October 1836 Spanish general election

Spanish general election held in October 1836

October 1836 Spanish general election

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| <- July 1836 | 17 October to 4 November 1836 | 1837 ->

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All 242 seats of the Congress of Deputies
121 seats needed for a majority
Turnout| N/A
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Leader  | Agustín Argüelles | Francisco Martínez de la Rosa | Fermín Caballero
Party  | Independents | Moderate | Progressive Party
Leader's seat  | Asturias | Madrid | Madrid
Seats won  | 90 | 70  | 30
Percentage  | 37%  | 29%  | 12.4%

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| Prime Minister before election

José María Calatrava
Moderate Party

| Prime Minister after election

José María Calatrava
Moderate Party

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General elections to the Cortes Generales were held in Spain in October 1836. At stake were all 149 seats in the Congress of Deputies, in order to adopt a new constitution to replace the Royal Statute of 1834. The Cortes eventually enacted the Constitution of 1837.

## Electoral system

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### Right to vote

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All male citizens older than 21 had the right to vote.

### Constituencies

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A majority voting system was used for the election, with 48 multi-member constituencies and 1 single-member constituency.[1] Voting was secret and indirect.[2]

## Results

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Party  | Seats

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| Independents | 90
| Moderate Party | 70
| Progressive Party | 30
Total | 242[3][4]

## References

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1. ^ Carreras, Albert; Tafunell, Xavier (Coords.) (2005). Estadísticas históricas de España, siglos XIX-XX. Bilbao: Fundación BBVA. pp. 1074-1091. ISBN 84-96515-00-1.
2. ^ Marichal, Carlos (1980). La revolución liberal y los primeros partidos políticos en España, 1834-1844. Cátedra. ISBN 8437602459.
3. ^ Estrada Sánchez, Manuel (1998). El enfrentamiento entre doceañistas y moderados por la cuestión electoral (1834-1836). Revista de Estudios Políticos (Nueva Época) 100.
4. ^ Marichal, Carlos (1980). La revolución liberal y los primeros partidos políticos en España, 1834-1844. Cátedra. ISBN 8437602459.

* Estadísticas históricas de España: siglos XIX-XX.

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