Spain 2009 European Parliament election
What was the result of the 2009 European Parliament election in Spain?
People's Party won 23 of 50 seats with 42.1% of the vote. 44.9% 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 23 of 50 seats with 42.1% of the vote; 44.9% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 0.2 points on 2004.
- People's Party 23 −1 seat 42.1% +0.9 points
- Spanish Socialist Workers' Party 21 −4 seats 38.8% −4.7 points
- Coalition for the Europe of the Peoples 2 0 seats 5.1% −0.1 points
- Communist Party / United Left 2 0 seats 3.7% −0.4 points
- Union, Progress and Democracy 1 2.9%
- Europe of the Peoples–Greens 1 0 seats 2.5% 0.0 points
- Iniciativa Internacionalista 0 1.1%
- 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 European Parliament election, party by party.
Key numbers
42.1%
Share of the vote won by People's Party
It led Spanish Socialist Workers' Party by 3.3 points of the vote.
+0.9 points
Share of the vote gained by People's Party
The largest gain in votes compared with 2004. Spanish Socialist Workers' Party lost 4.7 points.
44.9%
Voter turnout
Down 0.2 points on 2004.
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| People's Party | 23 | −1 | 42.1 | +0.9 | 6,670,377 |
| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party | 21 | −4 | 38.8 | −4.7 | 6,141,784 |
| Coalition for the Europe of the Peopleswith Basque Nationalist Party | 2 | 0 | 5.1 | −0.1 | 808,246 |
| Communist Party / United Leftwith Initiative for Catalonia Greens | 2 | 0 | 3.7 | −0.4 | 588,248 |
| Union, Progress and Democracy | 1 | 2.9 | 451,866 | ||
| Europe of the Peoples–Greenswith Galician Nationalist Bloc | 1 | 0 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 394,938 |
| Iniciativa Internacionalista | 0 | 1.1 | 178,121 |
± is the change against the Spain 2004 European Parliament election, party by party.
Votes by party
- People's Party 6,670,377
- Spanish Socialist Workers' Party 6,141,784
- Coalition for the Europe of the Peoples 808,246
- Communist Party / United Left 588,248
- Union, Progress and Democracy 451,866
- Europe of the Peoples–Greens 394,938
- Iniciativa Internacionalista 178,121
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?
44.9% of the 35,492,567 registered voters cast a ballot (15,935,147 ballots), down 0.2 points on 2004. 15,615,296 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout of this kind in our data, which begins in 1987.
How do the votes compare with the seats?
- People's Party42.1% of votes46.0% of seats
- Spanish Socialist Workers' Party38.8% of votes42.0% of seats
- Coalition for the Europe of the Peoples5.1% of votes4.0% of seats
- Communist Party / United Left3.7% of votes4.0% of seats
- Union, Progress and Democracy2.9% of votes2.0% of seats
- Europe of the Peoples–Greens2.5% of votes2.0% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 3.8 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.0 by votes and 2.6 by seats; People's Party led Spanish Socialist Workers' Party by 3.3 points of the vote.
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