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.

2016 Spanish general election

26 June 2016
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
Registered	36,520,913 0.0%
Turnout	24,279,259 (66.5%) 3.2 pp
First party Second party Third party   Leader Mariano Rajoy Pedro Sánchez Pablo Iglesias Party PSOE Unidos Podemos Leader since 2 September 2003 26 July 2014 15 November 2014 Leader's seat Madrid Madrid Madrid Last election 123 seats, 28.7% 90 seats, 22.0% 71 seats, 24.5% 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 since 9 July 2006 7 November 2015 6 November 2015 Leader's seat Madrid Barcelona Barcelona Last election 40 seats, 13.9% 9 seats, 2.4% 8 seats, 2.2% 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) Prime Minister after election Mariano Rajoy

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.

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.

Candidates

• Mariano Rajoy
  (People's Party)
  from Madrid

• Pedro Sánchez
  (PSOE)
  from Madrid

• Pablo Iglesias
  (Unidos Podemos)
  from Madrid

• Albert Rivera
  (Cs)
  from Madrid

• Gabriel Rufián
  (ERC–CatSí)
  from Barcelona

• Francesc Homs
  (CDC)
  from Barcelona

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:; 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:; 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:; 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

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  Podemos celebrating its election result on 20-D.

Other websites

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