General elections to the Cortes Generales were held in Spain in November 1837. At stake were all 241 seats in the Congress of Deputies.
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| Turnout | 55.43% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Electoral system edit
Voting rights edit
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 edit
A majority voting system was used for the election, with 51 multi-member constituencies and 1 single-member constituency.[1] Voting was secret and direct.[2]
Results edit
| Party | Seats | |
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| Other and independents | 94 | |
| Moderate Party | 88 | |
| Progressive Party | 59 | |
| Total | 241[3][4][5] | |
References edit
- ^ Carreras, Albert; Tafunell, Xavier (Coords.) (2005). Estadísticas históricas de España, siglos XIX-XX. Bilbao: Fundación BBVA. pp. 1074-1091. ISBN 84-96515-00-1.
- ^ Marichal, Carlos (1980). La revolución liberal y los primeros partidos políticos en España, 1834-1844. Cátedra. ISBN 8437602459.
- ^ Estrada 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.
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