IFES Election Guide | Country Profile: Spain

Name	Official Name	Type
Spanish Senate	Senado	Upper House
Spanish Congress of Deputies	Congreso de los Diputados	Lower House

Chief of State: King FELIPE VI (since 19 June 2014)
Head of Government: Prime Minister Pedro SÁNCHEZ Pérez-Castejón (since 1 June 2018)
Assembly: bicameral General Courts (Cortes Generales) including a 265-seat Senate (Senado) and a 348-seat Congress of Deputies (Congresso de los Diputados)

The King is a hereditary monarch.
The President, typically the leader of the largest congressional party or coalition, is nominated by the King and elected by the Congress of Deputies.
In the Senate, 208 members are directly elected by plurality vote in multi-seat constituencies. The remaining 57 members are indirectly elected by autonomous community legislatures. All members serve 4-year terms.
In the Congress of Deputies, 348 members are directly elected via closed-list proportional representation vote in multi-seat constituencies, and lists much receive at least 3% of the vote to win a seat. 2 members are elected from Ceuta and Melilla by plurality vote. All members serve 4-year terms.

Election For	Date	Votes	Registered Voters	Turn Out
Spanish Congress of Deputies	2000-03-12	23,125,773	33,045,318	69.98
Spanish Senate	2000-03-12	23,125,773	33,045,318	69.98
Spanish Congress of Deputies	2004-03-14	26,155,436	34,571,831	75.66
Spanish Senate	2004-03-14	23,382,667	33,969,640	68.83
Referendum	2005-02-20	14,204,663	33,563,680	42.32
Spanish Senate	2008-03-09	25,752,839	33,875,268	76.02
Spanish Congress of Deputies	2008-03-09	25,900,442	35,073,179	73.85
Spanish Senate	2011-11-20	24,483,672	35,779,491	68.43
Spanish Congress of Deputies	2011-11-20	24,666,441	35,779,491	68.94
Spanish Senate	2015-12-20	24,869,217	34,631,086	71.81
Spanish Congress of Deputies	2015-12-20	25,350,447	34,631,086	73.2
Spanish Senate	2016-06-26	23,799,958	34,476,802	69.03
Spanish Congress of Deputies	2016-06-26	24,161,083	34,597,038	69.84
Spanish Congress of Deputies	2019-04-28	26,361,051	34,798,204	75.75
Spanish Senate	2019-04-28	26,055,457	34,551,765	75.41
Spanish Congress of Deputies	2019-11-10	24,831,865	35,338,068	70.27
Spanish Senate	2019-11-10	25,199,906	35,789,402	70.41
Spanish Senate	2023-07-23	24,413,924	35,140,881	69.47
Spanish Congress of Deputies	2023-07-23	24,743,612	35,140,881	70.41

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