2004 Spanish General Election

Three days after the Madrid bombings

14 March 2004 · The democratic era · 350 seats, 176 for a majority

A general election was held in Spain on 14 March 2004 to elect the members of the 8th 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 259 seats in the Senate.

Prime Minister before

José María Aznar

Prime Minister after

José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero

PSOE

Largest force

PSOE

164 of 350 seats

Turnout

75.7%

The result

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PSOE

José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero · 42.6% of votes · +39 seats

164

seats

Mariano Rajoy · 37.7% of votes · -35 seats

148

seats

CiU

Josep Antoni Duran i Lleida · 3.2% of votes · -5 seats

seats

ERC

Josep-Lluís Carod-Rovira · 2.5% of votes · +7 seats

seats

EAJ/PNV

Josu Erkoreka · 1.6% of votes · 0 seats

seats

Gaspar Llamazares · 5.0% of votes · -4 seats

seats


PSOE	José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero	164	+39	11.026.163	42.6%	+8.3
PP	Mariano Rajoy	148	-35	9.763.144	37.7%	-6.8
CiU	Josep Antoni Duran i Lleida	10	-5	835.471	3.2%	-1.0
ERC	Josep-Lluís Carod-Rovira	8	+7	652.196	2.5%	+1.7
EAJ/PNV	Josu Erkoreka	7	0	420.980	1.6%	+0.1
IU	Gaspar Llamazares	5	-4	1.284.081	5.0%	-1.0

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