2016 Spanish general 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.
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
Pedro Sánchez
(PSOE)
from MadridAlbert Rivera
(Cs)
from MadridFrancesc Homs
(CDC)
from Barcelona
Results
Chamber of Deputies
| 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 | <div style="background:Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Political party/B' not found.; width:1.19%; overflow:hidden"> | 1.19% | ||
| PACMA | 1.19% | |||
| EH Bildu | 0.77% | |||
| CCa–PNC | 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 | <div style="background:Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Political party/B' not found.; width:1.43%; overflow:hidden"> | 1.43% | ||
| EH Bildu | 0.57% | |||
| CCa–PNC | 0.29% | |||
Senate
| Seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PP | 56.77% | |||
| PSOE | 23.68% | |||
| Unidos Podemos | 8.65% | |||
| ERC–CatSí | 4.51% | |||
| EAJ/PNV | <div style="background:Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Political party/B' not found.; width:2.26%; overflow:hidden"> | 2.26% | ||
| CDC | 1.50% | |||
| C's | 1.13% | |||
| CCa–PNC | 0.75% | |||
| ASG | 0.38% | |||
| EH Bildu | 0.38% | |||
2016 Spanish General Election Media
Pedro Sánchez in December 2015.
Podemos celebrating its election result on 20-D.
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Pedro Sánchez 2015l (cropped)
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Notes
- ↑ Name is bold because he won the election
References
- ↑ "El tsunami de Podemos ahoga a Sánchez y deja a Rajoy con el agua al cuello". El Confidencial (in Spanish). 10 June 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "Rajoy, investido presidente del Gobierno con 15 noes del PSOE". ABC (in Spanish). 29 October 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "Miles de manifestantes en la protesta contra la investidura de Rajoy". El País (in Spanish). 29 October 2016.
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Other websites
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