1886 Spanish general election

none 1886 Spanish general election Spain 1785 parliamentary no 1884 Spanish general election 1884 1891 Spanish general election 1891 All 434"Cumulative" Including one seat by cumulative voting. seats in the Congress of Deputies and 180 (of 360) seats in the Senate218 seats needed for a majority in the Congress of Deputies 807,175 475,712 (58.9%) 4 April 1886 (Congress)25 April 1886 (Senate) 170x170px Práxedes Mateo Sagasta Liberal Party (Spain, 1880) 1880 Logroño 43 D Congress of Deputies15 S Senate 309 D Congress of Deputies123 S Senate 10px 266 D Congress of Deputies10px 108 S Senate 170x170px Antonio Cánovas del Castillo Conservative Party (Spain) 1874 Cieza 342 D Congress of Deputies140 S Senate 70 D Congress of Deputies33 S Senate 10px 272 D Congress of Deputies10px 107 S Senate 170x170px Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla Republican Union (Spain, 1886) 1880 — 9 D Congress of Deputies0 S Senate 20 D Congress of Deputies3 S Senate 10px 11 D Congress of Deputies10px 3 S Senate 170x170px Francisco Romero Robledo Liberal Reformist Party (Spain) 1886 Antequera Did not contest 11 D Congress of Deputies4 S Senate 10px 11 D Congress of Deputies10px 4 S Senate 170x170px Emilio Castelar Possibilist Democratic Party 1879 Huesca 3 D Congress of Deputies2 S Senate 11 D Congress of Deputies4 S Senate 10px 8 D Congress of Deputies10px 2 S Senate 170x170px José López Domínguez Dynastic Left 1884 Coín 36 D Congress of Deputies8 S Senate 12 D Congress of Deputies2 S Senate 10px 24 D Congress of Deputies10px 6 S Senate Prime Minister Prime Minister after election Práxedes Mateo Sagasta Liberal Party (Spain, 1880) Práxedes Mateo Sagasta Liberal Party (Spain, 1880) A general election was held in Spain on 4 April 1886 (for the Congress of Deputies) and on 25 April 1886 (for the Senate), to elect the members of the 4th es Cortes no under the Spanish Constitution of 1876, during the Restoration period. All 434"Cumulative" seats in the Congress of Deputies were up for election, as well as 180 of 360 seats in the Senate. The electorate comprised about 4.6% of the country's population.Caballero Domínguez 1999 50 During this period, an informal system known as es turno or es turnismo was operated by 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 election resulted in a large majority for the government-supported candidates of the Liberal Party, which was possible through Antonio Cánovas del Castillo's peaceful handover of power to Práxedes Mateo Sagasta, in what came to be known as the Pact of El Pardo. Running against the pact were the Francisco Romero Robledo and José López Domínguez-led factions within the Conservative and Liberal parties, respectively, but which failed to achieve decisive breakthroughs. The resulting legislature would come to be known as the "Long Parliament" (es no Parlamento Largo): lasting from 1886 to 1891, it would be the only one during the Restoration period to last its full five year-term.Martínez Ruiz Maqueda Abreu De Diego 1999 111 Background The death of King Alfonso XII in November 1885 at the age of 27, with no heir apparent and with her spouse—Maria Christina of Austria—poised to become queen regent under the provisions of the Constitution, had seen a prospective political crisis being averted by the informal Pact of El Pardo between Antonio Cánovas del Castillo, incumbent prime minister and Conservative leader, and Práxedes Mateo Sagasta, leader of the opposition Liberal Party. Through the agreement, both political parties—which had dominated Spanish politics during the early Restoration period—aimed to temporarily thwart the political fighting within the monarchist camp and provide stability to the regime by definitely establishing the turno system of alternance. As a result, Cánovas peacefully handed over power to Sagasta, who earlier that year had unified the various factions within his party under the "guarantee law": an agreement under which the Liberals would develop the freedoms and rights recognized during the Democratic Sexennium in exchange for the acceptance of shared sovereignty between the King and the es Cortes no, a basic principle of the 1876 Constitution.De la Santa Cinta Joaquín 9 August 2017 https://elcorreodepozuelo.com/2017/08/09/presidentes-del-consejo-ministros-reinado-alfonso-xii-jose-posada-herrera-nuevo-antonio-canovas-del-castillo/ Presidentes del Consejo de Ministros durante el reinado de Alfonso XII. José Posada Herrera y de nuevo Antonio Cánovas del Castillo es El Correo de Pozuelo 5 May 2023De la Santa Cinta Joaquín 16 August 2017 https://elcorreodepozuelo.com/2017/08/16/presidentes-del-consejo-ministros-la-regencia-maria-cristina-habsburgo-lorena-praxedes-mateo-sagasta/ Presidentes del Consejo de Ministros durante la Regencia de María Cristina de Habsburgo-Lorena: Práxedes Mateo Sagasta es El Correo de Pozuelo 4 May 2023 Francisco Romero Robledo, who vied for power with Francisco Silvela within the Conservative party, split off in protest to Cánovas's "voluntary relinquishment" of government.Fernández Almagro 1943 412Dardé Morales 1986 224–226Montagut Eduardo 24 November 2016 https://www.nuevatribuna.es/articulo/historia/gobierno-sagasta-1885-1890/20161124135546134122.html El Gobierno de Sagasta (1885-1890) es Nueva Tribuna 21 August 2022 In May 1886, Maria Cristina would give birth to Alfonso XII's posthumous son, who would automatically become King Alfonso XIII.Moral Roncal Antonio Manuel 3 May 2024 https://www.eldebate.com/historia/20240503/canovas-1885-dimision-gobierno-anteponiendo-bienestar-espanoles_193724.html Cánovas en 1885: una dimisión del gobierno anteponiendo el bienestar de los españoles es El Debate 3 August 2025 The 1884–1885 period saw some calamities that the Cánovas government had to handle, such as the Alcudia bridge disaster, the 1884 Andalusian earthquake and the 1885 cholera epidemic in Spain. It also saw the Berlin Conference, the starting point of the Scramble for Africa, in which Spain successfully claimed and established the colony of Spanish Sahara. The Carolines Question, a conflict between Spain and the German Empire over the sovereignty of the Caroline Islands and Palau in the western Pacific, was resolved through arbitration by the Holy See. 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 27 April 1884 for the Congress and on 8 May 1884 for the Senate, which meant that the chambers' terms would have expired on 27 April and 8 May 1889, 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 8 March 1886, with the corresponding decree setting election day for 4 April (Congress) and 25 April 1886 (Senate) and scheduling for both chambers to reconvene on 10 May.Royal Decree of 8 March 1886 arts. 1–3. Electoral system Voting for the Congress of Deputies was based on censitary suffrage, comprising Spanish national males over 25 years of age who met either of the following:Law of 28 December 1878 arts. 14–19.Ortega Álvarez Santaolaya Machetti 1996 87García Muñoz 2002 105–106Carreras de Odriozola Tafunell Sambola 2005 1077 Being taxpayers with a minimum quota of Pts 25 in property taxes (paid one year in advance) or Pts 50 in corporate taxes (paid two years in advance); Holding specific positions (such as full academics in the royal academies, cathedral chapter members and parish priests, active public employees with a salary of Pts 2,000, retired public employees, general officers, awarded painters or sculptors, senior court officials and certified teachers); Having two years of residence in a Spanish municipality while proving a professional qualification. In the Spanish West Indies (Cuba and Puerto Rico) the taxpayer requirement was higher (Pts 125, or $25), while former Cuban slaves were barred from voting until three years after becoming freedmen.Law of 28 December 1878 arts. 142–143 & 147.López Domínguez 1976 416Roldán de Montaud 1999 249 In the Basque Provinces and Navarre—where taxes were not paid directly—voters had instead to prove wealth equivalent to an income of Pts 4,800; or Pts 2,400 in real estate, crops or livestock.Law of 28 December 1878 trans. art. 1. Additional restrictions excluded those deprived of political rights or barred from public office by a final sentence, criminally imprisoned or convicted, legally incapacitated, bankrupt, and public debtors.Law of 28 December 1878 arts. 8, 20, 143 & 147. 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 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; and in those with three seats, up to two. 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 28 December 1878 arts. 1–3 & 84.Ortega Álvarez Santaolaya Machetti 1996 88 Up to 10 additional members could be elected through cumulative voting if they ran in several single-member districts and obtained over 10,000 votes overall.Law of 28 December 1878 arts. 115 & 147. Cuba and Puerto Rico were allocated 24 and 15 seats, respectively.Law of 28 December 1878 arts. 2, 139 & 147 (suppl. supplemented by Decree of 1 April 1871 art. 2); Decree of 31 January 1879 art. 1.Roldán de Montaud 1999 250 As a result of the aforementioned allocation, 322 single-member districts were established, and each Congress multi-member constituency (a total of 31, electing 111 seats) was entitled the following seats:Seat allocation:Peninsular Spain and archipelagos: Law of 28 December 1878 arts. 2–3 (suppl. supplemented by Law of 1 January 1871 art. 1 & attached table; am. amended by Law of 21 March 1883 and Law of 23 June 1885). Spanish West Indies: Law of 28 December 1878 arts. 2–3, 139 & 147 (suppl. supplemented by Decree of 1 April 1871 art. 2–3 & attached table); Decree of 31 January 1879 art. 1. Seats Constituencies 8 Havana, Madrid 5 Barcelona, Palma, Santa Clara 4 Santiago de Cuba, Seville 3 Alicante, Almería, Badajoz, Burgos, Cádiz, Cartagena, Córdoba, Granada, Jaén, Jerez de la Frontera, La Coruña, Lugo, Málaga, Matanzas, Murcia, Oviedo, Pamplona, Pinar del Río, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Santander, 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; when only two vacancies were to be filled, voters could choose only one candidate.Law of 8 February 1877 arts. 56–59; Law of 28 December 1878 arts. 110–113 & 146–147. 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 and to former slaves in Cuba until ten years after becoming freedmen, as well as to:Roldán de Montaud 1999 249Constitution 1876 art. 29; Law of 28 December 1878 arts. 7–10, 115, 141 & 147. Public contractors, within their relevant territories and up to one year after the end of their contracts; Holders of a number of territorial posts (such as government-appointed positions, not including Central Administration employees; local and provincial employees; certain technical officials—civil, mining and forest engineers—and presidents of polling stations), within their areas of jurisdiction, during their term of office and up to one year afterwards; Holders of any government-appointed post between the election call and election day, for those seeking a seat through cumulative voting. 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 28 December 1878 arts. 118 & 147; Law of 7 March 1880 arts. 1–4. 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 4 April 1886 Congress of Deputies election results → center|400px Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats Votes % Liberal Party (PL) 309 Liberal Conservative Party (PLC) 70 Republican Union (UR) 20 Dynastic Left (ID) 12 Liberal Reformist Party (PLR) 11 Possibilist Democratic Party (PDP) 11 Traditionalist Communion (Carlist) (CT) 1 Total 475,712 434 Votes cast / turnout 475,712 58.94 Abstentions 331,463 41.06 Registered voters 807,175 SourcesArmengol i Segú Varela Ortega 2001 655–776López Domínguez 1976 417–419, 428–432 & 764–770For elected candidates by district, with political affiliations: 5 April 1886 https://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/hd/viewer?oid=0000099906&page=3 Noticias electorales. Madrid y provincias es National Library of Spain El Siglo Futuro 13 August 2022 5 April 1886 https://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/hd/es/viewer?id=bf625833-d9ee-431d-8c89-faf1606b308e Las nuevas Cortes. Elecciones es National Library of Spain El Estandarte 4 August 2025 5 April 1886 https://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/hd/es/viewer?id=41a6dbd2-fa64-4cc1-8ba2-685222260e04 Las elecciones. Vencedores y vencidos es National Library of Spain El Día 4 August 2025 6 April 1886 https://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/hd/viewer?oid=0002523734&page=2 Elecciones es National Library of Spain La Discusión 13 August 2022 6 April 1886 https://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/hd/viewer?oid=0000471526&page=2 Resultado de las elecciones es National Library of Spain La Época 13 August 2022 6 April 1886 https://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/hd/viewer?oid=0001139007 Los diputados a Cortes es National Library of Spain El Liberal 15 August 2022 6 April 1886 https://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/hd/viewer?oid=0002208428&page=2 Candidatos electos es National Library of Spain El Día 16 August 2022 6 April 1886 https://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/hd/es/viewer?id=e9dc9190-9149-4cfa-9d69-d76ccecc55f8 La votación de anteayer es National Library of Spain La República 4 August 2025 7 April 1886 https://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/hd/es/viewer?id=73de2595-e641-4434-9297-98509f9d2d3f Las elecciones en provincias es National Library of Spain La Marina 4 August 2025 7 April 1886 https://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/hd/es/viewer?id=91d567b3-df0f-4560-b055-0553977174a2&page=2 Las elecciones generales es National Library of Spain El Imparcial 4 August 2025 For elected candidates in Cuba, with political affiliations: 7 April 1886 https://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/hd/viewer?oid=0001597807 Las elecciones generales es National Library of Spain La Iberia 16 August 2022 For elected candidates in Puerto Rico, with political affiliations: 8 April 1886 https://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/hd/viewer?oid=0000632839&page=2 Las elecciones generales es National Library of Spain El Imparcial 16 August 2022 Seats #ddd 550px 500px PL Liberal Party (Spain, 1880) 71.20 PLC Conservative Party (Spain) 16.13 UR Republican Union (Spain, 1886) 4.61 ID Dynastic Left 2.76 PLR Liberal Reformist Party (Spain) 2.53 PDP Possibilist Democratic Party 2.53 CT Traditionalist Communion 0.23 Senate + ← Summary of the 25 April 1886 Senate of Spain election results → center|375px Parties and alliances Seats Liberal Party (PL) 123 Liberal Conservative Party (PLC) 33 Liberal Reformist Party (PLR) 4 Possibilist Democratic Party (PDP) 4 Republican Union (UR) 3 Dynastic Left (ID) 2 Independents (INDEP) 1 Archbishops (ARCH) 10 Total elective seats 180 SourcesFor elected candidates by district, with political affiliations: 25 April 1886 https://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/hd/es/viewer?id=8dc3266c-8c1b-4472-9413-9e71cafeb976&page=2 La elección de senadores en Madrid es National Library of Spain El Día 13 August 2025 26 April 1886 https://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/hd/viewer?oid=0001139583 Elección de senadores. Provincias, Universidades, Sociedades económicas, Provincias eclesiásticas y Academias es National Library of Spain El Liberal 19 August 2022 26 April 1886 https://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/hd/viewer?oid=0002209361 El Senado es National Library of Spain El Día 19 August 2022 26 April 1886 https://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/hd/viewer?oid=0000472224&page=3 La elección de senadores. Nuevos datos es National Library of Spain La Época 19 August 2022 26 April 1886 https://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/hd/es/viewer?id=3a8afaf6-a991-4f42-a236-697c9c8ea613 Elecciones de senadores. Cabildos, Universidades, Sociedades económicas, Academias y Provincias es National Library of Spain La Unión 19 August 2022 For elected candidates in Puerto Rico, with political affiliations: 27 April 1886 https://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/hd/es/viewer?id=5708ecd9-6fd5-459e-b90b-361baf6971dc&page=3 Según telegrama del Gobernador general de Puerto Rico es National Library of Spain La Época 19 August 2022 28 April 1886 https://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/hd/es/viewer?id=5299d0e4-68fc-4dfd-8870-3040a9661686&page=2 Elecciones de senadores. Madrid y provincias es National Library of Spain El Imparcial 19 August 2022 For elected candidates in Cuba, with political affiliations: 28 April 1886 https://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/hd/es/viewer?id=379cbcfe-838d-44df-b6ae-f564be7afb7c&page=3 Los senadores de Cuba es National Library of Spain La Época 19 August 2022 29 April 1886 https://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/hd/es/viewer?id=73dbb1b9-25ea-41b2-ba26-6d2bb6fe147e&page=2 Los senadores elegidos en la isla de Cuba es National Library of Spain La Unión 19 August 2022 Seats #ddd 550px 500px PL Liberal Party (Spain, 1880) 68.33 PLC Conservative Party (Spain) 18.33 PLR Liberal Reformist Party (Spain) 2.22 PDP Possibilist Democratic Party 2.22 UR Republican Union (Spain, 1886) 1.67 ID Dynastic Left 1.11 INDEP Independent politician 0.56 ARCH Nonpartisan 5.56 Distribution by group + Summary of political group distribution in the 4th Restoration Cortes (1886–1891) Group Parties and alliances C Congress of Deputies S Senate Total PL Liberal Party (PL) 290 112 432 Constitutional Union of Cuba (UCC) 12 8 Unconditional Spanish Party (PIE) 6 2 Basque Dynastics (Urquijist) (DV) 1 1 PLC Liberal Conservative Party (PLC) 63 27 103 Constitutional Union of Cuba (UCC) 3 5 Unconditional Spanish Party (PIE) 4 1 UR Progressive Republican Party (PRP) 10 1 23 Autonomist Liberal Party (PLA) 6 1 Liberal Reformist Party of Puerto Rico (PLRP) 3 1 Federal Republican Party (PRF) 1 0 PLR Liberal Reformist Party (PLR) 9 4 15 Constitutional Union of Cuba (UCC) 2 0 PDP Possibilist Democratic Party (PDP) 11 4 15 ID Dynastic Left (ID) 8 2 14 Unconditional Spanish Party (PIE) 2 0 Constitutional Union of Cuba (UCC) 1 0 Independents (INDEP) 1 0 CT Traditionalist Communion (Carlist) (CT) 1 0 1 INDEP Basque Dynastics (Urquijist) (DV) 0 1 1 ARCH Archbishops (ARCH) 0 10 10 Total 434 180 614 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 Decreto dividiendo la isla de Cuba en distritos electorales para la elección de Diputados a Cortes Decree 31 January 1879 Havana Gazette University of Miami es https://digitalcollections.library.miami.edu/digital/collection/cubanlaw/id/36928/rec/73 3 April 2026 Decree of 31 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 fijando la división de la provincia de Vizcaya en distritos para 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