title: April 1872 Spanish general election
text: # April 1872 Spanish general election
  
  General elections to the Cortes Generales were held in Spain on April 3, 1872. At stake were all 391 seats in the Congress of Deputies. The Conservative-Constitutional coalition (political heir of the Progressive-Liberal coalition in the previous elections) won the elections.
  
  ## History
  
  General elections of Spain of 1872 were held on April 8 under universal male suffrage. The elections were held during the brief reign of Amadeo I, once the Constitution of 1869 was approved. Práxedes Mateo Sagasta, a member of the Constitutional Party (part of the Conservative-Constitutional coalition), was the prime minister before the elections.
  
  ## Results
  
  | Party | Party | Seats | Difference | Leader |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative-Constitutional coalition | 236 | 1 | Práxedes Mateo Sagasta |
  | | Federal Democratic Republican Party | 52 | = | Francesc Pi i Margall |
  | | Radical Democratic Party | 42 | New Party | Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla |
  | | Catholic-Monarchist Communion | 38 | 13 | Cándido Nocedal |
  | | Moderate Party | 11 | 7 | Alejandro Mon y Menéndez |
  | | Independents | 12 | 5 |
  | Total | Total | 391 | |
  