Spanish general elections

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Spanish general elections are nationwide parliamentary elections in Spain to choose members of the Congress of Deputies and Senate, determining the composition of the national government.

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Spanish general elections canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf national election ⓘ
parliamentary election ⓘ
basedOn Spanish Constitution of 1978 ⓘ
canBe snap elections ⓘ
canBeCalledBy King of Spain ⓘ
Prime Minister of Spain ⓘ
constituencyTypeForCongress provincial constituencies ⓘ
constituencyTypeForSenate provincial constituencies ⓘ
country Spain ⓘ
determines composition of the national government of Spain ⓘ
parliamentary majority in Spain ⓘ
electoralBody Spanish electorate ⓘ
electoralSystemType multi-party system ⓘ
elects Congress of Deputies ⓘ
Senate of Spain ⓘ
firstElectionUnderCurrentConstitution 1979 Spanish general election ⓘ
governmentFormationDependsOn parliamentary majority in Congress of Deputies ⓘ
heldIn multiple constituencies ⓘ
includes overseas voting for Spaniards abroad ⓘ
language Spanish ⓘ
mainChamberElected lower house of the Cortes Generales ⓘ
mainOutcomeMetric number of seats per party in Congress of Deputies ⓘ
occurs at least every four years ⓘ
partOf political system of Spain ⓘ
predecessor elections during the Francoist regime ⓘ
primaryLegislativeBodyElected Congress of Deputies ⓘ
regulatedBy Ley Orgánica del Régimen Electoral General ⓘ
Spanish electoral law ⓘ
relatedTo European Parliament elections in Spain ⓘ
Spanish local elections ⓘ
Spanish regional elections ⓘ
resultsIn appointment of the Prime Minister of Spain ⓘ
formation of the Government of Spain ⓘ
scope nationwide ⓘ
secondaryLegislativeBodyElected Senate of Spain ⓘ
secondaryOutcomeMetric number of seats per party in Senate ⓘ
supervisingAuthority Junta Electoral Central ⓘ
termLengthCongress 4 years ⓘ
termLengthSenate 4 years ⓘ
typeOfFranchise universal suffrage ⓘ
upperChamberElected upper house of the Cortes Generales ⓘ
uses open list voting for most Senate seats ⓘ
party lists for Congress of Deputies ⓘ
votingEligibility Spanish citizens aged 18 or over ⓘ
votingMethod secret ballot ⓘ
votingSystemForCongress D'Hondt method ⓘ
linked to: d’Hondt method

proportional representation ⓘ
votingSystemForSenate limited voting ⓘ

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PP → participatesIn → Spanish general elections ⓘ