1879 Spanish general election
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All 392 seats in the Congress of Deputies and 180 (of 360) seats in the Senate 197 seats needed for a majority in the Congress of Deputies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Registered | 952,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 621,436 (65.3%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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A general election was held in Spain on Sunday, 20 April (for the Congress of Deputies) and on Saturday, 3 May 1879 (for the Senate), to elect the members of the 1st Restoration Cortes. All 392 seats in the Congress of Deputies were up for election, as well as 180 of 360 seats in the Senate. The election was held under the Turno and Encasillado system.
This was the first election held under the Spanish Constitution of 1876 and the new electoral law of 1878, which re-established censitary suffrage.