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Political party in Spain

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	Number ofSeats	+/–	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

1. ^ 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.
2. ^ Suárez Cortina 1994, p. 151.
3. ^ a b Martínez Ruiz, Maqueda Abreu & De Diego 1999, p. 125.
4. ^ Serrano Lahoz 2020, pp. 40–41.
5. ^ Lozano, Carles. "Republicanos (1868-1931)". Historia Electoral.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 August 2025.
6. ^ Aubert 2008, p. 152.

• 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.

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