Spanish general election, 1899

Spanish general election, 1899

16 April 1899

All 402 seats of the Congress of Deputies 202 seats needed for a majority Turnout ~66.0%   First party Second party Third party   Leader Francisco Silvela Práxedes Mateo Sagasta Nicolás Salmerón Party PLC PL Republican Fusion Leader since 1897 1876 1898 Last election 97 seats 272 seats 18 seats Seats won 244 130 11 Seat change 147 142 7

Prime Minister before election Francisco Silvela PLC Elected Prime Minister Francisco Silvela PLC

General elections to the Cortes Generales were held in Spain on 16 April 1899. At stake were all 402 seats in the Congress of Deputies.^[1][2]

Results

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  Spanish Congress of Deputies, after the election

Summary of the 16 April 1899 Spanish Congress of Deputies election results

Parties and coalitions				Votes			Congress
				#	%	Swing	Seats	+/−
		Conservative Union	UC+PLC				228	146
		'Tetuanist' Conservatives	T				12	3
		Liberal Reformist Party	PLR				4	2
Total Conservatives							244	147
		Liberal Party	PL				102	170
		'Gamacist' Liberals	LG				28	28
Total Liberals							130	142
		Republican Fusion	FR				11	7
		Independent Republicans	Rep.ind				4	4
		Republican Democratic Federal Party	PRDF				2	2
Total Republicans							17	1
		Carlist Coalition	CC				3	3
		Independent Catholics	Cat.ind				2	1
Total Carlists and Traditionalists							5	2
	Independents		Indep				6	1
	Others						0	0
Total				~2,798,262	100.00		402	1
Votes cast / turnout				~2,798,262	66.04
Abstentions				~1,439,134	33.96
Registered voters				~4,237,396
Source: Historia Electoral Spain Historical Statistics

References

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