1869 Spanish general election
15–18 January 1869
27–30 January 1869 (Canary Islands) 30 May – 1 June 1869 (Puerto Rico) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All 381 seats of the Congress of Deputies 191 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Registered | 3,798,284 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 2,943,460 (77.5%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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A general election was held in Spain from Friday, 15 January to Monday, 18 January 1869, to elect the members of the Constituent Cortes in the Democratic Sexennium period. 363 of 381 seats in the Congress of Deputies were up for election. In the Canary Islands the election was held from 27 to 30 January, in Puerto Rico it was held from 30 May to 1 June, and in Cuba it was indefinitely postponed.
The election was the first to be held following the Glorious Revolution in September 1868, which had resulted in the overthrow of the Moderate Party from power and the exile of Queen Isabella II. A provisional government under Francisco Serrano, supported by the Progressive Party, the Liberal Union and elements from the Democratic Party, was formed to organize an election to Constituent Cortes, aiming at replacing the Spanish Constitution of 1845 with a new constitution.