General elections to the Cortes Generales were held in Spain in 1834. At stake were all 188 seats in the Congress of Deputies.
Background
The 1834 elections were the first ones since 1822 and signalled the return of liberalism to Spain after the absolutist Década Ominosa.
Electoral system
The elections were held under the Spanish Royal Statute of 1834, not under a full constitutional system. A first-past-the-post system was used with 48 multi-member constituencies and one single-member constituency.
Only around 18,000 people were allowed to vote, out of a population of 12 million.
Results
References
- Estadísticas históricas de España: siglos XIX-XX.
