Spanish general election, 1896

Spanish general election, 1896

5 April 1896

All 401 seats of the Congress of Deputies 201 seats needed for a majority   First party Second party   Leader Antonio Cánovas del Castillo Práxedes Mateo Sagasta Party PLC PL Leader since 1876 1876 Last election 87 seats 257 seats Seats won 284 98 Seat change 197 159

Prime Minister before election Antonio Cánovas del Castillo PLC Elected Prime Minister Antonio Cánovas del Castillo PLC

General elections to the Cortes Generales were held in Spain on 5 April 1896. At stake were all 401 seats in the Congress of Deputies.^[1][2]

Results

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  Spanish Congress of Deputies, after the election

Summary of the 5 April 1896 Spanish Congress of Deputies election results

Parties and coalitions				Votes			Congress
				#	%	Swing	Seats	+/−
		Conservative Party	PLC				272	202
		Conservative Union	UC				12	5
Total Conservatives							284	197
		Liberal Party	PL				98	159
Total Liberals							98	159
		Independent Possibilist Republicans	Pos Ind				4	11
Total Republicans							4	43
		Traditionalist Communion	CT				10	3
		Independent Catholics	Cat.ind				1	1
Total Carlists and Traditionalists							11	2
	Independents		Indep				2	2
	Vacant						2	1
	Others						0	0
Total					100.00		401	0
Votes cast / turnout
Abstentions
Registered voters				~4,802,500
Source: Historia Electoral Spain Historical Statistics

References

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