Spanish general election, 1916

Spanish general election, 1916

9 April 1916
All 409 seats of the Congress of Deputies 205 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	~53.5%
First party Second party Third party   150x150px 150x150px Leader Álvaro Figueroa Torres Eduardo Dato Francesc Cambó Party PL PLC LRC Leader since 1913 1913 1901 Last election 123 seats 193 seats 13 seats Seats won 233 88 13 Seat change 111 105 0
Prime Minister before election Álvaro Figueroa Torres PL Elected Prime Minister Álvaro Figueroa Torres PL

General elections to the Cortes Generales were held in Spain on 9 April 1916. At stake were all 409 seats in the Congress of Deputies.

Though formally competitive, the 1916 general election was held under the customary system of Turno Pacifico; in accordance with a long-standing power-sharing arrangement, elections (under influence by machine bosses called caciques) served as a rubber stamp for a routine handover of power initiated by the King. The 1916 election, as expected, sanctioned the pre-arranged handover from the Conservatives to the Liberals.

Results

• Spanish Congress of Deputies election, 1916 results.svg

  Spanish Congress of Deputies, after the election

 Summary of the 9 April 1916 Spanish Congress of Deputies election results

Parties and coalitions				Votes			Congress
				#	%	Swing	Seats	+/−
		Liberal Party	PL				233
Total Liberals							233
		Conservative Party	PLC				88
Total Conservatives							88
		Maurist Conservatives	CM				17
		Ciervist Conservatives	CC				8
Total Die-hard Conservatives							25
		Traditionalist Communion	CT				9
		Independent Catholics	Cat Ind				3
		Independent Integrists	Int Ind				2
Total Carlists and Traditionalists							14
		Republican Party	PRep				9
		Republican Democratic Federal Party	PRDF				2
		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party	PSOE				1
		Republican Union (Spain)	PURA				1
Total Republican-Socialist Union							13
		Regionalist League of Catalonia	LRC				13
Total Regionalist League							13
		Reformist Party	PR				12
Total Reformist Party							12
		Radical Republican Party	PRR				5
		Republican Nationalist Federal Union	UFNR				1
Total Republican Coalition							6
	Independents		Indep				5
	Others						0
Total				~2,089,151	100.00		409
Votes cast / turnout				~2,089,151	53.50
Abstentions				~1,815,727	46.50
Registered voters				~3,904,877
Source: Historia Electoral Spain Historical Statistics