2016 Spanish General Election
26 June 2016 · The democratic era · 350 seats, 176 for a majority
A general election was held in Spain on 26 June 2016 to elect the members of the 12th 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 (acting)
PP
Prime Minister after
Mariano Rajoy
PP
Largest force
PP
137 of 350 seats
Turnout
66.5%
The result
| Share of the Congress | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PP | Mariano Rajoy | 137 | +14 | 7.941.236 | 33.0% | +4.3 | |
| PSOE | Pedro Sánchez | 85 | -5 | 5.443.846 | 22.6% | +0.6 | |
| Unidos Podemos | Pablo Iglesias | 71 | 0 | 5.087.538 | 21.2% | -3.3 | |
| C's | Albert Rivera | 32 | -8 | 3.141.570 | 13.1% | -0.8 | |
| ERC–CatSí | Gabriel Rufián | 9 | 0 | 639.652 | 2.7% | +0.3 | |
| CDC | Francesc Homs | 8 | 0 | 483.488 | 2.0% | -0.2 |
8 further seats went to parties and independents outside the main contenders listed above.