1871 Spanish general election

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8 March 1871

All 391 seats in the Congress of Deputies
196 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Francisco Serrano	Francesc Pi i Margall	Agustín Crespí de Valldaura [es]
Party	Progressive–Liberal	FDRP	CMC
Leader's seat	Jaén	Barcelona	Villadiego
Seats won	235	52	51
Seat change	1	33	31

	Fourth party	Fifth party	Sixth party

Leader	Alejandro Mon y Menéndez	Antonio Cánovas del Castillo	Antoine, Duke of Montpensier
Party	Moderate	Conservative	Partidaries of Montpensier
Leader's seat	Oviedo (failed to get elected)	Yecla	San Fernando
Seats won	18	9	9
Seat change	New	New	New

Prime Minister before election

Francisco Serrano
Liberal Union

Prime Minister after election

Francisco Serrano
Liberal Union

General elections were held in Spain on 8 March 1871 to elect the 391 members of the Congress of Deputies. The Progressive-Liberal coalition won the elections.

Background

The elections were held under universal male suffrage following the promulgation of the 1869 constitution. They were also the first held during the brief reign of Amadeo I. Francisco Serrano, a member of the Liberal Union (part of the Progressive–Liberal coalition), was the prime minister before the elections.



Party		Seats	+/–
	Progressive–Liberal coalition	235	–1
	Federal Democratic Republican Party	52	–33
	Catholic-Monarchist Communion	51	+31
	Moderate Party	18	New
	Conservative Party	9	New
	Partidaries of Antoine, Duke of Montpensier	9	New
	Others	17	–
Total		391	+39

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