Spanish general election, 1898

Spanish general election, 1898

27 March 1898
All 401 seats of the Congress of Deputies 201 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Práxedes Mateo Sagasta Francisco Silvela Nicolás Salmerón Party PL PLC Republican Leader since 1876 1897 1898 Last election 98 seats 284 seats 0 seats Seats won 272 97 18 Seat change 174 187 18
Prime Minister before election Práxedes Mateo Sagasta PL Elected Prime Minister Práxedes Mateo Sagasta PL

General elections to the Cortes Generales were held in Spain on 27 March 1898. At stake were all 401 seats in the Congress of Deputies.

Results

• Spanish Congress of Deputies election, 1898 results.svg

  Spanish Congress of Deputies, after the election

 Summary of the 27 March 1898 Spanish Congress of Deputies election results

Parties and coalitions				Votes			Congress
				#	%	Swing	Seats	+/−
		Liberal Party	PL				272	174
Total Liberals							272	174
		Conservative Union	UC				82	70
		Conservative Party	PLC				9	263
		Liberal Reformist Party	PLR				6	6
Total Conservatives							97	187
		Republican Fusion	FR				18	18
Total Republicans							18	14
		Traditionalist Communion	CT				6	4
		Independent Catholics	Cat.ind				1	0
Total Carlists and Traditionalists							7	4
	Independents		Indep				7	5
	Others						0	2
Total					100.00		401	0
Votes cast / turnout
Abstentions
Registered voters
Source: Historia Electoral Spain Historical Statistics