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Spanish general election, 2000
All 350 seats of the Congress of Deputies and 208 of 264 seats in the Senate
March 12, 2000
First party
Second party
Leader
José María Aznar
Joaquín Almunia
Party
PP
PSOE
Last election
156 seats
141 seats
Seats won
183
125
Seat change
+27
-16
Popular vote
10,321,178
7,918,752
Percentage
44.5%
34.2%
Province-level units won by
PSOE (red/purple) and
PP (blue)
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Legislative elections were held in Spain on March 12, 2000. The incumbent People's Party of Prime Minister José María Aznar was elected to a second term in office, converting its plurality of seats in the Congress of Deputies into a majority, and increasing its lead over the opposition Spanish Socialist Workers' Party.
National summary of votes and seats
Evolution of popular vote in the Spanish General Elections from the democratic transition until 2008. Voter turnout is usually high.
- Registered voters: 33,045,318
- Votes cast: 23,125,773 70.0
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Party
Votes
Seats
#
%
#
±
%
People's Party (Partido Popular)
10,321,178
44.52
183
+27
52.29
Spanish Socialist Worker's Party (Partido Socialista Obrero Español)
7,918,752
34.16
125
-16
35.71
United Left (Izquierda Unida)
1,263,043
5.45
8
-13
2.29
Convergence and Union (Convergència i Unió)
970,421
4.19
15
-1
4.29
Basque Nationalist Party (Partido Nacionalista Vasco / Euzko Alderdi Jeltzalea)
353.953
1.53
7
+2
2.00
Galician Nationalist Bloc (Bloque Nacionalista Galego)
306,268
1.32
3
+1
0.86
Canarian Coalition (Coalición Canaria)
248,261
1.07
4
=
1.14
Andalusian Party (Partido Andalucista)
206,255
0.89
1
+1
0.29
Republican Left of Catalonia (Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya)
194,715
0.84
1
=
0.29
Initiative for Catalonia Greens (Iniciativa per Catalunya Verds)
119,290
0.51
1
+1
0.29
Basque Solidarity (Eusko Alkartasuna)
100,742
0.43
1
=
0.29
Aragonese Council (Chunta Aragonesista)
75,356
0.33
1
+1
0.29
Valencian Union (Unió Valenciana)
57,830
0.25
0
-1
0.00
Unity (Euskal Herritarrok)
0
0
0
-2
0.00
Source: Adam Carr's Electoral Archive
See also: Spanish legislative election, 1996, Spanish legislative election, 2004
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