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Spain 2008 general election

What was the result of the 2008 general election in Spain?

Spanish Socialist Workers' Party won 169 of 350 seats with 44.4% of the vote. 73.8% 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 : Spanish Socialist Workers' Party won 169 of 350 seats with 44.4% of the vote; 73.8% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 1.8 points on 2004.

  • Spanish Socialist Workers' Party 169 +5 seats 44.4% +1.1 points
  • People's Party 154 +6 seats 40.1% +1.8 points
  • Communist Party / United Left 2 −3 seats 3.8% −1.2 points
  • Convergence and Union 10 0 seats 3.1% −0.2 points
  • Basque Nationalist Party 6 −1 seat 1.2% −0.5 points
  • Union, Progress and Democracy 1 1.2%
  • Republican Left of Catalonia 3 −5 seats 1.2% −1.4 points
  • Galician Nationalist Bloc 2 0 seats 0.8% 0.0 points
  • Canarian Coalition 2 −1 seat 0.7% −0.2 points
  • Nafarroa Bai 1 0 seats 0.3% 0.0 points
  • 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 2004 general election, party by party.

176 of 350 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 44.4%

    Share of the vote won by Spanish Socialist Workers' Party

    Spanish Socialist Workers' Party won 169 of 350 seats. A majority needs 176.

  2. +6 seats

    Seats gained by People's Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 2004. Republican Left of Catalonia lost 5 seats.

  3. 73.8%

    Voter turnout

    Down 1.8 points on 2004.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party169+544.4+1.111,289,335
People's Party154+640.1+1.810,278,010
Communist Party / United Leftwith Initiative for Catalonia Greens2−33.8−1.2969,946
Convergence and Union1003.1−0.2779,425
Basque Nationalist Party6−11.2−0.5306,128
Union, Progress and Democracy11.2306,079
Republican Left of Catalonia3−51.2−1.4298,139
Galician Nationalist Bloc200.80.0212,543
Canarian Coalition2−10.7−0.2174,629
Largest party without seats00.368,679
Nafarroa Bai100.30.062,398

± is the change against the Spain 2004 general election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Spanish Socialist Workers' Party 11,289,335
  • People's Party 10,278,010
  • Communist Party / United Left 969,946
  • Convergence and Union 779,425
  • Basque Nationalist Party 306,128
  • Union, Progress and Democracy 306,079
  • Republican Left of Catalonia 298,139
  • Galician Nationalist Bloc 212,543
  • Canarian Coalition 174,629
  • Largest party without seats 68,679
  • Nafarroa Bai 62,398

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.

ParlGov counts an alliance's votes and seats under its first party: such a row names the allies it counts.

How many people voted?

73.8% of the 35,073,179 registered voters cast a ballot (25,900,439 ballots), down 1.8 points on 2004. 25,448,681 of them were valid votes.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Spanish Socialist Workers' Party44.4% of votes48.3% of seats
  • People's Party40.1% of votes44.0% of seats
  • Convergence and Union3.1% of votes2.9% of seats
  • Basque Nationalist Party1.2% of votes1.7% of seats
  • Republican Left of Catalonia1.2% of votes0.9% of seats
  • Communist Party / United Left3.8% of votes0.6% of seats
  • Galician Nationalist Bloc0.8% of votes0.6% of seats
  • Canarian Coalition0.7% of votes0.6% of seats
  • Union, Progress and Democracy1.2% of votes0.3% of seats
  • Nafarroa Bai0.3% of votes0.3% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 4.6 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 2.8 by votes and 2.3 by seats; Spanish Socialist Workers' Party led People's Party by 4.3 points of the vote.

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