Spanish general election, 2000

Spanish general election, 2000  

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All 350 seats of the Congress of Deputies and 208 of 264 seats in the Senate
12 March 2000
  First party Second party
 
Leader José María Aznar Joaquín Almunia
Party People's Party 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%

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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

• Registered voters: 33,045,318
• Votes cast: 23,125,773 70.0

← Spanish general election, 2000 →

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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