All 392 seats in the Congress of Deputies and 180 (of 360) seats in the Senate 197 seats needed for a majority in the Congress of Deputies
Registered
952,000
Turnout
621,436 (65.3%)
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Antonio Cánovas del Castillo
Práxedes Mateo Sagasta
Manuel Alonso Martínez
Party
Conservative
Liberal Left
Parliamentary Centre
Leader since
1874
1872
1875
Leader's seat
Madrid
Zamora
Castrojeriz
Seats won
288
64
13
Popular vote
402,357
139,314
20,473
Percentage
64.7%
22.4%
3.3%
Fourth party
Leader
Alejandro Pidal y Mon
Party
Moderate
Leader since
1876
Leader's seat
Villaviciosa
Seats won
11
Popular vote
16,501
Percentage
2.7%
Prime Minister before election
Arsenio Martínez Campos
Conservative
Prime Minister after election
Arsenio Martínez Campos
Conservative
The 1879 Spanish general election was held on Sunday, 20 April and on Saturday, 3 May 1879, to elect the 1st Restoration Cortes of the Kingdom of Spain. All 392 seats in the Congress of Deputies were up for election, as well as 180 of 360 seats in the Senate.[1]
This was the first election held under the Spanish Constitution of 1876 and the new electoral law of 1878, which re-established censitary suffrage.
^"Real decreto declarando disueltos el Congreso de los Diputados y la parte electiva del Senado y convocando nuevas elecciones" (PDF). Gaceta de Madrid (in Spanish) (75). Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado: 759. 16 March 1879.
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