Spanish general election, 1910

Spanish general election, 1910
Spain
May 8, 1910
All 404 seats of the Congress of Deputies
203 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader José Canalejas Antonio Maura Josep Maria Vallès i Ribot
Party PL PLC UFNR
Leader since 1905 1905 April 1910
Last election 80 seats 250 seats 16 seats
Seats won 215 115 11
Seat change Increase135 Decrease135 Decrease5
Prime Minister before election

José Canalejas
PL

 Elected Prime Minister

José Canalejas
PL

General elections to the Cortes Generales were held in Spain on 8 May 1910. At stake were all 404 seats in the Congress of Deputies.[1][2]

Though formally competitive, the 1910 general election was held under the customary system of Turno Pacifico; in accordance with a long-standing power-sharing arrangement, elections (under influence by machine bosses called caciques) served as a rubber stamp for a routine handover of power initiated by the King. The 1910 election, as expected, sanctioned the pre-arranged handover from the Conservatives to the Liberals.

Results

Summary of the 8 May 1910 Spanish Congress of Deputies election results

Parties and coalitions Votes Congress
# % Swing Seats +/−
Liberal Party PL 215
Total Liberals 215
Liberal Conservative Party PLC 115
Total Conservatives 115
Republican Party PRep 16
Radical Republican Party PRR 8
Republican Democratic Federal Party PRDF 2
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party PSOE 1
Total Republican-Socialist Union 27
Traditionalist Communion CT 10
Integrist Party PI 2
Independent Catholics Cat Ind 3
Total Carlists and Traditionalists 15
Republican Nationalist Federal Union UFNR 11
Total Republican Nationalist Federal Union 11
Regionalist League of Catalonia LRC 10
Total Regionalist League 10
Republican Union PURA 2
Independents Indep 6
Vacant 3
Others 0
Total ~3,071,142 100.00 404
Votes cast / turnout ~3,071,142 67.56
Abstentions ~1,474,862 32.44
Registered voters ~4,546,004
Source:

References

  1. ↑ "Elecciones en la Restauración" (in Spanish). Historiaelectoral.com. Retrieved 2012-01-20.
  2. ↑ "Gráfico resumen Diputados 1869-1923" (in Spanish). Historiaelectoral.com. Retrieved 2012-01-20.