feb 16, 1936 - 1936 Spanish General Election

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Legislative elections were held in Spain on February 16, 1936. At stake were all 473 seats in the unicameral Cortes Generales. The winners of the 1936 elections were the Popular Front, a left-wing coalition of the Spanish Socialist Workers Party (PSOE), Republican Left (IR), Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (ERC), Republican Union (UR), Communist Party of Spain (PCE), Acció Catalana (AC), and other parties. The Popular Front coalition commanded a narrow lead over the divided opposition in terms of the popular vote, but a significant lead over the main opposition party,
the Spanish Confederation of the Autonomous Right (CEDA), in terms of seats. The poor result for the political right would help bring about the Spanish Coup of July 1936, and the following civil war.