Spain 1977 general election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Union of the Democratic Centre won 166 of 350 seats with 34.5% of the vote; 78.8% of registered voters cast a ballot.
- Spain
- Held
Result
- Union of the Democratic Centre166
- Spanish Socialist Workers' Party118
- Communist Party / United Left19
- People's Party16
- Convergence and Union11
- Basque Nationalist Party8
- People's Socialist Party6
- Union of Centre and Christian Democracy of Catalonia2
- Aragonese Party1
- Euskadiko Ezkerra1
- Other parties (seats only)1
- Republican Left of Catalonia1
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | % | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Union of the Democratic Centrewith Liberal Party | 166 | 34.5 | 6,310,391 |
| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party | 118 | 29.4 | 5,371,866 |
| Communist Party / United Left | 19 | 9.3 | 1,709,890 |
| People's Party | 16 | 8.2 | 1,504,771 |
| People's Socialist Party | 6 | 4.5 | 816,582 |
| Convergence and Union | 11 | 2.8 | 514,647 |
| Basque Nationalist Party | 8 | 1.6 | 296,193 |
| Christian Democratic Team of the Spanish State | 0 | 1.2 | 215,841 |
| Union of Centre and Christian Democracy of Catalonia | 2 | 0.9 | 172,791 |
| Republican Left of Catalonia | 1 | 0.8 | 143,954 |
| Euskadiko Ezkerra | 1 | 0.3 | 61,417 |
| Aragonese Party | 1 | 0.2 | 37,183 |
| Other parties (seats only) | 1 | 0.2 | 29,834 |
Votes by party
- Union of the Democratic Centre 6,310,391
- Spanish Socialist Workers' Party 5,371,866
- Communist Party / United Left 1,709,890
- People's Party 1,504,771
- People's Socialist Party 816,582
- Convergence and Union 514,647
- Basque Nationalist Party 296,193
- Christian Democratic Team of the Spanish State 215,841
- Union of Centre and Christian Democracy of Catalonia 172,791
- Republican Left of Catalonia 143,954
- Euskadiko Ezkerra 61,417
- Aragonese Party 37,183
- Other parties (seats only) 29,834
ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes. How we read it.
ParlGov counts an alliance's votes and seats under its first party: such a row names the allies it counts.
Share of the vote
Turnout
78.8% of the 23,583,762 registered voters cast a ballot (18,590,130 ballots). 18,278,085 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Union of the Democratic Centre34.5% of votes47.4% of seats
- Spanish Socialist Workers' Party29.4% of votes33.7% of seats
- Communist Party / United Left9.3% of votes5.4% of seats
- People's Party8.2% of votes4.6% of seats
- Convergence and Union2.8% of votes3.1% of seats
- Basque Nationalist Party1.6% of votes2.3% of seats
- People's Socialist Party4.5% of votes1.7% of seats
- Union of Centre and Christian Democracy of Catalonia0.9% of votes0.6% of seats
- Republican Left of Catalonia0.8% of votes0.3% of seats
- Euskadiko Ezkerra0.3% of votes0.3% of seats
- Aragonese Party0.2% of votes0.3% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 10.6 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 4.5 by votes and 2.9 by seats; Union of the Democratic Centre led Spanish Socialist Workers' Party by 5.1 points of the vote. How these are computed.
Sources and licence
Sources and licence
- ParlGov 2024 Release (Döring and Manow), Harvard Dataverse (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
- Wikidata, party colours (P465) (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
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