General elections to the Cortes Generales were held in Spain on May 10, 1873. At stake were all 383 seats in the Congress of Deputies. The Federal Democratic Republican Party won the elections.

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1873 Spanish general election

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All 383 seats of the Congress of Deputies 192 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Francesc Pi i Margall Cristino Martos y Balbí Práxedes Mateo Sagasta (with Francisco Serrano) Party FDRP Independent radicals Constitutional and conservative independents Leader's seat Barcelona Madrid Madrid Seats won 346 20 7 Seat change 268 254 7 Percentage 90.34% 5.22% 1.83% Swing 70.39 68.56 1.75
Spanish Congress of Deputies, after the election
Prime Minister before election Estanislao Figueras Federal Democratic Republican Party Prime Minister after election Francesc Pi i Margall Federal Democratic Republican Party

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The elections were held with universal male suffrage. The 1873 were both the first and last of the brief 1st Spanish Republic. The elections, however, were held in very unorthodox conditions and drew a very low turnout, as neither the Carlist or alfonsist monarchists participated in the elections. The same happened with centralist and unitarian Republicans, or even the incipient labor organizations affiliated with the 1st International, that held a boycott campaign. Those were possibly the election with the lowest turnout in the history of Spain. In Catalonia only the 25% of the electorate voted. In Madrid the 28%. This left the republic with a serious lack of legitimacy.