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Spain 2000 general election

What was the result of the 2000 general election in Spain?

People's Party won 183 of 350 seats with 45.2% of the vote. 68.7% of registered voters cast a ballot.

  • Spain
  • Held:
  • Final result
  • ParlGov, read 5 October 2026

Which party won the most seats?

Final results from ParlGov, read : People's Party won 183 of 350 seats with 45.2% of the vote; 68.7% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 8.7 points on 1996.

  • People's Party 183 +27 seats 45.2% +6.1 points
  • Spanish Socialist Workers' Party 125 −16 seats 34.7% −3.3 points
  • Communist Party / United Left 8 −13 seats 5.5% −5.1 points
  • Convergence and Union 15 −1 seat 4.3% −0.4 points
  • Basque Nationalist Party 7 +2 seats 1.6% +0.3 points
  • Galician Nationalist Bloc 3 +1 seat 1.3% +0.5 points
  • Canarian Coalition 4 0 seats 1.1% +0.2 points
  • Andalusian Party 1 +1 seat 0.9% +0.4 points
  • Republican Left of Catalonia 1 0 seats 0.8% +0.2 points
  • Initiative for Catalonia Greens 1 0.5%
  • Eusko Alkartasuna 1 0 seats 0.4% 0.0 points
  • Aragonese Council 1 0.3%
  • Seats won
  • Change on the previous election at the right
  • Share of the vote
  • Share at the previous election
  • Change in points at the right

Changes are against the Spain 1996 general election, party by party.

176 of 350 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 45.2%

    Share of the vote won by People's Party

    People's Party won 183 of 350 seats. A majority needs 176.

  2. +27 seats

    Seats gained by People's Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1996. Spanish Socialist Workers' Party lost 16 seats.

  3. 68.7%

    Voter turnout

    Down 8.7 points on 1996.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
People's Party183+2745.2+6.110,321,178
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party125−1634.7−3.37,918,752
Communist Party / United Left8−135.5−5.11,263,043
Convergence and Union15−14.3−0.4970,421
Basque Nationalist Party7+21.6+0.3353,953
Galician Nationalist Bloc3+11.3+0.5306,268
Canarian Coalition401.1+0.2248,261
Andalusian Party1+10.9+0.4206,255
Republican Left of Catalonia100.8+0.2194,715
Initiative for Catalonia Greens10.5119,290
Eusko Alkartasuna100.40.0100,742
Aragonese Council10.375,356
Largest party without seats00.372,162

± is the change against the Spain 1996 general election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • People's Party 10,321,178
  • Spanish Socialist Workers' Party 7,918,752
  • Communist Party / United Left 1,263,043
  • Convergence and Union 970,421
  • Basque Nationalist Party 353,953
  • Galician Nationalist Bloc 306,268
  • Canarian Coalition 248,261
  • Andalusian Party 206,255
  • Republican Left of Catalonia 194,715
  • Initiative for Catalonia Greens 119,290
  • Eusko Alkartasuna 100,742
  • Aragonese Council 75,356
  • Largest party without seats 72,162

ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes.

How many people voted?

68.7% of the 33,969,640 registered voters cast a ballot (23,339,490 ballots), down 8.7 points on 1996. 22,814,467 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout since 1979 in our data.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • People's Party45.2% of votes52.3% of seats
  • Spanish Socialist Workers' Party34.7% of votes35.7% of seats
  • Convergence and Union4.3% of votes4.3% of seats
  • Communist Party / United Left5.5% of votes2.3% of seats
  • Basque Nationalist Party1.6% of votes2.0% of seats
  • Canarian Coalition1.1% of votes1.1% of seats
  • Galician Nationalist Bloc1.3% of votes0.9% of seats
  • Andalusian Party0.9% of votes0.3% of seats
  • Republican Left of Catalonia0.8% of votes0.3% of seats
  • Initiative for Catalonia Greens0.5% of votes0.3% of seats
  • Eusko Alkartasuna0.4% of votes0.3% of seats
  • Aragonese Council0.3% of votes0.3% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 5.6 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.0 by votes and 2.5 by seats; People's Party led Spanish Socialist Workers' Party by 10.5 points of the vote.

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