1822 Spanish general election

General elections to the Cortes Generales were held in Spain in 1822. At stake were all 203 seats in the Congress of Deputies.

History The 1822 elections were the second ones since the 1820 revolution. The elections were held under the Spanish Constitution of 1812.Fuentes, Juan Francisco (2007). El fin del Antiguo Régimen (1808–1868). Política y sociedad. Madrid: Síntesis. . 3,215,460 people were eligible to vote (universal male suffrage), out of a population of 11,661,865.

Constituencies A majority voting system was used for the election, with 33 multi-member constituencies and various single-member ones.

Results Party Seats Independents 203Total203 Almost all MPs were liberals, mainly from the radical veinteañista or exaltada faction.

References

Estadísticas históricas de España: siglos XIX-XX.