Spanish general election, April 2019

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The Spanish general election of April 2019 was a snap national vote that fragmented Spain’s parliament, brought the Socialist Party (PSOE) to power under Pedro Sánchez, and marked the breakthrough of the far-right Vox party into the national legislature.

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instanceOf general election
snap election
calledBy Pedro Sánchez
campaignContext Catalan independence crisis
chamberDissolved 13th Cortes Generales
linked to: Cortes Generales
CiudadanosLeader Albert Rivera
CiudadanosSeatsCongress 57
CiudadanosVoteSharePercentage 15.9
country Spain
date 2019-04-28
electedChamber 14th Cortes Generales
fifthLargestParty Vox (political party)
linked to: Vox
fourthLargestParty Unidas Podemos
largestPartyInCongress PSOE
Spanish Socialist Workers Party
leadingPartyAfterElection PSOE
Spanish Socialist Workers Party
mainWinner PSOE
Spanish Socialist Workers Party
markedBreakthroughOf Vox (political party)
linked to: Vox
nextElection Spanish general election, November 2019
numberOfConstituenciesCongress 52
parliamentElected 14th Congress of Deputies of Spain
Senate of Spain
PPLeader Pablo Casado
PPSeatsCongress 66
PPVoteSharePercentage 16.7
previousElection Spanish general election, 2016
primeMinisterAfterElection Pedro Sánchez
primeMinisterBeforeElection Pedro Sánchez
PSOELeader Pedro Sánchez
PSOESeatsCongress 123
PSOEVoteSharePercentage 28.7
reasonForElection failure to pass 2019 national budget
requiredCoalitionBuilding true
resultedIn fragmented parliament
secondLargestParty People's Party (Spain)
thirdLargestParty Citizens (Spanish political party)
totalSeatsCongress 350
UnidasPodemosLeader Pablo Iglesias Turrión
linked to: Pablo Iglesias
UnidasPodemosSeatsCongress 42
UnidasPodemosVoteSharePercentage 14.3
voterTurnoutPercentage 75.8
votingSystemCongress D'Hondt method
linked to: d’Hondt method

closed-list proportional representation
VoxFirstEntered national legislature of Spain
VoxLeader Santiago Abascal
VoxSeatsCongress 24
VoxVoteSharePercentage 10.3

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Vox notableElection Spanish general election, April 2019
Vox notableElection Spanish general election, November 2019
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Pedro Sánchez election April 2019 Spanish general election
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Spanish general election, April 2019 previousElection Spanish general election, 2016
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Spanish general election, April 2019 electedChamber 14th Cortes Generales
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November 2019 Spanish general election follows April 2019 Spanish general election
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November 2019 Spanish general election previousElection April 2019 Spanish general election
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