2015 Spanish General Election
The duopoly breaks20 December 2015 · The democratic era · 350 seats, 176 for a majority
A general election was held in Spain on 20 December 2015 to elect the members of the 11th 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 266 seats in the Senate.
Prime Minister before
Mariano Rajoy
PP
Prime Minister after
No government formed
and fresh election called.
Largest force
PP
123 of 350 seats
Turnout
69.7%
The result
| Share of the Congress | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PP | Mariano Rajoy | 123 | -64 | 7.236.965 | 28.7% | -16.3 | |
| PSOE | Pedro Sánchez | 90 | -20 | 5.545.315 | 22.0% | -6.8 | |
| Podemos | Pablo Iglesias | 69 | +65 | 5.212.711 | 20.7% | — | |
| C's | Albert Rivera | 40 | +40 | 3.514.528 | 13.9% | — | |
| ERC–CatSí | Gabriel Rufián | 9 | +6 | 604.285 | 2.4% | +1.3 | |
| DiL | Francesc Homs | 8 | -8 | 567.253 | 2.2% | -2.0 |
11 further seats went to parties and independents outside the main contenders listed above.