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

PSOE
Pedro Sánchez · 28.7% of votes · +38 seats
123
seats
PP
Pablo Casado · 16.7% of votes · -69 seats
66
seats
Cs
Albert Rivera · 15.9% of votes · +25 seats
57
seats
Unidas Podemos
Pablo Iglesias · 14.3% of votes · -29 seats
42
seats
Vox
Santiago Abascal · 10.3% of votes · +24 seats
24
seats
ERC–Sobiranistes
Oriol Junqueras · 3.9% of votes · +6 seats
15
seats

23 further seats went to parties and independents outside the main contenders listed above.