April 1872 Spanish general election

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{{Infobox election

| election_name = April 1872 Spanish general election

| country = Spain

| flag_year = 1785

| type = parliamentary

| ongoing = no

| previous_election = 1871 Spanish general election

| previous_year = 1871

| next_election = August 1872 Spanish general election

| next_year = August 1872

| seats_for_election = All 391 seats of the Congress of Deputies

| majority_seats = 196

| turnout =

| election_date = 3 April 1872

| image1 = 125x150px

| leader1 = Práxedes Mateo Sagasta

| party1 = Conservative-Constitutional coalition

| leaders_seat1 = Gerona

| seats1 = 236

| seat_change1 = {{increase}}1

| popular_vote1 =

| percentage1 = 60.36%

| swing1 = {{increase}}0.26

| image2 = 125x150px

| leader2 = Francesc Pi i Margall

| party2 = FDRP

| leaders_seat2 = Barcelona

| seats2 = 52

| seat_change2 =

| popular_vote2 =

| percentage2 = 13.30%

| swing2 =

| image3 = 125x150px

| leader3 = Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla

| party3 = Radical Democratic

| leaders_seat3 = El Burgo de Osma

| seats3 = 42

| seat_change3 = new party

| popular_vote3 =

| percentage3 = 10.74%

| swing3 = new party

| map_image = Congreso_de_los_Diputados_abril_1872.svg

| map_size = 300px

| map_caption = Spanish Congress of Deputies, after the election

| title = Prime Minister

| posttitle = Prime Minister after election

| before_election = Práxedes Mateo Sagasta

| before_party = Constitutional Party

| after_election = Francisco Serrano y Domínguez

| after_party = Independent (politician)

}}

General elections to the Cortes Generales were held in Spain on April 3, 1872. At stake were all 391 seats in the Congress of Deputies. The Conservative-Constitutional coalition (political heir of the Progressive-Liberal coalition in the previous elections) won the elections.