1901 Spanish general election

1901 Spanish general election
← 1899 19 May 1901 (Congress)
2 June 1901 (Senate)[a]		 1903 →
All 402 seats in the Congress of Deputies and 180 (of 360) seats in the Senate
202 seats needed for a majority in the Congress of Deputies
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Práxedes Mateo Sagasta Francisco Silvela Francisco Pi y Margall
Party Liberal Conservative Republican
Leader since 1880 1899 1901
Leader's seat Logroño Piedrahita Barcelona
Last election 92 (C) · 47 (S) 240 (C) · 103 (S) 13 (C) · 1 (S)[b]
Seats won 246 (C) · 116 (S) 76 (C) · 38 (S) 15 (C) · 3 (S)
Seat change Green arrow up154 (C) · Green arrow up69 (S) Red arrow down164 (C) · Red arrow down65 (S) Green arrow up2 (C) · Green arrow up2 (S)
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Germán Gamazo Carlos O'Donnell Francisco Romero Robledo
Party Gamacist Tetuanist Liberal Reformist
Leader since 1899 1898 1898
Leader's seat Medina del Campo Senator (for life) Antequera
Last election 32 (C) · 7 (S) 11 (C) · 7 (S) 3 (C) · 1 (S)
Seats won 15 (C) · 3 (S) 10 (C) · 7 (S) 12 (C) · 2 (S)
Seat change Red arrow down17 (C) · Red arrow down4 (S) Red arrow down1 (C) · Blue arrow right0 (S) Green arrow up9 (C) · Green arrow up1 (S)
Election results by Congress of Deputies electoral constituency and district
Prime Minister before election

Práxedes Mateo Sagasta
Liberal

Prime Minister after election

Práxedes Mateo Sagasta
Liberal

The 1901 Spanish general election was held on Sunday, 19 May (for the Congress of Deputies) and on Sunday, 2 June 1901 (for the Senate),[a] to elect the 10th Cortes of the Kingdom of Spain in the Restoration period. All 402 seats in the Congress of Deputies were up for election, as well as 180 of 360 seats in the Senate.

Conservative prime minister Francisco Silvela resigned in late 1900 as a result of social, political and ecclesiastical backlash resulting from both a tax reform adopted by finance minister Raimundo Fernández-Villaverde and the conflictive marriage between Princess of Asturias María de las Mercedes and Infante Carlos of Bourbon. Práxedes Mateo Sagasta was appointed prime minister in March 1901 and immediately sought a parliamentary majority for his Liberal Party by triggering a snap election.

The election resulted in a Liberal-dominated parliament that saw new parties such as the regenerationist National Union or the Catalan-based Regionalist League gaining seats for the first time. This would also be Sagasta's final electoral contest, as he would resign as prime minister in December 1902 and die on 5 January 1903, aged 77, as a result of bronchopneumonia.

  1. ^ "Real decreto disponiendo que el domingo 28 del actual se proceda á la elección de tres Senadores por la provincia de Valladolid" (PDF). Gaceta de Madrid (in Spanish) (115). Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado: 260. 17 July 1901.
  2. ^ "Real decreto suspendiendo la elección de tres Senadores por la provincia de Valladolid" (PDF). Gaceta de Madrid (in Spanish) (115). Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado: 385. 26 July 1901.
  3. ^ "Real decreto disponiendo que el domingo 26 del actual se proceda á la elección parcial de tres Senadores por la provincia de Valladolid" (PDF). Gaceta de Madrid (in Spanish) (285). Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado: 137. 12 October 1902.
  4. ^ "Ecos políticos". National Library of Spain (in Spanish). La Correspondencia de España. 19 October 1902. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  5. ^ "Elección de Senadores en Valladolid". National Library of Spain (in Spanish). El Año Político. 1 January 1903. Retrieved 13 October 2022.


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