[1][2] The composition of the chamber in the constituent period was dominated by the centre and left parties,[3] the majority being Republican – socialist.

[4] On 1 October 1931, the Chamber approved the constitutional article that would enshrine women's suffrage with 161 votes in favour and 121 against.

[7] In July 1933, the Chamber would approve an electoral law that would accentuate the premium for majorities that had already been introduced by the legislation promulgated by the provisional government before the first elections of 1931 were held.

[9] Opened on 8 December 1933, the new Cortes provisionally elected the radical Santiago Alba as president of the chamber.

[14] Close to the end of the conflict, the Cortes, on their way to exile, held their last session in Spanish territory on 1 February 1939 in the castle of San Fernando de Figueras, closing this session at 12:45 p.m.[15] Once the civil war ended and the dictatorship of Francisco Franco was established throughout the Spanish territory in 1939, the Cortes republicanas continued to meet in exile.