236 52 60.36% 13.30% Date 3 April 1872 | 52 42 13.30% 10.74% Location Spain | |
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Winner Francisco Serrano | ||
General elections to the Cortes Generales were held in Spain on April 3, 1871. At stake were all 391 seats in the Congress of Deputies. The Conservative-Constitutional coalition (political heir of the Progressive-Liberal coalition in the previous elections) won the elections.
History
General elections of Spain of 1872were held on April 8 under universal male suffrage. The elections were held during the brief reign of Amadeo I, once the Constitution of 1869 was approved. Práxedes Mateo Sagasta, a member of the Constitutional Party (part of the Conservative-Constitutional coalition), was the prime minister before the elections.
References
Spanish general election, April 1872 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA