European Parliament election, 2019 (Spain)

European Parliament election in Spain, 2019

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All 59 Spanish seats in the European Parliament
Leader Esteban González Pons Iratxe García Miguel Urbán Party PP PSOE Unidos Podemos Alliance EPP S&D GUE/NGL Leader since 3 November 2014 18 June 2017 2 March 2017 Leader's seat Spain Spain Spain Last election 16 seats, 26.1% 14 seats, 23.0% 12 seats, 19.9%   Leader Maite Pagazaurtundúa Josep Maria Terricabras Javier Nart Party UPyD ERC Cs Alliance ALDE Greens/EFA ALDE Leader since 15 October 2014 30 November 2013 22 February 2014 Leader's seat Spain Spain Spain Last election 4 seats, 6.5% 2 seats, 4.0% 2 seats, 3.2%
Provincial results map for the European Parliament in Spain

The 2019 European Parliament election in Spain will be held on Sunday, 26 May 2019, as part of the EU-wide election to elect the 9th European Parliament. All 59 seats allocated to Spain as per the Treaty of Lisbon will be up for election. The election will be held simultaneously with regional elections in thirteen autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.

Due to the Brexit process, the United Kingdom's 73 MEPs are expected to be removed a few months before the 2019 European Parliament election. Plans emerging from discussion on what should be done about the vacated seats include their replacement with a pan-European constituency list; other options being considered include dropping the British seats without replacement, and reassigning some or all of the existing seats from other countries to reduce inequality of representation. An apportionment of seats based on the Cambridge Compromise would see the Spanish MEP delegation being increased to a figure ranging from 57 to 70 seats. The European Parliament Committee on Constitutional Affairs proposed on 23 January 2018 an increase of the number of seats allocated to Spain from 54 to 59 after the United Kingdom's departure, a proposal that first needs to be adopted by the Parliament, then approved by the European Council, to be made effective.

The 59 members of the European Parliament allocated to Spain as per the Treaty of Lisbon are elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with no threshold being applied in order to be entitled to enter seat distribution. However, the use of the D'Hondt method may result in an effective threshold depending on the district magnitude. Seats are allocated to a single multi-member constituency comprising the entire national territory. Voting is on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprises all nationals and resident non-national European citizens over eighteen and in full enjoyment of their political rights. Amendments to the electoral law in 2011 required for Spaniards abroad to apply for voting before being permitted to vote, a system known as "begged" or expat vote (Spanish: Voto rogado).