All Spain elections

1933 Spanish General Election

Women vote for the first time

19 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

Share of the Congress
CEDAJosé María Gil-Robles y Quiñones115+110
PRRAlejandro Lerroux102+12
PSOEFrancisco Largo Caballero59-56
Agrarian minorityJosé Martínez de Velasco30+15
LRCFrancesc Cambó24+22
TraditionalistThe Count of Rodezno20+16

123 further seats went to parties and independents outside the main contenders listed above.