Spanish general election, 1879

20 April 1879

All 392 seats in the Congress of Deputies 197 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Antonio Cánovas del Castillo	Práxedes Mateo Sagasta	Alejandro Pidal
Party	PLC	PC	PM
Leader since	1874	1872	1876
Leader's seat	Madrid	Zamora	Oviedo
Last election	317 seats	48 seats	12 seats
Seats won	295	64	9
Seat change	22	16	3

Prime Minister before election

Antonio Cánovas del Castillo
PLC

Elected Prime Minister

Antonio Cánovas del Castillo
PLC

The 1876 Spanish general election was held on Sunday, 20 April 1879, to elect the 1st Restoration Cortes of the Kingdom of Spain. At stake were all 392 seats in the Congress of Deputies.^[1]^[2]

Results

← Summary of the 20 April 1879 Spanish Congress of Deputies election results →
Party		Vote			Seats

Party		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
	Liberal Conservative Party (PLC)				295	–22
	Constitutional Party (PC)				64	+16
	Moderate Party (PM)				9	–3
	Progressive Democratic Party (PPD)				8	+3
	Democratic Party (PD)				6	+5
	Independent Ultra-Moderates (U)				2	+2
	Basque Union (UV)				1	+1
	Monarchic Radical (RadMon)				0	–1
	Independents and vacants				7	±0

Total			100.00		392	+1

Votes cast / turnout
Abstentions
Registered voters

Source: Historia Electoral Spain Historical Statistics, pag. 1093

↑ "Restoration Elections" (in Spanish). historiaelectoral.com. Retrieved 2012-01-20.
↑ "Summary of MPs 1869-1923" (in Spanish). historiaelectoral.com. Retrieved 2012-01-20.

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