SPAIN

LAST ELECTIONS

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Chamber:

Congreso de los Diputados

Dates of election / renewal (from/to):

9 March 2008

Purpose of elections:

Elections were held for all the seats in the Congress of Deputies following premature dissolution of this body on 14 January 2008. Elections to the Congress of Deputies had previously taken place on 14 March 2004.

Background and outcome of elections:

Text is being prepared.

STATISTICS


Round no 1 (9 March 2008): Election results
Number of registered electors		33'875'268
Voters		25'514'671 (75.32%)
Blank or invalid ballot papers		447'284
Valid votes		25'067'387



Round no 1: Distribution of votes

Political Group	Candidates	Votes	%
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		11'064'524	44.14
People's Party (PP)		10'169'973	40.57
Convergence and Union (CiU)		774'317	3.09
Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ-PNV)		303'246	1.21
Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC)		296'473	1.18
United Left (IU)		963'040	3.84
Galician Nationalist Party (BNG)		209'042	0.83
Canarian Coalition - Canarian Nationalist Party (CC-PNC)		164'255	0.66
Union Progress and Democracy (UPyD)		303'535	1.21
Nafarroa Bai (Na-Bai)		62'073	0.25


Round no 1: Distribution of seats

Political Group				Total
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)				169
People's Party (PP)				153
Convergence and Union (CiU)				11
Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ-PNV)				6
Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC)				3
United Left (IU)				2
Galician Nationalist Party (BNG)				2
Canarian Coalition - Canarian Nationalist Party (CC-PNC)				2
Union Progress and Democracy (UPyD)				1
Nafarroa Bai (Na-Bai)				1

Comments:

Sources:
- http://www.generales2008.mir.es/ini99v.htm
- http://www.congreso.es/

Distribution of seats according to sex:

Men:

223

Women:

127

Percent of women:

36.29

Distribution of seats according to age:

Distribution of seats according to profession:

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