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Spain 2016 general election

What was the result of the 2016 general election in Spain?

People's Party won 137 of 350 seats with 33.0% of the vote. 69.8% 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 : People's Party won 137 of 350 seats with 33.0% of the vote; 69.8% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 3.4 points on 2015.

  • People's Party 137 +14 seats 33.0% +4.3 points
  • Spanish Socialist Workers' Party 85 −5 seats 22.7% +0.7 points
  • Podemos 45 +3 seats 13.4% +0.7 points
  • Citizens 32 −8 seats 13.1% −0.9 points
  • En Comú Podem 12 0 seats 3.5% −0.1 points
  • Compromise / A la valenciana 9 0 seats 2.7% +0.1 points
  • Republican Left of Catalonia 9 0 seats 2.6% +0.2 points
  • Democratic Convergence / Together for Catalonia 8 0 seats 2.0% −0.2 points
  • En Masse / Common Group of the Left 5 −1 seat 1.4% −0.2 points
  • Basque Nationalist Party 5 −1 seat 1.2% 0.0 points
  • EH Bildu 2 0 seats 0.8% −0.1 points
  • Canarian Coalition 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 2015 general election, party by party.

176 of 350 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 33.0%

    Share of the vote won by People's Party

    People's Party won 137 of 350 seats. A majority needs 176.

  2. +14 seats

    Seats gained by People's Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 2015. Citizens lost 8 seats.

  3. 69.8%

    Voter turnout

    Down 3.4 points on 2015.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
People's Party137+1433.0+4.37,906,185
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party85−522.7+0.75,424,709
Podemos45+313.4+0.73,201,170
Citizens32−813.1−0.93,123,769
En Comú Podem1203.5−0.1848,526
Compromise / A la valenciana902.7+0.1655,895
Republican Left of Catalonia902.6+0.2629,294
Democratic Convergence / Together for Catalonia802.0−0.2481,839
En Masse / Common Group of the Left5−11.4−0.2344,143
Basque Nationalist Party5−11.20.0286,215
Animalist Party Against Mistreatment to Animals001.2+0.3284,848
EH Bildu200.8−0.1184,092
Canarian Coalition100.30.078,080

± is the change against the Spain 2015 general election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • People's Party 7,906,185
  • Spanish Socialist Workers' Party 5,424,709
  • Podemos 3,201,170
  • Citizens 3,123,769
  • En Comú Podem 848,526
  • Compromise / A la valenciana 655,895
  • Republican Left of Catalonia 629,294
  • Democratic Convergence / Together for Catalonia 481,839
  • En Masse / Common Group of the Left 344,143
  • Basque Nationalist Party 286,215
  • Animalist Party Against Mistreatment to Animals 284,848
  • EH Bildu 184,092
  • Canarian Coalition 78,080

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?

69.8% of the 34,597,038 registered voters cast a ballot (24,161,083 ballots), down 3.4 points on 2015. 23,935,195 of them were valid votes.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • People's Party33.0% of votes39.1% of seats
  • Spanish Socialist Workers' Party22.7% of votes24.3% of seats
  • Podemos13.4% of votes12.9% of seats
  • Citizens13.1% of votes9.1% of seats
  • En Comú Podem3.5% of votes3.4% of seats
  • Compromise / A la valenciana2.7% of votes2.6% of seats
  • Republican Left of Catalonia2.6% of votes2.6% of seats
  • Democratic Convergence / Together for Catalonia2.0% of votes2.3% of seats
  • En Masse / Common Group of the Left1.4% of votes1.4% of seats
  • Basque Nationalist Party1.2% of votes1.4% of seats
  • EH Bildu0.8% of votes0.6% of seats
  • Canarian Coalition0.3% of votes0.3% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 5.3 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 5.0 by votes and 4.2 by seats; People's Party led Spanish Socialist Workers' Party by 10.4 points of the vote.

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