jun 1, 1931 - General Election of 1931
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The democratic elections set up by Alfonso XIII in 1931, The Socialist Party (PSOE) and the other left-wing parties won by an overwhelming majority. Niceto Alcala Zamora (moderate Republican) became prime minister and his cabinet consisted of radicals: Manuel Azaña, Francisco Largo Caballero and Indalecio Prieto. The Republic and Socialist coalition won a huge victory, helped by a public more liberally inclined than in 1933 or 1936. The Socialists won around 2,000,000 votes; Republicans 1,700,000, Radical Socialists 1,350,000 and the Liberal Republican Right 950,000.
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1930 - Spanish Civil War
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