Spanish general election, 1933
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Elections to Spain’s legislature, the Cortes Generales
, were held on 19 November 1933 for all 473 seats in the unicameral Cortes of the Second Spanish Republic
. Since the previous elections of 1931
, a new constitution
had been ratified, and the franchise
extended to more than six million women. The governing Republican-Socialist coalition had fallen apart, with the Radical Republican Party
beginning to support a newly united political right.
The right formed an electoral coalition, as was favoured by the new electoral system enacted earlier in the year. The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
(Partido Socialista Obrero Español, or PSOE) won only 59 seats. The newly formed Catholic
conservative Spanish Confederation of the Autonomous Right
(Confederación Española de Derechas Autónomas or CEDA) gained 115 seats and the Radicals 102. The right capitalised on disenchantment with the government among Catholics and other conservatives. CEDA campaigned on reversing the reforms that had been made under the Republic, and on freeing political prisoners. Anarchists favoured abstention from the vote. These factors helped the election to result in significant victory for the right over the left.
An effective parliamentary opposition was led by three groups. The first included Catholic movements such as the Catholic Association of Propagandists (Asociación Católica de Propagandistas).See also: :es:Asociación Católica de Propagandistas The second group consisted of organisations that had supported the monarchy, such as the Renovación Española
and Carlists, who wanted to see the new republic overthrown in a violent uprising. The third group were fascist organisations. Members of the National Confederation of Labour (Confederación Nacional del Trabajo, or CNT) trade union movement willing to cooperate with the Republic were forced out of the CNT, which continued to oppose the government. Opposition parties had the support of the church. A new constitution
was ratified on 9 December 1931. It included many controversial articles, some of which were aimed at curbing the influence of the Catholic Church. The constitution was reformist, liberal, and democratic in nature, and was welcomed by the Republican-Socialist coalition, but opposed by landowners, industrialists, the organised church, and army officers. In opposing educational and religious reforms, Spanish Catholics were forced to oppose the government. The press criticised government actions as barbaric, unjust, and corrupt.
In October 1931 Prime Minister Niceto Alcalá Zamora resigned and was succeeded by Manuel Azaña
. Radical Party leader Alejandro Lerroux had wanted that job himself and became alienated, switching his party's support to the opposition. This left Azaña dependent on the Socialists, but both the Socialists, who favoured reform, and the conservative right, who were against reform, were critical of the government. Socialists continued to support Azaña, but the left became fractured, driving the Socialists to the left, while the right united into CEDA, which tacitly embraced fascism.
On 1 October 1933, Socialist left leader Largo Cabellero spoke out against Lerroux's Republicans, suggesting the reform programme of the government, and thus the basis for the Republic itself, was under threat. He warned that if the government itself were the threat, the Socialists would have to withdraw support for it. The following day another Socialist leader, Indalecio Prieto
, declared that the Socialists would no longer participate in government, which precipitated its collapse. Alcalá Zamora, who became President in 1931, now requested that Republican Martínez Barrio form a new government. Socialist opposition on both constitutional and ideological grounds meant the PSOE withheld its support for the Barrio government, which was formed on 8 October, but called for fresh elections to be held on 19 November 1933.
had 17 representatives. However, each member of the electorate could vote for somewhat less than that – in Madrid's case, 13. This favoured coalitions, as in Madrid when the Socialists won 13 members and the right, with only 5,000 votes less, secured only the remaining 4. This system had been passed in 1933. There would be two rounds of voting; 40% of the vote was necessary in the first round to win. In the event that no list of candidates reached 40%, then a second round would be composed of those achieving at least 8% in the first round. It was the first election in Spain where women had the vote, following the new constitution
. This incorporated a new 6,800,000 electors.
The governing leftist parties went to the polls divided. The political right, on the other hand, formed the Union of the Right which incorporated CEDA, agrarian parties and traditionalists. It stood on a three-point programme: religious and social reforms would be examined and rolled back where needed; agrarian reform would be reversed; political prisoners would be released. These parties threw vast resources into their campaign, with ten million leaflets, 300,000 posters, radio and cinema addresses and aerial propaganda drops. They called upon Catholics to defend order and religion against the bourgeois Republic. The Radical Party campaigned primarily against the Socialists, since they would need the help of the political right if in government. They used mass-appeal slogans such as 'Republic, order, freedom, social justice, amnesty' and were confident following successes at municipal level in 1933. Anarchists such as the CNT-FAI called for absention: politicians were 'vultures', who must be overthrown by revolution. If the right were to win the election, there would be an uprising, they promised. Thus, anarchists should avoid voting for the left, since overthrowing the government would be preferable. Abstention was supported by Benito Pábon and Miguel Abós.
Elections were held on 19 November 1933. A second round of voting was held in sixteen constituencies on 3 December.
The Renovación Española
and the Spanish Nationalist Party formed the National Block , with a total of 14 deputies. Similarly, the Republican Left of Catalonia , the Socialist Union of Catalonia
(Unió Socialista de Catalunya, USC) and the Union of Rabassaires (Unió de Rabassaires, UdR) formed the Catalan Left (Esquerra Catalana) with 18 deputies. Five independents joined the Agrarians and one joined CEDA. The other seven, along with one member of Conservative Republican Party
, formed a group of independents called the Independent Right (Independiente de Derechas). The Mallorcan Regionalist deputy joined the Catalan League (Lliga Catalana), and the independent in favour of the Estella Statute joined the Basque Nationalist Party
(Partido Nacionalista Vasco). 5 members of the Agrarians and one of the PRC joined CEDA, although the Agrarians as a whole resisted pressure to join CEDA, and formed the Spanish Agrarian Party
(Partido Agrario Español).
President of the Republic, Niceto Alcalá Zamora entrusted the formation of a cabinet to Alejandro Lerroux, who was reliant on the support of CEDA.
Cortes Generales
The Cortes Generales is the legislature of Spain. It is a bicameral parliament, composed of the Congress of Deputies and the Senate . The Cortes has power to enact any law and to amend the constitution...
, were held on 19 November 1933 for all 473 seats in the unicameral Cortes of the Second Spanish Republic
Second Spanish Republic
The Second Spanish Republic was the government of Spain between April 14 1931, and its destruction by a military rebellion, led by General Francisco Franco....
. Since the previous elections of 1931
Spanish general election, 1931
-Background:General Primo de Rivera, who had run a military dictatorship in Spain since 1923, resigned as head of government in January 1930. There was little support for a return to the pre-1923 system, and the monarchy had lost credibility by backing the military government...
, a new constitution
Spanish Constitution of 1931
The Spanish Constitution of 1931 meant the beginning of the Second Spanish Republic, the second period of Spanish history to date in which the election of both the positions of Head of State and Head of government were democratic. It was effective from 1931 until 1939...
had been ratified, and the franchise
Suffrage
Suffrage, political franchise, or simply the franchise, distinct from mere voting rights, is the civil right to vote gained through the democratic process...
extended to more than six million women. The governing Republican-Socialist coalition had fallen apart, with the Radical Republican Party
Radical Republican Party
The Radical Republican Party , sometimes shortened to the Radical Party was a Spanish political party founded in 1908 by Alejandro Lerroux in Santander, Cantabria by a split from the historical Republican Union party led by Nicolás Salmerón....
beginning to support a newly united political right.
The right formed an electoral coalition, as was favoured by the new electoral system enacted earlier in the year. The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party is a social-democratic political party in Spain. Its political position is Centre-left. The PSOE is the former ruling party of Spain, until beaten in the elections of November 2011 and the second oldest, exceeded only by the Partido Carlista, founded in...
(Partido Socialista Obrero Español, or PSOE) won only 59 seats. The newly formed Catholic
Roman Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the world's largest Christian church, with over a billion members. Led by the Pope, it defines its mission as spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ, administering the sacraments and exercising charity...
conservative Spanish Confederation of the Autonomous Right
Spanish Confederation of the Autonomous Right
The Spanish Confederation of the Autonomous Right was a Spanish political party in the Second Spanish Republic. A Catholic conservative force, it was the political heir to Angel Herrera Oria's Acción Popular and defined itself in terms of the 'affirmation and defence of the principles of Christian...
(Confederación Española de Derechas Autónomas or CEDA) gained 115 seats and the Radicals 102. The right capitalised on disenchantment with the government among Catholics and other conservatives. CEDA campaigned on reversing the reforms that had been made under the Republic, and on freeing political prisoners. Anarchists favoured abstention from the vote. These factors helped the election to result in significant victory for the right over the left.
Background
Elections in June 1931 had returned a large majority of Republicans and Socialists to the Cortes, with the PSOE gaining 116 seats and the Radical Republican Party 94. The state's financial position was poor. Wealth redistribution supported by the new government attracted criticism from the wealthy. The government also attempted to tackle poverty in rural areas by instituting an eight-hour day and giving security of tenure to farm workers, drawing criticism from landlords.An effective parliamentary opposition was led by three groups. The first included Catholic movements such as the Catholic Association of Propagandists (Asociación Católica de Propagandistas).See also: :es:Asociación Católica de Propagandistas The second group consisted of organisations that had supported the monarchy, such as the Renovación Española
Renovación Española
Renovación Española was a Spanish monarchist political party active during the Second Spanish Republic, advocating the restoration of Alfonso XIII of Spain as opposed to Carlism...
and Carlists, who wanted to see the new republic overthrown in a violent uprising. The third group were fascist organisations. Members of the National Confederation of Labour (Confederación Nacional del Trabajo, or CNT) trade union movement willing to cooperate with the Republic were forced out of the CNT, which continued to oppose the government. Opposition parties had the support of the church. A new constitution
Spanish Constitution of 1931
The Spanish Constitution of 1931 meant the beginning of the Second Spanish Republic, the second period of Spanish history to date in which the election of both the positions of Head of State and Head of government were democratic. It was effective from 1931 until 1939...
was ratified on 9 December 1931. It included many controversial articles, some of which were aimed at curbing the influence of the Catholic Church. The constitution was reformist, liberal, and democratic in nature, and was welcomed by the Republican-Socialist coalition, but opposed by landowners, industrialists, the organised church, and army officers. In opposing educational and religious reforms, Spanish Catholics were forced to oppose the government. The press criticised government actions as barbaric, unjust, and corrupt.
In October 1931 Prime Minister Niceto Alcalá Zamora resigned and was succeeded by Manuel Azaña
Manuel Azaña
Manuel Azaña Díaz was a Spanish politician. He was the first Prime Minister of the Second Spanish Republic , and later served again as Prime Minister , and then as the second and last President of the Republic . The Spanish Civil War broke out while he was President...
. Radical Party leader Alejandro Lerroux had wanted that job himself and became alienated, switching his party's support to the opposition. This left Azaña dependent on the Socialists, but both the Socialists, who favoured reform, and the conservative right, who were against reform, were critical of the government. Socialists continued to support Azaña, but the left became fractured, driving the Socialists to the left, while the right united into CEDA, which tacitly embraced fascism.
On 1 October 1933, Socialist left leader Largo Cabellero spoke out against Lerroux's Republicans, suggesting the reform programme of the government, and thus the basis for the Republic itself, was under threat. He warned that if the government itself were the threat, the Socialists would have to withdraw support for it. The following day another Socialist leader, Indalecio Prieto
Indalecio Prieto
Indalecio Prieto Tuero was a Spanish politician, one of the leading figures of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party in the years before and during the Second Spanish Republic.-Early years:...
, declared that the Socialists would no longer participate in government, which precipitated its collapse. Alcalá Zamora, who became President in 1931, now requested that Republican Martínez Barrio form a new government. Socialist opposition on both constitutional and ideological grounds meant the PSOE withheld its support for the Barrio government, which was formed on 8 October, but called for fresh elections to be held on 19 November 1933.
Election
In common with the 1936 election, Spain was divided into multi-member constituences; for example, MadridMadrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
had 17 representatives. However, each member of the electorate could vote for somewhat less than that – in Madrid's case, 13. This favoured coalitions, as in Madrid when the Socialists won 13 members and the right, with only 5,000 votes less, secured only the remaining 4. This system had been passed in 1933. There would be two rounds of voting; 40% of the vote was necessary in the first round to win. In the event that no list of candidates reached 40%, then a second round would be composed of those achieving at least 8% in the first round. It was the first election in Spain where women had the vote, following the new constitution
Spanish Constitution of 1931
The Spanish Constitution of 1931 meant the beginning of the Second Spanish Republic, the second period of Spanish history to date in which the election of both the positions of Head of State and Head of government were democratic. It was effective from 1931 until 1939...
. This incorporated a new 6,800,000 electors.
The governing leftist parties went to the polls divided. The political right, on the other hand, formed the Union of the Right which incorporated CEDA, agrarian parties and traditionalists. It stood on a three-point programme: religious and social reforms would be examined and rolled back where needed; agrarian reform would be reversed; political prisoners would be released. These parties threw vast resources into their campaign, with ten million leaflets, 300,000 posters, radio and cinema addresses and aerial propaganda drops. They called upon Catholics to defend order and religion against the bourgeois Republic. The Radical Party campaigned primarily against the Socialists, since they would need the help of the political right if in government. They used mass-appeal slogans such as 'Republic, order, freedom, social justice, amnesty' and were confident following successes at municipal level in 1933. Anarchists such as the CNT-FAI called for absention: politicians were 'vultures', who must be overthrown by revolution. If the right were to win the election, there would be an uprising, they promised. Thus, anarchists should avoid voting for the left, since overthrowing the government would be preferable. Abstention was supported by Benito Pábon and Miguel Abós.
Elections were held on 19 November 1933. A second round of voting was held in sixteen constituencies on 3 December.
Outcome
It resulted in an overwhelming victory for the right, with the CEDA and the Radicals together winning 219 seats.Thomas (1961). p. 66. allocates 207 seats to the political right. Although the political situation was complicated, parties of the right won around 3,365,700 votes, parties of the centre 2,051,500 votes, and parties of the left 3,118,000 according to one estimate. Turnout was around 8,535,200 votes, 67.5% of the electorate. The right had spent far more on their election campaign than the Socialists, who campaigned alone. Women, in their first election, mainly voted for the centre-right. The Communist Party, with perhaps 3,000 members, were at this point not significant. Nationalist Basques won twelve of seventeen Basque seats, a considerable victory. Keeping their promise, the CNT proclaimed a revolution. There were many reasons the Socialists and Republicans lost out; the female vote alone cannot explain the shift. Among them was the disunity of the political left compared to the right, in a system that favoured broad coalitions. The Radicals and their supporters had also shifted to the right. Abstentionalism hindered Socialist and Republican candidates. Overall, the political system in Spain had changed dramatically since the last election.The Renovación Española
Renovación Española
Renovación Española was a Spanish monarchist political party active during the Second Spanish Republic, advocating the restoration of Alfonso XIII of Spain as opposed to Carlism...
and the Spanish Nationalist Party formed the National Block , with a total of 14 deputies. Similarly, the Republican Left of Catalonia , the Socialist Union of Catalonia
Socialist Union of Catalonia
Socialist Union of Catalonia , a socialist political party in Catalonia, Spain. USC was formed through a split in Spanish Socialist Workers' Party in 1923. The main leader of USC was J...
(Unió Socialista de Catalunya, USC) and the Union of Rabassaires (Unió de Rabassaires, UdR) formed the Catalan Left (Esquerra Catalana) with 18 deputies. Five independents joined the Agrarians and one joined CEDA. The other seven, along with one member of Conservative Republican Party
Conservative Republican Party
The Conservative Republican Party ) was a Brazilian political party founded in October 1910 to represent the Republican and oligarchic ideals of agrarian elites of states discontented with the domination of the states of São Paulo and Minas Gerais during the República Velha.Its main...
, formed a group of independents called the Independent Right (Independiente de Derechas). The Mallorcan Regionalist deputy joined the Catalan League (Lliga Catalana), and the independent in favour of the Estella Statute joined the Basque Nationalist Party
Basque Nationalist Party
The Basque National Party is the largest and oldest Basque nationalist party. It is currently the largest political party in the Basque Autonomous Community also with a minor presence in Navarre and a marginal one in the French Basque Country...
(Partido Nacionalista Vasco). 5 members of the Agrarians and one of the PRC joined CEDA, although the Agrarians as a whole resisted pressure to join CEDA, and formed the Spanish Agrarian Party
Spanish Agrarian Party
Spanish Agrarian Party was a political party in Spain during the Second Republic. Initially the party was known as Agrarian Party but took the name PAE in 1934....
(Partido Agrario Español).
President of the Republic, Niceto Alcalá Zamora entrusted the formation of a cabinet to Alejandro Lerroux, who was reliant on the support of CEDA.
Results
| Summary of the 19 November 1933 Congress of Deputies election results | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral alliance | % vote | Seats won | Seats allocated |
| Union of the Right (Unión de Derechas)Included the CEDA, A, CT, RE, PRLD, PRCe, PRM, PNE and FE. | 31.02% | 160 | 211 |
| PRR and CentreIncluded the PRR, PRC, and PRP. | 15.26% | 75 | 122 |
| Right Coalition (Coaliciones Derechas)Included the PRR. | 9.55% | 98 | – |
| Coalition of the Left (Coalición de Izquierdas)Included the PSOE. | 21.68% | 63 | 59 |
| Catalan Left (Esquerra Catalana)Included the ERC, USC and UdR. | 5.06% | 26 | 21 |
| Catalan League (Lliga Catalana) | 4.83% | 28 | 24 |
| Basque National Party (Partido Nacionalista Vasco) | 2.14% | 11 | 11 |
| Coalition of the Republican Left (Coalición Izquierda Republicana)Included the AR and PRRSI. | 2.09% | 1 | 8 |
| Communist Party of Spain Communist Party of Spain The Communist Party of Spain is the third largest national political party in Spain. It is the largest member organization of the United Left electoral coalition and has influence in the largest trade union in Spain, Workers' Commissions .... (Partido Comunista de España) |
1.80% | 1 | 1 |
| Gallacian Republican Party (Partido Republicano Gallego)Formed from ORGA and the Partido Galleguista. | 1.69% | 8 | 6 |
| Radical Socialist Republican Party Radical Socialist Republican Party Radical Socialist Republican Party , sometimes shortened to Radical Socialist Party , was a Spanish radical political party, created in 1929 after the split of the left-wing in Alejandro Lerroux's Radical Republican Party... (Partido Republicano Radical Socialista) |
1.23% | 1 | 1 |
| Republican Catalan Action–Spanish National Republican Party (Acció Catalana Republicana–Partido Nacional Republicano Español) |
0.87% | – | – |
| Federal RepublicansIncluded PRD Fed., EEF and federal independents. | 0.40% | – | 4 |
| Others | 1.98% | 1 | 5 |
| Totals: | 100.00% | 473 | 473 |
Seats
Party divisions at the start of the Cortes, after seats had been awarded between coalitions:| Affiliation | Party | Name in Spanish or Catalan | Abbreviation | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marxist Left Left-wing politics In politics, Left, left-wing and leftist generally refer to support for social change to create a more egalitarian society... |
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| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party Spanish Socialist Workers' Party The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party is a social-democratic political party in Spain. Its political position is Centre-left. The PSOE is the former ruling party of Spain, until beaten in the elections of November 2011 and the second oldest, exceeded only by the Partido Carlista, founded in... |
Partido Socialista Obrero Español | PSOE | 59 | ||
| Socialist Union of Catalonia Socialist Union of Catalonia Socialist Union of Catalonia , a socialist political party in Catalonia, Spain. USC was formed through a split in Spanish Socialist Workers' Party in 1923. The main leader of USC was J... |
Unió Socialista de Catalunya | USC | 3 | ||
| Communist Party of Spain Communist Party of Spain The Communist Party of Spain is the third largest national political party in Spain. It is the largest member organization of the United Left electoral coalition and has influence in the largest trade union in Spain, Workers' Commissions .... |
Partido Comunista de España | PCE | 1 | ||
| Republican Second Spanish Republic The Second Spanish Republic was the government of Spain between April 14 1931, and its destruction by a military rebellion, led by General Francisco Franco.... Left |
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| Republican Action | Acción Republicana | AR | 5 | ||
| Democratic Federal Republican Party | Partido Republicano Democrático Federal | PRD Fed. | 4 | ||
| Independent Radical Socialist Republican Party Radical Socialist Republican Party Radical Socialist Republican Party , sometimes shortened to Radical Socialist Party , was a Spanish radical political party, created in 1929 after the split of the left-wing in Alejandro Lerroux's Radical Republican Party... |
Partido Republicano Radical Socialista Independiente | PRSSI | 3 | ||
| Radical Socialist Republican Party Radical Socialist Republican Party Radical Socialist Republican Party , sometimes shortened to Radical Socialist Party , was a Spanish radical political party, created in 1929 after the split of the left-wing in Alejandro Lerroux's Radical Republican Party... |
Partido Republicano Radical Socialista | PRRS | 1 | ||
| Nationalist Nationalism Nationalism is a political ideology that involves a strong identification of a group of individuals with a political entity defined in national terms, i.e. a nation. In the 'modernist' image of the nation, it is nationalism that creates national identity. There are various definitions for what... Left |
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| Republican Left of Catalonia | Esquerra Repubicana de Catalunya | ERC | 17 | ||
| Galician Republican Party Autonomous Galician Republican Organization The Autonomous Galician Republican Organization was a Spanish left-wing republican and Galician nationalist party in Galicia. It was founded in October 1929 in La Coruña by Santiago Casares Quiroga and Antón Vilar Ponte with the participation of the Irmandades da Fala.In March 1930, it organized... |
Partido Repubicano Gallego | PRG | 6 | ||
| Union of Rabassaires | Unió de Rabassaires | UdR | 1 | ||
| Republicans of the Centre and of the Right | |||||
| Radical Republican Party Radical Republican Party The Radical Republican Party , sometimes shortened to the Radical Party was a Spanish political party founded in 1908 by Alejandro Lerroux in Santander, Cantabria by a split from the historical Republican Union party led by Nicolás Salmerón.... |
Partido Republicano Radical | PRR | 102 | ||
| Conservative Republican Party | Partido Republicano Conservador | PRC | 17 | ||
| Liberal Democrat Republican Party | Partido Republicano Liberal Demócrata | PRLD | 9 | ||
| Progressive Republican Party Progressive Republican Right The Progressive Republican Right was a Spanish political party led by Niceto Alcalá Zamora.... |
Partido Republicano Progresista | PRP | 3 | ||
| Centre Republican Party | Partido Republicano de Centro | PRCe | 2 | ||
| Independents of the Centre | 5 | ||||
| Regionalists and Nationalists of the Centre and of the Right | |||||
| Catalan League | Lliga Catalana | LC | 24 | ||
| Basque Nationalist Party Basque Nationalist Party The Basque National Party is the largest and oldest Basque nationalist party. It is currently the largest political party in the Basque Autonomous Community also with a minor presence in Navarre and a marginal one in the French Basque Country... |
Partido Nacionalista Vasco | PNV | 11 | ||
| Mallorcan Regionalist Party | Partit Regionalista de Mallorca | PRM | 1 | ||
| Independents (pro-Statute of Estella) | 1 | ||||
| Parties of the Right | |||||
| Spanish Confederation of the Autonomous Right Spanish Confederation of the Autonomous Right The Spanish Confederation of the Autonomous Right was a Spanish political party in the Second Spanish Republic. A Catholic conservative force, it was the political heir to Angel Herrera Oria's Acción Popular and defined itself in terms of the 'affirmation and defence of the principles of Christian... |
Confederación Española de Derechas Autónomas | CEDA | 115 | ||
| Spanish Agrarian Party Spanish Agrarian Party Spanish Agrarian Party was a political party in Spain during the Second Republic. Initially the party was known as Agrarian Party but took the name PAE in 1934.... |
Agrarios (Minoría Agraria) | A | 30 | ||
| Independents of the Right | 13 | ||||
| Monarchist parties of the Right | |||||
| Traditionalist Communion Carlism Carlism is a traditionalist and legitimist political movement in Spain seeking the establishment of a separate line of the Bourbon family on the Spanish throne. This line descended from Infante Carlos, Count of Molina , and was founded due to dispute over the succession laws and widespread... |
Comunión Tradicionalista (Carlista) | CTC | 20 | ||
| "Spanish Renewal Renovación Española Renovación Española was a Spanish monarchist political party active during the Second Spanish Republic, advocating the restoration of Alfonso XIII of Spain as opposed to Carlism... " |
Renovación Española Renovación Española Renovación Española was a Spanish monarchist political party active during the Second Spanish Republic, advocating the restoration of Alfonso XIII of Spain as opposed to Carlism... |
RE | 14 | ||
| Independent Monarchists | 4 | ||||
| Spanish Nationalist Party | Partido Nacionalista Español | PNE | 1 | ||
| Far-right | |||||
| Spanish Falange Falange The Spanish Phalanx of the Assemblies of the National Syndicalist Offensive , known simply as the Falange, is the name assigned to several political movements and parties dating from the 1930s, most particularly the original fascist movement in Spain. The word means phalanx formation in Spanish.... |
Falange Española | FE | 1 | ||
| Total: | 473 | ||||
After reorganisation
This left the following divisions in the Cortes:| Party | Name in Spanish or Catalan Catalan language Catalan is a Romance language, the national and only official language of Andorra and a co-official language in the Spanish autonomous communities of Catalonia, the Balearic Islands and Valencian Community, where it is known as Valencian , as well as in the city of Alghero, on the Italian island... |
Abbreviation | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party Spanish Socialist Workers' Party The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party is a social-democratic political party in Spain. Its political position is Centre-left. The PSOE is the former ruling party of Spain, until beaten in the elections of November 2011 and the second oldest, exceeded only by the Partido Carlista, founded in... |
Partido Socialista Obrero Español | PSOE | 59 | |
| Communist Party of Spain Communist Party of Spain The Communist Party of Spain is the third largest national political party in Spain. It is the largest member organization of the United Left electoral coalition and has influence in the largest trade union in Spain, Workers' Commissions .... |
Partido Comunista de España | PCE | 1 | |
| Republican Left | Izquierda Republicana | IR | 14 | |
| Democratic Federal Republican Party | Partido Republicano Democrático Federal | PRD Fed. | 4 | |
| Radical Socialist Republican Party Radical Socialist Republican Party Radical Socialist Republican Party , sometimes shortened to Radical Socialist Party , was a Spanish radical political party, created in 1929 after the split of the left-wing in Alejandro Lerroux's Radical Republican Party... |
Partido Republicano Radical Socialista | PRRS | 1 | |
| Catalan Left | Esquerra Catalana | EC | 21 | |
| Radical Republican Party Radical Republican Party The Radical Republican Party , sometimes shortened to the Radical Party was a Spanish political party founded in 1908 by Alejandro Lerroux in Santander, Cantabria by a split from the historical Republican Union party led by Nicolás Salmerón.... |
Partido Republicano Radical | PRR | 102 | |
| Conservative Republican Party | Partido Republicano Conservador | PRC | 15 | |
| Liberal Democrat Republican Party | Partido Republicano Liberal Demócrata | PRLD | 9 | |
| Independent Republicans | Republicano Independiente | RI | 10 | |
| Catalan League | Lliga Catalana | LC | 21 | |
| Basque Nationalist Party Basque Nationalist Party The Basque National Party is the largest and oldest Basque nationalist party. It is currently the largest political party in the Basque Autonomous Community also with a minor presence in Navarre and a marginal one in the French Basque Country... |
Partido Nacionalista Vasco | PNV | 12 | |
| Spanish Confederation of the Autonomous Right Spanish Confederation of the Autonomous Right The Spanish Confederation of the Autonomous Right was a Spanish political party in the Second Spanish Republic. A Catholic conservative force, it was the political heir to Angel Herrera Oria's Acción Popular and defined itself in terms of the 'affirmation and defence of the principles of Christian... |
Confederación Española de Derechas Autónomas | CEDA | 120 | |
| Spanish Agrarian Party Spanish Agrarian Party Spanish Agrarian Party was a political party in Spain during the Second Republic. Initially the party was known as Agrarian Party but took the name PAE in 1934.... |
Agrarios (Minoría Agraria) | A | 31 | |
| Independents of the Right | 13 | |||
| Traditionalist Communion Carlism Carlism is a traditionalist and legitimist political movement in Spain seeking the establishment of a separate line of the Bourbon family on the Spanish throne. This line descended from Infante Carlos, Count of Molina , and was founded due to dispute over the succession laws and widespread... |
Comunión Tradicionalista (Carlista) | CTC | 20 | |
| National Block | Bloque Nacional | RE | 15 | |
| Independent Monarchists | 4 | |||
| Spanish Falange Falange The Spanish Phalanx of the Assemblies of the National Syndicalist Offensive , known simply as the Falange, is the name assigned to several political movements and parties dating from the 1930s, most particularly the original fascist movement in Spain. The word means phalanx formation in Spanish.... |
Falange Española | FE | 1 | |
| Total: | 473 | |||