1837 Spanish general election

none 1837 Spanish general election Spain 1785 parliamentary no October 1836 Spanish general election October 1836 1839 Spanish general election 1839 All 241 seats of the Congress of Deputies 121 55.43% 19 November 1837 Independents 94 125x150px Francisco Javier de Istúriz Moderate Party (Spain) Madrid 88 125x150px Vicente Sancho y Cobertores Progressive Party (Spain) Madrid 59 Spanish Congress of Deputies, after the election Prime Minister Prime Minister after election Baldomero Espartero Progressive Party Eusebio Bardají Azara Moderate Party General elections to the Cortes Generales were held in Spain in November 1837. At stake were all 241 seats in the Congress of Deputies. Electoral system Voting rights Restricted census suffrage, only 262,000 people out of a total population of 12,162,872 were allowed to vote. The elections were held on 22 September, at the peak of the First Carlist War. Constituencies A majority voting system was used for the election, with 51 multi-member constituencies and 1 single-member constituency.Carreras, Albert; Tafunell, Xavier (Coords.) (2005). Estadísticas históricas de España, siglos XIX-XX. Bilbao: Fundación BBVA. pp. 1074-1091. ISBN 84-96515-00-1. Voting was secret and direct.Marichal, Carlos (1980). La revolución liberal y los primeros partidos políticos en España, 1834-1844. Cátedra. ISBN 8437602459. Results center|400pxParty Seats Other and independents 94 Moderate Party 88 Progressive Party 59Total241Estrada 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.Cases Méndez, José Ignacio (1983). «La Práctica Electoral bajo la Constitución de 1837». Revista de Derecho Político 20. ISSN 2174-5625. References Estadísticas históricas de España: siglos XIX-XX. 1837 Category:November 1837