1896 Spanish general election

1896 Spanish general election
← 1893 12 April 1896 (Congress)[a]
26 April 1896 (Senate)		 1898 →
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
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Antonio Cánovas del Castillo Práxedes Mateo Sagasta Francisco Silvela
Party Conservative Liberal Silvelist
Leader since 1874 1880 1892
Leader's seat Hellín Logroño Piedrahíta
Last election 67 (C) · 35 (S) 298 (C) · 119 (S) 17 (C) · 4 (S)
Seats won 307 (C) · 118 (S) 111 (C) · 43 (S) 12 (C) · 2 (S)
Seat change Green arrow up240 (C) · Green arrow up83 (S) Red arrow down187 (C) · Red arrow down76 (S) Red arrow down5 (C) · Red arrow down2 (S)
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Enrique de Aguilera y Gamboa Ramón Nocedal
Party Carlist Integrist
Leader since 1891 1888
Leader's seat — Guipúzcoa (lost)
Last election 8 (C) · 2 (S) 2 (C) · 0 (S)
Seats won 10 (C) · 2 (S) 1 (C) · 0 (S)
Seat change Green arrow up2 (C) · Blue arrow right0 (S) Red arrow down1 (C) · Blue arrow right0 (S)
Prime Minister before election

Antonio Cánovas del Castillo
Conservative

Prime Minister after election

Antonio Cánovas del Castillo
Conservative

The 1896 Spanish general election was held on Sunday, 12 April (for the Congress of Deputies)[a] and on Sunday, 26 April 1896 (for the Senate), to elect the 7th Cortes of the Kingdom of Spain in the Restoration period. All 445 seats in the Congress of Deputies (plus two special districts) were up for election, as well as 180 of 360 seats in the Senate.

The previous Liberal government of Práxedes Mateo Sagasta had resigned in March 1895, following the outbreak of revolution in Cuba and a period dominated by social conflict and war in Morocco. Antonio Cánovas del Castillo of the Conservative Party was tasked to form a new government, but the general election was delayed by over a year until their feasibility in Cuba could be ensured. The election resulted in a large majority for the Conservatives amidst the boycott of most pro-republican parties.

This would be the last election to be contested by Cánovas, as he would be assassinated while in office in August 1897 by an anarchist, Michele Angiolillo.

  1. ^ "Real decreto aplazando las elecciones de Diputados en Canarias hasta el 19 del corriente" (PDF). Gaceta de Madrid (in Spanish) (103). Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado: 113. 12 April 1896.
  2. ^ "Las elecciones en Canarias". National Library of Spain (in Spanish). La Época. 20 April 1896. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  3. ^ "Elecciones en Canarias". National Library of Spain (in Spanish). El Movimiento Católico. 21 April 1896. Retrieved 31 August 2022.


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