2004 Spanish general election

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2004 Spanish general election
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All 350 seats in the Congress of Deputies and 208 (of 259) seats in the Senate
176 seats needed for a majority in the Congress of Deputies
Opinion polls
Registered 34,571,831 Green Arrow Up Darker.svg1.8%
Turnout 26,155,436 (75.7%)
Green Arrow Up Darker.svg7.0 pp
  First party Second party Third party
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Leader José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero Mariano Rajoy Josep Antoni Duran i Lleida
Party PSOE PP CiU
Leader since 22 July 2000 2 September 2003 24 January 2004
Leader's seat Madrid Madrid Barcelona
Last election 125 seats, 34.2% 183 seats, 44.5% 15 seats, 4.2%
Seats won 164 148 10
Seat change Green Arrow Up Darker.svg39 Red Arrow Down.svg35 Red Arrow Down.svg5
Popular vote 11,026,163 9,763,144 835,471
Percentage 42.6% 37.7% 3.2%
Swing Green Arrow Up Darker.svg8.4 pp Red Arrow Down.svg6.8 pp Red Arrow Down.svg1.0 pp
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
  170x170px Josu Erkoreka 2009 (cropped).jpg Gaspar Llamazares 2011 (cropped).jpg
Leader Josep-Lluís Carod-Rovira Josu Erkoreka Gaspar Llamazares
Party ERC EAJ-PNV IU
Leader since 2 February 2004 2004 29 October 2000
Leader's seat Barcelona Biscay Madrid
Last election 1 seat, 0.8% 7 seats, 1.5% 9 seats, 6.0%[lower-alpha 1]
Seats won 8 7 5
Seat change Green Arrow Up Darker.svg7 Arrow Blue Right 001.svg0 Red Arrow Down.svg4
Popular vote 652,196 420,980 1,284,081
Percentage 2.5% 1.6% 5.0%
Swing Green Arrow Up Darker.svg1.7 pp Green Arrow Up Darker.svg0.1 pp Red Arrow Down.svg1.0 pp
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Prime Minister before election

José María Aznar
PP

 Elected Prime Minister

José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
PSOE

The 2004 Spanish general election was held on Sunday, 14 March 2004, to elect the 8th Cortes Generales of the Kingdom of Spain. All 350 seats in the Congress of Deputies were up for election, as well as 208 of 259 seats in the Senate.

The electoral outcome was heavily influenced by the aftermath of the Madrid train bombings on 11 March, as a result of which all parties suspended their electoral campaigns.[1] For two days following the attacks, the People's Party (PP) government kept blaming the terrorist organization ETA for the bombings, even in spite of mounting evidence suggesting the involvement of Islamist groups. The government was accused of misinformation, as an Islamist attack would have been perceived as the direct result of Spain's involvement in the Iraq War, which had been highly unpopular among the public.[2][3]

The election result was described by some media as an "unprecedented electoral upset". The perceived abuse of the PP's absolute majority throughout the legislature, with a focus on Spain's involvement in Iraq, was said to have helped fuel a wave of discontent against the incumbent ruling party, with the government's mismanagement on the bombings serving as the final catalyst for change to happen.[4][5] At 11 million votes and 42.6%, the opposition Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) increased by 3.1 million its 2000 result, securing 164 seats—a net gain of 39. In contrast, the PP, which opinion polls earlier in the year had predicted would secure a diminished but still commanding victory, lost 35 seats and 7 percentage points, resulting in the worst defeat for a sitting government in Spain up to that point since 1982. The 75.7% turnout was among the highest since the Spanish transition to democracy, with no future general election having exceeded such a figure. The number of votes cast, at 26.1 million votes, remained the highest figure in gross terms for any Spanish general election until the April 2019 election.[6][7]

The day after the election, Zapatero announced his will to form a minority PSOE government, supported by other parties in a confidence and supply basis. Two minor left-wing parties, Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) and United Left (IU), immediately announced their intention to support Zapatero's government. On 16 April 2004, Zapatero was elected as new prime minister by an outright majority of the new Congress, with 183 out of 350 members voting for him, being sworn in the next day.[8]

Overview

Electoral system

The Spanish Cortes Generales were envisaged as an imperfect bicameral system. The Congress of Deputies had greater legislative power than the Senate, having the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a prime minister and to override Senate vetoes by an absolute majority of votes. Nonetheless, the Senate possessed a few exclusive, yet limited in number functions—such as its role in constitutional amendment—which were not subject to the Congress' override.[9][10] Voting for the Cortes Generales was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over eighteen and in full enjoyment of their political rights.[11]

For the Congress of Deputies, 348 seats were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with a threshold of three percent of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied in each constituency. Parties not reaching the threshold were not taken into consideration for seat distribution. Seats were allocated to constituencies, corresponding to the provinces of Spain, with each being allocated an initial minimum of two seats and the remaining 248 being distributed in proportion to their populations. Ceuta and Melilla were allocated the two remaining seats, which were elected using plurality voting.[9][12] The use of the D'Hondt method might result in a higher effective threshold, depending on the district magnitude.[13]

For the Senate, 208 seats were elected using an open list partial block voting, with electors voting for individual candidates instead of parties. In constituencies electing four seats, electors could vote for up to three candidates; in those with two or three seats, for up to two candidates; and for one candidate in single-member districts. Each of the 47 peninsular provinces was allocated four seats, whereas for insular provinces, such as the Balearic and Canary Islands, districts were the islands themselves, with the larger—Majorca, Gran Canaria and Tenerife—being allocated three seats each, and the smaller—Menorca, Ibiza–Formentera, Fuerteventura, La Gomera, El Hierro, Lanzarote and La Palma—one each. Ceuta and Melilla elected two seats each. Additionally, autonomous communities could appoint at least one senator each and were entitled to one additional senator per each million inhabitants.[9][12]

Election date

The term of each chamber of the Cortes Generales—the Congress and the Senate—expired four years from the date of their previous election, unless they were dissolved earlier. The election decree was required to be issued no later than the twenty-fifth day prior to the date of expiry of the Cortes in the event that the prime minister did not make use of his prerogative of early dissolution. The decree was to be published on the following day in the Official State Gazette (BOE), with election day taking place on the fifty-fourth day from publication. The previous election was held on 12 March 2000, which meant that the legislature's term would expire on 12 March 2004. The election decree was required to be published in the BOE no later than 17 February 2004, with the election taking place on the fifty-fourth day from publication, setting the latest possible election date for the Cortes Generales on Sunday, 11 April 2004.[12]

The prime minister had the prerogative to dissolve both chambers at any given time—either jointly or separately—and call a snap election, provided that no motion of no confidence was in process, no state of emergency was in force and that dissolution did not occur before one year had elapsed since the previous one. Additionally, both chambers were to be dissolved and a new election called if an investiture process failed to elect a prime minister within a two-month period from the first ballot.[9] Barred this exception, there was no constitutional requirement for simultaneous elections for the Congress and the Senate, there being no precedent of separate elections and with governments having long preferred that elections for the two chambers of the Cortes take place simultaneously.

On 9 January 2004, it was announced that the general election would be held on 14 March, with the Cortes to be dissolved on 20 January.[14][15] The election date was agreed with Andalusian president Manuel Chaves, to make it being held concurrently with the 2004 Andalusian regional election.[16]

Parliamentary status

The Cortes Generales were officially dissolved on 20 January 2004, after the publication of the dissolution decree in the Official State Gazette.[17] The tables below show the status of the different parliamentary groups in both chambers at the time of dissolution.[18][19]

Parliamentary composition in January 2004[20]
Congress of Deputies
Groups Parties Deputies
Seats Total
People's Parliamentary Group in the Congress PP 180 183
UPN 3
Socialist Parliamentary Group PSOE 107 124
PSC 17
Catalan Parliamentary Group
(Convergence and Union)		 CDC 11 15
UDC 4
United Left's Federal Parliamentary Group IU 8 8
Basque Parliamentary Group (EAJ/PNV) EAJ/PNV 7 7
Canarian Coalition's Parliamentary Group bgcolor="Template:Canarian Independent Groups/meta/color"| AIC 2 4
bgcolor="Template:Nationalist Canarian Initiative/meta/color"| ICAN 2
Mixed Parliamentary Group BNG 3 9[lower-alpha 2]
PA 1
ERC 1
ICV 1
EA 1
CHA 1
INDEP 1[lower-alpha 3]
 
Parliamentary composition in January 2004[22]
Senate
Groups Parties Senators
Seats Total
People's Parliamentary Group in the Senate PP 147 150
UPN 3
Socialist Parliamentary Group PSOE 67 67
Catalan Agreement of Progress
Parliamentary Group		 PSC 9 12
ERC 2
ICV 1
Convergence and Union's
Catalan Parliamentary Group in the Senate		 CDC 7 10
UDC 3
Basque Nationalist Senators' Parliamentary Group EAJ/PNV 7 7
Canarian Coalition Senators' Parliamentary Group bgcolor="Template:Canarian Independent Groups/meta/color"| AIC 2 6
bgcolor="Template:Nationalist Canarian Initiative/meta/color"| ICAN 2
bgcolor="Template:Independent Herrenian Group/meta/color"| AHI 1
bgcolor="Template:Majorera Assembly/meta/color"| AM 1
Mixed Parliamentary Group IU 3 7
BNG 1
PAR 1
bgcolor="Template:Lanzarote Independents Party/meta/color"| PIL 1
INDEP 1[lower-alpha 4]

Parties and candidates

The electoral law allowed for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, coalitions and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form a coalition ahead of an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election call, whereas groupings of electors needed to secure the signature of at least one percent of the electorate in the constituencies for which they sought election, disallowing electors from signing for more than one list of candidates.[12]

Below is a list of the main parties and electoral alliances which contested the election:

Candidacy Parties and
alliances		 Leading candidate Ideology Previous result Gov. Ref.
Votes (%) Con. Sen.
PP
List
 50px Mariano Rajoy Conservatism
Christian democracy		 44.52% 183 127 YesY [24]
[25]
[26]
PSOE
List
 50px José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero Social democracy 34.16% 125 53[lower-alpha 5] N [27]
[28]
[29]
IU
List
 Gaspar Llamazares 2011 (cropped).jpg Gaspar Llamazares Socialism
Communism		 5.96%[lower-alpha 1] 9 0[lower-alpha 5] N [30]
CiU
List
 50px Josep Antoni Duran i Lleida Catalan nationalism
Centrism		 4.19% 15 8 N [31]
[32]
EAJ/PNV
List
 Josu Erkoreka 2009 (cropped).jpg Josu Erkoreka Basque nationalism
Christian democracy
Conservative liberalism		 1.50%[lower-alpha 6] 7 6 N [33]
[34]
BNG
List
 50px Francisco Rodríguez Galician nationalism
Left-wing nationalism
Socialism		 1.32% 3 0 N
CC
List
 Paulino Rivero.jpg Paulino Rivero Regionalism
Canarian nationalism
Centrism		 1.07% 4 5 N
PA
List
 50px José Antonio González Andalusian nationalism
Social democracy		 0.89% 1 0 N
ERC
List
 50px Josep-Lluís Carod-Rovira Catalan independence
Social democracy		 0.84% 1 —[lower-alpha 5] N [35]
[36]
[37]
EA
List
 50px Begoña Lasagabaster Basque nationalism
Social democracy		 0.37%[lower-alpha 7] 1 0 N [33]
[38]
[39]
CHA
List
 50px José Antonio Labordeta Aragonese nationalism
Eco-socialism		 0.33% 1 0 N
NaBai
List
 50px Uxue Barkos Basque nationalism
Social democracy		 0.09%[lower-alpha 8] 0 0 N [40]
[41]
[42]
PSC–ERC–
ICV–EUiA
List
 50px Mercedes Aroz Catalan nationalism
Social democracy
Eco-socialism		 —[lower-alpha 9] N/A 8[lower-alpha 5] N [43]

The Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC), Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) and Initiative for Catalonia Greens (ICV) agreed to continue with the Catalan Agreement of Progress alliance for the Senate with the inclusion of United and Alternative Left (EUiA).[43] In the Balearic Islands, PSM–Nationalist Agreement (PSM–EN), United Left of the Balearic Islands (EUIB), The Greens of the Balearic Islands (EVIB) and ERC formed the Progressives for the Balearic Islands alliance.[44] A proposal for an all-left electoral alliance for the Senate in the Valencian Community, comprising the PSOE, United Left of the Valencian Country (EUPV) and the Valencian Nationalist Bloc (BNV) was ultimately discarded.[45][46][47]

Campaign period

Party slogans

Party or alliance Original slogan English translation Ref.
PP « Juntos vamos a más » "Together we go for more" [48]
PSOE « Merecemos una España mejor » "We deserve a better Spain" [49]
CiU « Duran per Catalunya: sentit comú » "Duran for Catalonia: common sense" [50][51][52]
IU « Con tu voto, es posible. Palabra » "With your vote, it is possible. Promise" [53]
EAJ/PNV « Tú tienes la palabra »
« Tu voz es importante en Madrid »		 "You have the word"
"Your voice is important in Madrid"		 [54]
CC « Gana Canarias, ganas tú » "The Canaries win, you win" [55]
BNG « Dálle un Sí a Galiza » "Give a Yes to Galicia" [54]
PA « Andalucía es nuestro trabajo » "Andalusia is our job" [56]
ERC « Parlant la gent s'entén » "People understand [each other] by talking" [57]
CHA « Labordeta, gente como tú » "Labordeta, people like you" [55]
NaBai « Orain da geroa! »
« ¡Ahora es el futuro! »		 "The future is now!" [58]

Opinion polls

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Main article: Opinion polling for the 2004 Spanish general election
Local regression trend line of poll results from 12 March 2000 to 14 March 2004, with each line corresponding to a political party.
Local regression trend line of poll results from 12 March 2000 to 14 March 2004, with each line corresponding to a political party.


Results

Congress of Deputies

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For results by autonomous community/constituency, see Results breakdown of the 2004 Spanish general election (Congress).
← Summary of the 14 March 2004 Congress of Deputies election results →
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Parties and coalitions Popular vote Seats
Votes  % ±pp Total +/−
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 11,026,163 42.59 +8.43 164 +39
People's Party (PP) 9,763,144 37.71 –6.81 148 –35
United Left (IU)1 1,284,081 4.96 –0.93 5 –4
Convergence and Union (CiU) 835,471 3.23 –0.96 10 –5
Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) 652,196 2.52 +1.68 8 +7
Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)2 420,980 1.63 +0.13 7 ±0
Canarian Coalition (CC) 235,221 0.91 –0.16 3 –1
Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG) 208,688 0.81 –0.51 2 –1
Andalusian Party (PA) 181,868 0.70 –0.19 0 –1
Aragonese Union (CHA) 94,252 0.36 +0.03 1 ±0
Basque Solidarity (EA)2 80,905 0.31 –0.06 1 ±0
rowspan="3" bgcolor="Template:The Eco-pacifist Greens/meta/color"| The Eco-pacifist Greens (LVEP) 68,027 0.26 +0.16 0 ±0
The Eco-pacifist Greens (LVEP) 37,499 0.14 +0.04 0 ±0
The Greens–The Ecologist Alternative (EV–AE) 30,528 0.12 New 0 ±0
Navarre Yes (NaBai)3 61,045 0.24 +0.15 1 +1
Valencian Nationalist Bloc–Green Left (Bloc–EV) 40,759 0.16 –0.09 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:Progressives for the Balearic Islands/meta/color"| Progressives for the Balearic Islands (PSM–EN, EU, EV, ER)4 40,289 0.16 –0.06 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:Citizens for Blank Votes/meta/color"| Citizens for Blank Votes (CenB) 40,208 0.16 New 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:Aralar (Basque political party)/meta/color"| Aralar–Stand up (Aralar–Zutik) 38,560 0.15 New 0 ±0
Aragonese Party (PAR) 36,540 0.14 –0.03 0 ±0
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) 34,101 0.13 +0.03 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:Socialist Party of Andalusia (2001)/meta/color"| Socialist Party of Andalusia (PSA) 24,127 0.09 New 0 ±0
Humanist Party (PH) 21,758 0.08 ±0.00 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:The Greens of the Community of Madrid/meta/color"| The Greens of the Community of Madrid (LVCM) 19,600 0.08 –0.01 0 ±0
Republican Left (IR) 16,993 0.07 New 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:Cannabis Party (Spain)/meta/color"| Cannabis Party for Legalisation and Normalisation (PCLyN) 16,918 0.07 New 0 ±0
Family and Life Party (PFyV) 16,699 0.06 New 0 ±0
rowspan="4" bgcolor="Template:Confederation of the Greens/meta/color"| The Greens (Verdes) 15,220 0.06 ±0.00 0 ±0
The Greens of the Region of Murcia (LVRM) 7,074 0.03 ±0.00 0 ±0
The Greens of Asturias (Verdes) 5,013 0.02 ±0.00 0 ±0
The Greens of Extremadura (LV) 3,133 0.01 ±0.00 0 ±0
National Democracy (DN) 15,180 0.06 New 0 ±0
Leonese People's Union (UPL) 14,160 0.05 –0.13 0 ±0
Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE) 12,979 0.05 –0.01 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:The Greens–Green Group/meta/color"| The Greens–Green Group (LV–GV) 12,749 0.05 –0.04 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:Falange Española de las JONS (1976)/meta/color"| Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS)5 12,266 0.05 +0.02 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:Majorcan Union/meta/color"| Majorcan Union (UM) 10,558 0.04 ±0.00 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:La Falange (1999)/meta/color"| The Phalanx (FE) 10,311 0.04 –0.02 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:Commoners' Land/meta/color"| Commoners' Land–Castilian Nationalist Party (TC–PNC) 8,866 0.03 –0.05 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:Internationalist Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Internationalist Socialist Workers' Party (POSI) 8,003 0.03 –0.02 0 ±0
Republican Social Movement (MSR) 6,768 0.03 New 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:Spanish Democratic Party/meta/color"| Spanish Democratic Party (PADE) 5,677 0.02 –0.02 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:Convergence of Democrats of Navarre/meta/color"| Convergence of Democrats of Navarre (CDN) 5,573 0.02 –0.02 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:Falange Auténtica/meta/color"| Authentic Phalanx (FA) 4,589 0.02 New 0 ±0
Asturianist Party (PAS) 4,292 0.02 –0.01 0 ±0
Spain 2000 (E–2000) 4,231 0.02 –0.02 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:Canarian Nationalist Party/meta/color"| Canarian Nationalist Party (PNC) 4,092 0.02 New 0 ±0
United Extremadura (EU) 3,916 0.02 ±0.00 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:Party of Self-employed and Professionals/meta/color"| Party of Self-employed and Professionals (AUTONOMO) 3,124 0.01 –0.01 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:Initiative for the Development of Soria/meta/color"| Initiative for the Development of Soria (IDES) 2,934 0.01 New 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:Andalusia Assembly/meta/color"| Andalusia Assembly (A) 2,930 0.01 ±0.00 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:Canarian Popular Alternative/meta/color"| Canarian Popular Alternative (APCa) 2,715 0.01 New 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:European Green Group (Spain)/meta/color"| European Green Group (GVE) 2,662 0.01 New 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:Independent Candidacy (Castile and León)/meta/color"| Independent Candidacy–The Party of Castile and León (CI–PCL) 2,421 0.01 –0.01 0 ±0
Unsubmissive Seats–Alternative of Discontented Democrats (Ei–ADD) 2,332 0.01 New 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:Party of the Democratic Karma/meta/color"| Party of the Democratic Karma (PKD) 2,300 0.01 ±0.00 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:Galician People's Front/meta/color"| Galician People's Front (FPG) 2,257 0.01 ±0.00 0 ±0
Galician Coalition (CG) 2,235 0.01 ±0.00 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:Alliance for Development and Nature/meta/color"| Alliance for Development and Nature (ADN) 2,215 0.01 New 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:Party of Precarious Workers/meta/color"| Party of Precarious Workers (PTPRE) 2,115 0.01 New 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:Kingdom of Valencia Identity/meta/color"| Kingdom of Valencia Identity (IRV) 2,111 0.01 New 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:Party of Self-employed, Retirees and Widows/meta/color"| Party of Self-employed, Retirees and Widows (PAE) 2,082 0.01 ±0.00 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:Andecha Astur/meta/color"| Andecha Astur (AA) 1,970 0.01 ±0.00 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:Union of the Salamancan People/meta/color"| Union of the Salamancan People (UPSa) 1,871 0.01 New 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:The Greens–Green Alternative/meta/color"| The Greens–Green Alternative (EV–AV) 1,836 0.01 –0.04 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:Carlist Party (1970)/meta/color"| Carlist Party (PC) 1,813 0.01 ±0.00 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:Romantic Mutual Support Party/meta/color"| Romantic Mutual Support Party (PMAR) 1,561 0.01 New 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:Cantabrian Nationalist Council/meta/color"| Cantabrian Nationalist Council (CNC) 1,431 0.01 ±0.00 0 ±0
Salamanca–Zamora–León–PREPAL (PREPAL) 1,322 0.01 ±0.00 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:Another Democracy is Possible/meta/color"| Another Democracy is Possible (ODeP) 1,302 0.01 New 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:Independent Social Group/meta/color"| Independent Social Group (ASI) 1,237 0.00 New 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:Independent Social Democratic Party of the Valencian Community/meta/color"| Independent Social Democratic Party of the Valencian Community (PSICV) 1,096 0.00 New 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:Republican Party (Spain)/meta/color"| Republican Party (PRF) 1,051 0.00 New 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:Alternative for Gran Canaria/meta/color"| Alternative for Gran Canaria (AxGC) 957 0.00 New 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:National Alliance (Spain)/meta/color"| Alliance for National Unity (AUN) 923 0.00 New 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:Left Assembly–Initiative for Andalusia/meta/color"| Left Assembly–Initiative for Andalusia (A–IZ) 901 0.00 New 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:Christian Positivist Party (Spain)/meta/color"| Christian Positivist Party (PPCr) 892 0.00 ±0.00 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:Asturian Left/meta/color"| Asturian Left (IAS) 854 0.00 ±0.00 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:Socialist Party of the People of Ceuta/meta/color"| Socialist Party of the People of Ceuta (PSPC) 807 0.00 ±0.00 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:Liberal Centrist Union (Spain)/meta/color"| Liberal Centrist Union (UCL) 798 0.00 New 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:Caló Nationalist Party/meta/color"| Caló Nationalist Party (PNCA) 757 0.00 –0.01 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:United Zamora/meta/color"| United Zamora (ZU) 754 0.00 New 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:Union of Centrists of Menorca/meta/color"| Union of Centrists of Menorca (UCM) 751 0.00 New 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:Internationalist Struggle/meta/color"| Internationalist Struggle (LI (LIT–CI)) 668 0.00 –0.01 0 ±0
Spanish Democratic Front (FDE) 619 0.00 New 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:Castilian Unity/meta/color"| Castilian Unity (UdCa) 601 0.00 New 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:Andalusian Social Democratic Party/meta/color"| Andalusian Social Democratic Party (PSDA) 583 0.00 New 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:Nationalist Maga Alternative/meta/color"| Nationalist Maga Alternative (AMAGA) 468 0.00 New 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:Balearic People's Union/meta/color"| Balearic People's Union (UPB) 411 0.00 ±0.00 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:European Nation State/meta/color"| European Nation State (N) 410 0.00 ±0.00 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:Workers for Democracy Coalition/meta/color"| Workers for Democracy Coalition (TD) 407 0.00 New 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:National Workers' Party (Spain)/meta/color"| National Workers' Party (PNT) 379 0.00 New 0 ±0
Party of The People (LG) 378 0.00 New 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:Regionalist Party of Guadalajara/meta/color"| Regionalist Party of Guadalajara (PRGU) 330 0.00 ±0.00 0 ±0
National Union (UN) 318 0.00 ±0.00 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:Citizens' Convergence of the South-East/meta/color"| Citizens' Convergence of the South-East (CCSE) 308 0.00 ±0.00 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:National Democratic Party of Spain/meta/color"| National Democratic Party of Spain (PDNE) 232 0.00 New 0 ±0
Spanish Absolute Honesty Political Group (GPHAE) 52 0.00 New 0 ±0
Blank ballots 407,795 1.58 ±0.00
Total 25,891,299 350 ±0
Valid votes 25,891,299 98.99 –0.33
Invalid votes 264,137 1.01 +0.33
Votes cast / turnout 26,155,436 75.66 +6.95
Abstentions 8,416,395 24.34 –6.95
Registered voters 34,571,831
Sources[59][60]
Popular vote
PSOE
  
 42.59%
PP
  
 37.71%
IU
  
 4.96%
CiU
  
 3.23%
ERC
  
 2.52%
EAJ/PNV
  
 1.63%
CC
  
 0.91%
BNG
  
 0.81%
CHA
  
 0.36%
EA
  
 0.31%
NaBai
  
 0.24%
Others
  
 3.17%
Blank ballots
  
 1.58%
Seats
PSOE
  
 46.86%
PP
  
 42.29%
CiU
  
 2.86%
ERC
  
 2.29%
EAJ/PNV
  
 2.00%
IU
  
 1.43%
CC
  
 0.89%
BNG
  
 0.57%
CHA
  
 0.29%
EA
  
 0.29%
NaBai
  
 0.29%

Senate

← Summary of the 14 March 2004 Senate of Spain election results →
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Parties and coalitions Directly
elected		 Reg.
app.		 Total
Seats +/−
People's Party (PP) 102 –25 24 126
People's Party (PP)1 98 –26 23 121
Navarrese People's Union (UPN) 3 ±0 1 4
Valencian Union (UV) 1 +1 0 1
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 81 +28 15 96
Catalan Agreement of Progress (PSC–ERC–ICV–EUiA) 12 +4 4 16
Socialists' Party of Catalonia–Citizens for Change (PSC–CpC) 8 +1 2 10
Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) 3 +2 1 4
Initiative for Catalonia Greens–EUiA (ICV–EUiA) 1 +1 1 2
Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) 6 ±0 1 7
Convergence and Union (CiU) 4 –4 2 6
Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (CDC) 4 –2 1 5
Democratic Union of Catalonia (UDC) 0 –2 1 1
Canarian Coalition (CC) 3 –2 1 4
Canarian Independent Groups (AIC) 2 ±0 0 2
Nationalist Canarian Initiative (ICAN) 0 –1 1 1
Independent Herrenian Group (AHI) 1 ±0 0 1
Majorera Assembly (AM) 0 –1 0 0
United Left (IU) 0 ±0 2 2
Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG) 0 ±0 1 1
Aragonese Party (PAR) 0 ±0 1 1
bgcolor="Template:Lanzarote Independents Party/meta/color"| Lanzarote Independents Party (PIL) 0 –1 0 0
Total 208 ±0 51 259
Sources[19][60][61][62]
Seats
PP
  
 48.65%
PSOE
  
 37.07%
PSC–ERC–ICV
  
 6.18%
EAJ/PNV
  
 2.70%
CiU
  
 2.32%
CC
  
 1.54%
IU
  
 0.77%
BNG
  
 0.39%
PAR
  
 0.39%

Aftermath

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Further information: First Zapatero Government
Investiture
José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (PSOE)
Ballot → 16 April 2004
Required majority → 176 out of 350 YesY
Yes
183 / 350
No
  • • PP (148)
148 / 350
Abstentions
19 / 350
Absentees
0 / 350
Sources[63]

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Results for United Left (5.45%) and Initiative for Catalonia–Greens (0.51%) in the 2000 election.
  2. ↑ 3 BNG, 1 PA, 1 ERC, 1 EA, 1 CHA, 1 ICV, 1 independent (ex-PSOE).
  3. ↑ Cristina Alberdi, former PSOE legislator.[21]
  4. ↑ Enrique Bellido, former PP legislator.[23]
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 The Socialists' Party of Catalonia (7 senators), Republican Left of Catalonia (1 senator) and Initiative for Catalonia Greens (0 senators) contested the 2000 Senate election within the Catalan Agreement of Progress alliance.
  6. ↑ Results for Basque Nationalist Party in the 2000 election, not including Navarre.
  7. ↑ Results for Eusko Alkartasuna in the 2000 election, not including Navarre.
  8. ↑ Results for Eusko Alkartasuna (0.06%) and Basque Nationalist Party in Navarre (0.03%) in the 2000 election.
  9. ↑ The Catalan Agreement of Progress only fielded candidates for the Senate election.

References

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