2016 Spanish general election

Spanish election

The 2016 Spanish general election was held on Sunday, 26 June 2016, to elect the 12th Cortes Generales of the Kingdom of Spain. All 350 seats in the Congress of Deputies were up for election, as well as 208 of 266 seats in the Senate.

2016 Spanish general election

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All 350 seats in the Congress of Deputies and 208 (of 266) seats in the Senate
176 seats needed for a majority in the Congress of Deputies
Opinion polls
Registered36,520,913 0.0%
Turnout24,279,259 (66.5%)
3.2 pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Mariano Rajoy Pedro Sánchez Pablo Iglesias
Party PP PSOE Unidos Podemos[a]
Leader's seat Madrid Madrid Madrid
Last election 123 seats, 28.7% 90 seats, 22.0% 71 seats, 24.5%[b]
Seats won 137 85 71
Seat change 14 5 0
Popular vote 7,941,236 5,443,846 5,087,538
Percentage 33.0% 22.6% 21.2%
Swing 4.3 pp 0.6 pp 3.3 pp

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Albert Rivera Gabriel Rufián Francesc Homs
Party C's ERC–CatSí CDC
Leader's seat Madrid Barcelona Barcelona
Last election 40 seats, 13.9% 9 seats, 2.4% 8 seats, 2.2%[c]
Seats won 32 9 8
Seat change 8 0 0
Popular vote 3,141,570 639,652 483,488
Percentage 13.1% 2.7% 2.0%
Swing 0.8 pp 0.3 pp 0.2 pp

Election results by Congress of Deputies constituency

Prime Minister before election

Mariano Rajoy (acting)
PP

Prime Minister after election

Mariano Rajoy
PP

Opinion polling going into the election predicted a growing polarisation between this alliance and the People's Party (PP), which would be fighting to maintain first place nationally.[1]

In the end, the alliance suffered a surprise decline in votes and vote share compared to the previous election, while the PP increased its number of votes and seats. The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), while clinging on to second place, kept losing votes and seats and scored a new historical low.

Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy was re-elected as Prime Minister for a second term in office on 29 October amid public outcry and protest.[2][3]

Candidates

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Results

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Chamber of Deputies

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Popular vote
PP
33.01%
PSOE
22.63%
Unidos Podemos
21.15%
C's
13.06%
ERC–CatSí
2.66%
CDC
2.01%
EAJ/PNV
1.19%
PACMA
1.19%
EH Bildu
0.77%
CCaPNC
0.33%
Others
1.26%
Blank ballots
0.74%
Seats
PP
39.14%
PSOE
24.29%
Unidos Podemos
20.29%
C's
9.14%
ERC–CatSí
2.57%
CDC
2.29%
EAJ/PNV
1.43%
EH Bildu
0.57%
CCaPNC
0.29%

Senate

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Seats
PP
56.77%
PSOE
23.68%
Unidos Podemos
8.65%
ERC–CatSí
4.51%
EAJ/PNV
2.26%
CDC
1.50%
C's
1.13%
CCaPNC
0.75%
ASG
0.38%
EH Bildu
0.38%
  1. Total figures include results for En Comú Podem, A la valenciana and En Marea.
  2. Results for PodemosECPÉs el momentEn Marea (20.68%, 69 deputies and 16 senators), IUUPeC (3.68%, 2 deputies and 0 senators) and Més (0.13%, 0 seats) in the 2015 election.
  3. Results for DiL in the 2015 election.
  4. Name is bold because he won the election

References

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  1. "El tsunami de Podemos ahoga a Sánchez y deja a Rajoy con el agua al cuello". El Confidencial (in Spanish). 10 June 2016.
  2. "Rajoy, investido presidente del Gobierno con 15 noes del PSOE". ABC (in Spanish). 29 October 2016.
  3. "Miles de manifestantes en la protesta contra la investidura de Rajoy". El País (in Spanish). 29 October 2016.

Other websites

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