Spanish National Elections – Update 2

OK, so we have 99.9% of the votes verified and the full breakdown for Madrid from yesterday’s Spanish general election. First, a quick reminder of what’s at stake.

There were 1,111 candidates competing for 350 seats in parliament’s lower chamber, called the Congress of Deputies. The winning party in the lower house forms next government for a four-year term. In the Senate, 1,220 candidates are competing for 208 seats.

There were 35.1 million people eligible to vote. The field consisted of about a ten mainstream parties considered to have a chance to win seats but the main fight is between the socialist PSOE and the conservative PP (Partido Popular).

National Results: Congress:
 
PSOE    169 deputees    11.064 million votes    43.64%
PP         153                     10.170                           40.11
CiU        11                       0.774                              3.05
EAJ-PNV  6                    0.303                             1.20
Esquerra   3                    0.296                              1.17
IU            2                       0.963                              3.80
BNG        2                       0.209                              0.82
CC-PNC  2                       0.164                              0.65
UPyD      1                        0.303                             1.20
NA-BAI  1                        0.062                             0.24

In Madrid the PP won out, taking 49% of the total vote against the socialists 39% – however that only translated into into a 3 seat lead because of the way constituencies are divided up. The greens got a whopping total of 10,000 votes.

2008        (2004)

Party        Votes       %      Deputees
P.P. PARTIDO POPULAR 1.723.370,       49.34,      18    (17, 45,02, 1.576.636)
P.S.O.E. PARTIDO SOCIALISTA OBRERO ESPAÑOL     1.377.996,    39.45,     15    (16 44,11 1.544.676)
IU-CM. IZQUIERDA UNIDA COMUNIDAD DE MADRID-ALTERNATIVA           163.633,     4.69,      1       (2 6,43 225.109)
UPyD UNION PROGRESO Y DEMOCRACIA        131.242,       3.76,        1
LV-GV LOS VERDES-GRUPO VERDE     10.807,       0,31,         0