THE HISTORICAL EVOLUTION OF THE
RIGHT TO VOTE IN SPAIN

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TIMELINE

Dates	Constitutions and Governments	What type of vote was granted?
1812	the Cadiz Constitution	Acceptance of universal indirect male suffrage (for those aged 21 and over)
1814	The return of absolutism with the reign of Fernando VII
1820	The constitution of 1812 becomes operational once more	Indirect universal male suffrage
1823	A new period of absolutism under Fernando VII
1834	Royal statute during the regency of Queen Christina	Suffrage based on wealth, only those who paid the hacienda (a type of tax) could vote (which was just 1% of the population)
1845	Constitution of the reign of Isabelle II	New electoral system based on wealth, (those who paid a specific amount of the hacienda) which was a little less restrictive than the previous system
1869	the Constitution of the Revolutionary Six Years	Universal male suffrage
1876	Constitution of the Bourbon Restoration	Wealth-based suffrage (only 5% of the population could vote)
1890	A new electoral law is brought in under the existing Constitution	Universal male suffrage for those over 25 years of age
1923	Dictatorship of Primo de Rivera
1931	the Republican Constitution	Universal suffrage (men and women over 21 years of age)
1939	The dictatorship of General Franco	Universal suffrage (men and women over 18 years of age)

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