2015 Spanish General Election

The duopoly breaks

20 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

Prime Minister after

No government formed

and fresh election called.

Largest force

123 of 350 seats

Turnout

69.7%

The result

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Mariano Rajoy · 28.7% of votes · -64 seats

123

seats

PSOE

Pedro Sánchez · 22.0% of votes · -20 seats

seats

Podemos

Pablo Iglesias · 20.7% of votes · +65 seats

seats

C's

Albert Rivera · 13.9% of votes · +40 seats

seats

ERC–CatSí

Gabriel Rufián · 2.4% of votes · +6 seats

seats

DiL

Francesc Homs · 2.2% of votes · -8 seats

seats


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.