1834 Spanish general election

none Spain 1785 parliamentary 1822 Spanish general election 1822 February 1836 Spanish general election 1836 All 188 seats of the Congress of Deputies 94 ≈58.9% 30 June 1834 Martinez_Rosa_cropped.png Francisco de Paula Martínez de la Rosa y Berdejo Moderate Party (Spain) Madrid 111 New Juan Álvarez Mendizábal (cropped).png Juan Álvarez Mendizábal Progressive Party (Spain) Madrid 77 New 300px Spanish Congress of Deputies, after the election Prime Minister Prime Minister after election Francisco Cea Bermúdez Independent Francisco de Paula Martínez de la Rosa y Berdejo 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,Fuentes, Juan Francisco (2007). El fin del Antiguo Régimen (1808-1868). Política y sociedad. Madrid: Síntesis. 978-84-975651-5-8. 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. Results File:Cortes_Generales_1834.svg Moderate Party 111 New Progressive Party 77 New –15 References Estadísticas históricas de España: siglos XIX-XX. Spain General Category:General elections in Spain Spain