Spanish general election, 1881
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All 392 seats of the Congress of Deputies
197 seats needed for a majority |
Turnout |
~71.5% |
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General elections to the Cortes Generales were held in Spain on 21 August 1881. At stake were all 392 seats in the Congress of Deputies.[1][2]
Though formally competitive, the 1881 general election was held under the recently developed system of Turno Pacifico; in accordance with a semi-formal power-sharing arrangement brokered by Antonio Cánovas del Castillo, elections (under influence by machine bosses called caciques) served as a rubber stamp for a routine handover of power initiated by the King. The 1881 election, as expected, sanctioned the pre-arranged handover from the Conservatives to the Liberals. From 1881 until the end of the constitutional monarchy, the Turno power-sharing plan would continue almost uninterrupted, dominating the electoral politics of Spain utterly.
Results
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Spanish Congress of Deputies, after the election
e • d Summary of the 21 August 1881 Spanish Congress of Deputies election results
Parties and coalitions |
Votes |
Congress |
# |
% |
Swing |
Seats |
+/− |
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Liberal Fusionist Party |
PLF |
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290 |
226 |
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Independent Monarchic Progresists |
Mon Ind |
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10 |
10 |
Total Liberals |
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300 |
222 |
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Conservative Party |
PLC |
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62 |
233 |
Total Conservatives |
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62 |
242 |
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Democratic Party |
PD |
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12 |
6 |
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Progressive Republican Democratic Party |
PPRD |
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10 |
2 |
Total Republicans |
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22 |
8 |
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Catholic Union |
UC |
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2 |
1 |
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Traditionalists |
T |
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2 |
2 |
Total Carlists and Catholics |
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4 |
3 |
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Basque Union |
UV |
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1 |
0 |
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Independents |
Indep |
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3 |
1 |
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Others |
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0 |
3 |
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Total |
~604,879 |
100.00 |
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392 |
0 |
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Votes cast / turnout |
~604,879 |
71.46 |
2.46 |
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Abstentions |
~241,602 |
28.54 |
2.46 |
Registered voters |
~846,481 |
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Source:
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References
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