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Spain 2011 general election

What was the result of the 2011 general election in Spain?

People's Party won 186 of 350 seats with 41.9% of the vote. 68.9% 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 186 of 350 seats with 41.9% of the vote; 68.9% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 4.9 points on 2008.

  • People's Party 186 +32 seats 41.9% +1.8 points
  • Spanish Socialist Workers' Party 110 −59 seats 29.2% −15.2 points
  • Communist Party / United Left 11 +9 seats 7.0% +3.2 points
  • Union, Progress and Democracy 5 +4 seats 4.8% +3.6 points
  • Convergence and Union 16 +6 seats 4.2% +1.2 points
  • Eusko Alkartasuna 7 1.4%
  • Basque Nationalist Party 5 −1 seat 1.4% +0.1 points
  • Republican Left of Catalonia 3 0 seats 1.1% −0.1 points
  • Galician Nationalist Bloc 2 0 seats 0.8% −0.1 points
  • Canarian Coalition 2 0 seats 0.6% −0.1 points
  • Nafarroa Bai 1 0 seats 0.2% −0.1 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 2008 general election, party by party.

176 of 350 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 41.9%

    Share of the vote won by People's Party

    People's Party won 186 of 350 seats. A majority needs 176.

  2. +32 seats

    Seats gained by People's Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 2008. Spanish Socialist Workers' Party lost 59 seats.

  3. 68.9%

    Voter turnout

    Down 4.9 points on 2008.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
People's Party186+3241.9+1.810,866,566
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party110−5929.2−15.27,003,511
Communist Party / United Leftwith Initiative for Catalonia Greens11+97.0+3.21,686,040
Union, Progress and Democracy5+44.8+3.61,143,225
Convergence and Union16+64.2+1.21,015,691
Eusko Alkartasuna71.4334,498
Basque Nationalist Party5−11.4+0.1324,317
Republican Left of Catalonia301.1−0.1256,985
Greens Equo00.9216,748
Galician Nationalist Bloc200.8−0.1184,037
Canarian Coalition200.6−0.1143,881
Nafarroa Bai100.2−0.142,415
Unnamed party with one seat2

± is the change against the Spain 2008 general election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • People's Party 10,866,566
  • Spanish Socialist Workers' Party 7,003,511
  • Communist Party / United Left 1,686,040
  • Union, Progress and Democracy 1,143,225
  • Convergence and Union 1,015,691
  • Eusko Alkartasuna 334,498
  • Basque Nationalist Party 324,317
  • Republican Left of Catalonia 256,985
  • Greens Equo 216,748
  • Galician Nationalist Bloc 184,037
  • Canarian Coalition 143,881
  • Nafarroa Bai 42,415
  • Unnamed party with one seat

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?

68.9% of the 35,779,491 registered voters cast a ballot (24,666,441 ballots), down 4.9 points on 2008. 24,015,425 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout since 2000 in our data.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • People's Party41.9% of votes53.1% of seats
  • Spanish Socialist Workers' Party29.2% of votes31.4% of seats
  • Convergence and Union4.2% of votes4.6% of seats
  • Communist Party / United Left7.0% of votes3.1% of seats
  • Eusko Alkartasuna1.4% of votes2.0% of seats
  • Union, Progress and Democracy4.8% of votes1.4% of seats
  • Basque Nationalist Party1.4% of votes1.4% of seats
  • Republican Left of Catalonia1.1% of votes0.9% of seats
  • Galician Nationalist Bloc0.8% of votes0.6% of seats
  • Canarian Coalition0.6% of votes0.6% of seats
  • Nafarroa Bai0.2% of votes0.3% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 8.9 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.7 by votes and 2.6 by seats; People's Party led Spanish Socialist Workers' Party by 12.7 points of the vote.

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