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Spain 2015 general election

What was the result of the 2015 general election in Spain?

People's Party won 123 of 350 seats with 28.7% of the vote. 73.2% 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 123 of 350 seats with 28.7% of the vote; 73.2% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 4.3 points on 2011.

  • People's Party 123 −63 seats 28.7% −13.2 points
  • Spanish Socialist Workers' Party 90 −20 seats 22.0% −7.2 points
  • Citizens 40 13.9%
  • Podemos 42 12.7%
  • En Comú Podem 12 3.7%
  • Communist Party / United Left 2 −9 seats 3.7% −3.4 points
  • Compromise / A la valenciana 9 2.7%
  • Republican Left of Catalonia 9 +6 seats 2.4% +1.3 points
  • Democratic Convergence / Together for Catalonia 8 2.3%
  • En Masse / Common Group of the Left 6 1.6%
  • Basque Nationalist Party 6 +1 seat 1.2% −0.1 points
  • EH Bildu 2 0.9%
  • 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 2011 general election, party by party.

176 of 350 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 28.7%

    Share of the vote won by People's Party

    People's Party won 123 of 350 seats. A majority needs 176.

  2. +6 seats

    Seats gained by Republican Left of Catalonia

    The largest gain in seats compared with 2011. People's Party lost 63 seats.

  3. 73.2%

    Voter turnout

    Up 4.3 points on 2011.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
People's Party123−6328.7−13.27,215,752
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party90−2022.0−7.25,530,779
Citizens4013.93,500,541
Podemoswith Greens Equo4212.73,182,082
En Comú Podem123.7927,940
Communist Party / United Left2−93.7−3.4923,133
Compromise / A la valenciana92.7671,071
Republican Left of Catalonia9+62.4+1.3599,289
Democratic Convergence / Together for Catalonia82.3565,501
En Masse / Common Group of the Left61.6408,370
Basque Nationalist Party6+11.2−0.1301,585
Animalist Party Against Mistreatment to Animals00.9219,191
EH Bildu20.9218,467
Canarian Coalition1−10.3−0.381,750

± is the change against the Spain 2011 general election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • People's Party 7,215,752
  • Spanish Socialist Workers' Party 5,530,779
  • Citizens 3,500,541
  • Podemos 3,182,082
  • En Comú Podem 927,940
  • Communist Party / United Left 923,133
  • Compromise / A la valenciana 671,071
  • Republican Left of Catalonia 599,289
  • Democratic Convergence / Together for Catalonia 565,501
  • En Masse / Common Group of the Left 408,370
  • Basque Nationalist Party 301,585
  • Animalist Party Against Mistreatment to Animals 219,191
  • EH Bildu 218,467
  • Canarian Coalition 81,750

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?

73.2% of the 34,631,086 registered voters cast a ballot (25,350,447 ballots), up 4.3 points on 2011. 25,123,450 of them were valid votes.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • People's Party28.7% of votes35.1% of seats
  • Spanish Socialist Workers' Party22.0% of votes25.7% of seats
  • Podemos12.7% of votes12.0% of seats
  • Citizens13.9% of votes11.4% of seats
  • En Comú Podem3.7% of votes3.4% of seats
  • Compromise / A la valenciana2.7% of votes2.6% of seats
  • Republican Left of Catalonia2.4% of votes2.6% of seats
  • Democratic Convergence / Together for Catalonia2.3% of votes2.3% of seats
  • En Masse / Common Group of the Left1.6% of votes1.7% of seats
  • Basque Nationalist Party1.2% of votes1.7% of seats
  • Communist Party / United Left3.7% of votes0.6% of seats
  • EH Bildu0.9% of votes0.6% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 6.0 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 5.8 by votes and 4.5 by seats; People's Party led Spanish Socialist Workers' Party by 6.7 points of the vote.

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