Spanish general election, 1996

Spanish general election, 1996

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All 350 seats of the Congress of Deputies and 208 of 264 seats in the Senate
March 3, 1996
  First party Second party
 
Leader José María Aznar Felipe González
Party People's Party PSOE
Last election 141 seats 177 seats
Seats won 156 141
Seat change +15 -36
Popular vote 9,716,006 9,425,678
Percentage 38.8% 37.6%

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Province-level units won by PSOE (red/purple) and PP (blue)

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General elections were held in Spain on March 3, 1996. The Prime Minister Felipe González of PSOE lost the elections to Partido Popular and their leader José María Aznar.

The lower house consisted of 350 deputies elected on block lists by proportional representation. Each province was entitled to a minimum of 3 deputies, with one deputy each from the African enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla.

Results

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Party Votes % Seats
People's Party (PP) 9,716,006 38.79 156
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 9,425,678 37.63 141
United Left (IU) 2,639,774 10.54 21
Convergence and Union (CiU) 1,151,633 4.64 16
Basque Nationalist Party (PNV) 318,951 1.29 5
Canarian Coalition (CC) 220,418 0.89 4
Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG) 220,147 0.89 2
Herri Batasuna (HB) 181,304 0.73 2
Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) 167,641 0.67 1
Eusko Alkartasuna (EA) 115,861 0.46 1
Total 100.00 350

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