Spanish general election, 2000
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Legislative elections were held in Spain
on 12 March 2000. The incumbent People's Party
of Prime Minister José María Aznar
was elected to a second term in office, converting its plurality of seats in the Congress of Deputies into a majority, and increasing its lead over the opposition Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
.
Source: Adam Carr's Electoral Archive
See also: Spanish legislative election, 1996, Spanish legislative election, 2004
Spain
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on 12 March 2000. The incumbent People's Party
People's Party (Spain)
The People's Party is a conservative political party in Spain.The People's Party was a re-foundation in 1989 of the People's Alliance , a party led and founded by Manuel Fraga Iribarne, a former Minister of Tourism during Francisco Franco's dictatorship...
of Prime Minister José María Aznar
José María Aznar
José María Alfredo Aznar López served as the Prime Minister of Spain from 1996 to 2004. He is on the board of directors of News Corporation.-Early life:...
was elected to a second term in office, converting its plurality of seats in the Congress of Deputies into a majority, and increasing its lead over the opposition Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party is a social-democratic political party in Spain. Its political position is Centre-left. The PSOE is the former ruling party of Spain, until beaten in the elections of November 2011 and the second oldest, exceeded only by the Partido Carlista, founded in...
.
National summary of votes and seats
- Registered voters: 33,045,318
- Votes cast: 23,125,773 70.0
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| Party | Votes | Seats | |||
| # | % | # | ± | % | |
| People's Party People's Party (Spain) The People's Party is a conservative political party in Spain.The People's Party was a re-foundation in 1989 of the People's Alliance , a party led and founded by Manuel Fraga Iribarne, a former Minister of Tourism during Francisco Franco's dictatorship... (Partido Popular) |
10,321,178 | 44.52 | 183 | +27 | 52.29 |
| Spanish Socialist Worker's Party (Partido Socialista Obrero Español) | 7,918,752 | 34.16 | 125 | -16 | 35.71 |
| United Left United Left (Spain) The United Left is a political coalition that was organized in 1986 bringing together several political organisations opposed to Spain joining NATO. It was formed by a number of groups of leftists, greens, left-wing socialists and republicans, but was dominated by the Communist Party of Spain... (Izquierda Unida) |
1,263,043 | 5.45 | 8 | -13 | 2.29 |
| Convergence and Union (Convergència i Unió) | 970,421 | 4.19 | 15 | -1 | 4.29 |
| Basque Nationalist Party Basque Nationalist Party The Basque National Party is the largest and oldest Basque nationalist party. It is currently the largest political party in the Basque Autonomous Community also with a minor presence in Navarre and a marginal one in the French Basque Country... (Partido Nacionalista Vasco / Euzko Alderdi Jeltzalea) |
353.953 | 1.53 | 7 | +2 | 2.00 |
| Galician Nationalist Bloc (Bloque Nacionalista Galego) | 306,268 | 1.32 | 3 | +1 | 0.86 |
| Canarian Coalition Canarian Coalition The Canarian Coalition , abbreviated to CC, is a Canarian nationalist and liberal political party in the Canary Islands of Spain. The party aim is for greater autonomy for the islands, but short of independence. The party has governed the Canary Islands since 1993... (Coalición Canaria) |
248,261 | 1.07 | 4 | = | 1.14 |
| Andalusian Party (Partido Andalucista) | 206,255 | 0.89 | 1 | +1 | 0.29 |
| Republican Left of Catalonia (Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya) | 194,715 | 0.84 | 1 | = | 0.29 |
| Initiative for Catalonia Greens Initiative for Catalonia Greens Initiative for Catalonia Greens is a political party in Catalonia, Spain. It was formed as a merger of Iniciativa per Catalunya and Els Verds. IC had been an alliance led by Partit Socialista Unificat de Catalunya and was the equivalent of Izquierda Unida in Catalonia... (Iniciativa per Catalunya Verds) |
119,290 | 0.51 | 1 | +1 | 0.29 |
| Basque Solidarity Eusko Alkartasuna Eusko Alkartasuna is a Basque nationalist political party operating in Spain and France. The Basque language name means Basque Solidarity and abbreviated as EA. The party describes itself as a Basque nationalist, democratic, popular, progressive and non-denominational party... (Eusko Alkartasuna) |
100,742 | 0.43 | 1 | = | 0.29 |
| Aragonese Council (Chunta Aragonesista) | 75,356 | 0.33 | 1 | +1 | 0.29 |
| Valencian Union (Unió Valenciana) | 57,830 | 0.25 | 0 | -1 | 0.00 |
| Unity (Euskal Herritarrok) | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0.00 |
Source: Adam Carr's Electoral Archive
See also: Spanish legislative election, 1996, Spanish legislative election, 2004
Spanish legislative election, 2004
Legislative elections were held in Spain on 14 March 2004. At stake were all 350 seats in the lower house of the Cortes Generales, the Congress of Deputies, and 208 seats in upper house, the Senate. The governing People's Party was led into the campaign by Mariano Rajoy, successor to outgoing...