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, which split from the party in 1913 after

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's election as Conservative leader. A loose association of Maura's supporters at first, in 1918 it officially became a political party of its own. The party lost relevance after

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's coup in 1923 and Maura's death in 1925. In early 1931, the Constitutional Centre party was founded by three leading maurists (César Silió, Antonio Goicoechea and the son of Antonio Maura,

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) after negotiations in late 1930 in order to establish a federation of right-wing forces between Catalan regionalists and maurists.

Electoral performance

Restoration Cortes

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