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Spanish general election, 2004

Spanish general election, 2004
Spain
2000 ←
 14 March 2004 → 2008
All 350 seats in the Congress of Deputies and 208 (of 259) seats in the Senate
176 seats needed for a majority in the Congress of Deputies
Opinion polls
Registered 34,571,831 Green Arrow Up Darker.svg1.8%
Turnout 26,155,436 (75.7%)
Green Arrow Up Darker.svg7.0 pp
  First party Second party Third party
  José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero 2009b (cropped).jpg Mariano Rajoy 2005 (cropped).jpg Josep Antoni Duran i Lleida 2015b (cropped).jpg
Leader José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero Mariano Rajoy Josep Antoni Duran i Lleida
Party PSOE PP CiU
Leader since 22 July 2000 2 September 2003 2004
Leader's seat Madrid Madrid Barcelona
Last election 125 seats, 34.2% 183 seats, 44.5% 15 seats, 4.2%
Seats won 164 148 10
Seat change Green Arrow Up Darker.svg39 Red Arrow Down.svg35 Red Arrow Down.svg5
Popular vote 11,026,163 9,763,144 835,471
Percentage 42.6% 37.7% 3.2%
Swing Green Arrow Up Darker.svg8.4 pp Red Arrow Down.svg6.8 pp Red Arrow Down.svg1.0 pp
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
  Josep-Lluís Carod-Rovira 2001 (cropped).jpg Josu Erkoreka 2009 (cropped).jpg Gaspar Llamazares 2011 (cropped).jpg
Leader Josep-Lluís Carod-Rovira Josu Erkoreka Gaspar Llamazares
Party ERC EAJ/PNV IU
Leader since 2004 2004 29 October 2000
Leader's seat Barcelona Biscay Madrid
Last election 1 seat, 0.8% 7 seats, 1.5% 9 seats, 5.9%
Seats won 8 7 5
Seat change Green Arrow Up Darker.svg7 Arrow Blue Right 001.svg0 Red Arrow Down.svg4
Popular vote 652,196 420,980 1,284,081
Percentage 2.5% 1.6% 5.0%
Swing Green Arrow Up Darker.svg1.7 pp Green Arrow Up Darker.svg0.1 pp Red Arrow Down.svg0.9 pp

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Provincial results map for the Congress of Deputies
Prime Minister before election

José María Aznar
PP

 Elected Prime Minister

José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
PSOE

SpainProvinceMapCongress2004.png

José María Aznar
PP

José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
PSOE

The 2004 Spanish general election was held on Sunday, 14 March 2004, to elect the 8th Cortes Generales of the Kingdom of Spain. All 350 seats in the Congress of Deputies were up for election, as well as 208 of 259 seats in the Senate.

For the first time since the Spanish transition to democracy, none of the three main party leaders had previously led a general election campaign. The governing People's Party (PP) was led into the campaign by Mariano Rajoy, after outgoing Prime Minister José María Aznar had announced his intention not to seek a third term in office. The opposition Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) was led by José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, while Gaspar Llamazares stood as United Left (IU) candidate.


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