Creation of the 2nd REPUBLIC SPAIN

Republicans gain support 1929 economic slump.

April 1931 national election forced by deteriorating gov (last democratic election was 60 yrs)

12th April 1931 landslide victory for republican

      | support in large cities & urban areas & working classes 

SSR proclaimed on 4th April 1931 

     | new regime called 'La Nina Bonita\

     | 400 elected deputies had support for a Republican political structures

     | under 50 classes as official opponents.

     | had public enthusiasm > military respected the public verdict as they had grown          disillusioned with monarchical rule and unwilling to defend previous regime.     

(Stanley Payne ' "unique event...  major step towards democracy in Europe during decade of economic & political crisis")

Monarch formally abolished

| king and his elites went into exile > prominent opposition to new regime

hereditary aristocracy established = firm opponent 

26 parties in Constituent Cortes

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