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General elections to the Cortes Generales were held in Spain on the 8 March 1871. At stake were all 391 seats in the Congress of Deputies. The Progressive-Liberal coalition won the elections.
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Spanish Congress of Deputies, after the election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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General elections of Spain of 1871 were held on March 8 under universal male suffrage. The elections were the first held during the brief reign of Amadeo I, once the Spanish Constitution of 1869 was approved. Francisco Serrano y Domínguez, a member of the Liberal Union (part of the Progressive-Liberal coalition), was the prime minister before the elections.
Party | Seats | Difference | Leader | |
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Progressive-Liberal coalition | 235 | 1 | General Francisco Serrano y Domínguez | |
Federal Democratic Republican Party | 52 | 31 | Francesc Pi i Margall | |
Catholic-Monarchist Communion | 51 | 31 | Agustín Crespí de Valldaura y Caro, Count of Orgaz | |
Moderate Party | 18 | 18 | Alejandro Mon y Menéndez | |
Conservative Party | 9 | 9 | Antonio Cánovas del Castillo | |
Partidaries of Antoine, Duke of Montpensier | 9 | 9 | Antoine, Duke of Montpensier | |
Other | 17 | 9 | ||
Total | 391 |
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