Spanish general election, 2011
Spanish general election, 2011
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All 350 seats in the Congress of Deputies and 208 (of 266) seats in the Senate
176 seats needed for a majority in the Congress of Deputies |
Opinion polls |
Registered |
35,779,491 2.0%
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Turnout |
24,666,441 (68.9%) 4.9 pp
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First party |
Second party |
Third party |
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Leader |
Mariano Rajoy |
Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba |
Josep Antoni Duran i Lleida |
Party |
PP |
PSOE |
CiU |
Leader since |
2 September 2003 |
9 July 2011 |
2003 |
Leader's seat |
Madrid |
Madrid |
Barcelona |
Last election |
154 seats, 40.1% |
169 seats, 43.9% |
10 seats, 3.0% |
Seats won |
186 |
110 |
16 |
Seat change |
32 |
59 |
6 |
Popular vote |
10,866,566 |
7,003,511 |
1,015,691 |
Percentage |
44.6% |
28.8% |
4.2% |
Swing |
4.5 pp
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15.1 pp
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1.2 pp
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Fourth party |
Fifth party |
Sixth party |
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Leader |
Cayo Lara |
Iñaki Antigüedad |
Rosa Díez |
Party |
IU–LV |
Amaiur |
UPyD |
Leader since |
14 December 2008 |
11 October 2011 |
26 September 2007 |
Leader's seat |
Madrid |
Biscay |
Madrid |
Last election |
2 seats, 3.9% |
0 seats, 0.3% |
1 seats, 1.2% |
Seats won |
11 |
7 |
5 |
Seat change |
9 |
7 |
4 |
Popular vote |
1,686,040 |
334,498 |
1,143,225 |
Percentage |
6.9% |
1.4% |
4.7% |
Swing |
3.0 pp
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1.1 pp
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3.5 pp
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Provincial results map for the Congress of Deputies
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José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
PSOE
Mariano Rajoy
PP
The 2011 Spanish general election was held on Sunday, 20 November 2011, to elect the 10th Cortes Generales of the Kingdom of Spain. All 350 seats in the Congress of Deputies were up for election, as well as 208 of 266 seats in the Senate.
The election was held amid the effects of a harsh financial crisis and José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero's government's perceived failure to cope with the worsening situation of the country's economy resulted in the ruling Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) being swept from power in the worst defeat for a sitting Spanish government since 1982. The PSOE lost roughly 38% of its 2008 vote (4.3 out of 11.3 million) and garnered only 110 seats and 28.8% of the share—its worst ever result in a general election since the Spanish transition to democracy. In contrast, the opposition People's Party (PP) won a record 186 seats and 44.6% of the share, scoring a clean sweep across the country by winning in every region except for Catalonia and the Basque Country.
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