Spanish general election, 1916

Spanish general election, 1916
Spain
9 April 1916
All 409 seats of the Congress of Deputies
205 seats needed for a majority
Turnout ~53.5%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Álvaro Figueroa Torres Eduardo Dato Francesc Cambó
Party PL PLC LRC
Leader since 1913 1913 1901
Last election 123 seats 193 seats 13 seats
Seats won 233 88 13
Seat change Increase111 Decrease105 Steady0
Prime Minister before election

Álvaro Figueroa Torres
PL

 Elected Prime Minister

Álvaro Figueroa Torres
PL

General elections to the Cortes Generales were held in Spain on 9 April 1916. At stake were all 409 seats in the Congress of Deputies.[1][2]

Though formally competitive, the 1916 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 1916 election, as expected, sanctioned the pre-arranged handover from the Conservatives to the Liberals.

Results

Summary of the 9 April 1916 Spanish Congress of Deputies election results

Parties and coalitions Votes Congress
# % Swing Seats +/−
Liberal Party PL 233
Total Liberals 233
Liberal Conservative Party PLC 88
Total Conservatives 88
Maurist Conservatives CM 17
Ciervist Conservatives CC 8
Total Die-hard Conservatives 25
Traditionalist Communion CT 9
Independent Catholics Cat Ind 3
Independent Integrists Int Ind 2
Total Carlists and Traditionalists 14
Republican Party PRep 9
Republican Democratic Federal Party PRDF 2
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party PSOE 1
Republican Union (Spain) PURA 1
Total Republican-Socialist Union 13
Regionalist League of Catalonia LRC 13
Total Regionalist League 13
Reformist Party PR 12
Total Reformist Party 12
Radical Republican Party PRR 5
Republican Nationalist Federal Union UFNR 1
Total Republican Coalition 6
Independents Indep 5
Others 0
Total ~2,089,151 100.00 409
Votes cast / turnout ~2,089,151 53.50
Abstentions ~1,815,727 46.50
Registered voters ~3,904,877
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.