2023 Spanish general election

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The 2023 Spanish general election was a snap national parliamentary vote that produced a fragmented result, leaving no party with an outright majority and triggering complex coalition negotiations led by incumbent Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.

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instanceOf general election ⓘ
parliamentary election ⓘ
snap election ⓘ
calledBy Pedro Sánchez ⓘ
campaignPeriod June–July 2023 ⓘ
chamberElected Congress of Deputies ⓘ
part of the Senate of Spain ⓘ
country Spain ⓘ
date 2023-07-23 ⓘ
electoralBody Congress of Deputies ⓘ
Cortes Generales ⓘ
Senate of Spain ⓘ
electoralSystem D'Hondt method ⓘ
linked to: d’Hondt method
farRightParty Vox ⓘ
governmentFormationLead Pedro Sánchez ⓘ
incumbentParty Spanish Socialist Workers' Party ⓘ
incumbentPrimeMinister Pedro Sánchez ⓘ
largestParty People's Party ⓘ
leadingOppositionLeader Alberto Núñez Feijóo ⓘ
leadingOppositionParty People's Party ⓘ
leftAlliance Sumar ⓘ
legislatureNumber 15th Cortes Generales ⓘ
linked to: Cortes Generales
location Spain ⓘ
mainIssue economy ⓘ
governability and coalition formation ⓘ
territorial tensions and Catalan question ⓘ
mainLeftWingParty Spanish Socialist Workers' Party ⓘ
mainOutcome hung parliament ⓘ
mainRightWingParty People's Party ⓘ
majoritySeatsCongress 176 ⓘ
nextElection 16th Cortes Generales term ⓘ
PPLeader Alberto Núñez Feijóo ⓘ
PPSeatsCongress 136 ⓘ
previousElection 2019 Spanish general election ⓘ
PSOELeader Pedro Sánchez ⓘ
PSOESeatsCongress 121 ⓘ
reasonForCall snap election following 2023 Spanish regional and local elections ⓘ
result no party obtained an absolute majority in the Congress of Deputies ⓘ
resultCharacterization highly fragmented parliament ⓘ
resultingGovernmentFormation complex coalition negotiations ⓘ
secondLargestParty Spanish Socialist Workers' Party ⓘ
SumarLeader Yolanda Díaz ⓘ
SumarSeatsCongress 31 ⓘ
totalSeatsCongress 350 ⓘ
triggeredBy poor results of PSOE and its allies in 2023 regional and local elections ⓘ
typeOfSystem proportional representation ⓘ
voterTurnout approximately 70% ⓘ
VoxLeader Santiago Abascal ⓘ
VoxSeatsCongress 33 ⓘ
year 2023 ⓘ

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Pedro Sánchez → election → 2023 Spanish general election ⓘ
Santiago Abascal → election → Spanish general election, 2023 ⓘ
linked to: 2023 Spanish general election