat distribution by Senate constituency Election results by constituency (Senate) Prime Minister Prime Minister after election Antonio Cánovas del Castillo Conservative Party (Spain) Antonio Cánovas del Castillo Conservative Party (Spain) A general election was held in Spain on 12 April 1896 (for the Congress of Deputies),"19Apr" and on 26 April 1896 (for the Senate), to elect the members of the 7th es Cortes no under the Spanish Constitution of 1876, during the Restoration period. All 445 seats in the Congress of Deputies—plus two special districts—were up for election, as well as 180 of 360 seats in the Senate. Since the Pact of El Pardo, an informal system known as es turno or es turnismo was operated by the monarchy and the country's two main parties—the Conservatives and the Liberals—to determine in advance the outcome of elections by means of electoral fraud, often achieved through the territorial clientelistic networks of local bosses (the es caciques), ensuring that both parties would have rotating periods in power. As a result, elections were often neither truly free nor fair, though they could be more competitive in the country's urban centres where caciquism was weaker. The previous Liberal government of Práxedes Mateo Sagasta had resigned in March 1895, following the outbreak of revolution in Cuba and a period dominated by social conflict and war in Morocco. Conservative leader Antonio Cánovas del Castillo was tasked to form a new government, but the general election was delayed by over a year until their feasibility in Cuba could be ensured. The election resulted in a large majority for the Conservatives amidst the boycott of most pro-republican parties. This would be the last election to be contested by Cánovas, as he would be assassinated while in office in August 1897 by an anarchist, Michele Angiolillo. Background The 1892–1895 period of Liberal government under Práxedes Mateo Sagasta had been dominated by the situation in Cuba and Puerto Rico—with attempts from Overseas minister Antonio Maura to grant limited autonomy to the islands failing to materialize—as well as the First Melillan campaign against the Sultanate of Morocco and the persistence of social conflict (with notable incidents such as an attempted 1893 attack on Captain General of Catalonia Arsenio Martínez Campos leading to the approval of a Law of repression of anarchism in 1894).https://dbe.rah.es/biografias/5594/praxedes-mateo-sagasta-escolar Práxedes Mateo-Sagasta Escolar es Royal Academy of History 6 September 2022Tone 2006 230 This period also saw the Gamazada, a popular uproar in Navarre to a plan by finance minister Germán Gamazo to suppress the fueros—established in the Compromise Act of 1841—that was thwarted by Gamazo's resignation in 1894.Gamazada http://www.enciclopedianavarra.com/?page_id=10142 es Gran Enciclopedia de Navarra 4 May 2023 10 October 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201010132917/http://www.enciclopedianavarra.com/?page_id=10142 dead The outbreak of revolution in Cuba in February 1895 and the subsequent Tenientada—the assault and looting of two Madrid newspapers (El Resumen and El Globo) by groups of civilians and military personnel who were upset about published opinions on an alleged reluctancy from military officers to embark to Cuba—caused the downfall of Sagasta's cabinet.Núñez Florencio 1993 545–546 In March 1895, Antonio Cánovas del Castillo of the Conservative Party was entrusted with the formation of a new government, but electoral preparations were delayed until newly-appointed Cuba governor Valeriano Weyler could ensure the feasibility of holding elections in the colony.Roldán de Montaud 1999 280–281 Overview Under the 1876 Constitution, the Spanish es Cortes no were conceived as "co-legislative bodies", forming a nearly perfect bicameral system.Constitution 1876 arts. 18–19 & 41. Both the Congress of Deputies and the Senate exercised legislative, oversight and budgetary functions, sharing almost equal powers, except in budget laws (taxation and public credit)—whose first reading corresponded to Congress—and in impeachment processes against government ministers, where Congress handled indictment and the Senate the trial.Constitution 1876 arts. 38, 42 & 45.https://www.senado.es/web/conocersenado/temasclave/historiaconstitucional/index.html Conocer el Senado. Temas clave. El Senado en la historia constitucional española es Senate of Spain 11 October 2025 Date The term of each chamber of the es Cortes no—the Congress and one-half of the elective part of the Senate—expired five years from the date of their previous election, unless they were dissolved earlier.Constitution 1876 arts. 24 & 30. The previous elections were held on 5 March 1893 for the Congress and on 19 March 1893 for the Senate, which meant that the chambers' terms would have expired on 5 and 19 March 1898, respectively. The monarch had the prerogative to dissolve both chambers at any given time—either jointly or separately—and call a snap election.Constitution 1876 art. 32; Law of 8 February 1877 art. 11. There was no constitutional requirement for concurrent elections to the Congress and the Senate, nor for the elective part of the Senate to be renewed in its entirety except in the case that a full dissolution was agreed by the monarch. Still, there was only one case of a separate election (for the Senate in 1877) and no half-Senate elections taking place under the 1876 Constitution. The es Cortes no were officially dissolved on 28 February 1896, with the corresponding decree setting election day for 12 April (Congress) and 26 April 1893 (Senate) and scheduling for both chambers to reconvene on 11 May.Royal Decree of 28 February 1896 arts. 1–3. Electoral system Voting for the Congress of Deputies was based on universal manhood suffrage, comprising all Spanish national males over 25 years of age with full civil rights, provided they had two years of residence in a Spanish municipality and were not enlisted ranks in active duty.Law of 26 June 1890 art. 1.Ortega Álvarez Santaolaya Machetti 1996 88García Muñoz 2002 106–107Carreras de Odriozola Tafunell Sambola 2005 1077 In the Spanish West Indies (Cuba and Puerto Rico), voting was based on censitary suffrage, comprising Spanish males of voting age who met either of the following:Royal Decree of 27 December (I) 1892 arts. 12–17.López Domínguez 1976 515Roldán de Montaud 1999 275García Muñoz 2002 107 Being taxpayers with a minimum quota of $5 (in Cuba) or $10 (in Puerto Rico) in property or corporate taxes (paid by the time of enrollment); Holding specific positions (such as full academics in the royal academies, cathedral chapter members and parish priests, active public employees with a salary of $100 and two years of service, retired public employees, general officers, awarded painters or sculptors, senior court officials and certified teachers); Meeting the two-year residence requirement while proving a professional qualification. Additional restrictions excluded those deprived of political rights or barred from public office by a final sentence, criminally imprisoned or convicted, legally incapacitated, bankrupt, public debtors, and homeless.Law of 26 June 1890 art. 2; Royal Decree of 27 December (I) 1892 arts. 6 & 18. The Congress of Deputies had one seat per 50,000 inhabitants. Of these, those corresponding to larger urban areas were elected in multi-member constituencies using partial block voting: voters in constituencies electing eight seats or more could choose up to three candidates less than the number of seats at stake; in those with between four and eight seats, up to two less; and in those with between one and four seats, up to one less. The remaining seats were elected in single-member districts by plurality voting and distributed among the provinces of Spain according to population.Constitution 1876 arts. 27–28; Law of 26 June 1890 arts. 21–22Ortega Álvarez Santaolaya Machetti 1996 89 Additionally, universities, economic societies of Friends of the Country and officially organized chambers of commerce, industry and agriculture, had one seat per 5,000 registered voters.Law of 26 June 1890 art. 24. Cuba and Puerto Rico were allocated 30 and 16 seats, respectively.Royal Decree of 27 December (II) 1892 arts. 1–2 (suppl. supplemented by Royal Decree of 18 December 1890 art. 1).In Cuba and Puerto Rico, voters in constituencies electing eight seats could choose up to six candidates; in those with seven seats, up to five; in those with six seats, up to four; in those with four or five seats, up to three; in those with three seats, up to two; and in single-member districts, one.Royal Decree of 27 December (I) 1892 art. 80. As a result of the aforementioned allocation, 331 single-member districts (including two special districts) were established, and each Congress multi-member constituency (a total of 34, electing 116 seats) was entitled the following seats:Seat allocation:Peninsular Spain and archipelagos: Law of 26 June 1890 trans. prov. 1 (suppl. supplemented by Law of 1 January 1871 art. 1 & attached table, and Law of 28 December 1878 arts. 2–3; am. amended by Law of 23 June 1885, Law of 18 January 1887, Law of 10 July 1888, Law of 18 June 1895, and Law of 2 August 1895). Spanish West Indies: Royal Decree of 27 December (II) 1892 arts. 1–2 & attached table (suppl. supplemented by Royal Decree of 18 December 1890 art. 1 & attached table).López Domínguez 1976 499–502 Seats Constituencies 8 Madrid 6 Havana 5 Barcelona, Palma 4 Santa Clara, Seville 3 Alicante, Almería, Badajoz, Burgos, Cádiz, Cartagena, Córdoba, Granada, Jaén, Jerez de la Frontera, La Coruña, Lugo, Málaga, Matanzas, Mayagüez, Murcia, Oviedo, Pamplona, Pinar del Río, Ponce, San Juan Bautista, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Santander, Santiago de Cuba, Tarragona, Valencia, Valladolid, Zaragoza Voting for the elective part of the Senate was also based on censitary suffrage, comprising Spanish male householders of voting age, residing in a Spanish municipality, with full political and civil rights, who met either of the following:Law of 8 February 1877 arts. 1–3, 12–13, 23 & 25. Being qualified electors (such as archbishops, bishops and cathedral chapter members, in the archdioceses; full academics, in the royal academies; university authorities and professors, in the universities; or provincial deputies); Being elected as delegates (either by members with three years of seniority (in the economic societies of Friends of the Country; or by major taxpayers for direct taxes and local authorities, in the local councils). 180 Senate seats were elected using indirect, two-round majority voting. Delegates chosen by local councils—each of which was assigned an initial minimum of one delegate, with one additional delegate for every six councillors—voted for senators together with provincial deputies. The provinces of Álava, Albacete, Ávila, Biscay, Cuenca, Guadalajara, Guipúzcoa, Huelva, Logroño, Matanzas, Palencia, Pinar del Río, Puerto Príncipe, Santa Clara, Santander, Santiago de Cuba, Segovia, Soria, Teruel, Valladolid and Zamora were allocated two seats each, and the rest three each, for a total of 147. The remaining 33 seats were allocated to special institutional districts (one each), including major archdioceses, royal academies, universities, and economic societies,The following were considered as the major districts in each category:Archdioceses: Burgos, Granada, Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Cuba, Seville, Tarragona, Toledo, Valencia, Valladolid, and Zaragoza. Royal academies: Spanish; History; Fine Arts of San Fernando; Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences; Moral and Political Sciences; and Medicine. Universities: Madrid, Barcelona, Granada, Havana, Oviedo, Salamanca, Santiago, Seville, Valencia, Valladolid, and Zaragoza. Economic societies of Friends of the Country: Madrid, Barcelona, Havana–Puerto Rico, León, Seville, and Valencia. each elected by their own qualified electors or delegates.Constitution 1876 arts. 20–21; Law of 8 February 1877 arts. 1–2, 21–22, 30–31, 53 & add. art.; Law of 9 January 1879 arts. 1–3; Royal Decree of 30 June 1881.Carreras de Odriozola Tafunell Sambola 2005 1083 Another 180 seats consisted of senators in their own right (such as the monarch's offspring and the heir apparent once coming of age (16), grandees of Spain with an income of Pts 60,000, certain general officers—captain generals and admirals—the Patriarch of the Indies and archbishops, and the heads of higher courts and state institutions"State" These comprised the Council of State, the Supreme Court, the Court of Auditors and the Supreme Council of War and Navy. after two years of service), as well as senators for life directly appointed by the monarch.Constitution 1876 arts. 20–21, 66 & 71. The law provided for by-elections to fill vacant seats during the legislative term. At least two vacancies were required to trigger a by-election in Congress multi-member constituencies.Law of 8 February 1877 arts. 56–59; Law of 26 June 1890 arts. 73–76; Royal Decree of 27 December (I) 1892 arts. 106–109. Candidates Nomination rules For the Congress, secular Spanish males of voting age, with full civil rights, could run for election. Causes of ineligibility applied to those excluded from voting or meeting any of the incompatibility rules for deputies, as well as to:Constitution 1876 art. 29; Law of 26 June 1890 arts. 2–5; Royal Decree of 27 December (I) 1892 arts. 5–8. Public contractors, within their relevant territories; Holders of a number of territorial posts (such as government-appointed positions, not including government ministers and Central Administration employees; local and provincial employees; and provincial deputation members), within their areas of jurisdiction, during their term of office and up to one year afterwards. For the Senate, eligibility was limited to Spanish males over 35 years of age not under criminal prosecution, disfranchisement nor asset seizure, and who either qualified as senators in their own right or belonged (or had belonged) to certain categories:Constitution 1876 arts. 22 & 26; Law of 8 February 1877 art. 4. Provided an income of Pts 7,500: the presidents of the Senate and the Congress; deputies serving in three different congresses or eight terms; government ministers; bishops; grandees of Spain not eligible as senators in their own right; and various senior officials after two years of service (such as certain general officers—lieutenant generals and vice admirals—and members of higher courts and state institutions);"State" heads of diplomatic missions abroad (ambassadors after two years, and plenipotentiaries after four); heads and full academics in the royal academies; chief engineers; and full professors with four years of service; Provided an income of Pts 20,000 or being taxpayers with a minimum quota of Pts 4,000 in direct taxes (paid two years in advance): Spanish nobility; and former deputies, provincial deputies or mayors in provincial capitals or towns over 20,000; Having served as senators before the promulgation of the 1876 Constitution. Other ineligibility provisions for the Senate also applied to a number of territorial officials within their areas of jurisdiction, during their term of office and up to three months afterwards; public contractors; tax collectors; and public debtors.Law of 8 February 1877 arts. 5–6. Incompatibility rules barred representing multiple constituencies simultaneously, as well as combining:Constitution 1876 arts. 25 & 31; Law of 8 February 1877 arts. 5–10; Law of 7 March 1880 arts. 1–4 (am. amended by Law of 31 July 1887 single art.); Law of 26 June 1890 art. 81; Royal Decree of 27 December (I) 1892 art. 113. The role of senator with other legislative roles (deputy, senator and local councillor, except those in Madrid; and provincial deputies within their respective provinces); or with any public post not explicitly permitted under Senate eligibility requirements; The role of deputy with any other civil, military or judicial post, with exceptions—and as many as 40 deputies allowed to simultaneously benefit from these—including a number of specific posts based in Madrid, such as any of the aforementioned ones (provided a public salary of Pts 12,500); senior court officials; university authorities and professors; chief engineers; and general officers. Results Congress of Deputies + ← Summary of the 12 April 1896 Congress of Deputies election results → center|400px Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats Votes % Liberal Conservative Party (PLC) 307 Liberal Party (PL) 111 Silvelist Party (PS) 12 Traditionalist Communion (Carlist) (CT) 10 Integrist Party (PI) 1 Independents (INDEP) 6 Total 447 Votes cast / turnout Abstentions Registered voters Sources"19Apr"López Domínguez 1976 517–521, 533–535 & 786–795Armengol i Segú Varela Ortega 2001 655–77613 April 1896 http://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/issue.vm?id=0001777645&page=1 Las elecciones es National Library of Spain La Iberia 15 April 202213 April 1896 https://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/hd/es/viewer?id=c6a26fa3-bbe2-4d44-a926-e0edbbcd5e1e&page=3 Lucha electoral es National Library of Spain La Unión Católica 30 August 202213 April 1896 https://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/hd/es/viewer?id=2748657c-62b5-40d8-a78e-0267a2644106&page=2 Elecciones de diputados es National Library of Spain La Época 30 August 202214 April 1896 https://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/hd/es/viewer?id=5479e9c4-1af4-4d12-b825-3eac01283b01&page=2 Elecciones de diputados en provincias es National Library of Spain El Movimiento Católico 15 April 202214 April 1896 https://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/hd/es/viewer?id=1e0be0b9-0587-4749-a09d-f02f3b3ad105&page=2 Las elecciones es National Library of Spain El Siglo Futuro 31 August 202214 April 1896 https://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/hd/es/viewer?id=2a7a4e3e-dcea-4dab-8f17-43fd823186d1&page=2 Elecciones de diputados. Por provincias es National Library of Spain La Correspondencia de España 9 August 202517 April 1896 http://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/issue.vm?id=0025560090&page=2 Los diputados electos es National Library of Spain El Movimiento Católico 15 April 202217 April 1896 https://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/hd/es/viewer?id=7906d226-6542-4be5-bcf5-3994e5050372&page=2 Proclamación de diputados electos es National Library of Spain La Época 1 September 2022 Seats #ddd 550px 500px PLC Conservative Party (Spain) 68.68 PL Liberal Party (Spain, 1880) 24.83 PS Silvelist Party 2.68 CT Traditionalist Communion 2.24 PI Integrist Party 0.22 INDEP Independent politician 1.34 Senate + ← Summary of the 26 April 1896 Senate of Spain election results → center|375px Parties and alliances Seats Liberal Conservative Party (PLC) 117 Liberal Party (PL) 43 Silvelist Party (PS) 2 Traditionalist Communion (Carlist) (CT) 2 Independents (INDEP) 6 Archbishops (ARCH) 10 Total elective seats 180 Sources27 April 1896 http://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/issue.vm?id=0000414743&page=3 Elecciones de senadores es National Library of Spain La Correspondencia de España 15 April 202227 April 1896 http://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/issue.vm?id=0001251329&page=1 Elecciones de senadores es National Library of Spain El Liberal 15 April 202227 April 1896 http://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/issue.vm?id=0000760432&page=1 Elección de senadores es National Library of Spain El Imparcial 15 April 202227 April 1896 http://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/issue.vm?id=0004900926&page=1 Elecciones de senadores es National Library of Spain La Unión Católica 15 April 202227 April 1896 https://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/hd/es/viewer?id=e871bfe9-5832-4d8c-b561-dfabb71b0867&page=3 Los resultados de Puerto Rico es National Library of Spain La Unión Católica 8 September 202228 April 1896 http://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/issue.vm?id=0000414782&page=3 Senadores de Ultramar es National Library of Spain La Correspondencia de España 15 April 202228 April 1896 https://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/hd/es/viewer?id=f7fc97c0-ebbd-4b1b-8f6a-7110e88146e5&page=2 Senadores por Cuba es National Library of Spain La Iberia 9 September 202229 April 1896 http://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/issue.vm?id=0001636411&page=2 Elección de senadores es National Library of Spain La Dinastía 15 April 2022 Seats #ddd 550px 500px PLC Conservative Party (Spain) 65.00 PL Liberal Party (Spain, 1880) 23.89 PS Silvelist Party 1.11 CT Traditionalist Communion 1.11 INDEP Independent politician 3.33 ARCH Nonpartisan 5.56 Maps Distribution by group + Summary of political group distribution in the 7th Restoration Cortes (1896–1898) Group Parties and alliances C Congress of Deputies S Senate Total PLC Liberal Conservative Party (PLC) 278 104 424 Constitutional Union of Cuba (UCC) 17 10 Unconditional Spanish Party (PIE) 10 2 Basque Dynastics (Urquijist) (DV) 1 1 Independents (INDEP) 1 0 PL Liberal Party (PL) 95 39 154 Constitutional Union of Cuba (UCC) 11 3 Unconditional Spanish Party (PIE) 5 1 PS Silvelist Party (PS) 11 2 14 Constitutional Union of Cuba (UCC) 1 0 CT Traditionalist Communion (Carlist) (CT) 10 2 12 PI Integrist Party (PI) 1 0 1 INDEP Independent Possibilists (P.IND) 3 1 12 Independents (INDEP) 1 2 Autonomist Liberal Party (PLA) 0 2 Constitutional Union of Cuba (UCC) 1 0 Independent Catholics (CAT) 1 0 Basque Dynastics (Urquijist) (DV) 0 1 ARCH Archbishops (ARCH) 0 10 10 Total 447 180 627 Notes References Bibliography Legislation 30em y Ley mandando que los distritos para las elecciones de Diputados a Cortes sean los que se expresan en la división adjunta Law 1 January 1871 Madrid Gazette es https://boe.es/datos/pdfs/BOE//1871/027/A00217-00232.pdf 21 August 2022 Law of 1 January 1871 y Decreto mandando se verifiquen en Puerto Rico las elecciones ordinarias de Senadores y Diputados a Cortes Decree 1 April 1871 Madrid Gazette es https://boe.es/datos/pdfs/BOE//1871/104/A00841-00842.pdf 19 August 2022 Decree of 1 April 1871 y Constitución de la Monarquía Española Constitution 30 June 1876 Madrid Gazette es https://boe.es/datos/pdfs/BOE//1876/184/A00009-00012.pdf 19 August 2022 Constitution 1876 y Ley electoral de Senadores Law 8 February 1877 Madrid Gazette es https://www.boe.es/datos/pdfs/BOE//1877/041/A00373-00375.pdf 19 August 2022 Law of 8 February 1877 y Ley electoral de los Diputados a Cortes Law 28 December 1878 Madrid Gazette es https://www.boe.es/datos/pdfs/BOE//1878/364/A00885-00890.pdf 19 August 2022 Law of 28 December 1878 y Ley dictando reglas para la elección de Senadores en las islas de Cuba y Puerto Rico Law 9 January 1879 Madrid Gazette es https://www.boe.es/datos/pdfs/BOE//1879/015/A00137-00137.pdf 19 August 2022 Law of 9 January 1879 y Ley enumerando los empleos con los cuales es compatible el cargo de Diputado a Cortes Law 7 March 1880 Madrid Gazette es https://www.boe.es/datos/pdfs/BOE//1880/069/A00623-00623.pdf 15 August 2025 Law of 7 March 1880 y Real decreto determinando el número de Senadores que habrán de elegirse en cada una de las provincias con motivo de las próximas elecciones Royal Decree 30 June 1881 Madrid Gazette es https://www.boe.es/datos/pdfs/BOE//1881/184/A00023-00023.pdf 11 October 2025 Royal Decree of 30 June 1881 y Ley dividiendo la provincia de Guipúzcoa en distritos para la elección de Diputados a Cortes Law 23 June 1885 Madrid Gazette es https://www.boe.es/datos/pdfs/BOE//1885/175/A00877-00878.pdf 6 May 2023 Law of 23 June 1885 y Ley dividiendo el distrito electoral de Tarrasa en dos, que se denominarán de Tarrasa y de Sabadell Law 18 January 1887 Madrid Gazette es https://www.boe.es/datos/pdfs/BOE//1887/022/A00211-00211.pdf 6 May 2023 Law of 18 January 1887 y Ley reformando el art. 4º. de la ley de Incompatibilidades Law 31 July 1887 Madrid Gazette es https://www.boe.es/datos/pdfs/BOE//1887/216/A00347-00347.pdf 15 August 2025 Law of 31 July 1887 y Ley fijando la división de la provincia de Álava en distritos electorales para Diputados a Cortes Law 10 July 1888 Madrid Gazette es https://www.boe.es/datos/pdfs/BOE//1888/193/A00117-00117.pdf 6 May 2023 Law of 10 July 1888 y Ley electoral para Diputados a Cortes Law 26 June 1890 Madrid Gazette es https://www.boe.es/datos/pdfs/BOE//1890/180/A00901-00908.pdf 19 August 2022 Law of 26 June 1890 y Real decreto disponiendo que mientras no se publique nueva ley Electoral rija en la isla de Cuba la división en circunscripciones y distritos para la elección de Diputados a Cortes aprobada en el Congreso en la forma que se expresa Royal Decree 18 December 1890 Madrid Gazette es https://boe.es/datos/pdfs/BOE//1890/354/A00907-00908.pdf 19 August 2022 Royal Decree of 18 December 1890 y Real decreto disponiendo la forma en que se han de verificar las elecciones de Diputados a Cortes en las islas de Cuba y Puerto Rico Royal Decree 27 December 1892 Madrid Gazette es https://boe.es/datos/pdfs/BOE//1892/363/A00957-00964.pdf 19 August 2022 Royal Decree of 27 December (I) 1892 y Real decreto declarando subsistente la división territorial para elecciones de Diputados a Cortes en las islas de Cuba y Puerto Rico, establecida por Real decreto de 18 de Diciembre de 1890 Royal Decree 27 December 1892 Madrid Gazette es https://boe.es/datos/pdfs/BOE//1892/363/A00964-00964.pdf 19 August 2022 Royal Decree of 27 December (II) 1892 y Ley disponiendo que las primeras y sucesivas elecciones que se verifiquen en la provincia de Zamora se dividirá en siete distritos en la forma que se expresa Law 18 June 1895 Madrid Gazette es https://www.boe.es/datos/pdfs/BOE//1895/170/A01001-01001.pdf 14 August 2025 Law of 18 June 1895 y Leyes aprobando la división electoral de las provincias de León y Vizcaya Law 2 August 1895 Madrid Gazette es https://www.boe.es/datos/pdfs/BOE//1895/216/A00457-00458.pdf 6 May 2023 Law of 2 August 1895 y Real decreto declarando disueltos el Congreso de los Diputados y la parte electiva del Senado; disponiendo que las Cortes se reúnan en Madrid el 11 de Mayo próximo, y que las 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