Reformist Party (Spain)
Reformist Party Partido Reformista | |
|---|---|
| Leader | Melquíades Álvarez |
| Founded | 1912 |
| Dissolved | 1924 |
| Headquarters | Madrid, Spain |
| Ideology | Republicanism Liberalism Secularism |
| Political position | Centre |
| Colours | Red, Yellow and Murrey |
The Reformist Party (Spanish: Partido Reformista), formally and less-commonly known as the Reformist Republican Party (Spanish: Partido Republicano Reformista) was a political party in early 20th-century Spain.[1] It was founded in 1912 by Melquíades Álvarez, Gumersindo de Azcárate, and José Ortega y Gasset,[2][3] and presented itself as representing a moderate, accidentalist and democratic republicanism.[3][4] In the 1914 election, the party elected 11 members to the Congress of Deputies.
The party ceased to exist during the Second Spanish Republic, which began in 1931.[5]
Election results
| Election | Number of Seats |
+/– | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spanish general election, 1914 | 11 / 408
|
 11
|
[6] |
| Spanish general election, 1916 | 12 / 409
|
11
|
|
| Spanish general election, 1918 | 9 / 409
|
 3
|
Part of the Alliance of the Left. |
| Spanish general election, 1919 | 6 / 409
|
3
|
|
| Spanish general election, 1920 | 9 / 437
|
3
|
|
| Spanish general election, 1923 | 18 / 437
|
9
|
References
- ^ Álvarez Tardío, Manuel (2022). "Historia Hispánica. Personajes: Melquíades Álvarez y González Posada". historia-hispanica.rah.es (in Spanish). Royal Academy of History. Retrieved 25 August 2025.
- ^ Suárez Cortina 1994, p. 151.
- ^ a b Martínez Ruiz, Maqueda Abreu & De Diego 1999, p. 125.
- ^ Serrano Lahoz 2020, pp. 40–41.
- ^ Lozano, Carles. "Republicanos (1868-1931)". Historia Electoral.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 August 2025.
- ^ Aubert 2008, p. 152.
Bibliography
- Martínez Ruiz, Enrique; Maqueda Abreu, Consuelo; De Diego, Emilio (1999). Atlas histórico de España. El Reinado de Alfonso XIII (1902-1931) (in Spanish). Vol. 2. Bilbao: Ediciones KAL. pp. 121–132. ISBN 9788470903502.
- Suárez Cortina, Manuel (1994). "La quiebra del republicanismo histórico, 1898-1931". In Townson, Nigel (ed.). El republicanismo en España (1830-1977) (in Spanish). Alianza Editorial. pp. 139–164. ISBN 84-206-2778-X. Retrieved 25 August 2025.
- Aubert, Paul (2008). "Intelectuales y obreros (1888–1936)". Cuadernos de Historia Contemporánea (in Spanish). 30: 127–154. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
- Serrano Lahoz, Manuel (2020). Los partidos republicanos durante la Restauración (1874-1931) (PDF) (BA thesis) (in Spanish). University of Zaragoza. Retrieved 24 August 2025.