Spanish general election, August 1872

24 August 1872

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

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla	Francesc Pi i Margall	Práxedes Mateo Sagasta
Party	Radical Party	Democratic Federal Republican Party	Constitutional and conservative independents
Leader's seat	Madrid	Barcelona	Madrid
Seats won	274	78	14
Seat change	232	26	222
Percentage	70.08%	19.95%	3.58%
Swing	59.34	6.65	56.78

	Fourth party	Fifth party	Sixth party

Leader	Carlos, Duke of Madrid	Carlos, Duke of Madrid
Party	Independent Alfonsinos	Carlists	Other
Leader's seat	Madrid	Navarre
Seats won	9	3	16
Seat change	New party	35	7
Percentage	2.39%	0.78%	4.09%
Swing	New party	2.54	1.79

Spanish Congress of Deputies, after the election

Prime Minister before election

Práxedes Mateo Sagasta
Constitutional Party

Elected Prime Minister

Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla
Radical-Democratic Party

General elections to the Cortes Generales were held in Spain on August 24, 1872. At stake were all 391 seats in the Congress of Deputies. The Radical-Democratic Party won the elections.

History

General elections of Spain of 1872 were held on August 24 under universal male suffrage. The elections were held during the brief reign of Amadeo I.

← **General election, 24 August 1872** →
Party	Seats	Leader
Partido Radical	274	Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla
Democratic Federal Republican Party	78	Francisco Pi i Margall
Constitutional Party and conservative independents	14	Práxedes Mateo Sagasta
Alfonsinos	9	Antonio Cánovas del Castillo
Carlists	3
Unitarian republicans	2
Independents	11

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