Spanish general election, 1886

Spanish general election, 1886

4 April 1886

All 395 seats of the Congress of Deputies 198 seats needed for a majority Turnout ~63.8%   First party Second party   Leader Práxedes Mateo Sagasta Antonio Cánovas del Castillo Party PL PLC Leader since 1876 1876 Last election 77 seats 311 seats Seats won 278 93 Seat change 201 218

Prime Minister before election Práxedes Mateo Sagasta PL Elected Prime Minister Práxedes Mateo Sagasta PL

General elections to the Cortes Generales were held in Spain on 4 April 1886. At stake were all 395 seats in the Congress of Deputies.^[1][2]

Results

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  Spanish Congress of Deputies, after the election

Summary of the 4 April 1886 Spanish Congress of Deputies election results

Parties and coalitions				Votes			Congress
				#	%	Swing	Seats	+/−
		Liberal Party	PL				268	229
		Dynastic Left	ID				10	28
Total Liberals							278	201
		Conservative Party	PLC				83	228
		Liberal Reformist Party	PLR				10	10
Total Conservatives							93	218
		Republican Progressive Party	PRP				12	12
		Possibilist Democratic Party	PDP				10	7
		Republican Democratic Federal Party	PRDF				1	1
Total Republicans							23	18
	Carlists		C				1	1
	Others						0	0
Total				~419,261	100.00		395	2
Votes cast / turnout				~419,261	63.81	9.03
Abstentions				~237,793	36.19	9.03
Registered voters				~657,054
Source: Historia Electoral Spain Historical Statistics

References

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