2023 Spanish general election

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2023 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
Registered37,469,458 1.3%
Turnout24,952,447 (66.6%)
0.4 pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo Pedro Sánchez Santiago Abascal
Party PP PSOE Vox
Leader's seat Madrid Madrid Madrid
Last election 89 seats 120 seats 52 seats
Seats won 137 121 33
Seat change 48 1 19
Percentage 33.1% 31.7% 12.4%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Yolanda Díaz Gabriel Rufián Míriam Nogueras
Party Sumar ERC Junts
Leader's seat Madrid Barcelona Barcelona
Last election 38 seats[b] 13 seats 8 seats[a]
Seats won 31 7 7
Seat change 7 6 1
Percentage 12.3% 1.9% 1.6%

Spanish Congress of Deputies after the election

Prime Minister before election

Pedro Sánchez
PSOE

Prime Minister after election

Pedro Sánchez
PSOE

The 2023 Spanish general election were held in 23 July 2023, after an electoral advance of the Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez, to elect the 15th Cortes Generales of the Kingdom of Spain.[1]

All 350 seats in the Congress of Deputies were up for election, as well as 208 of 265 seats in the Senate.

Polling[change | change source]

10-point average trend line of poll results from 10 November 2019 to the present day

Notes[change | change source]

  1. Results for JxCat–Junts in the November 2019 election.
  2. Results for Unidas Podemos (12.86%, 35 deputies and 0 senators), Más País (2.40%, 3 deputies and 0 senators), Més Esquerra (0.08%, 0 seats) and CHA (0.01%, 0 seats) in the November 2019 election.

References[change | change source]

  1. "Ley Orgánica 5/1985, de 19 de junio, del Régimen Electoral General". Organic Law No. 5 of 19 June 1985 (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 January 2020. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)