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