2004 Spanish General Election
Three days after the Madrid bombings14 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
PP
Prime Minister after
José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
PSOE
Largest force
PSOE
164 of 350 seats
Turnout
75.7%
The result
| Share of the Congress | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.