Spain 2016 general election
Final results from ParlGov, read : People's Party won 137 of 350 seats with 33.0% of the vote; 69.8% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 3.4 points on 2015.
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Result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| People's Party | 137 | +14 | 33.0 | +4.3 | 7,906,185 |
| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party | 85 | −5 | 22.7 | +0.7 | 5,424,709 |
| Podemos | 45 | +3 | 13.4 | +0.7 | 3,201,170 |
| Citizens | 32 | −8 | 13.1 | −0.9 | 3,123,769 |
| En Comú Podem | 12 | 0 | 3.5 | −0.1 | 848,526 |
| Compromise / A la valenciana | 9 | 0 | 2.7 | +0.1 | 655,895 |
| Republican Left of Catalonia | 9 | 0 | 2.6 | +0.2 | 629,294 |
| Democratic Convergence / Together for Catalonia | 8 | 0 | 2.0 | −0.2 | 481,839 |
| En Masse / Common Group of the Left | 5 | −1 | 1.4 | −0.2 | 344,143 |
| Basque Nationalist Party | 5 | −1 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 286,215 |
| Animalist Party Against Mistreatment to Animals | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | +0.3 | 284,848 |
| EH Bildu | 2 | 0 | 0.8 | −0.1 | 184,092 |
| Canarian Coalition | 1 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 78,080 |
± is the change against the Spain 2015 general election, party by party.
Votes by party
- People's Party 7,906,185
- Spanish Socialist Workers' Party 5,424,709
- Podemos 3,201,170
- Citizens 3,123,769
- En Comú Podem 848,526
- Compromise / A la valenciana 655,895
- Republican Left of Catalonia 629,294
- Democratic Convergence / Together for Catalonia 481,839
- En Masse / Common Group of the Left 344,143
- Basque Nationalist Party 286,215
- Animalist Party Against Mistreatment to Animals 284,848
- EH Bildu 184,092
- Canarian Coalition 78,080
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.
Share of the vote
Turnout
69.8% of the 34,597,038 registered voters cast a ballot (24,161,083 ballots), down 3.4 points on 2015. 23,935,195 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- People's Party33.0% of votes39.1% of seats
- Spanish Socialist Workers' Party22.7% of votes24.3% of seats
- Podemos13.4% of votes12.9% of seats
- Citizens13.1% of votes9.1% of seats
- En Comú Podem3.5% of votes3.4% of seats
- Compromise / A la valenciana2.7% of votes2.6% of seats
- Republican Left of Catalonia2.6% of votes2.6% of seats
- Democratic Convergence / Together for Catalonia2.0% of votes2.3% of seats
- En Masse / Common Group of the Left1.4% of votes1.4% of seats
- Basque Nationalist Party1.2% of votes1.4% of seats
- EH Bildu0.8% of votes0.6% of seats
- Canarian Coalition0.3% of votes0.3% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 5.3 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 5.0 by votes and 4.2 by seats; People's Party led Spanish Socialist Workers' Party by 10.4 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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