April 2019 Spanish General Election
28 April 2019 · The democratic era · 350 seats, 176 for a majority
A general election was held in Spain on 28 April 2019 to elect the members of the 13th 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
Pedro Sánchez
PSOE
Prime Minister after
No government formed
and fresh election called.
Largest force
PSOE
123 of 350 seats
Turnout
71.8%
The result
| Share of the Congress | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSOE | Pedro Sánchez | 123 | +38 | 7.513.142 | 28.7% | +6.1 | |
| PP | Pablo Casado | 66 | -69 | 4.373.653 | 16.7% | -15.9 | |
| Cs | Albert Rivera | 57 | +25 | 4.155.665 | 15.9% | +2.9 | |
| Unidas Podemos | Pablo Iglesias | 42 | -29 | 3.751.145 | 14.3% | -6.9 | |
| Vox | Santiago Abascal | 24 | +24 | 2.688.092 | 10.3% | +10.1 | |
| ERC–Sobiranistes | Oriol Junqueras | 15 | +6 | 1.024.628 | 3.9% | +1.3 |
23 further seats went to parties and independents outside the main contenders listed above.