1893 Spanish general election

1893 Spanish general election

← 1891 5 March 1893 (Congress) 19 March 1893 (Senate)[a] 1896 →
All 447 seats in the Congress of Deputies and 180 (of 360) seats in the Senate 224 seats needed for a majority in the Congress of Deputies
Registered	4,072,776
Turnout	2,786,216 (68.4%)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Práxedes Mateo Sagasta Antonio Cánovas del Castillo Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla Party Liberal Conservative Republican Leader since 1880 1874 1893 Leader's seat Logroño Cieza Madrid Last election 108 (C) · 41 (S)[b] 301 (C) · 123 (S)[c] 21 (C) · 0 (S)[d] Seats won 298 (C) · 119 (S) 67 (C) · 35 (S) 36 (C) · 2 (S) Seat change 190 (C) · 78 (S) 234 (C) · 88 (S) 15 (C) · 2 (S)   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Emilio Castelar Francisco Silvela Enrique de Aguilera y Gamboa Party Possibilist Silvelist Carlist Leader since 1879 1892 1891 Leader's seat Huesca Piedrahíta (lost) — Last election 6 (C) · 1 (S) Did not contest 4 (C) · 1 (S) Seats won 18 (C) · 6 (S) 17 (C) · 4 (S) 8 (C) · 2 (S) Seat change 12 (C) · 5 (S) 17 (C) · 4 (S) 4 (C) · 1 (S)
Election results by Congress of Deputies electoral constituency and district Election results by Senate electoral constituencies
Prime Minister before election Práxedes Mateo Sagasta Liberal Prime Minister after election Práxedes Mateo Sagasta Liberal

The 1893 Spanish general election was held on Sunday, 5 March (for the Congress of Deputies) and on Sunday, 19 March 1893 (for the Senate),^[a] to elect the 6th Cortes of the Kingdom of Spain in the Restoration period. All 442 seats in the Congress of Deputies (plus five special districts) were up for election, as well as 180 of 360 seats in the Senate.

The ruling Liberal Party of Práxedes Mateo Sagasta secured a large majority in the Cortes, granting him the required parliamentary support for a new "turn" in power. This came following the downfall of Antonio Cánovas del Castillo's Conservative Party government in December 1892 as a result of an internal split by former minister Francisco Silvela over the issue of political regeneration. The election also saw a strong performance by pro-republican parties, which went on to win in the two main Spanish cities (Madrid and Barcelona) and secure over 10% of the seats in the Congress.

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