1996 Spanish General Election

3 March 1996 · The democratic era · 350 seats, 176 for a majority

A general election was held in Spain on 3 March 1996 to elect the members of the 6th Cortes Generales under the Spanish Constitution of 1978. All 350 seats in the Congress of Deputies were up for election, as well as 208 of 257 seats in the Senate.

Prime Minister before

Felipe González

PSOE

Prime Minister after

José María Aznar

Largest force

156 of 350 seats

Turnout

77.4%

The result

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José María Aznar · 38.8% of votes · +14 seats

156

seats

PSOE

Felipe González · 37.6% of votes · -18 seats

141

seats

Julio Anguita · 10.5% of votes · +3 seats

seats

CiU

Joaquim Molins · 4.6% of votes · -1 seats

seats

EAJ/PNV

Iñaki Anasagasti · 1.3% of votes · 0 seats

seats

José Carlos Mauricio · 0.9% of votes · 0 seats

seats


PP	José María Aznar	156	+14	9.716.006	38.8%	+3.4
PSOE	Felipe González	141	-18	9.425.678	37.6%	-1.2
IU	Julio Anguita	21	+3	2.639.774	10.5%	+0.9
CiU	Joaquim Molins	16	-1	1.151.633	4.6%	-0.3
EAJ/PNV	Iñaki Anasagasti	5	0	318.951	1.3%	+0.1
CC	José Carlos Mauricio	4	0	220.418	0.9%	0.0

7 further seats went to parties and independents outside the main contenders listed above.