1886 Spanish General Election
4 April 1886 · The Restoration and the turno pacífico
A general election was held in Spain on 4 April 1886 (for the Congress of Deputies) and on 25 April 1886 (for the Senate), to elect the members of the 4th Cortes under the Spanish Constitution of 1876, during the Restoration period. All 434 seats in the Congress of Deputies were up for election, as well as 180 of 360 seats in the Senate.
A turno pacífico election: the result was largely arranged in advance through the Interior Ministry's encasillado and enforced locally by caciques. The recorded majorities describe the system, not free voting.
Prime Minister before
Práxedes Mateo Sagasta
Liberal
Prime Minister (continued)
Práxedes Mateo Sagasta
Liberal
Largest force
Liberal
309 seats
Turnout
58.9%
The result
Liberal
Práxedes Mateo Sagasta · +266 seats
309
seats
Conservative
Antonio Cánovas del Castillo · -272 seats
70
seats
Republican
Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla · +11 seats
20
seats
Leftist
José López Domínguez · -24 seats
12
seats
Liberal Reformist
Francisco Romero Robledo · +11 seats
11
seats
Possibilist
Emilio Castelar · +8 seats
11
seats