Spanish Congress of Deputies

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The Spanish Congress of Deputies (Spanish: Congreso de los Diputados) is the lower house of the Cortes Generales, Spain's legislative branch.

It has 350 members, elected by popular vote on block lists by proportional representation in constituencies matching the Spanish provinces using the D'Hondt method. Deputies serve four-year terms.

Composition for the 8th term

PSOE PP CiU ERC PNV IU Other Total

Outgoing 125 183 15 1 7 8 11 350

Incoming 164 148 10 8 7 5 8 350

Change +39 -35 -5 +7 0 -3 -3 0

	PSOE	PP	CiU	ERC	PNV	IU	Other	Total
Outgoing	125	183	15	1	7	8	11	350
Incoming	164	148	10	8	7	5	8	350
Change	+39	-35	-5	+7	0	-3	-3	0

(Absolute majority is 176 seats. Bold: majority. Italic: plurality)

Contents

1 Latest result
2 History
3 See also:
4 External links:

Latest result

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'''Summary of the 14 March Congress of Deputies election results
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!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left valign=top|Parties and alliances
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Votes
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|%
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Seats
|-
|align=left|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (Partido Socialista Obrero Español)
|align="right" |11,026,163
|align="right" |43.3
|align="right" |164
|-
|align=left|People's Party (Partido Popular)
|align="right" |9,763,144
|align="right" |38.3
|align="right" |148
|-
|align=left|United Left (Izquierda Unida)
|rowspan=3 valign=top align="right" |1,359,190
|rowspan=3 valign=top align="right" |5.3
|align="right" |2
|-
|align=left|ICV-EUA
Initiative for Catalonia Greens (Iniciativa per Catalunya Verds)
United and Alternative Left (Esquerra Unida i Alternativa)|align="right" |2
|-
|align=left|Entesa
Valencian Left (Esquerra Valenciana)
United Left of the Land of Valencia (Esquerra Unida del País Valencià)
The Greens of the Land of Valencia (Els Verds del País Valencià)|align="right" |1
|-
|align=left|Convergence and Unity (Convergència i Unió)
Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (Convergència Democràtica de Catalunya)
Democratic Union of Catalonia (Unió Democràtica de Catalunya)|align="right" valign=top|835,471 
|align="right"  valign=top|3.3
|align="right"  valign=top|10

|-
|align=left|Republican Left of Catalonia (Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya)
|align="right" |652,196
|align="right" |2.5
|align="right" |8


|-
|align=left|Basque Nationalist Party (Partido Nacionalista Vasco/Euzko Alderdi Jeltzalea)
|align="right" |420,980
|align="right" |1.6
|align="right" |7


|-
|align=left|Canarian Coalition (Coalición Canaria)
|align="right" |235,221
|align="right" |0.9
|align="right" |3


|-
|align=left|Galician Nationalist Bloc (Bloque Nacionalista Galego)
Union of the Galician People (Unión do Povo Galego)
Nationalist Left (Esquerda Nacionalista)
Galician Unity (Unidade Galega)
Socialist Collective (Colectivo Socialista)
Inzar
Galician Nationalist Party-Galesguista Party (Partido Nacionalista Galego-Partido Galesguista)|align="right"  valign=top|208,688
|align="right"  valign=top|0.8
|align="right" valign=top |2

|-
|align=left|Andalucista Party (Partido Andalucista)
|align="right" |181,868
|align="right" |0.7
|align="right" |-


|-
|align=left|Aragonese Council (Chunta Aragonesista)
|align="right" |94,252
|align="right" |0.4
|align="right" |1


|-
|align=left|Basque Solidarity (Eusko Alkartasuna)
|align="right" |80,905
|align="right" |0.3
|align="right" |1


|-
|align=left|Navarra Yes (Nafarroa Bai}
Basque Nationalist Party (Partido Nacionalista Vasco/Euzko Alderdi Jeltzalea)
Basque Solidarity (Eusko Alkartasuna)
Aralar|align="right" |61,045
|align="right" |0.2
|align="right" |1

|-
|align=left style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Total (turnout  %)
|width="75" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|
|width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"| 
|width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|350 
|-
|colspan=4|Source: El País Online
|}


History



Congreso de los Diputados





The building, Congreso de los Diputados, has a neoclassical style. It was designed by Narcisco Pascual y Colomer, and built between 1843 and 1850. It sits by the Carrera de San Jerónimo, in Madrid.


See also:
Spanish general election, 2000
Spanish general election, 2004
External links:
[Congreso de los Diputados - official website] (Spanish)














 

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