1813 Spanish general election

General elections to the Cortes Generales were held in Spain in 1820. At stake were all 149 seats in the Congress of Deputies.

1813 Spanish general election
May - September 1813[1]
All 149 seats of the Congress of Deputies
75 seats needed for a majority
TurnoutNA
  First party Second party
 
Party Liberals Absolutist "Persians"
Seats won 80 69

History

The 1813 elections were the first ones held since the approval of the 1812 Cádiz Constitution. Vote was secret for the first time. All males over 21 years old, a total of 3,216,460 people,[2] had the right to vote.

Results
Party Seats
Liberals80
Absolutists (also called "persas")69
Total149

References
  1. Cuadro de elecciones. CSIC
  2. López, C. B., Carreras, A., & Tafunell, X. (2005). Estadísticas históricas de España: siglos XIX-XX (Vol. 1). Fundacion BBVA. pp. 1089.


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