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King: Felipe VI. · Prime Minister: Mariano Rajoy (PP) · Governing party: PP
Legislative elections: Congress of Deputies, 4-year term, 350 seats, 3% threshold (constituency-based), party-list PR:

Party 2016 2015
Partido Popular (PP)
People's Party
Conservatism
Christian democracy 

  
33,0% 137 28,7% 123
Partido Socialista Obrero Español (PSOE)
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
Social democracy
   

  
22,7% 85 22,0% 90
Unidos Podemos (UP)
United We Can
  
  
  
 
   
21,1% 71 - -
Podemos (PODEMOS)
We Can
[+ combined regional lists]
Anti-globalisation
Direct democracy
Democratic socialism
 
   
- - 20,7% 69
Izquierda Unida (IU)
United Left
[2015: Popular Unity, UP]
Socialism
Communism 

 
- - 3,7% 2
Equo (Q)
Equo
Green politics
    

   
- - POD. (3)
Ciudadanos - Partido de la Ciudadanía (C's)
Citizens - Party of the Citizenry
Liberalism
    
 
  

  
13,1% 32 13,9% 40
Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (ERC)
Republican Left of Catalonia
Separatism
Democratic socialism

  
2,6% 9 2,4% 9
Convergència Democràtica de Catalunya (CDC)
Democratic Convergence of Catalonia
[2015: DiL]
Separatism
Liberalism

  
2,0% 8 2,3% 8
Eusko Alderdi Jeltzalea (EAJ-PNV)
Basque National Party
Separatism
Christian democracy 

  
1,2% 5 1,2% 6
Euskal Herria Bildu (EHB)
Basque Country Gather
Separatism
Socialism 
 
  
0,8% 2 0,9% 2
Coalición Canaria - Partido Nacionalista Canario (CC-PNC)
Canarian Coalition - Canarian Nationalist Party
Regionalism
Centrism 

  
0,3% 1 0,3% 1
Others 3,2% - 3,9% -
Total - 350 - 350
Turnout 69,8% 69,7%

 © 2016 Wolfram Nordsieck. Source: Ministerio del Interior (http://generales2016.infoelecciones.es).

Archive: Elections (1977-2015).