1839 Spanish general election
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General elections to the Cortes Generales were held in Spain on 24 July 1839. At stake were all 241 seats in the Congress of Deputies.
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24 July 1839
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All 241 seats of the Congress of Deputies 121 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 64.6% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Electoral system
Voting rights
Restricted census suffrage, only 376,255 people out of a total population of 12,162,872 were allowed to vote.
Constituencies
A majority voting system was used for the election, with 48 multi-member constituencies and 1 single-member constituency.[1] Voting was secret and direct.[2][not specific enough to verify]
Results
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| Party | Seats | |
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| Progressive Party | 115 | |
| Other and independents | 98 | |
| Moderate Party | 28 | |
| Total | 241[3] | |
