Next Spanish general election

Next Spanish general election

← 2016 No later than 26 July 2020
All 350 seats in the Congress of Deputies and 208 (of the 265) seats in the Senate 176 seats needed for a majority in the Congress of Deputies
Opinion polls
Leader Mariano Rajoy Javier Fernández Pablo Iglesias Party PP PSOE Unidos Podemos Leader since 2 September 2003 1 October 2016 (interim until 17 June 2017) 15 November 2014 Leader's seat Madrid — Madrid Last election 137 seats, 33.0% 85 seats, 22.6% 71 seats, 21.2% Current seats 137 84 71 Seats needed 39 92 105   Leader Albert Rivera Gabriel Rufián Francesc Homs Party Cs ERC–CatSí PDeCAT Leader since 9 July 2006 7 November 2015 6 November 2015 Leader's seat Madrid Barcelona Barcelona Last election 32 seats, 13.1% 9 seats, 2.6% 8 seats, 2.0% Current seats 32 9 8 Seats needed 144 Unable Unable
Constituency results map for the Congress of Deputies
Incumbent Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy PP

Mariano Rajoy
PP

The next Spanish general election will be held no later than Sunday, 26 July 2020, as provided by the Spanish constitution and the Organic Law of the General Election Regime of 1985. It will open the 13th Legislature of Spain, to elect the 13th Cortes Generales of the Kingdom of Spain. All 350 seats in the Congress of Deputies will be up for election, as well as 208 of 266 seats in the Senate.

The 2016 election proved inconclusive, with the People's Party (PP) coming out strengthened but with neither the PP–C's nor the PSOE–Unidos Podemos blocs being able to command a large enough majority to ensure governance alone. In the end, after a 10-month political deadlock, Mariano Rajoy was able to become Prime Minister thanks to PSOE's abstention, after the party suffered an internal crisis which resulted in the ousting of its leader, Pedro Sánchez.

The Spanish Cortes Generales are regarded as an imperfect bicameral system. The Congress of Deputies has greater legislative power than the Senate, having the ability to grant or revoke confidence from a Prime Minister and to override Senate vetoes by an absolute majority of votes. Nonetheless, the Senate possesses a few exclusive, yet limited in number functions—such as its role in constitutional amendment—which are not subject to the Congress' override.