Spanish general election, 1910

Spanish general election, 1910

May 8, 1910

All 404 seats of the Congress of Deputies 203 seats needed for a majority   First party Second party Third party   Leader José Canalejas Antonio Maura Josep Maria Vallès i Ribot Party PL PLC UFNR Leader since 1905 1905 April 1910 Last election 80 seats 250 seats 16 seats Seats won 215 115 11 Seat change 135 135 5

Prime Minister before election José Canalejas PL Elected Prime Minister José Canalejas PL

General elections to the Cortes Generales were held in Spain on 8 May 1910. At stake were all 404 seats in the Congress of Deputies.^[1][2]

Though formally competitive, the 1910 general election was held under the customary system of Turno Pacifico; in accordance with a long-standing power-sharing arrangement, elections (under influence by machine bosses called caciques) served as a rubber stamp for a routine handover of power initiated by the King. The 1910 election, as expected, sanctioned the pre-arranged handover from the Conservatives to the Liberals.

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  Spanish Congress of Deputies, after the election

Results

Summary of the 8 May 1910 Spanish Congress of Deputies election results

Parties and coalitions				Votes			Congress
				#	%	Swing	Seats	+/−
		Liberal Party	PL				215
Total Liberals							215
		Conservative Party	PLC				115
Total Conservatives							115
		Republican Party	PRep				16
		Radical Republican Party	PRR				8
		Republican Democratic Federal Party	PRDF				2
		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party	PSOE				1
Total Republican-Socialist Union							27
		Traditionalist Communion	CT				10
		Integrist Party	PI				2
		Independent Catholics	Cat Ind				3
Total Carlists and Traditionalists							15
		Republican Nationalist Federal Union	UFNR				11
Total Republican Nationalist Federal Union							11
		Regionalist League of Catalonia	LRC				10
Total Regionalist League							10
	Republican Union		PURA				2
	Independents		Indep				6
	Vacant						3
	Others						0
Total				~3,071,142	100.00		404
Votes cast / turnout				~3,071,142	67.56
Abstentions				~1,474,862	32.44
Registered voters				~4,546,004
Source: Historia Electoral Spain Historical Statistics

References

1. "Elecciones en la Restauración" (in Spanish). Historiaelectoral.com. Retrieved 2012-01-20.
2. "Gráfico resumen Diputados 1869-1923" (in Spanish). Historiaelectoral.com. Retrieved 2012-01-20.