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Spanish general election, 2011

Spanish general election, 2011
Spain
2008 ←
20 November 2011 → 2015
outgoing members ← → elected members

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 Green Arrow Up Darker.svg2.0%
Turnout 24,666,441 (68.9%)
Red Arrow Down.svg4.9 pp
  First party Second party Third party
  Mariano Rajoy 2012b (cropped).jpg Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba 2012b (cropped).jpg Josep Antoni Duran i Lleida 2015b (cropped).jpg
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 Green Arrow Up Darker.svg32 Red Arrow Down.svg59 Green Arrow Up Darker.svg6
Popular vote 10,866,566 7,003,511 1,015,691
Percentage 44.6% 28.8% 4.2%
Swing Green Arrow Up Darker.svg4.5 pp Red Arrow Down.svg15.1 pp Green Arrow Up Darker.svg1.2 pp

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
  CayoLaraIU2.jpg Iñaki Antiguedad 2.jpg Rosa Díez 2012 (cropped).jpg
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 Green Arrow Up Darker.svg9 Green Arrow Up Darker.svg7 Green Arrow Up Darker.svg4
Popular vote 1,686,040 334,498 1,143,225
Percentage 6.9% 1.4% 4.7%
Swing Green Arrow Up Darker.svg3.0 pp Green Arrow Up Darker.svg1.1 pp Green Arrow Up Darker.svg3.5 pp

SpainProvinceMapG2011.PNG

Provincial results map for the Congress of Deputies

Prime Minister before election

José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
PSOE

Elected Prime Minister

Mariano Rajoy
PP


SpainProvinceMapG2011.PNG

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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