October 1836 Spanish general election

October 1836 Spanish general election

← July 1836 17 October to 4 November 1836 1837 →
All 242 seats of the Congress of Deputies 121 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	N/A
First party Second party Third party   Leader Agustín Argüelles Francisco Martínez de la Rosa Fermín Caballero Party Independents Moderate Progressive Party Leader's seat Asturias Madrid Madrid Seats won 90 70 30
Prime Minister before election José María Calatrava Moderate Party Prime Minister after election José María Calatrava Moderate Party

General elections to the Cortes Generales were held in Spain in October 1836. At stake were all 149 seats in the Congress of Deputies, in order to adopt a new constitution to replace the Royal Statute of 1834. The Cortes eventually enacted the Constitution of 1837.