1899 Spanish general election

1899 Spanish general election
16 April 1899 (Congress)
30 April 1899 (Senate)
All 402 seats in the Congress of Deputies and 180 (of 360) seats in the Senate
202 seats needed for a majority in the Congress of Deputies
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Francisco Silvela Práxedes Mateo Sagasta Germán Gamazo
Party Conservative (Silvelist) Liberal Gamacist
Leader since 1892 1880 1899
Leader's seat Piedrahita Logroño Medina del Campo
Last election 79 (C) · 36 (S) 324 (C) · 122 (S) Did not contest
Seats won 240 (C) · 103 (S) 92 (C) · 47 (S) 32 (C) · 7 (S)
Seat change 161 (C) · 67 (S) 232 (C) · 75 (S) 32 (C) · 7 (S)
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Carlos O'Donnell Nicolás Salmerón Enrique de Aguilera y Gamboa
Party Tetuanist Republican Carlist
Leader since 1898 1898 1891
Leader's seat Senator (for life) Barcelona (lost) —
Last election 7 (C) · 4 (S) 11 (C) · 2 (S) 6 (C) · 1 (S)
Seats won 11 (C) · 7 (S) 11 (C) · 1 (S) 3 (C) · 4 (S)
Seat change 4 (C) · 3 (S) 0 (C) · 1 (S) 3 (C) · 3 (S)
Election results by constituency (Congress)
Prime Minister before election

Francisco Silvela
Conservative

 Prime Minister after election

Francisco Silvela
Conservative

A general election was held in Spain on Sunday, 16 April (for the Congress of Deputies) and on Sunday, 30 April 1899 (for the Senate), to elect the members of the 9th Restoration Cortes. All 401 seats in the Congress of Deputies (plus one special district) were up for election, as well as 180 of 360 seats in the Senate.

It was the first election to be held after the Spanish–American War, which had seen the loss of the Spanish colonies in the Caribbean and Pacific with the Treaty of Paris signed on 10 December 1898. Together with Spain's defeat in the war, internal rivalries within the Liberal Party led to a major split—led by Germán Gamazo and his "gamacist" faction—and the downfall of Práxedes Mateo Sagasta's government, with Francisco Silvela being appointed as new prime minister in March 1899.

In the ensuing general election, Silvela's Conservative party secured an overall majority in both chambers.

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