1873 Spanish general election

1873 Spanish general election
10–13 May 1873
All 424 seats in the Congress of Deputies
213 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Francesc Pi i Margall Cristino Martos Práxedes Mateo Sagasta
Party Republican Radical Conservative–Constitutional
Leader's seat Barcelona — —
Seats won 343 20 7
Seat change 265 254 7
Prime Minister before election

Estanislao Figueras
Republican

Prime Minister after election

Estanislao Figueras
Republican

A general election was held in Spain from Saturday, 10 May to Tuesday, 13 May 1873, to elect the members of the Constituent Cortes in the First Spanish Republic. 406 of 424 seats in the Congress of Deputies were up for election. The election in Cuba was indefinitely postponed.

The election was held with universal male suffrage. It was held in very unorthodox conditions and drew a very low voter turnout, as neither the Carlist or Alfonsist monarchists participated. The same happened with centralist and unitarian Republicans, or even the incipient labor organizations affiliated with the First International, who held a campaign of election boycott. This left the republic with a serious lack of legitimacy. The Federal Democratic Republican Party won the election.


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