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 |
(Absolute majority is 176 seats. Bold: majority. Italic: plurality)
Latest result
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Summary of the 14 March Congress of Deputies election results
| Parties and alliances |
Votes |
% |
Seats |
| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (Partido Socialista Obrero Español) |
11,026,163 |
43.3 |
164 |
| People's Party (Partido Popular) |
9,763,144 |
38.3 |
148 |
| United Left (Izquierda Unida) |
1,359,190 |
5.3 |
2 |
| ICV-EUA
|
2 |
| Entesa
|
1 |
| Convergence and Unity (Convergència i Unió)
|
835,471 |
3.3 |
10 |
| Republican Left of Catalonia (Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya) |
652,196 |
2.5 |
8 |
| Basque Nationalist Party (Partido Nacionalista Vasco/Euzko Alderdi Jeltzalea) |
420,980 |
1.6 |
7 |
| Canarian Coalition (Coalición Canaria) |
235,221 |
0.9 |
3 |
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)
|
208,688 |
0.8 |
2 |
| Andalucista Party (Partido Andalucista) |
181,868 |
0.7 |
- |
| Aragonese Council (Chunta Aragonesista) |
94,252 |
0.4 |
1 |
| Basque Solidarity (Eusko Alkartasuna) |
80,905 |
0.3 |
1 |
| Navarra Yes (Nafarroa Bai}
|
61,045 |
0.2 |
1 |
| Total (turnout %) |
|
|
350 |
| Source: El País Online |
History
Congreso de los Diputados.
The building, Congreso de los Diputados, has a neoclassical style was constructed between 1843 and 1850, and architected by Narcisco Pascual y Colomer. It sits by the Carrera de San Jerónimo, in Madrid.
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