1901 Spanish general election

1901 Spanish general election
19 May 1901 (Congress)
2 June 1901 (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 Práxedes Mateo Sagasta Francisco Silvela Francisco Pi y Margall
Party Liberal Conservative Republican
Leader since 1880 1899 1901
Leader's seat Logroño Piedrahita Barcelona
Last election 92 (C) · 47 (S) 240 (C) · 103 (S) 13 (C) · 1 (S)
Seats won 246 (C) · 116 (S) 76 (C) · 38 (S) 15 (C) · 3 (S)
Seat change 154 (C) · 69 (S) 164 (C) · 65 (S) 2 (C) · 2 (S)
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Germán Gamazo Carlos O'Donnell Francisco Romero Robledo
Party Gamacist Tetuanist Liberal Reformist
Leader since 1899 1898 1898
Leader's seat Medina del Campo Senator (for life) Antequera
Last election 32 (C) · 7 (S) 11 (C) · 7 (S) 3 (C) · 1 (S)
Seats won 15 (C) · 3 (S) 10 (C) · 7 (S) 12 (C) · 2 (S)
Seat change 17 (C) · 4 (S) 1 (C) · 0 (S) 9 (C) · 1 (S)
Election results by constituency (Congress)
Prime Minister before election

Práxedes Mateo Sagasta
Liberal

 Prime Minister after election

Práxedes Mateo Sagasta
Liberal

A general election was held in Spain on Sunday, 19 May (for the Congress of Deputies) and on Sunday, 2 June 1901 (for the Senate), to elect the members of the 10th Restoration Cortes. All 402 seats in the Congress of Deputies were up for election, as well as 180 of 360 seats in the Senate.

Conservative prime minister Francisco Silvela resigned in late 1900 as a result of social, political and ecclesiastical backlash resulting from both a tax reform adopted by finance minister Raimundo Fernández-Villaverde and the conflictive marriage between Princess of Asturias María de las Mercedes and Infante Carlos of Bourbon. Práxedes Mateo Sagasta formed a new government in March 1901, the so-called "Electra cabinet"—in reference to the Benito Pérez Galdós's Electra play which caused a public uproar that hastened the fall of the previous cabinet led by Marcelo Azcárraga—and immediately sought a parliamentary majority for his Liberal Party by triggering a snap election.

The election resulted in a Liberal-dominated parliament that saw new parties such as the regenerationist National Union or the Catalan-based Regionalist League gaining seats for the first time. This would be Sagasta's final electoral contest, as he would resign as prime minister in December 1902 and die on 5 January 1903, aged 77, as a result of bronchopneumonia.

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