1933 Spanish General Election
Women vote for the first time19 November 1933 · The Second Republic · 473 seats, 237 for a majority
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.
Prime Minister before
Diego Martínez Barrio
PRR
Prime Minister after
Alejandro Lerroux
PRR
Largest force
CEDA
115 of 473 seats
Turnout
67.3%
The result
CEDA
José María Gil-Robles y Quiñones · +110 seats
115
seats
PRR
Alejandro Lerroux · +12 seats
102
seats
PSOE
Francisco Largo Caballero · -56 seats
59
seats
Agrarian minority
José Martínez de Velasco · +15 seats
30
seats
LRC
Francesc Cambó · +22 seats
24
seats
Traditionalist
The Count of Rodezno · +16 seats
20
seats
123 further seats went to parties and independents outside the main contenders listed above.