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class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/50px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="33" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/75px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/100px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></span><hr /></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><table style="width:100%; margin:1px; display:inline-table;"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:middle; padding:0 0.5em 0 0;width:20%;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/1996_Spanish_general_election" title="1996 Spanish general election">1996</a></td> <td style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 1px;width:60%;" class=""><b>12 March 2000</b></td> <td style="text-align:right; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 0 0 0.5em;width:20%;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/2004_Spanish_general_election" title="2004 Spanish general election">2004</a> →</td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><hr />All 350 seats in the <a href="/wiki/Congress_of_Deputies" title="Congress of Deputies">Congress of Deputies</a> and 208 (of 259) seats in the <a href="/wiki/Senate_of_Spain" title="Senate of Spain">Senate</a><br />176 seats needed for a majority in the Congress of Deputies</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/Opinion_polling_for_the_2000_Spanish_general_election" title="Opinion polling for the 2000 Spanish general election">Opinion polls</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Registered</th><td class="infobox-data">33,969,640 <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Green_Arrow_Up_Darker.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Green arrow up"><img alt="Green arrow up" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Green_Arrow_Up_Darker.svg/10px-Green_Arrow_Up_Darker.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Green_Arrow_Up_Darker.svg/15px-Green_Arrow_Up_Darker.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Green_Arrow_Up_Darker.svg/20px-Green_Arrow_Up_Darker.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="700" /></a></span>4.4%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Turnout</th><td class="infobox-data">23,339,490 (68.7%)<br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Red_Arrow_Down.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Red arrow down"><img alt="Red arrow down" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Red_Arrow_Down.svg/10px-Red_Arrow_Down.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Red_Arrow_Down.svg/15px-Red_Arrow_Down.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Red_Arrow_Down.svg/20px-Red_Arrow_Down.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="700" /></a></span>8.7 <a href="/wiki/Percentage_point" title="Percentage point">pp</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr class="sr-only"> <th style="text-align:left;">  </th> <th style="text-align:center">First party </th> <th style="text-align:center">Second party </th> <th style="text-align:center">Third party </th></tr> <tr> <td>  </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #1D84CE;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jos%C3%A9_Mar%C3%ADa_Aznar_1999_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Jos%C3%A9_Mar%C3%ADa_Aznar_1999_%28cropped%29.jpg/113px-Jos%C3%A9_Mar%C3%ADa_Aznar_1999_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="113" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Jos%C3%A9_Mar%C3%ADa_Aznar_1999_%28cropped%29.jpg/170px-Jos%C3%A9_Mar%C3%ADa_Aznar_1999_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Jos%C3%A9_Mar%C3%ADa_Aznar_1999_%28cropped%29.jpg/227px-Jos%C3%A9_Mar%C3%ADa_Aznar_1999_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="260" data-file-height="389" /></a></span> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #EF1C27"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Joaquin_Almunia_2002_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Joaquin_Almunia_2002_%28cropped%29.jpg/113px-Joaquin_Almunia_2002_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="113" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d1/Joaquin_Almunia_2002_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="150" data-file-height="225" /></a></span> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #18307B;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Xavier_Trias_2011_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Xavier_Trias_2011_%28cropped%29.jpg/113px-Xavier_Trias_2011_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="113" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Xavier_Trias_2011_%28cropped%29.jpg/170px-Xavier_Trias_2011_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Xavier_Trias_2011_%28cropped%29.jpg/227px-Xavier_Trias_2011_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="1797" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Leader </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Mar%C3%ADa_Aznar" title="José María Aznar">José María Aznar</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Joaqu%C3%ADn_Almunia" title="Joaquín Almunia">Joaquín Almunia</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Xavier_Trias" title="Xavier Trias">Xavier Trias</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Party </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Party_(Spain)" title="People's Party (Spain)">PP</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Spanish_Socialist_Workers%27_Party" title="Spanish Socialist Workers' Party">PSOE</a>–<a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_of_the_New_Left" title="Democratic Party of the New Left">p</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Convergence_and_Union" title="Convergence and Union">CiU</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Leader since </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">4 September 1989 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">21 June 1997 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">20 August 1999 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Leader's seat </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Madrid_(Congress_of_Deputies_constituency)" title="Madrid (Congress of Deputies constituency)">Madrid</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Madrid_(Congress_of_Deputies_constituency)" title="Madrid (Congress of Deputies constituency)">Madrid</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Barcelona_(Congress_of_Deputies_constituency)" title="Barcelona (Congress of Deputies constituency)">Barcelona</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Last election </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">156 seats, 38.8% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">141 seats, 37.6% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">16 seats, 4.6% </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seats won </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">183 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">125 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">15 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seat change </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Green_Arrow_Up_Darker.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Green arrow up"><img alt="Green arrow up" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Green_Arrow_Up_Darker.svg/10px-Green_Arrow_Up_Darker.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Green_Arrow_Up_Darker.svg/15px-Green_Arrow_Up_Darker.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Green_Arrow_Up_Darker.svg/20px-Green_Arrow_Up_Darker.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="700" /></a></span>27 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Red_Arrow_Down.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Red arrow down"><img alt="Red arrow down" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Red_Arrow_Down.svg/10px-Red_Arrow_Down.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Red_Arrow_Down.svg/15px-Red_Arrow_Down.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Red_Arrow_Down.svg/20px-Red_Arrow_Down.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="700" /></a></span>16 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Red_Arrow_Down.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Red arrow down"><img alt="Red arrow down" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Red_Arrow_Down.svg/10px-Red_Arrow_Down.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Red_Arrow_Down.svg/15px-Red_Arrow_Down.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Red_Arrow_Down.svg/20px-Red_Arrow_Down.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="700" /></a></span>1 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Popular vote </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">10,321,178 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">7,918,752 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">970,421 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Percentage </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">44.5% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">34.2% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">4.2% </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Swing </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Green_Arrow_Up_Darker.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Green arrow up"><img alt="Green arrow up" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Green_Arrow_Up_Darker.svg/10px-Green_Arrow_Up_Darker.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Green_Arrow_Up_Darker.svg/15px-Green_Arrow_Up_Darker.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Green_Arrow_Up_Darker.svg/20px-Green_Arrow_Up_Darker.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="700" /></a></span>5.7 <a href="/wiki/Percentage_point" title="Percentage point">pp</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Red_Arrow_Down.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Red arrow down"><img alt="Red arrow down" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Red_Arrow_Down.svg/10px-Red_Arrow_Down.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Red_Arrow_Down.svg/15px-Red_Arrow_Down.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Red_Arrow_Down.svg/20px-Red_Arrow_Down.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="700" /></a></span>3.4 <a href="/wiki/Percentage_point" title="Percentage point">pp</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Red_Arrow_Down.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Red arrow down"><img alt="Red arrow down" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Red_Arrow_Down.svg/10px-Red_Arrow_Down.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Red_Arrow_Down.svg/15px-Red_Arrow_Down.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Red_Arrow_Down.svg/20px-Red_Arrow_Down.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="700" /></a></span>0.4 <a href="/wiki/Percentage_point" title="Percentage point">pp</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="4"><hr /> </td></tr> <tr class="sr-only"> <th style="text-align:left;">  </th> <th style="text-align:center">Fourth party </th> <th style="text-align:center">Fifth party </th> <th style="text-align:center">Sixth party </th></tr> <tr> <td>  </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #732021;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Francisco_Frutos_2005_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Francisco_Frutos_2005_%28cropped%29.jpg/113px-Francisco_Frutos_2005_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="113" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Francisco_Frutos_2005_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="165" data-file-height="247" /></a></span> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #4AAE4A;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:2007_02_Inaki_Anasagasti-2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/2007_02_Inaki_Anasagasti-2.jpg/112px-2007_02_Inaki_Anasagasti-2.jpg" decoding="async" width="112" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/2007_02_Inaki_Anasagasti-2.jpg/169px-2007_02_Inaki_Anasagasti-2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/2007_02_Inaki_Anasagasti-2.jpg/225px-2007_02_Inaki_Anasagasti-2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="466" data-file-height="704" /></a></span> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #FFD700;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Portrait_placeholder.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Portrait_placeholder.svg/111px-Portrait_placeholder.svg.png" decoding="async" width="111" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Portrait_placeholder.svg/167px-Portrait_placeholder.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Portrait_placeholder.svg/223px-Portrait_placeholder.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="379" data-file-height="577" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Leader </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Francisco_Frutos" title="Francisco Frutos">Francisco Frutos</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/I%C3%B1aki_Anasagasti" title="Iñaki Anasagasti">Iñaki Anasagasti</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jos%C3%A9_Carlos_Mauricio&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="José Carlos Mauricio (page does not exist)">José Carlos Mauricio</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Party </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/United_Left_(Spain)" title="United Left (Spain)">IU</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Basque_Nationalist_Party" title="Basque Nationalist Party">EAJ/PNV</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Canarian_Coalition" title="Canarian Coalition">CC</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Leader since </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">7 December 1998 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">1986 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">1996 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Leader's seat </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Madrid_(Congress_of_Deputies_constituency)" title="Madrid (Congress of Deputies constituency)">Madrid</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Biscay_(Congress_of_Deputies_constituency)" title="Biscay (Congress of Deputies constituency)">Biscay</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Las_Palmas_(Congress_of_Deputies_constituency)" title="Las Palmas (Congress of Deputies constituency)">Las Palmas</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Last election </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">19 seats, 9.4%<sup id="cite_ref-IU_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IU-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">5 seats, 1.3% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">4 seats, 0.9% </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seats won </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">8 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">7 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">4 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seat change </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Red_Arrow_Down.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Red arrow down"><img alt="Red arrow down" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Red_Arrow_Down.svg/10px-Red_Arrow_Down.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Red_Arrow_Down.svg/15px-Red_Arrow_Down.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Red_Arrow_Down.svg/20px-Red_Arrow_Down.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="700" /></a></span>11 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Green_Arrow_Up_Darker.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Green arrow up"><img alt="Green arrow up" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Green_Arrow_Up_Darker.svg/10px-Green_Arrow_Up_Darker.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Green_Arrow_Up_Darker.svg/15px-Green_Arrow_Up_Darker.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Green_Arrow_Up_Darker.svg/20px-Green_Arrow_Up_Darker.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="700" /></a></span>2 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Arrow_Blue_Right_001.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Blue arrow right"><img alt="Blue arrow right" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Arrow_Blue_Right_001.svg/10px-Arrow_Blue_Right_001.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Arrow_Blue_Right_001.svg/15px-Arrow_Blue_Right_001.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Arrow_Blue_Right_001.svg/20px-Arrow_Blue_Right_001.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="100" /></a></span>0 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Popular vote </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">1,263,043 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">353,953 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">248,261 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Percentage </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">5.4% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">1.5% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">1.1% </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Swing </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Red_Arrow_Down.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Red arrow down"><img alt="Red arrow down" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Red_Arrow_Down.svg/10px-Red_Arrow_Down.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Red_Arrow_Down.svg/15px-Red_Arrow_Down.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Red_Arrow_Down.svg/20px-Red_Arrow_Down.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="700" /></a></span>3.9 <a href="/wiki/Percentage_point" title="Percentage point">pp</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Green_Arrow_Up_Darker.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Green arrow up"><img alt="Green arrow up" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Green_Arrow_Up_Darker.svg/10px-Green_Arrow_Up_Darker.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Green_Arrow_Up_Darker.svg/15px-Green_Arrow_Up_Darker.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Green_Arrow_Up_Darker.svg/20px-Green_Arrow_Up_Darker.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="700" /></a></span>0.2 <a href="/wiki/Percentage_point" title="Percentage point">pp</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Green_Arrow_Up_Darker.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Green arrow up"><img alt="Green arrow up" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Green_Arrow_Up_Darker.svg/10px-Green_Arrow_Up_Darker.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Green_Arrow_Up_Darker.svg/15px-Green_Arrow_Up_Darker.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Green_Arrow_Up_Darker.svg/20px-Green_Arrow_Up_Darker.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="700" /></a></span>0.2 <a href="/wiki/Percentage_point" title="Percentage point">pp</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /><div class="switcher-container"><div> <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:2000_Spanish_general_election_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Map of Spain showcasing seat distribution by Congress of Deputies constituency"><img alt="Map of Spain showcasing seat distribution by Congress of Deputies constituency" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/2000_Spanish_general_election_map.svg/434px-2000_Spanish_general_election_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="434" height="315" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/2000_Spanish_general_election_map.svg/652px-2000_Spanish_general_election_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/2000_Spanish_general_election_map.svg/868px-2000_Spanish_general_election_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="536" data-file-height="389" /></a></span> <span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Election results by <a href="/wiki/Congress_of_Deputies" title="Congress of Deputies">Congress of Deputies</a> constituency</span></div><div> <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:2000_Spanish_election_-_Results.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Map of Spain showcasing winning party's strength by constituency"><img alt="Map of Spain showcasing winning party's strength by constituency" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/2000_Spanish_election_-_Results.svg/434px-2000_Spanish_election_-_Results.svg.png" decoding="async" width="434" height="315" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/2000_Spanish_election_-_Results.svg/652px-2000_Spanish_election_-_Results.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/2000_Spanish_election_-_Results.svg/868px-2000_Spanish_election_-_Results.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="536" data-file-height="389" /></a></span> <span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Winner strength by constituency</span></div><div> <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:2000_Spanish_election_-_AC_results.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Map of Spain showcasing winning party's strength by autonomous community"><img alt="Map of Spain showcasing winning party's strength by autonomous community" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/2000_Spanish_election_-_AC_results.svg/434px-2000_Spanish_election_-_AC_results.svg.png" decoding="async" width="434" height="315" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/2000_Spanish_election_-_AC_results.svg/652px-2000_Spanish_election_-_AC_results.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/2000_Spanish_election_-_AC_results.svg/868px-2000_Spanish_election_-_AC_results.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="536" data-file-height="389" /></a></span> <span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Winner strength by autonomous community</span></div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%; text-align:left;"><b><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Spain" title="Prime Minister of Spain">Prime Minister</a> before election</b><br /> <p><a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Mar%C3%ADa_Aznar" title="José María Aznar">José María Aznar</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Party_(Spain)" title="People's Party (Spain)">PP</a> </p> </td> <td style="width:50%; text-align:right;"><b>Prime Minister after election</b> <br /> <p><a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Mar%C3%ADa_Aznar" title="José María Aznar">José María Aznar</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Party_(Spain)" title="People's Party (Spain)">PP</a> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>2000 Spanish general election</b> was held on Sunday, 12 March 2000, to elect the 7th <span title="Spanish-language text"><span lang="es" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Cortes_Generales" title="Cortes Generales">Cortes Generales</a></span></span> of the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Spain" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingdom of Spain">Kingdom of Spain</a>. All 350 seats in the <a href="/wiki/Congress_of_Deputies" title="Congress of Deputies">Congress of Deputies</a> were up for election, as well as 208 of 259 seats in the <a href="/wiki/Senate_of_Spain" title="Senate of Spain">Senate</a>. </p><p>The incumbent <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Party_(Spain)" title="People's Party (Spain)">People's Party</a> (PP) of Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Mar%C3%ADa_Aznar" title="José María Aznar">José María Aznar</a> secured an unpredicted absolute majority in the Congress of Deputies, obtaining 183 out of 350 seats and increasing its margin of victory with the opposition <a href="/wiki/Spanish_Socialist_Workers%27_Party" title="Spanish Socialist Workers' Party">Spanish Socialist Workers' Party</a> (PSOE) to 2.4 million votes.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The PSOE did not profit from a pre-election agreement with <a href="/wiki/United_Left_(Spain)" title="United Left (Spain)">United Left</a> (IU) and lost 1.6 million votes and 16 seats, coupled to the 1.4 million votes and 13 seats lost by IU. Such an alliance was said to prompt <a href="/wiki/Tactical_voting" class="mw-redirect" title="Tactical voting">tactical voting</a> for the PP, which also benefited from economic growth, a moderate stance throughout the legislature and internal struggles within the opposition parties. For the first time since the <a href="/wiki/Spanish_transition_to_democracy" title="Spanish transition to democracy">Spanish transition to democracy</a>, the PP results exceeded the combined totals for PSOE and IU.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> PSOE leader <a href="/wiki/Joaqu%C3%ADn_Almunia" title="Joaquín Almunia">Joaquín Almunia</a> announced his resignation immediately after results were known.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Regional and peripheral nationalist parties improved their results, except for <a href="/wiki/Convergence_and_Union" title="Convergence and Union">Convergence and Union</a> (CiU)—which had been in electoral decline for a decade—and <a href="/wiki/Herri_Batasuna" title="Herri Batasuna">Herri Batasuna</a>/<a href="/wiki/Euskal_Herritarrok" title="Euskal Herritarrok">Euskal Herritarrok</a> (EH), which urged to <a href="/wiki/Election_boycott" title="Election boycott">boycott the election</a> and called for their supporters to abstain in the Basque Country and Navarre.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Basque_Nationalist_Party" title="Basque Nationalist Party">Basque Nationalist Party</a> (PNV) benefitted from EH's absence and gained two seats, whereas both <a href="/wiki/Canarian_Coalition" title="Canarian Coalition">Canarian Coalition</a> (CC) and the <a href="/wiki/Galician_Nationalist_Bloc" title="Galician Nationalist Bloc">Galician Nationalist Bloc</a> (BNG) had strong showings in their respective regions. <a href="/wiki/Initiative_for_Catalonia" class="mw-redirect" title="Initiative for Catalonia">Initiative for Catalonia</a> (IC), which had split from IU in 1997, clinged on to parliamentary representation but suffered from the electoral competition with <a href="/wiki/United_and_Alternative_Left" title="United and Alternative Left">United and Alternative Left</a> (EUiA), IU's newly-founded regional branch in Catalonia which failed to secure any seat. This would be the first and only general election in which both parties would contest each other. </p><p>This election featured some notable feats: this was the first absolute majority the PP obtained in a general election, with its best result in both popular vote share and seats up until then, a result only exceeded in <a href="/wiki/2011_Spanish_general_election" title="2011 Spanish general election">2011</a>. In contrast, the PSOE got its worst election result in 21 years. This was also the second time a party received more than 10 million votes, the last time being in <a href="/wiki/1982_Spanish_general_election" title="1982 Spanish general election">1982</a>, when 10.1 million voters voted for <a href="/wiki/Felipe_Gonz%C3%A1lez" title="Felipe González">Felipe González</a>'s PSOE. The voters' turnout registered was one of the lowest in democratic Spain for Spanish election standards, with only 68.7% of the electorate casting a vote. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Overview">Overview</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2000_Spanish_general_election&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Overview"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Electoral_system">Electoral system</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2000_Spanish_general_election&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Electoral system"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Spanish <span title="Spanish-language text"><span lang="es" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Cortes_Generales" title="Cortes Generales">Cortes Generales</a></span></span> were envisaged as an <a href="/wiki/Imperfect_bicameralism" class="mw-redirect" title="Imperfect bicameralism">imperfect bicameral</a> system. The <a href="/wiki/Congress_of_Deputies" title="Congress of Deputies">Congress of Deputies</a> had greater legislative power than the <a href="/wiki/Senate_of_Spain" title="Senate of Spain">Senate</a>, having the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Spain" title="Prime Minister of Spain">prime minister</a> and to override Senate <a href="/wiki/Veto" title="Veto">vetoes</a> by an <a href="/wiki/Absolute_majority" class="mw-redirect" title="Absolute majority">absolute majority</a> of votes. Nonetheless, the Senate possessed a few exclusive (yet limited in number) functions—such as its role in <a href="/wiki/Constitutional_amendment" title="Constitutional amendment">constitutional amendment</a>—which were not subject to the Congress' override.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Voting for the <span title="Spanish-language text"><span lang="es" style="font-style: normal;">Cortes Generales</span></span> was on the basis of <a href="/wiki/Universal_suffrage" title="Universal suffrage">universal suffrage</a>, which comprised all nationals over 18 years of age and in full enjoyment of their political rights.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECarreras_de_OdriozolaTafunell_Sambola20051077_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECarreras_de_OdriozolaTafunell_Sambola20051077-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>For the Congress of Deputies, 348 seats were elected using the <a href="/wiki/D%27Hondt_method" title="D'Hondt method">D'Hondt method</a> and a <a href="/wiki/Closed_list" title="Closed list">closed list</a> <a href="/wiki/Proportional_representation" title="Proportional representation">proportional representation</a>, with an <a href="/wiki/Electoral_threshold" title="Electoral threshold">electoral threshold</a> of three percent of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied in each constituency. Seats were allocated to constituencies, corresponding to the <a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Spain" title="Provinces of Spain">provinces of Spain</a>, with each being allocated an initial minimum of two seats and the remaining 248 being distributed in proportion to their populations. <a href="/wiki/Ceuta" title="Ceuta">Ceuta</a> and <a href="/wiki/Melilla" title="Melilla">Melilla</a> were allocated the two remaining seats, which were elected using <a href="/wiki/Plurality_voting" title="Plurality voting">plurality voting</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The use of the electoral method resulted in an <a href="/wiki/Electoral_threshold#Natural_threshold" title="Electoral threshold">effective threshold</a> based on the <a href="/wiki/Electoral_district#District_magnitude" title="Electoral district">district magnitude</a> and the distribution of votes among candidacies.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As a result of the aforementioned allocation, each Congress multi-member constituency was entitled the following seats:<sup id="cite_ref-ElectionDecree_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ElectionDecree-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:left;"> <tbody><tr> <th width="50">Seats </th> <th width="600">Constituencies </th></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><b>34</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Madrid_(Congress_of_Deputies_constituency)" title="Madrid (Congress of Deputies constituency)">Madrid</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><b>31</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Barcelona_(Congress_of_Deputies_constituency)" title="Barcelona (Congress of Deputies constituency)">Barcelona</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><b>16</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Valencia_(Congress_of_Deputies_constituency)" title="Valencia (Congress of Deputies constituency)">Valencia</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><b>13</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Seville_(Congress_of_Deputies_constituency)" title="Seville (Congress of Deputies constituency)">Seville</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><b>11</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alicante_(Congress_of_Deputies_constituency)" title="Alicante (Congress of Deputies constituency)">Alicante</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><b>10</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/M%C3%A1laga_(Congress_of_Deputies_constituency)" title="Málaga (Congress of Deputies constituency)">Málaga</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><b>9</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/A_Coru%C3%B1a_(Congress_of_Deputies_constituency)" title="A Coruña (Congress of Deputies constituency)">A Coruña</a>, <a href="/wiki/Asturias_(Congress_of_Deputies_constituency)" title="Asturias (Congress of Deputies constituency)">Asturias</a>, <a href="/wiki/Biscay_(Congress_of_Deputies_constituency)" title="Biscay (Congress of Deputies constituency)">Biscay</a>, <a href="/wiki/C%C3%A1diz_(Congress_of_Deputies_constituency)" title="Cádiz (Congress of Deputies constituency)">Cádiz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Murcia_(Congress_of_Deputies_constituency)" title="Murcia (Congress of Deputies constituency)">Murcia</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><b>8</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pontevedra_(Congress_of_Deputies_constituency)" title="Pontevedra (Congress of Deputies constituency)">Pontevedra</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><b>7</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Balearic_Islands_(Congress_of_Deputies_constituency)" title="Balearic Islands (Congress of Deputies constituency)">Balearic Islands</a>, <a href="/wiki/C%C3%B3rdoba_(Congress_of_Deputies_constituency)" title="Córdoba (Congress of Deputies constituency)">Córdoba</a>, <a href="/wiki/Granada_(Congress_of_Deputies_constituency)" title="Granada (Congress of Deputies constituency)">Granada</a>, <a href="/wiki/Las_Palmas_(Congress_of_Deputies_constituency)" title="Las Palmas (Congress of Deputies constituency)">Las Palmas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Santa_Cruz_de_Tenerife_(Congress_of_Deputies_constituency)" title="Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Congress of Deputies constituency)">Santa Cruz de Tenerife</a>, <a href="/wiki/Zaragoza_(Congress_of_Deputies_constituency)" title="Zaragoza (Congress of Deputies constituency)">Zaragoza</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><b>6</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Badajoz_(Congress_of_Deputies_constituency)" title="Badajoz (Congress of Deputies constituency)">Badajoz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gipuzkoa_(Congress_of_Deputies_constituency)" title="Gipuzkoa (Congress of Deputies constituency)">Guipúzcoa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ja%C3%A9n_(Congress_of_Deputies_constituency)" title="Jaén (Congress of Deputies constituency)">Jaén</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tarragona_(Congress_of_Deputies_constituency)" title="Tarragona (Congress of Deputies constituency)">Tarragona</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><b>5</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Almer%C3%ADa_(Congress_of_Deputies_constituency)" title="Almería (Congress of Deputies constituency)">Almería</a>, <a href="/wiki/C%C3%A1ceres_(Congress_of_Deputies_constituency)" title="Cáceres (Congress of Deputies constituency)">Cáceres</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cantabria_(Congress_of_Deputies_constituency)" title="Cantabria (Congress of Deputies constituency)">Cantabria</a>, <a href="/wiki/Castell%C3%B3n_(Congress_of_Deputies_constituency)" title="Castellón (Congress of Deputies constituency)">Castellón</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ciudad_Real_(Congress_of_Deputies_constituency)" title="Ciudad Real (Congress of Deputies constituency)">Ciudad Real</a>, <a href="/wiki/Girona_(Congress_of_Deputies_constituency)" title="Girona (Congress of Deputies constituency)">Girona</a>, <a href="/wiki/Huelva_(Congress_of_Deputies_constituency)" title="Huelva (Congress of Deputies constituency)">Huelva</a>, <a href="/wiki/Le%C3%B3n_(Congress_of_Deputies_constituency)" title="León (Congress of Deputies constituency)">León</a>, <a href="/wiki/Navarre_(Congress_of_Deputies_constituency)" title="Navarre (Congress of Deputies constituency)">Navarre</a>, <a href="/wiki/Toledo_(Congress_of_Deputies_constituency)" title="Toledo (Congress of Deputies constituency)">Toledo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Valladolid_(Congress_of_Deputies_constituency)" title="Valladolid (Congress of Deputies constituency)">Valladolid</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><b>4</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/%C3%81lava_(Congress_of_Deputies_constituency)" title="Álava (Congress of Deputies constituency)">Álava</a>, <a href="/wiki/Albacete_(Congress_of_Deputies_constituency)" title="Albacete (Congress of Deputies constituency)">Albacete</a>, <a href="/wiki/Burgos_(Congress_of_Deputies_constituency)" title="Burgos (Congress of Deputies constituency)">Burgos</a>, <a href="/wiki/La_Rioja_(Congress_of_Deputies_constituency)" title="La Rioja (Congress of Deputies constituency)">La Rioja</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lleida_(Congress_of_Deputies_constituency)" title="Lleida (Congress of Deputies constituency)">Lleida</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lugo_(Congress_of_Deputies_constituency)" title="Lugo (Congress of Deputies constituency)">Lugo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ourense_(Congress_of_Deputies_constituency)" title="Ourense (Congress of Deputies constituency)">Ourense</a>, <a href="/wiki/Salamanca_(Congress_of_Deputies_constituency)" title="Salamanca (Congress of Deputies constituency)">Salamanca</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><b>3</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/%C3%81vila_(Congress_of_Deputies_constituency)" title="Ávila (Congress of Deputies constituency)">Ávila</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cuenca_(Congress_of_Deputies_constituency)" title="Cuenca (Congress of Deputies constituency)">Cuenca</a>, <a href="/wiki/Guadalajara_(Congress_of_Deputies_constituency)" title="Guadalajara (Congress of Deputies constituency)">Guadalajara</a>, <a href="/wiki/Huesca_(Congress_of_Deputies_constituency)" title="Huesca (Congress of Deputies constituency)">Huesca</a>, <a href="/wiki/Palencia_(Congress_of_Deputies_constituency)" title="Palencia (Congress of Deputies constituency)">Palencia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Segovia_(Congress_of_Deputies_constituency)" title="Segovia (Congress of Deputies constituency)">Segovia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Soria_(Congress_of_Deputies_constituency)" title="Soria (Congress of Deputies constituency)">Soria</a>, <a href="/wiki/Teruel_(Congress_of_Deputies_constituency)" title="Teruel (Congress of Deputies constituency)">Teruel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Zamora_(Congress_of_Deputies_constituency)" title="Zamora (Congress of Deputies constituency)">Zamora</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>For the Senate, 208 seats were elected using an <a href="/wiki/Open_list" title="Open list">open list</a> <a href="/wiki/Plurality-at-large_voting" class="mw-redirect" title="Plurality-at-large voting">partial block voting system</a>, with electors voting for individual candidates instead of parties. In constituencies electing four seats, electors could vote for up to three candidates; in those with two or three seats, for up to two candidates; and for one candidate in single-member districts. Each of the 47 peninsular provinces was allocated four seats, whereas for insular provinces, such as the <a href="/wiki/Balearic_Islands" title="Balearic Islands">Balearic</a> and <a href="/wiki/Canary_Islands" title="Canary Islands">Canary Islands</a>, districts were the islands themselves, with the larger—<a href="/wiki/Majorca" class="mw-redirect" title="Majorca">Majorca</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gran_Canaria" title="Gran Canaria">Gran Canaria</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tenerife" title="Tenerife">Tenerife</a>—being allocated three seats each, and the smaller—<a href="/wiki/Menorca" title="Menorca">Menorca</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ibiza" title="Ibiza">Ibiza</a>–<a href="/wiki/Formentera" title="Formentera">Formentera</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fuerteventura" title="Fuerteventura">Fuerteventura</a>, <a href="/wiki/La_Gomera" title="La Gomera">La Gomera</a>, <a href="/wiki/El_Hierro" title="El Hierro">El Hierro</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lanzarote" title="Lanzarote">Lanzarote</a> and <a href="/wiki/La_Palma" title="La Palma">La Palma</a>—one each. Ceuta and Melilla elected two seats each. Additionally, <a href="/wiki/Autonomous_communities_of_Spain" title="Autonomous communities of Spain">autonomous communities</a> could appoint at least one senator each and were entitled to one additional senator per each million inhabitants.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Election_date">Election date</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2000_Spanish_general_election&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Election date"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The term of each chamber of the <span title="Spanish-language text"><span lang="es" style="font-style: normal;">Cortes Generales</span></span>—the Congress and the Senate—expired four years from the date of their previous election, unless they were dissolved earlier. The election <a href="/wiki/Decree" title="Decree">decree</a> was required to be issued no later than the twenty-fifth day prior to the date of expiry of parliament and published on the following day in the <a href="/wiki/Bolet%C3%ADn_Oficial_del_Estado" title="Boletín Oficial del Estado">Official State Gazette</a> (BOE), with election day taking place on the fifty-fourth day from publication.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/1996_Spanish_general_election" title="1996 Spanish general election">previous election</a> was held on 3 March 1996, which meant that the legislature's term would expire on 3 March 2000. The election decree was required to be published in the BOE no later than 8 February 2000, with the election taking place on the fifty-fourth day from publication, setting the latest possible election date for the <span title="Spanish-language text"><span lang="es" style="font-style: normal;">Cortes Generales</span></span> on Sunday, 2 April 2000.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The prime minister had the prerogative to dissolve both chambers at any given time—either jointly or separately—and call a <a href="/wiki/Snap_election" title="Snap election">snap election</a>, provided that no <a href="/wiki/Motion_of_no_confidence" title="Motion of no confidence">motion of no confidence</a> was in process, no <a href="/wiki/State_of_emergency" title="State of emergency">state of emergency</a> was in force and that dissolution did not occur before one year had elapsed since the previous one. Additionally, both chambers were to be dissolved and a new election called if an investiture process failed to elect a prime minister within a two-month period from the first ballot.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Barred this exception, there was no constitutional requirement for simultaneous elections for the Congress and the Senate. Still, as of 2024 there has been no precedent of separate elections taking place under the 1978 Constitution. </p><p>It was suggested that Aznar would be tempted to call a snap election after the introduction of the <a href="/wiki/Euro" title="Euro">euro</a> was effective at 1 January 1999.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Speculation arose among PP ranks and government members that an election would be called in the spring of 1999 or in June, to coincide with the scheduled <a href="/wiki/1999_Spanish_local_elections" title="1999 Spanish local elections">local</a>, <a href="/wiki/1999_Spanish_regional_elections" title="1999 Spanish regional elections">regional</a> and <a href="/wiki/1999_European_Parliament_election_in_Spain" title="1999 European Parliament election in Spain">European Parliament</a> elections.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This possibility was fueled by some remarks from the <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Government_of_Catalonia" title="President of the Government of Catalonia">Catalan president</a> and <a href="/wiki/Convergence_and_Union" title="Convergence and Union">Convergence and Union</a> (CiU) leader <a href="/wiki/Jordi_Pujol" title="Jordi Pujol">Jordi Pujol</a>, Aznar's main parliamentary ally, that a general election would be held in 1999—a remark that he was forced to rectify later on—<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> coinciding with a critical point in the PP–CiU relationship.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the summer of 1999, a new round of speculation emerged that Aznar was considering holding an early election throughout the autumn,<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but this was ended by Aznar re-assuring that it was his wish to exhaust the legislature and for the election to be held when due, in March 2000.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 23 December 1999, it was confirmed that the general election would be held in March,<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> together with the <a href="/wiki/2000_Andalusian_regional_election" title="2000 Andalusian regional election">2000 Andalusian regional election</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with the dissolution of the <span title="Spanish-language text"><span lang="es" style="font-style: normal;">Cortes Generales</span></span> being arranged on 17 January.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <span title="Spanish-language text"><span lang="es" style="font-style: normal;">Cortes Generales</span></span> were officially dissolved on 18 January 2000 after the publication of the dissolution decree in the BOE, setting the election date for 12 March and scheduling for both chambers to reconvene on 5 April.<sup id="cite_ref-ElectionDecree_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ElectionDecree-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2000_Spanish_general_election&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 5 May 1996, <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Mar%C3%ADa_Aznar" title="José María Aznar">José María Aznar</a> from the <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Party_(Spain)" title="People's Party (Spain)">People's Party</a> (PP) was able to form the first centre-right government in Spain since 1982 through <a href="/wiki/Confidence_and_supply" title="Confidence and supply">confidence and supply</a> agreements with <a href="/wiki/Convergence_and_Union" title="Convergence and Union">Convergence and Union</a> (CiU), the <a href="/wiki/Basque_Nationalist_Party" title="Basque Nationalist Party">Basque Nationalist Party</a> (PNV) and <a href="/wiki/Canarian_Coalition" title="Canarian Coalition">Canarian Coalition</a> (CC).<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the 34th congress of the <a href="/wiki/Spanish_Socialist_Workers%27_Party" title="Spanish Socialist Workers' Party">Spanish Socialist Workers' Party</a> (PSOE) held in June 1997, <a href="/wiki/Felipe_Gonz%C3%A1lez" title="Felipe González">Felipe González</a>, who had been <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Spain" title="Prime Minister of Spain">prime minister</a> from 1982 to 1996 and PSOE Secretary General since 1974, announced his intention to leave the party's leadership.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The party, divided at the time between González's supporters—<i>renovadores</i>, Spanish for "renovators"—and those following the discipline of former <a href="/wiki/Deputy_Prime_Minister_of_Spain" title="Deputy Prime Minister of Spain">deputy prime minister</a> and PSOE vice secretary general <a href="/wiki/Alfonso_Guerra" title="Alfonso Guerra">Alfonso Guerra</a>—<i>guerristas</i>—, elected <a href="/wiki/Joaqu%C3%ADn_Almunia" title="Joaquín Almunia">Joaquín Almunia</a>, a "renovator" and former <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Labour_(Spain)" title="Ministry of Labour (Spain)">Minister of Labour and Social Security</a> (1982–1986) and <a href="/wiki/Ministry_for_Territorial_Administrations" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry for Territorial Administrations">Minister for Public Administrations</a> (1986–1991), as new Secretary General.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While it was suggested that González could remain as the party's candidate for prime minister in the next general election, he discarded himself out in January 1998.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A primary election to elect the prime ministerial candidate, held among PSOE members on 24 April 1998,<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> saw Almunia, supported by González and prominent party "renovators",<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> facing <a href="/wiki/Josep_Borrell" title="Josep Borrell">Josep Borrell</a>, the former <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Development_(Spain)" title="Ministry of Development (Spain)">Minister of Public Works</a> (1991–1996) who received the backing of the <i>guerrista</i> faction.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Borrell defeated Almunia,<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but the latter remained as the party's Secretary General in order to prevent an extraordinary congress,<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a situation prompting a 'bicephaly' which would see both Borrell and Almunia clashing for months on party direction and strategy issues,<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as the extent of each one's competences on the party's political leadership remained unclear.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Borrell renounced as candidate in May 1999 after it was unveiled that two of his former employees were involved in a judicial investigation for tax fraud,<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> leaving a vacancy that resulted in Almunia being proclaimed as candidate without opposition.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/United_Left_(Spain)" title="United Left (Spain)">United Left</a> (IU) underwent a severe internal crisis throughout 1997 over <a href="/wiki/Julio_Anguita" title="Julio Anguita">Julio Anguita</a>'s confrontational attitude with the PSOE—to the point of siding with the PP in a number of votes in the Congress of Deputies—as well as with a perceived lack of democracy within IU. Anguita sought to prevent an electoral alliance between <a href="/wiki/United_Left_(Galicia)" title="United Left (Galicia)">United Left–Galician Left</a> (EU–EG) and the <a href="/wiki/Socialists%27_Party_of_Galicia" title="Socialists' Party of Galicia">Socialists' Party of Galicia</a> (PSdeG–PSOE) ahead of the <a href="/wiki/1997_Galician_regional_election" title="1997 Galician regional election">1997 Galician regional election</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a move which received criticism from <a href="/wiki/Initiative_for_Catalonia" class="mw-redirect" title="Initiative for Catalonia">Initiative for Catalonia</a> (IC),<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> IU's sister party in Catalonia, with which disagreements over the coalition's political direction had been on the rise since the 1996 general election.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_of_the_New_Left" title="Democratic Party of the New Left">Democratic Party of the New Left</a> (PDNI), constituted as an internal current within IU which had been critical of Anguita's leadership,<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was expelled from the alliance's governing bodies in June 1997, after <a href="/wiki/Party_discipline" title="Party discipline">party discipline</a> in the Congress was broken on the issue of labour reform.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The IU crisis came to a peak in September 1997, which saw NI's expulsion from IU as a whole, the dissolution of the NI-controlled regional leaderships in Cantabria and Castilla–La Mancha and the break up of relations with EU–EG and IC.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The PDNI then sought electoral alliances with the PSOE,<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which materialized ahead of the 1999 local, regional and European Parliament elections.<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The PP government relied on confidence and supply support from CiU, PNV and CC. The PNV withdrew its support from the government in June 1999,<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with relations strained after the signing of the Estella Agreement between the PNV and <a href="/wiki/Herri_Batasuna" title="Herri Batasuna">HB</a> in September 1998.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Aragonese_Party" title="Aragonese Party">Aragonese Party</a> (PAR), which had been allied with the PP since the 1996 election, broke away from the PP parliamentary group in October 1999 and joined the Mixed Group.<sup id="cite_ref-PAR_85-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PAR-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Parliamentary_composition">Parliamentary composition</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2000_Spanish_general_election&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Parliamentary composition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The tables below show the composition of the parliamentary groups in both chambers at the time of dissolution.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-HESenate_87-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HESenate-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr>td{display:block!important;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output .col-break{padding-left:0!important}}</style><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation" style="width: auto;"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break"> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:left;"> <caption>Parliamentary composition in January 2000<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="6">Congress of Deputies </th></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2" colspan="2">Groups </th> <th rowspan="2" colspan="2">Parties </th> <th colspan="2">Deputies </th></tr> <tr> <th>Seats </th> <th>Total </th></tr> <tr> <td width="1" rowspan="2" bgcolor="#1D84CE"> </td> <td rowspan="2">People's Parliamentary Group in the Congress </td> <td width="1" style="color:inherit;background:#1D84CE"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Party_(Spain)" title="People's Party (Spain)">PP</a> </td> <td>153 </td> <td rowspan="2"><b>155</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#00599B"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Navarrese_People%27s_Union" title="Navarrese People's Union">UPN</a> </td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:#EF1C27"> </td> <td rowspan="2">Socialist Group of the Congress </td> <td style="color:inherit;background:#EF1C27"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Spanish_Socialist_Workers%27_Party" title="Spanish Socialist Workers' Party">PSOE</a> </td> <td>122 </td> <td rowspan="2"><b>141</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#FF001C"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Socialists%27_Party_of_Catalonia" title="Socialists' Party of Catalonia">PSC</a> </td> <td>19 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#732021"> </td> <td>United Left's Federal Parliamentary Group </td> <td style="color:inherit;background:#732021"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_Left_(Spain)" title="United Left (Spain)">IU</a> </td> <td>16 </td> <td><b>16</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:#18307B"> </td> <td rowspan="2">Catalan Parliamentary Group<br />(Convergence and Union) </td> <td style="color:inherit;background:#232D7B"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Convergence_of_Catalonia" title="Democratic Convergence of Catalonia">CDC</a> </td> <td>10 </td> <td rowspan="2"><b>16</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#0053A1"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Union_of_Catalonia" title="Democratic Union of Catalonia">UDC</a> </td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#4AAE4A"> </td> <td>Basque Parliamentary Group (EAJ/PNV) </td> <td style="color:inherit;background:#4AAE4A"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Basque_Nationalist_Party" title="Basque Nationalist Party">EAJ/PNV</a> </td> <td>5 </td> <td><b>5</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background:#FFD700"> </td> <td rowspan="3">Canarian Coalition's Parliamentary Group </td> <td style="color:inherit;background:#000088"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Canarian_Independent_Groups" title="Canarian Independent Groups">AIC</a> </td> <td>2 </td> <td rowspan="3"><b>4</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#EB6143"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nationalist_Canarian_Initiative" title="Nationalist Canarian Initiative">ICAN</a> </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#FF6600"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nationalist_Canarian_Centre" title="Nationalist Canarian Centre">CCN</a> </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="7" bgcolor="gray"> </td> <td rowspan="7">Mixed Parliamentary Group </td> <td style="color:inherit;background:#FD3C0B"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_of_the_New_Left" title="Democratic Party of the New Left">PDNI</a> </td> <td>3 </td> <td rowspan="7"><b>11</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#ADCFEF"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Galician_Nationalist_Bloc" title="Galician Nationalist Bloc">BNG</a> </td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#4E9E41"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Initiative_for_Catalonia_Greens" title="Initiative for Catalonia Greens">IC–V</a> </td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#77AC1C"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eusko_Alkartasuna" title="Eusko Alkartasuna">EA</a> </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#1F4473"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Valencian_Union" title="Valencian Union">UV</a> </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#FFCC66"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Aragonese_Party" title="Aragonese Party">PAR</a> </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#003163"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Partit_per_la_Independ%C3%A8ncia" title="Partit per la Independència">PI</a> </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#999999"> </td> <td>Non-Inscrits </td> <td style="color:inherit;background:#633000"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Herri_Batasuna" title="Herri Batasuna">HB</a> </td> <td>2 </td> <td><b>2</b> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td class="col-break" style="padding-left: 1em;"> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:left;"> <caption>Parliamentary composition in January 2000<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="6">Senate </th></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2" colspan="2">Groups </th> <th rowspan="2" colspan="2">Parties </th> <th colspan="2">Senators </th></tr> <tr> <th>Seats </th> <th>Total </th></tr> <tr> <td width="1" rowspan="2" bgcolor="#1D84CE"> </td> <td rowspan="2">People's Parliamentary Group in the Senate </td> <td width="1" style="color:inherit;background:#1D84CE"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Party_(Spain)" title="People's Party (Spain)">PP</a> </td> <td>129 </td> <td rowspan="2"><b>132</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#00599B"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Navarrese_People%27s_Union" title="Navarrese People's Union">UPN</a> </td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:#EF1C27"> </td> <td rowspan="2">Socialist Parliamentary Group </td> <td style="color:inherit;background:#EF1C27"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Spanish_Socialist_Workers%27_Party" title="Spanish Socialist Workers' Party">PSOE</a> </td> <td>90 </td> <td rowspan="2"><b>100</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#FF001C"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Socialists%27_Party_of_Catalonia" title="Socialists' Party of Catalonia">PSC</a> </td> <td>10 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:#18307B"> </td> <td rowspan="2">Convergence and Union's<br />Catalan Parliamentary Group in the Senate </td> <td style="color:inherit;background:#232D7B"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Convergence_of_Catalonia" title="Democratic Convergence of Catalonia">CDC</a> </td> <td>8 </td> <td rowspan="2"><b>11</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#0053A1"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Union_of_Catalonia" title="Democratic Union of Catalonia">UDC</a> </td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#4AAE4A"> </td> <td>Basque Nationalist Senators' Parliamentary Group </td> <td style="color:inherit;background:#4AAE4A"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Basque_Nationalist_Party" title="Basque Nationalist Party">EAJ/PNV</a> </td> <td>6 </td> <td><b>6</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="7" bgcolor="gray"> </td> <td rowspan="7">Mixed Parliamentary Group </td> <td style="color:inherit;background:#FFCC66"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Aragonese_Party" title="Aragonese Party">PAR</a> </td> <td>3 </td> <td rowspan="7"><b>10</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#732021"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_Left_(Spain)" title="United Left (Spain)">IU</a> </td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#000088"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Canarian_Independent_Groups" title="Canarian Independent Groups">AIC</a> </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#29AA4D"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Independent_Herrenian_Group" title="Independent Herrenian Group">AHI</a> </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#FFB232"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Left_of_Catalonia" title="Republican Left of Catalonia">ERC</a> </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#01884C"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pacte_Progressista" title="Pacte Progressista">Pacte</a> </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#31B404"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lanzarote_Independents_Party" title="Lanzarote Independents Party">PIL</a> </td> <td>1 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Parties_and_candidates">Parties and candidates</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2000_Spanish_general_election&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Parties and candidates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The electoral law allowed for <a href="/wiki/Political_party" title="Political party">parties</a> and <a href="/wiki/Political_alliance" class="mw-redirect" title="Political alliance">federations</a> registered in the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_the_Interior_(Spain)" title="Ministry of the Interior (Spain)">interior ministry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Electoral_alliance" title="Electoral alliance">coalitions</a> and <a href="/wiki/Grouping_of_electors_(Spain)" class="mw-redirect" title="Grouping of electors (Spain)">groupings of electors</a> to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form a coalition ahead of an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election call, whereas groupings of electors needed to secure the signature of at least one percent of the electorate in the constituencies for which they sought election, disallowing electors from signing for more than one list of candidates.<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Below is a list of the main parties and electoral alliances which contested the election: </p> <table class="wikitable" style="line-height:1.35em; text-align:left;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" rowspan="2">Candidacy </th> <th rowspan="2">Parties and<br />alliances </th> <th colspan="2" rowspan="2">Leading candidate </th> <th rowspan="2">Ideology </th> <th colspan="3">Previous result </th> <th rowspan="2"><abbr title="Government">Gov.</abbr> </th> <th rowspan="2"><abbr title="References">Ref.</abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <th>Votes (%) </th> <th><abbr title="Congress">Con.</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="Senate">Sen.</abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <td width="1" style="color:inherit;background:#1D84CE"> </td> <td align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Party_(Spain)" title="People's Party (Spain)">PP</a></b> </td> <td><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div>List</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Party_(Spain)" title="People's Party (Spain)">People's Party</a> (PP) </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Navarrese_People%27s_Union" title="Navarrese People's Union">Navarrese People's Union</a> (UPN) </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Melillan_People%27s_Union" title="Melillan People's Union">Melillan People's Union</a> (UPM) </li></ul> </div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jos%C3%A9_Mar%C3%ADa_Aznar_1999_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Jos%C3%A9_Mar%C3%ADa_Aznar_1999_%28cropped%29.jpg/50px-Jos%C3%A9_Mar%C3%ADa_Aznar_1999_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="50" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Jos%C3%A9_Mar%C3%ADa_Aznar_1999_%28cropped%29.jpg/75px-Jos%C3%A9_Mar%C3%ADa_Aznar_1999_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Jos%C3%A9_Mar%C3%ADa_Aznar_1999_%28cropped%29.jpg/100px-Jos%C3%A9_Mar%C3%ADa_Aznar_1999_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="260" data-file-height="389" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Mar%C3%ADa_Aznar" title="José María Aznar">José María Aznar</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservatism" title="Conservatism">Conservatism</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Christian_democracy" title="Christian democracy">Christian democracy</a> </td> <td align="center">38.79% </td> <td><span style="font-size:120%"><b>156</b></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:120%"><b>112</b></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="check" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#EF1C27"> </td> <td align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/Spanish_Socialist_Workers%27_Party" title="Spanish Socialist Workers' Party">PSOE</a>–<a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_of_the_New_Left" title="Democratic Party of the New Left">p</a></b> </td> <td><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div>List</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Spanish_Socialist_Workers%27_Party" title="Spanish Socialist Workers' Party">Spanish Socialist Workers' Party</a> (PSOE) </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Socialists%27_Party_of_Catalonia" title="Socialists' Party of Catalonia">Socialists' Party of Catalonia</a> (PSC) </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_of_the_New_Left" title="Democratic Party of the New Left">Democratic Party of the New Left</a> (PDNI) </li></ul> </div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Joaquin_Almunia_2002_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Joaquin_Almunia_2002_%28cropped%29.jpg/50px-Joaquin_Almunia_2002_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="50" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Joaquin_Almunia_2002_%28cropped%29.jpg/75px-Joaquin_Almunia_2002_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Joaquin_Almunia_2002_%28cropped%29.jpg/100px-Joaquin_Almunia_2002_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="150" data-file-height="225" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Joaqu%C3%ADn_Almunia" title="Joaquín Almunia">Joaquín Almunia</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Social_democracy" title="Social democracy">Social democracy</a> </td> <td align="center">37.63% </td> <td><span style="font-size:120%"><b>141</b></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:120%"><b>73</b></span><sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="☒" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/15px-X_mark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/23px-X_mark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/30px-X_mark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="525" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">N</span> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#732021"> </td> <td align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/United_Left_(Spain)" title="United Left (Spain)">IU</a></b> </td> <td><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div>List</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/United_Left_(Spain)" title="United Left (Spain)">United Left</a> (IU)<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">– <a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Spain" title="Communist Party of Spain">Communist Party of Spain</a> (PCE)<br />– <a href="/wiki/Socialist_Action_Party_(Spain)" title="Socialist Action Party (Spain)">Socialist Action Party</a> (PASOC)<br />– <a href="/wiki/Republican_Left_(Spain,_1977)" title="Republican Left (Spain, 1977)">Republican Left</a> (IR)<br />– <a href="/wiki/Unitarian_Candidacy_of_Workers" title="Unitarian Candidacy of Workers">Collective for the Unity of Workers–Andalusian Left Bloc</a> (CUT–BAI)<br />– <a href="/wiki/Revolutionary_Workers%27_Party_(Spain)" title="Revolutionary Workers' Party (Spain)">Revolutionary Workers' Party</a> (POR)<br />– <a href="/wiki/Workers%27_Revolutionary_Party_(Spain)" title="Workers' Revolutionary Party (Spain)">Workers' Revolutionary Party</a> (PRT)</span> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/United_and_Alternative_Left" title="United and Alternative Left">United and Alternative Left</a> (EUiA)<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">– <a href="/wiki/Living_Unified_Socialist_Party_of_Catalonia" title="Living Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia">Living Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia</a> (PSUCviu)<br />– <a href="/wiki/Party_of_the_Communists_of_Catalonia" title="Party of the Communists of Catalonia">Party of the Communists of Catalonia</a> (PCC)<br />– <a href="/wiki/The_Greens%E2%80%93Ecologist_Confederation_of_Catalonia" title="The Greens–Ecologist Confederation of Catalonia">The Greens–Ecologist Confederation of Catalonia</a> (EV–CEC)</span> </li></ul> </div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Francisco_Frutos_2005_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Francisco_Frutos_2005_%28cropped%29.jpg/50px-Francisco_Frutos_2005_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="50" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Francisco_Frutos_2005_%28cropped%29.jpg/75px-Francisco_Frutos_2005_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Francisco_Frutos_2005_%28cropped%29.jpg/100px-Francisco_Frutos_2005_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="165" data-file-height="247" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Francisco_Frutos" title="Francisco Frutos">Francisco Frutos</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Socialism" title="Socialism">Socialism</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Communism" title="Communism">Communism</a> </td> <td align="center">9.35%<sup id="cite_ref-IU_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IU-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><span style="font-size:120%"><b>19</b></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:120%"><b>0</b></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="☒" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/15px-X_mark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/23px-X_mark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/30px-X_mark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="525" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">N</span> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#18307B"> </td> <td align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/Convergence_and_Union" title="Convergence and Union">CiU</a></b> </td> <td><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div>List</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Convergence_of_Catalonia" title="Democratic Convergence of Catalonia">Democratic Convergence of Catalonia</a> (CDC) </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Union_of_Catalonia" title="Democratic Union of Catalonia">Democratic Union of Catalonia</a> (UDC) </li></ul> </div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Xavier_Trias_2011_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Xavier_Trias_2011_%28cropped%29.jpg/50px-Xavier_Trias_2011_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="50" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Xavier_Trias_2011_%28cropped%29.jpg/75px-Xavier_Trias_2011_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Xavier_Trias_2011_%28cropped%29.jpg/100px-Xavier_Trias_2011_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="1797" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Xavier_Trias" title="Xavier Trias">Xavier Trias</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Catalan_nationalism" title="Catalan nationalism">Catalan nationalism</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Centrism" title="Centrism">Centrism</a> </td> <td align="center">4.60% </td> <td><span style="font-size:120%"><b>16</b></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:120%"><b>8</b></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="☒" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/15px-X_mark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/23px-X_mark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/30px-X_mark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="525" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">N</span> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#4AAE4A"> </td> <td align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/Basque_Nationalist_Party" title="Basque Nationalist Party">EAJ/PNV</a></b> </td> <td><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div>List</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Basque_Nationalist_Party" title="Basque Nationalist Party">Basque Nationalist Party</a> (EAJ/PNV) </li></ul> </div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:2007_02_Inaki_Anasagasti-2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/2007_02_Inaki_Anasagasti-2.jpg/50px-2007_02_Inaki_Anasagasti-2.jpg" decoding="async" width="50" height="76" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/2007_02_Inaki_Anasagasti-2.jpg/75px-2007_02_Inaki_Anasagasti-2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/2007_02_Inaki_Anasagasti-2.jpg/100px-2007_02_Inaki_Anasagasti-2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="466" data-file-height="704" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/I%C3%B1aki_Anasagasti" title="Iñaki Anasagasti">Iñaki Anasagasti</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Basque_nationalism" title="Basque nationalism">Basque nationalism</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Christian_democracy" title="Christian democracy">Christian democracy</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Conservative_liberalism" title="Conservative liberalism">Conservative liberalism</a> </td> <td align="center">1.27% </td> <td><span style="font-size:120%"><b>5</b></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:120%"><b>4</b></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="☒" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/15px-X_mark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/23px-X_mark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/30px-X_mark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="525" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">N</span> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#FFD700"> </td> <td align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/Canarian_Coalition" title="Canarian Coalition">CC</a></b> </td> <td><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div>List</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Canarian_Independent_Groups" title="Canarian Independent Groups">Canarian Independent Groups</a> (AIC)<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">– <a href="/wiki/Tenerife_Group_of_Independents" title="Tenerife Group of Independents">Tenerife Group of Independents</a> (ATI)<br />– La Palma Group of Independents (API)<br />– Gomera Group of Independents (AGI)</span> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Nationalist_Canarian_Initiative" title="Nationalist Canarian Initiative">Nationalist Canarian Initiative</a> (ICAN) </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Nationalist_Canarian_Centre" title="Nationalist Canarian Centre">Nationalist Canarian Centre</a> (CCN) </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Canarian_Nationalist_Party" title="Canarian Nationalist Party">Canarian Nationalist Party</a> (PNC) </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Independent_Herrenian_Group" title="Independent Herrenian Group">Independent Herrenian Group</a> (AHI) </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Majorera_Assembly" title="Majorera Assembly">Majorera Assembly</a> (AM) </li></ul> </div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Portrait_placeholder.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Portrait_placeholder.svg/50px-Portrait_placeholder.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="76" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Portrait_placeholder.svg/75px-Portrait_placeholder.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Portrait_placeholder.svg/100px-Portrait_placeholder.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="379" data-file-height="577" /></a></span> </td> <td>José Carlos Mauricio </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Regionalism_(politics)" title="Regionalism (politics)">Regionalism</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Canarian_nationalism" title="Canarian nationalism">Canarian nationalism</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Centrism" title="Centrism">Centrism</a> </td> <td align="center">0.88% </td> <td><span style="font-size:120%"><b>4</b></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:120%"><b>0</b></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="☒" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/15px-X_mark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/23px-X_mark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/30px-X_mark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="525" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">N</span> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#4E9E41"> </td> <td align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/Initiative_for_Catalonia_Greens" title="Initiative for Catalonia Greens">IC–V</a></b> </td> <td><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div>List</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Initiative_for_Catalonia_Greens" title="Initiative for Catalonia Greens">Initiative for Catalonia–Greens</a> (IC–V) </li></ul> </div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Joan_Saura_2005_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Joan_Saura_2005_%28cropped%29.jpg/50px-Joan_Saura_2005_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="50" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Joan_Saura_2005_%28cropped%29.jpg/75px-Joan_Saura_2005_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Joan_Saura_2005_%28cropped%29.jpg/100px-Joan_Saura_2005_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1130" data-file-height="1691" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Joan_Saura" title="Joan Saura">Joan Saura</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Regionalism_(politics)" title="Regionalism (politics)">Regionalism</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Eco-socialism" title="Eco-socialism">Eco-socialism</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Green_politics" title="Green politics">Green politics</a> </td> <td align="center">1.19%<sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><span style="font-size:120%"><b>2</b></span> </td> <td>—<sup id="cite_ref-Entesa_100-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Entesa-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="☒" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/15px-X_mark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/23px-X_mark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/30px-X_mark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="525" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">N</span> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#ADCFEF"> </td> <td align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/Galician_Nationalist_Bloc" title="Galician Nationalist Bloc">BNG</a></b> </td> <td><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div>List</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Galician_Nationalist_Bloc" title="Galician Nationalist Bloc">Galician Nationalist Bloc</a> (BNG)<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">– <a href="/wiki/Galician_People%27s_Union" title="Galician People's Union">Galician People's Union</a> (UPG)<br />– <a href="/wiki/Socialist_Collective" title="Socialist Collective">Socialist Collective</a> (CS)<br />– <a href="/wiki/Galician_Nationalist_Party%E2%80%93Galicianist_Party" title="Galician Nationalist Party–Galicianist Party">Galician Nationalist Party–Galicianist Party</a> (PNG–PG)<br />– <a href="/wiki/Nationalist_Left" title="Nationalist Left">Nationalist Left</a> (EN)<br />– <a href="/wiki/Inzar" title="Inzar">Inzar</a> (Inzar)<br />– <a href="/wiki/Galician_Unity_(1991)" title="Galician Unity (1991)">Galician Unity</a> (UG)</span> </li></ul> </div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Francisco_Rodr%C3%ADguez_S%C3%A1nchez_(AELG)-1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Francisco_Rodr%C3%ADguez_S%C3%A1nchez_%28AELG%29-1.jpg/50px-Francisco_Rodr%C3%ADguez_S%C3%A1nchez_%28AELG%29-1.jpg" decoding="async" width="50" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Francisco_Rodr%C3%ADguez_S%C3%A1nchez_%28AELG%29-1.jpg/75px-Francisco_Rodr%C3%ADguez_S%C3%A1nchez_%28AELG%29-1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Francisco_Rodr%C3%ADguez_S%C3%A1nchez_%28AELG%29-1.jpg/100px-Francisco_Rodr%C3%ADguez_S%C3%A1nchez_%28AELG%29-1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1296" data-file-height="1936" /></a></span> </td> <td>Francisco Rodríguez </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Galician_nationalism" title="Galician nationalism">Galician nationalism</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Left-wing_nationalism" title="Left-wing nationalism">Left-wing nationalism</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Socialism" title="Socialism">Socialism</a> </td> <td align="center">0.88% </td> <td><span style="font-size:120%"><b>2</b></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:120%"><b>0</b></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="☒" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/15px-X_mark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/23px-X_mark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/30px-X_mark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="525" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">N</span> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#FFB232"> </td> <td align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/Republican_Left_of_Catalonia" title="Republican Left of Catalonia">ERC</a></b> </td> <td><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div>List</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Republican_Left_of_Catalonia" title="Republican Left of Catalonia">Republican Left of Catalonia</a> (ERC) </li></ul> </div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Joan_Puigcerc%C3%B3s_2010_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Joan_Puigcerc%C3%B3s_2010_%28cropped%29.jpg/50px-Joan_Puigcerc%C3%B3s_2010_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="50" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Joan_Puigcerc%C3%B3s_2010_%28cropped%29.jpg/75px-Joan_Puigcerc%C3%B3s_2010_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Joan_Puigcerc%C3%B3s_2010_%28cropped%29.jpg/100px-Joan_Puigcerc%C3%B3s_2010_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="580" data-file-height="867" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Joan_Puigcerc%C3%B3s" title="Joan Puigcercós">Joan Puigcercós</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Catalan_independence" class="mw-redirect" title="Catalan independence">Catalan independence</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Left-wing_nationalism" title="Left-wing nationalism">Left-wing nationalism</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Social_democracy" title="Social democracy">Social democracy</a> </td> <td align="center">0.67% </td> <td><span style="font-size:120%"><b>1</b></span> </td> <td>—<sup id="cite_ref-Entesa_100-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Entesa-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="☒" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/15px-X_mark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/23px-X_mark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/30px-X_mark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="525" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">N</span> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#77AC1C"> </td> <td align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/Eusko_Alkartasuna" title="Eusko Alkartasuna">EA</a></b> </td> <td><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div>List</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Eusko_Alkartasuna" title="Eusko Alkartasuna">Basque Solidarity</a> (EA) </li></ul> </div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Portrait_placeholder.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Portrait_placeholder.svg/50px-Portrait_placeholder.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="76" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Portrait_placeholder.svg/75px-Portrait_placeholder.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Portrait_placeholder.svg/100px-Portrait_placeholder.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="379" data-file-height="577" /></a></span> </td> <td>Begoña Lasagabaster </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Basque_nationalism" title="Basque nationalism">Basque nationalism</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Social_democracy" title="Social democracy">Social democracy</a> </td> <td align="center">0.46% </td> <td><span style="font-size:120%"><b>1</b></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:120%"><b>0</b></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="☒" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/15px-X_mark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/23px-X_mark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/30px-X_mark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="525" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">N</span> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#1F4473"> </td> <td align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/Valencian_Union" title="Valencian Union">UV</a></b> </td> <td><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div>List</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Valencian_Union" title="Valencian Union">Valencian Union</a> (UV) </li></ul> </div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Portrait_placeholder.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Portrait_placeholder.svg/50px-Portrait_placeholder.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="76" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Portrait_placeholder.svg/75px-Portrait_placeholder.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Portrait_placeholder.svg/100px-Portrait_placeholder.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="379" data-file-height="577" /></a></span> </td> <td>José María Chiquillo </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Blaverism" title="Blaverism">Blaverism</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Conservatism" title="Conservatism">Conservatism</a> </td> <td align="center">0.37% </td> <td><span style="font-size:120%"><b>1</b></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:120%"><b>0</b></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="☒" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/15px-X_mark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/23px-X_mark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/30px-X_mark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="525" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">N</span> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#005931"> </td> <td align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/Andalusian_Party" title="Andalusian Party">PA</a></b> </td> <td><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div>List</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Andalusian_Party" title="Andalusian Party">Andalusian Party</a> (PA) </li></ul> </div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Portrait_placeholder.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Portrait_placeholder.svg/50px-Portrait_placeholder.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="76" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Portrait_placeholder.svg/75px-Portrait_placeholder.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Portrait_placeholder.svg/100px-Portrait_placeholder.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="379" data-file-height="577" /></a></span> </td> <td>José Núñez </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Andalusian_nationalism" title="Andalusian nationalism">Andalusian nationalism</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Social_democracy" title="Social democracy">Social democracy</a> </td> <td align="center">0.54% </td> <td><span style="font-size:120%"><b>0</b></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:120%"><b>0</b></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="☒" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/15px-X_mark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/23px-X_mark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/30px-X_mark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="525" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">N</span> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#008A21"> </td> <td align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/Chunta_Aragonesista" title="Chunta Aragonesista">CHA</a></b> </td> <td><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div>List</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Chunta_Aragonesista" title="Chunta Aragonesista">Aragonese Union</a> (CHA) </li></ul> </div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jos%C3%A9_Antonio_Labordeta_2009_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Jos%C3%A9_Antonio_Labordeta_2009_%28cropped%29.jpg/50px-Jos%C3%A9_Antonio_Labordeta_2009_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="50" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Jos%C3%A9_Antonio_Labordeta_2009_%28cropped%29.jpg/75px-Jos%C3%A9_Antonio_Labordeta_2009_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Jos%C3%A9_Antonio_Labordeta_2009_%28cropped%29.jpg/100px-Jos%C3%A9_Antonio_Labordeta_2009_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="520" data-file-height="778" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Antonio_Labordeta" title="José Antonio Labordeta">José Antonio Labordeta</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Aragonese_nationalism" title="Aragonese nationalism">Aragonese nationalism</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Eco-socialism" title="Eco-socialism">Eco-socialism</a> </td> <td align="center">0.20% </td> <td><span style="font-size:120%"><b>0</b></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:120%"><b>0</b></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="☒" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/15px-X_mark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/23px-X_mark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/30px-X_mark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="525" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">N</span> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#FA8005"> </td> <td align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/Catalan_Agreement_of_Progress" title="Catalan Agreement of Progress">PSC–<br />ERC–ICV</a></b> </td> <td><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div>List</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Socialists%27_Party_of_Catalonia" title="Socialists' Party of Catalonia">Socialists' Party of Catalonia</a> (PSC) </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Republican_Left_of_Catalonia" title="Republican Left of Catalonia">Republican Left of Catalonia</a> (ERC) </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Initiative_for_Catalonia_Greens" title="Initiative for Catalonia Greens">Initiative for Catalonia Greens</a> (ICV) </li></ul> </div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Portrait_placeholder.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Portrait_placeholder.svg/50px-Portrait_placeholder.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="76" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Portrait_placeholder.svg/75px-Portrait_placeholder.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Portrait_placeholder.svg/100px-Portrait_placeholder.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="379" data-file-height="577" /></a></span> </td> <td>Mercedes Aroz </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Catalanism" class="mw-redirect" title="Catalanism">Catalanism</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Social_democracy" title="Social democracy">Social democracy</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Eco-socialism" title="Eco-socialism">Eco-socialism</a> </td> <td colspan="2" data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">Senate </td> <td><span style="font-size:120%"><b>8</b></span><sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>e<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="☒" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/15px-X_mark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/23px-X_mark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/30px-X_mark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="525" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">N</span> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-Entesa1_105-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Entesa1-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><sup id="cite_ref-Entesa2_106-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Entesa2-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><sup id="cite_ref-Entesa3_107-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Entesa3-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#01884C"> </td> <td align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/Pacte_Progressista" title="Pacte Progressista">Pacte</a></b> </td> <td><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div>List</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Spanish_Socialist_Workers%27_Party" title="Spanish Socialist Workers' Party">Spanish Socialist Workers' Party</a> (PSOE) </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/United_Left_of_the_Balearic_Islands" title="United Left of the Balearic Islands">United Left</a> (EU) </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Entesa_Nacionalista_i_Ecologista" class="mw-redirect" title="Entesa Nacionalista i Ecologista">Nationalist and Ecologist Agreement</a> (ENE) </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Republican_Left_of_Catalonia" title="Republican Left of Catalonia">Republican Left of Catalonia</a> (ERC) </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Confederation_of_the_Greens" title="Confederation of the Greens">The Greens of Ibiza</a> (EV–Eiv) </li></ul> </div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Fanny_Tur_2017_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Fanny_Tur_2017_%28cropped%29.jpg/50px-Fanny_Tur_2017_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="50" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Fanny_Tur_2017_%28cropped%29.jpg/75px-Fanny_Tur_2017_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Fanny_Tur_2017_%28cropped%29.jpg/100px-Fanny_Tur_2017_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="295" data-file-height="441" /></a></span> </td> <td>Fanny Tur </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Progressivism" title="Progressivism">Progressivism</a> </td> <td colspan="2" data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">Senate </td> <td><span style="font-size:120%"><b>1</b></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="☒" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/15px-X_mark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/23px-X_mark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/30px-X_mark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="525" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">N</span> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#31B404"> </td> <td align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/Lanzarote_Independents_Party" title="Lanzarote Independents Party">PIL</a></b> </td> <td><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div>List</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Lanzarote_Independents_Party" title="Lanzarote Independents Party">Lanzarote Independents Party</a> (PIL) </li></ul> </div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Portrait_placeholder.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Portrait_placeholder.svg/50px-Portrait_placeholder.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="76" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Portrait_placeholder.svg/75px-Portrait_placeholder.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Portrait_placeholder.svg/100px-Portrait_placeholder.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="379" data-file-height="577" /></a></span> </td> <td>Dimas Martín </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Regionalism_(politics)" title="Regionalism (politics)">Insularism</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Canarian_nationalism" title="Canarian nationalism">Canarian nationalism</a> </td> <td colspan="2" data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">Senate </td> <td><span style="font-size:120%"><b>1</b></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="☒" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/15px-X_mark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/23px-X_mark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/30px-X_mark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="525" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">N</span> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#FFCC66"> </td> <td align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/Aragonese_Party" title="Aragonese Party">PAR</a></b> </td> <td><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div>List</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Aragonese_Party" title="Aragonese Party">Aragonese Party</a> (PAR) </li></ul> </div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Portrait_placeholder.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Portrait_placeholder.svg/50px-Portrait_placeholder.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="76" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Portrait_placeholder.svg/75px-Portrait_placeholder.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Portrait_placeholder.svg/100px-Portrait_placeholder.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="379" data-file-height="577" /></a></span> </td> <td>Antonio Serrano </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Regionalism_(politics)" title="Regionalism (politics)">Regionalism</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Centrism" title="Centrism">Centrism</a> </td> <td colspan="3" data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">New<sup id="cite_ref-108" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>f<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="☒" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/15px-X_mark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/23px-X_mark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/30px-X_mark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="525" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">N</span> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-PAR_85-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PAR-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The election was marked by the exploration of joint candidacies between the <a href="/wiki/Spanish_Socialist_Workers%27_Party" title="Spanish Socialist Workers' Party">Spanish Socialist Workers' Party</a> (PSOE) and other parties in the left of the political spectrum. One such example was in Catalonia, where a left-wing alliance came to fruition between the <a href="/wiki/Socialists%27_Party_of_Catalonia" title="Socialists' Party of Catalonia">Socialists' Party of Catalonia</a> (PSC), <a href="/wiki/Republican_Left_of_Catalonia" title="Republican Left of Catalonia">Republican Left of Catalonia</a> (ERC) and <a href="/wiki/Initiative_for_Catalonia_Greens" title="Initiative for Catalonia Greens">Initiative for Catalonia–Greens</a> (IC–V) under the <a href="/wiki/Catalan_Agreement_of_Progress" title="Catalan Agreement of Progress">Catalan Agreement of Progress</a> label,<sup id="cite_ref-Entesa1_105-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Entesa1-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Entesa2_106-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Entesa2-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Entesa3_107-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Entesa3-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-109" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-109"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> aiming to mirror the success of a similar alliance between the PSC and IC–V in the <a href="/wiki/1999_Catalan_regional_election" title="1999 Catalan regional election">1999 Catalan regional election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-110" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-111" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-111"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ahead of the Senate election in Ibiza and Formentera, PSOE, <a href="/wiki/United_Left_of_the_Balearic_Islands" title="United Left of the Balearic Islands">United Left of the Balearic Islands</a> (EUIB), <a href="/wiki/Confederation_of_the_Greens" title="Confederation of the Greens">The Greens</a> (LV), <a href="/wiki/Entesa_Nacionalista_i_Ecologista" class="mw-redirect" title="Entesa Nacionalista i Ecologista">Nationalist and Ecologist Agreement</a> (ENE) and ERC formed the <a href="/wiki/Pacte_Progressista" title="Pacte Progressista">Pact for Ibiza and Formentera</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-112" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-112"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-113" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-113"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-114" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-114"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Various attempts at forming a joint left-wing candidacy for the Senate in the Valencian Community were unsuccessful,<sup id="cite_ref-115" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-115"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-116" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-116"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-117" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-117"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> primarily due to disagreement over the label and format of such an alliance.<sup id="cite_ref-118" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-118"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-119" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-119"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-120" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-120"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-121" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-121"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nationwide, an agreement was reached between the national leaderships of PSOE and <a href="/wiki/United_Left_(Spain)" title="United Left (Spain)">United Left</a>, under which both parties agreed to cooperate in the Senate elections for 27 constituencies: in those districts, and taking consideration of the Senate electoral system allowing up to three votes to each voter, the PSOE would field two candidates to one from IU, with the parties urging voters to cast their votes as if it were a joint list of three.<sup id="cite_ref-122" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-122"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-123" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-123"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The PSOE also offered IU a similar agreement for the Congress of Deputies, wherein IU would not run in 34 constituencies where it would unlikely win a seat on its own,<sup id="cite_ref-124" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-124"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with a later offer reducing the number to 14.<sup id="cite_ref-125" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-125"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These offers were both rejected.<sup id="cite_ref-126" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-126"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-127" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-127"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Euskal_Herritarrok" title="Euskal Herritarrok">Basque Citizens</a> (EH), the Basque electoral coalition including <a href="/wiki/Herri_Batasuna" title="Herri Batasuna">Herri Batasuna</a>, called for <a href="/wiki/Election_boycott" title="Election boycott">election boycott</a> and urged its supporters to abstain.<sup id="cite_ref-128" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-128"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-129" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-129"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-130" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-130"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Campaign_period">Campaign period</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2000_Spanish_general_election&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Campaign period"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Party_slogans">Party slogans</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2000_Spanish_general_election&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Party slogans"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:left;"> <tbody><tr> <th style="text-align:left;" colspan="2">Party or alliance </th> <th>Original slogan </th> <th>English translation </th> <th><abbr title="References">Ref.</abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <td width="1" style="color:inherit;background:#1D84CE"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Party_(Spain)" title="People's Party (Spain)">PP</a> </td> <td>« Vamos a más » </td> <td>"We are going for more" </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-131" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-131"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#EF1C27"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Spanish_Socialist_Workers%27_Party" title="Spanish Socialist Workers' Party">PSOE</a>–<a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_of_the_New_Left" title="Democratic Party of the New Left">p</a> </td> <td>« Lo próximo » </td> <td>"What comes" </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-132" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-132"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#732021"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_Left_(Spain)" title="United Left (Spain)">IU</a> </td> <td>« Somos necesarios » </td> <td>"We are necessary" </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-133" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-133"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#18307B"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Convergence_and_Union" title="Convergence and Union">CiU</a> </td> <td>« La força positiva » </td> <td>"The positive force" </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-134" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-134"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>128<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-135" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-135"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#ADCFEF"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Galician_Nationalist_Bloc" title="Galician Nationalist Bloc">BNG</a> </td> <td>« Galiza, coa capacidade de decidir » </td> <td>"Galiza, with the ability to decide" </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-136" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-136"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>130<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Opinion_polls">Opinion polls</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2000_Spanish_general_election&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Opinion polls"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Opinion_polling_for_the_2000_Spanish_general_election" title="Opinion polling for the 2000 Spanish general election">Opinion polling for the 2000 Spanish general election</a></div> <div class="thumb tnone" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;overflow:hidden;width:auto;max-width:758px"><div class="thumbinner"><div class="noresize" style="overflow:auto"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:OpinionPollingSpainGeneralElection2000.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Local regression trend line of poll results from 3 March 1996 to 12 March 2000, with each line corresponding to a political party."><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/OpinionPollingSpainGeneralElection2000.svg/750px-OpinionPollingSpainGeneralElection2000.svg.png" decoding="async" width="750" height="416" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/OpinionPollingSpainGeneralElection2000.svg/1125px-OpinionPollingSpainGeneralElection2000.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/OpinionPollingSpainGeneralElection2000.svg/1500px-OpinionPollingSpainGeneralElection2000.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="284" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:OpinionPollingSpainGeneralElection2000.svg" title="File:OpinionPollingSpainGeneralElection2000.svg"> </a></div><a href="/wiki/Local_regression" title="Local regression">Local regression</a> trend line of poll results from 3 March 1996 to 12 March 2000, with each line corresponding to a political party.</div></div></div> <p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Results">Results</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2000_Spanish_general_election&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Congress_of_Deputies">Congress of Deputies</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2000_Spanish_general_election&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Congress of Deputies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For results by autonomous community/constituency, see <a href="/wiki/Results_breakdown_of_the_2000_Spanish_general_election_(Congress)" title="Results breakdown of the 2000 Spanish general election (Congress)">Results breakdown of the 2000 Spanish general election (Congress)</a>.</div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1996_Spanish_general_election#Congress_of_Deputies" title="1996 Spanish general election">←</a> Summary of the 12 March 2000 <a href="/wiki/Congress_of_Deputies" title="Congress of Deputies">Congress of Deputies</a> election results <a href="/wiki/2004_Spanish_general_election#Congress_of_Deputies" title="2004 Spanish general election">→</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="7"><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:SpainCongressDiagram2000.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/SpainCongressDiagram2000.svg/400px-SpainCongressDiagram2000.svg.png" decoding="async" width="400" height="206" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/SpainCongressDiagram2000.svg/600px-SpainCongressDiagram2000.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/SpainCongressDiagram2000.svg/800px-SpainCongressDiagram2000.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="185" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2" colspan="2" width="525">Parties and alliances </th> <th colspan="3">Popular vote </th> <th colspan="2">Seats </th></tr> <tr> <th width="75">Votes </th> <th width="45">% </th> <th width="45">±<a href="/wiki/Percentage_point" title="Percentage point">pp</a> </th> <th width="35">Total </th> <th width="35">+/− </th></tr> <tr> <td width="1" style="color:inherit;background:#1D84CE"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Party_(Spain)" title="People's Party (Spain)">People's Party</a> (PP) </td> <td>10,321,178</td> <td>44.52</td> <td style="color:green;">+5.73 </td> <td><b>183</b></td> <td style="color:green;">+27 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#EF1C27"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Spanish_Socialist_Workers%27_Party" title="Spanish Socialist Workers' Party">Spanish Socialist Workers' Party</a>–<a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_of_the_New_Left" title="Democratic Party of the New Left">Progressives</a> (PSOE–p) </td> <td>7,918,752</td> <td>34.16</td> <td style="color:red;">–3.47 </td> <td><b>125</b></td> <td style="color:red;">–16 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#732021"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_Left_(Spain)" title="United Left (Spain)">United Left</a> (IU)<sup>1</sup> </td> <td>1,263,043</td> <td>5.45</td> <td style="color:red;">–3.90 </td> <td><b>8</b></td> <td style="color:red;">–11 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#18307B"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Convergence_and_Union" title="Convergence and Union">Convergence and Union</a> (CiU) </td> <td>970,421</td> <td>4.19</td> <td style="color:red;">–0.41 </td> <td><b>15</b></td> <td style="color:red;">–1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#4AAE4A"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Basque_Nationalist_Party" title="Basque Nationalist Party">Basque Nationalist Party</a> (EAJ/PNV) </td> <td>353,953</td> <td>1.53</td> <td style="color:green;">+0.26 </td> <td><b>7</b></td> <td style="color:green;">+2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#ADCFEF"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Galician_Nationalist_Bloc" title="Galician Nationalist Bloc">Galician Nationalist Bloc</a> (BNG) </td> <td>306,268</td> <td>1.32</td> <td style="color:green;">+0.44 </td> <td><b>3</b></td> <td style="color:green;">+1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#FFD700"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Canarian_Coalition" title="Canarian Coalition">Canarian Coalition</a> (CC) </td> <td>248,261</td> <td>1.07</td> <td style="color:green;">+0.19 </td> <td><b>4</b></td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#005931"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Andalusian_Party" title="Andalusian Party">Andalusian Party</a> (PA) </td> <td>206,255</td> <td>0.89</td> <td style="color:green;">+0.35 </td> <td><b>1</b></td> <td style="color:green;">+1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#FFB232"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Left_of_Catalonia" title="Republican Left of Catalonia">Republican Left of Catalonia</a> (ERC) </td> <td>194,715</td> <td>0.84</td> <td style="color:green;">+0.17 </td> <td><b>1</b></td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#4E9E41"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Initiative_for_Catalonia_Greens" title="Initiative for Catalonia Greens">Initiative for Catalonia–Greens</a> (IC–V)<sup>2</sup> </td> <td>119,290</td> <td>0.51</td> <td style="color:red;">–0.68 </td> <td><b>1</b></td> <td style="color:red;">–1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#77AC1C"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Eusko_Alkartasuna" title="Eusko Alkartasuna">Basque Solidarity</a> (EA) </td> <td>100,742</td> <td>0.43</td> <td style="color:red;">–0.03 </td> <td><b>1</b></td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#008A21"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Chunta_Aragonesista" title="Chunta Aragonesista">Aragonese Union</a> (CHA) </td> <td>75,356</td> <td>0.33</td> <td style="color:green;">+0.13 </td> <td><b>1</b></td> <td style="color:green;">+1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#009B31"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Independent_Group" title="Liberal Independent Group">Liberal Independent Group</a> (GIL) </td> <td>72,162</td> <td>0.31</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#74B32A"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Confederation_of_the_Greens" title="Confederation of the Greens">The Greens</a> (Verdes)<sup>3</sup> </td> <td>70,906</td> <td>0.31</td> <td style="color:green;">+0.15 </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#F76921"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Valencian_Nationalist_Bloc" title="Valencian Nationalist Bloc">Valencian Nationalist Bloc</a>–<a href="/wiki/Confederation_of_the_Greens" title="Confederation of the Greens">The Greens–Valencians for Change</a> (BNV–EV)<sup>4</sup> </td> <td>58,551</td> <td>0.25</td> <td style="color:green;">+0.06 </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#1F4473"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Valencian_Union" title="Valencian Union">Valencian Union</a> (UV) </td> <td>57,830</td> <td>0.25</td> <td style="color:red;">–0.12 </td> <td>0</td> <td style="color:red;">–1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#B41062"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Leonese_People%27s_Union" title="Leonese People's Union">Leonese People's Union</a> (UPL) </td> <td>41,690</td> <td>0.18</td> <td style="color:green;">+0.13 </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#FFCC66"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Aragonese_Party" title="Aragonese Party">Aragonese Party</a> (PAR) </td> <td>38,883</td> <td>0.17</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#049456"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_and_Social_Centre_(Spain)" title="Democratic and Social Centre (Spain)">Centrist Union–Democratic and Social Centre</a> (UC–CDS) </td> <td>23,576</td> <td>0.10</td> <td style="color:red;">–0.08 </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#FF6600"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/PSM%E2%80%93Nationalist_Agreement" title="PSM–Nationalist Agreement">PSM–Nationalist Agreement</a> (PSM–EN) </td> <td>23,482</td> <td>0.10</td> <td>±0.00 </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#559B7F"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/The_Eco-pacifist_Greens" title="The Eco-pacifist Greens">The Eco-pacifist Greens</a> (LVEP) </td> <td>22,220</td> <td>0.10</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#3EB034"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/The_Greens_of_the_Community_of_Madrid" title="The Greens of the Community of Madrid">The Greens of the Community of Madrid</a> (LVCM) </td> <td>21,087</td> <td>0.09</td> <td style="color:green;">+0.06 </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#398420"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/The_Greens%E2%80%93Green_Group" title="The Greens–Green Group">The Greens–Green Group</a> (LV–GV) </td> <td>20,618</td> <td>0.09</td> <td style="color:green;">+0.02 </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#FF753A"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Humanist_Party_(Spain)" title="Humanist Party (Spain)">Humanist Party</a> (PH) </td> <td>19,683</td> <td>0.08</td> <td style="color:green;">+0.03 </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#7A76B4"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Commoners%27_Land" title="Commoners' Land">Commoners' Land–Castilian Nationalist Party</a> (TC–PNC) </td> <td>18,290</td> <td>0.08</td> <td style="color:green;">+0.06 </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#A5A608"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Natural_Law_Party" title="Natural Law Party">Natural Law Party</a> (PLN) </td> <td>17,372</td> <td>0.07</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#29191E"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/La_Falange_(1999)" title="La Falange (1999)">The Phalanx</a> (FE) </td> <td>14,431</td> <td>0.06</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#155BC2"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Asturian_Renewal_Union" title="Asturian Renewal Union">Asturian Renewal Union</a> (URAS) </td> <td>13,360</td> <td>0.06</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#D1141A"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_the_Peoples_of_Spain" title="Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain">Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain</a> (PCPE) </td> <td>12,898</td> <td>0.06</td> <td>±0.00 </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#BC021C"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Internationalist_Socialist_Workers%27_Party" title="Internationalist Socialist Workers' Party">Internationalist Socialist Workers' Party</a> (POSI)<sup>5</sup> </td> <td>12,208</td> <td>0.05</td> <td style="color:green;">+0.04 </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#009642"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/The_Greens%E2%80%93Green_Alternative" title="The Greens–Green Alternative">The Greens–Green Alternative</a> (EV–AV) </td> <td>11,579</td> <td>0.05</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#31B404"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Lanzarote_Independents_Party" title="Lanzarote Independents Party">Lanzarote Independents Party</a> (PIL) </td> <td>10,323</td> <td>0.04</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#0058A9"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Espa%C3%B1a_2000" title="España 2000">Spain 2000 Platform</a> (ES2000) </td> <td>9,562</td> <td>0.04</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#0E1B57"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Spanish_Democratic_Party" title="Spanish Democratic Party">Spanish Democratic Party</a> (PADE) </td> <td>9,136</td> <td>0.04</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#9D3E4D"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Convergence_of_Democrats_of_Navarre" title="Convergence of Democrats of Navarre">Convergence of Democrats of Navarre</a> (CDN) </td> <td>8,646</td> <td>0.04</td> <td style="color:red;">–0.03 </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#333583"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Majorcan_Union" title="Majorcan Union">Majorcan Union–Independents of Menorca</a> (UM–INME) </td> <td>8,372</td> <td>0.04</td> <td style="color:green;">+0.01 </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#FF0000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Andalusian_Left" title="Andalusian Left">Andalusian Left</a> (IA) </td> <td>8,175</td> <td>0.04</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#000000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Falange_Espa%C3%B1ola_Independiente" title="Falange Española Independiente">Independent Spanish Phalanx–Phalanx 2000</a> (FEI–FE 2000) </td> <td>6,621</td> <td>0.03</td> <td style="color:green;">+0.02 </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#217118"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Localist_Bloc_of_Melilla" title="Localist Bloc of Melilla">Localist Bloc of Melilla</a> (BLM) </td> <td>6,514</td> <td>0.03</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#00AA42"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Riojan_Party" title="Riojan Party">Riojan Party</a> (PR) </td> <td>6,155</td> <td>0.03</td> <td style="color:green;">+0.01 </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#196C5B"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Part%C3%ADu_Asturianista" title="Partíu Asturianista">Asturianist Party</a> (PAS) </td> <td>5,876</td> <td>0.03</td> <td style="color:red;">–0.02 </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#FE0000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Regionalist_Unity_of_Castile_and_Le%C3%B3n" title="Regionalist Unity of Castile and León">Regionalist Unity of Castile and León</a> (URCL) </td> <td>5,683</td> <td>0.02</td> <td>±0.00 </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#085500"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_Extremadura" title="United Extremadura">United Extremadura</a> (EU) </td> <td>4,771</td> <td>0.02</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#636563"> </td> <td align="left">Party of Self-employed and Professionals (AUTONOMO) </td> <td>4,218</td> <td>0.02</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#CC2B54"> </td> <td align="left">Independent Candidacy–The Party of Castile and León (CI–PCL) </td> <td>4,184</td> <td>0.02</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#1E90FF"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Estat_Catal%C3%A0" title="Estat Català">Catalan State</a> (EC) </td> <td>3,356</td> <td>0.01</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#008800"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Andalusian_Nation" title="Andalusian Nation">Andalusian Nation</a> (NA) </td> <td>3,262</td> <td>0.01</td> <td>±0.00 </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#81DAF5"> </td> <td align="left">Galician Democracy (DG) </td> <td>2,958</td> <td>0.01</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#73246B"> </td> <td align="left">Republican Action (AR) </td> <td>2,858</td> <td>0.01</td> <td style="color:green;">+0.01 </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#F1002A"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Party_of_the_Democratic_Karma" title="Party of the Democratic Karma">Party of the Democratic Karma</a> (PKD) </td> <td>2,759</td> <td>0.01</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#088A00"> </td> <td align="left">Andalusia Assembly (A) </td> <td>2,727</td> <td>0.01</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="white"> </td> <td align="left">Party of Self-employed, Retirees and Independents (EL–PAPI) </td> <td>2,713</td> <td>0.01</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#CAD508"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Extremaduran_Coalition" title="Extremaduran Coalition">Extremaduran Coalition</a> (PREx–CREx) </td> <td>2,371</td> <td>0.01</td> <td style="color:red;">–0.02 </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#002C9C"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Galician_Coalition" title="Galician Coalition">Galician Coalition</a> (CG) </td> <td>2,361</td> <td>0.01</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#339933"> </td> <td align="left">Zamoran People's Union (UPZ) </td> <td>2,347</td> <td>0.01</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#3920DE"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Galician_People%27s_Front" title="Galician People's Front">Galician People's Front</a> (FPG) </td> <td>2,252</td> <td>0.01</td> <td>±0.00 </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#FF454F"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Carlist_Party_(1970)" title="Carlist Party (1970)">Carlist Party</a> (PC) </td> <td>2,131</td> <td>0.01</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#D20062"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Regionalist_Party_of_the_Leonese_Country" title="Regionalist Party of the Leonese Country">Salamanca–Zamora–León–PREPAL</a> (PREPAL) </td> <td>2,118</td> <td>0.01</td> <td>±0.00 </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#973D3C"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Cantabrian_Nationalist_Council" title="Cantabrian Nationalist Council">Cantabrian Nationalist Council</a> (CNC) </td> <td>2,103</td> <td>0.01</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#A53042"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Andecha_Astur" title="Andecha Astur">Andecha Astur</a> (AA) </td> <td>2,036</td> <td>0.01</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#94BADE"> </td> <td align="left">Self-employed Spanish Party (PEDA) </td> <td>1,904</td> <td>0.01</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#8C0C21"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Internationalist_Struggle" title="Internationalist Struggle">Internationalist Struggle</a> (LI (LIT–CI)) </td> <td>1,716</td> <td>0.01</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#000000"> </td> <td align="left">Party Association of Widows and Legal Wives (PAVIEL) </td> <td>1,690</td> <td>0.01</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#B5047B"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Left_(Spain,_1977)" title="Republican Left (Spain, 1977)">Republican Left–Left Republican Party</a> (IR–PRE) </td> <td>1,541</td> <td>0.01</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#291829"> </td> <td align="left">Party of Self-employed, Retirees and Widows (PAE) </td> <td>1,462</td> <td>0.01</td> <td style="color:green;">+0.01 </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="white"> </td> <td align="left">Independent Salamancan Union (USI) </td> <td>1,416</td> <td>0.01</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#0BB828"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_Socialists_of_Extremadura" title="Independent Socialists of Extremadura">Independent Socialists of Extremadura</a> (SIEx) </td> <td>1,412</td> <td>0.01</td> <td>±0.00 </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#FA641B"> </td> <td align="left">Madrilenian Independent Regional Party (PRIM) </td> <td>1,363</td> <td>0.01</td> <td>±0.00 </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#008284"> </td> <td align="left">Caló Nationalist Party (PNCA) </td> <td>1,331</td> <td>0.01</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#0199CB"> </td> <td align="left">Party of El Bierzo (PB) </td> <td>1,191</td> <td>0.01</td> <td style="color:green;">+0.01 </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#FFCC00"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Asturian_Left" title="Asturian Left">Asturian Left Bloc</a> (BIA) </td> <td>1,085</td> <td>0.00</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#FFA500"> </td> <td align="left">Aragonese Initiative (INAR) </td> <td>1,057</td> <td>0.00</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="white"> </td> <td align="left">Progressives of Canaries Unity (UP–CAN) </td> <td>980</td> <td>0.00</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#006699"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Valencian_Nationalist_Left" title="Valencian Nationalist Left">Valencian Nationalist Left</a> (ENV) </td> <td>920</td> <td>0.00</td> <td>±0.00 </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#B59639"> </td> <td align="left">Almerian Regionalist Union (URAL) </td> <td>838</td> <td>0.00</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#CC9900"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Party_of_the_People_of_Ceuta" title="Socialist Party of the People of Ceuta">Socialist Party of the People of Ceuta</a> (PSPC) </td> <td>788</td> <td>0.00</td> <td style="color:red;">–0.01 </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#010101"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/European_Nation_State" title="European Nation State">European Nation State</a> (N) </td> <td>710</td> <td>0.00</td> <td>±0.00 </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="white"> </td> <td align="left">Liberal and Social Democratic Coalition (CSD–L) </td> <td>650</td> <td>0.00</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#0824AD"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Citizens%27_Convergence_of_the_South-East" title="Citizens' Convergence of the South-East">Citizens' Convergence of the South-East</a> (CCSE) </td> <td>645</td> <td>0.00</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#CEDFBD"> </td> <td align="left">Federal Progressives (PF) </td> <td>609</td> <td>0.00</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#377825"> </td> <td align="left">New Region (NR) </td> <td>598</td> <td>0.00</td> <td style="color:red;">–0.01 </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#8B898B"> </td> <td align="left">Christian Positivist Party (PPCr) </td> <td>546</td> <td>0.00</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#F7DB10"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Balearic_People%27s_Union" title="Balearic People's Union">Balearic People's Union</a> (UPB) </td> <td>524</td> <td>0.00</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#316D5A"> </td> <td align="left">Voice of the Andalusian People (VDPA) </td> <td>493</td> <td>0.00</td> <td>±0.00 </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#212084"> </td> <td align="left">Independent Initiative (II) </td> <td>425</td> <td>0.00</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#7310AD"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Regionalist_Party_of_Guadalajara" title="Regionalist Party of Guadalajara">Regionalist Party of Guadalajara</a> (PRGU) </td> <td>400</td> <td>0.00</td> <td>±0.00 </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#FF9A31"> </td> <td align="left">Iberian Union (UNIB) </td> <td>388</td> <td>0.00</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="white"> </td> <td align="left">New Force (FN) </td> <td>343</td> <td>0.00</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="white"> </td> <td align="left">Social and Autonomist Liberal Group (ALAS) </td> <td>339</td> <td>0.00</td> <td>±0.00 </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#424D7B"> </td> <td align="left">Balearic Islands Renewal Party (PRIB) </td> <td>334</td> <td>0.00</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#457BF9"> </td> <td align="left">Pensionist Assembly of the Canaries (TPC) </td> <td>319</td> <td>0.00</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="white"> </td> <td align="left">National Union (UN) </td> <td>314</td> <td>0.00</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#729E2A"> </td> <td align="left">Cives (Cives) </td> <td>206</td> <td>0.00</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#FFEA3F"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Movement_for_Humanist_Socialism" title="Movement for Humanist Socialism">Movement for Humanist Socialism</a> (MASH) </td> <td>121</td> <td>0.00</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="white"> </td> <td align="left">Democratic Party of the People (PDEP) </td> <td>85</td> <td>0.00</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#313131"> </td> <td align="left">Nationalist Aprome (Aprome) </td> <td>60</td> <td>0.00</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#AD0039"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Euskal_Herritarrok" title="Euskal Herritarrok">Basque Citizens</a> (EH)<sup>6</sup> </td> <td>0</td> <td>0.00</td> <td style="color:red;">–0.72 </td> <td>0</td> <td style="color:red;">–2 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2">Blank ballots </td> <td>366,823</td> <td>1.58</td> <td style="color:green;">+0.61 </td> <td bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2"> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"> </td></tr> <tr style="font-weight:bold;"> <td align="left" colspan="2">Total </td> <td>23,181,290</td> <td bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2"> </td> <td>350</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2">Valid votes </td> <td>23,181,290</td> <td>99.32</td> <td style="color:red;">–0.18 </td> <td bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2" rowspan="5"> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2">Invalid votes </td> <td>158,200</td> <td>0.68</td> <td style="color:green;">+0.18 </td></tr> <tr style="font-weight:bold;"> <td align="left" colspan="2">Votes cast / turnout </td> <td>23,339,490</td> <td>68.71</td> <td style="color:red;">–8.67 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2">Abstentions </td> <td>10,630,150</td> <td>31.29</td> <td style="color:green;">+8.67 </td></tr> <tr style="font-weight:bold;"> <td align="left" colspan="2">Registered voters </td> <td>33,969,640</td> <td bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2"> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="7">Sources<sup id="cite_ref-InfoE_137-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-InfoE-137"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>131<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-HE_138-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HE-138"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>132<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7" style="text-align:left; max-width:790px;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1214851843">.mw-parser-output .hidden-begin{box-sizing:border-box;width:100%;padding:5px;border:none;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .hidden-title{font-weight:bold;line-height:1.6;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .hidden-content{text-align:left}@media all and (max-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .hidden-begin{width:auto!important;clear:none!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="text-align:left;"><b>Footnotes:</b></div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><sup>1</sup> <a href="/wiki/United_Left_(Spain)" title="United Left (Spain)">United Left</a> does not include <a href="/wiki/Initiative_for_Catalonia" class="mw-redirect" title="Initiative for Catalonia">Initiative for Catalonia</a> results in Catalonia.</li><li><sup>2</sup> <a href="/wiki/Initiative_for_Catalonia_Greens" title="Initiative for Catalonia Greens">Initiative for Catalonia–Greens</a> results are compared to Initiative for Catalonia totals in the 1996 election, only in Catalonia.</li><li><sup>3</sup> <a href="/wiki/Confederation_of_the_Greens" title="Confederation of the Greens">The Greens</a> does not include results in the Valencian Community.</li><li><sup>4</sup> <a href="/wiki/Valencian_Nationalist_Bloc" title="Valencian Nationalist Bloc">Valencian Nationalist Bloc</a>–<a href="/wiki/Confederation_of_the_Greens" title="Confederation of the Greens">The Greens–Valencians for Change</a> results are compared to the combined totals of <a href="/wiki/Valencian_People%27s_Union" title="Valencian People's Union">Valencian People's Union</a>–<a href="/wiki/Nationalist_Valencian_Party" title="Nationalist Valencian Party">Nationalist Bloc</a> and <a href="/wiki/Confederation_of_the_Greens" title="Confederation of the Greens">The Greens of the Valencian Country</a> in the 1996 election.</li><li><sup>5</sup> <a href="/wiki/Internationalist_Socialist_Workers%27_Party" title="Internationalist Socialist Workers' Party">Internationalist Socialist Workers' Party</a> results are compared to <a href="/wiki/Republican_Coalition_(Spain,_1996)" title="Republican Coalition (Spain, 1996)">Republican Coalition</a> totals in the 1996 election.</li><li><sup>6</sup> <a href="/wiki/Euskal_Herritarrok" title="Euskal Herritarrok">Basque Citizens</a> results are compared to <a href="/wiki/Herri_Batasuna" title="Herri Batasuna">Popular Unity</a> totals in the 1996 election. EH called for <a href="/wiki/Election_boycott" title="Election boycott">election boycott</a> and urged its supporters to abstain.</li></ul></div></div></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="margin:0; border:none;"><tbody><tr><td style="border:none; padding:0;"><div class="notheme barbox" style="overflow-x: auto;"> <div style="border:1px solid silver; font-size:88%; padding:0.4em; width:550px; background: white; color: black;"> <table style="text-align:left; border-collapse:collapse; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr style="background:#ddd"><th style="text-align:center;" colspan="5">Popular vote</th></tr> <tr style="font-size:88%; height:4px;"> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; text-align:left;"></td> <td style="width:500px; text-align:left;"></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; width:1em; text-align:right;"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Party_(Spain)" title="People's Party (Spain)">PP</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#1D84CE; width:44.52%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">44.52%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Spanish_Socialist_Workers%27_Party" title="Spanish Socialist Workers' Party">PSOE</a>–<a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_of_the_New_Left" title="Democratic Party of the New Left">p</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#EF1C27; width:34.16%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">34.16%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/United_Left_(Spain)" title="United Left (Spain)">IU</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#732021; width:5.45%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">5.45%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Convergence_and_Union" title="Convergence and Union">CiU</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#18307B; width:4.19%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">4.19%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Basque_Nationalist_Party" title="Basque Nationalist Party">EAJ/PNV</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#4AAE4A; width:1.53%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">1.53%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Galician_Nationalist_Bloc" title="Galician Nationalist Bloc">BNG</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#ADCFEF; width:1.32%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">1.32%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Canarian_Coalition" title="Canarian Coalition">CC</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#FFD700; width:1.07%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">1.07%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Andalusian_Party" title="Andalusian Party">PA</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#005931; width:0.89%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">0.89%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Left_of_Catalonia" title="Republican Left of Catalonia">ERC</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#FFB232; width:0.84%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">0.84%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Initiative_for_Catalonia_Greens" title="Initiative for Catalonia Greens">IC–V</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#4E9E41; width:0.51%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">0.51%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Eusko_Alkartasuna" title="Eusko Alkartasuna">EA</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#77AC1C; width:0.43%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">0.43%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Chunta_Aragonesista" title="Chunta Aragonesista">CHA</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#008A21; width:0.33%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">0.33%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Others</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#777777; width:3.18%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">3.18%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Blank ballots</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#DDDDDD; width:1.58%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">1.58%</td> </tr> </tbody></table> </div> </div></td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="margin:0; border:none;"><tbody><tr><td style="border:none; padding:0;"><div class="notheme barbox" style="overflow-x: auto;"> <div style="border:1px solid silver; font-size:88%; padding:0.4em; width:550px; background: white; color: black;"> <table style="text-align:left; border-collapse:collapse; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr style="background:#ddd"><th style="text-align:center;" colspan="5">Seats</th></tr> <tr style="font-size:88%; height:4px;"> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; text-align:left;"></td> <td style="width:500px; text-align:left;"></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; width:1em; text-align:right;"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Party_(Spain)" title="People's Party (Spain)">PP</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#1D84CE; width:52.29%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">52.29%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Spanish_Socialist_Workers%27_Party" title="Spanish Socialist Workers' Party">PSOE</a>–<a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_of_the_New_Left" title="Democratic Party of the New Left">p</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#EF1C27; width:35.71%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">35.71%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Convergence_and_Union" title="Convergence and Union">CiU</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#18307B; width:4.29%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">4.29%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/United_Left_(Spain)" title="United Left (Spain)">IU</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#732021; width:2.29%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">2.29%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Basque_Nationalist_Party" title="Basque Nationalist Party">EAJ/PNV</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#4AAE4A; width:2.00%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">2.00%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Canarian_Coalition" title="Canarian Coalition">CC</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#FFD700; width:1.14%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">1.14%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Galician_Nationalist_Bloc" title="Galician Nationalist Bloc">BNG</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#ADCFEF; width:0.89%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">0.89%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Andalusian_Party" title="Andalusian Party">PA</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#005931; width:0.29%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">0.29%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Left_of_Catalonia" title="Republican Left of Catalonia">ERC</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#FFB232; width:0.29%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">0.29%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Initiative_for_Catalonia_Greens" title="Initiative for Catalonia Greens">IC–V</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#4E9E41; width:0.29%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">0.29%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Eusko_Alkartasuna" title="Eusko Alkartasuna">EA</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#77AC1C; width:0.29%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">0.29%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Chunta_Aragonesista" title="Chunta Aragonesista">CHA</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#008A21; width:0.29%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">0.29%</td> </tr> </tbody></table> </div> </div></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Senate">Senate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2000_Spanish_general_election&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Senate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1996_Spanish_general_election#Senate" title="1996 Spanish general election">←</a> Summary of the 12 March 2000 <a href="/wiki/Senate_of_Spain" title="Senate of Spain">Senate of Spain</a> election results <a href="/wiki/2004_Spanish_general_election#Senate" title="2004 Spanish general election">→</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="7"><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:SpainSenateDiagram2000.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/SpainSenateDiagram2000.svg/375px-SpainSenateDiagram2000.svg.png" decoding="async" width="375" height="193" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/SpainSenateDiagram2000.svg/563px-SpainSenateDiagram2000.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/SpainSenateDiagram2000.svg/750px-SpainSenateDiagram2000.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="185" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2" colspan="2" width="525">Parties and alliances </th> <th colspan="3">Popular vote </th> <th colspan="2">Seats </th></tr> <tr> <th width="75">Votes </th> <th width="45">% </th> <th width="45">±<a href="/wiki/Percentage_point" title="Percentage point">pp</a> </th> <th width="35">Total </th> <th width="35">+/− </th></tr> <tr> <td width="1" style="color:inherit;background:#1D84CE"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Party_(Spain)" title="People's Party (Spain)">People's Party</a> (PP) </td> <td>28,097,204</td> <td>45.35</td> <td style="color:green;">+6.31 </td> <td><b>127</b></td> <td style="color:green;">+15 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#EF1C27"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Spanish_Socialist_Workers%27_Party" title="Spanish Socialist Workers' Party">Spanish Socialist Workers' Party</a>–<a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_of_the_New_Left" title="Democratic Party of the New Left">Progressives</a> (PSOE–p)<sup>1</sup> </td> <td>16,323,744</td> <td>26.35</td> <td style="color:red;">–5.35 </td> <td><b>53</b></td> <td style="color:red;">–20 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#732021"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_Left_(Spain)" title="United Left (Spain)">United Left</a> (IU) </td> <td>4,752,113</td> <td>7.67</td> <td style="color:red;">–2.32 </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#FA8005"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Catalan_Agreement_of_Progress" title="Catalan Agreement of Progress">Catalan Agreement of Progress</a> (<a href="/wiki/Socialists%27_Party_of_Catalonia" title="Socialists' Party of Catalonia">PSC</a>–<a href="/wiki/Republican_Left_of_Catalonia" title="Republican Left of Catalonia">ERC</a>–<a href="/wiki/Initiative_for_Catalonia_Greens" title="Initiative for Catalonia Greens">IC–V</a>)<sup>2</sup> </td> <td>3,718,949</td> <td>6.00</td> <td style="color:red;">–1.88 </td> <td><b>8</b></td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#18307B"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Convergence_and_Union" title="Convergence and Union">Convergence and Union</a> (CiU) </td> <td>2,809,367</td> <td>4.53</td> <td style="color:red;">–0.34 </td> <td><b>8</b></td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#4AAE4A"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Basque_Nationalist_Party" title="Basque Nationalist Party">Basque Nationalist Party</a> (EAJ/PNV) </td> <td>1,022,057</td> <td>1.65</td> <td style="color:green;">+0.31 </td> <td><b>6</b></td> <td style="color:green;">+2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#ADCFEF"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Galician_Nationalist_Bloc" title="Galician Nationalist Bloc">Galician Nationalist Bloc</a> (BNG) </td> <td>887,326</td> <td>1.43</td> <td style="color:green;">+0.45 </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#005931"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Andalusian_Party" title="Andalusian Party">Andalusian Party</a> (PA) </td> <td>577,849</td> <td>0.93</td> <td style="color:green;">+0.32 </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#FFD700"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Canarian_Coalition" title="Canarian Coalition">Canarian Coalition</a> (CC) </td> <td>438,149</td> <td>0.71</td> <td style="color:green;">+0.14 </td> <td><b>5</b></td> <td style="color:green;">+4 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#77AC1C"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Eusko_Alkartasuna" title="Eusko Alkartasuna">Basque Solidarity</a> (EA) </td> <td>294,145</td> <td>0.47</td> <td style="color:red;">–0.02 </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#009B31"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Independent_Group" title="Liberal Independent Group">Liberal Independent Group</a> (GIL) </td> <td>215,285</td> <td>0.35</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#008A21"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Chunta_Aragonesista" title="Chunta Aragonesista">Aragonese Union</a> (CHA) </td> <td>186,411</td> <td>0.30</td> <td style="color:green;">+0.10 </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#74B32A"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Confederation_of_the_Greens" title="Confederation of the Greens">The Greens</a> (Verdes)<sup>3</sup> </td> <td>181,453</td> <td>0.29</td> <td style="color:green;">+0.15 </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#1F4473"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Valencian_Union" title="Valencian Union">Valencian Union</a> (UV) </td> <td>174,419</td> <td>0.28</td> <td style="color:red;">–0.13 </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#B41062"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Leonese_People%27s_Union" title="Leonese People's Union">Leonese People's Union</a> (UPL) </td> <td>126,859</td> <td>0.20</td> <td style="color:green;">+0.13 </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#FFCC66"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Aragonese_Party" title="Aragonese Party">Aragonese Party</a> (PAR) </td> <td>123,176</td> <td>0.20</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#F76921"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Valencian_Nationalist_Bloc" title="Valencian Nationalist Bloc">Valencian Nationalist Bloc</a>–<a href="/wiki/Confederation_of_the_Greens" title="Confederation of the Greens">The Greens–Valencians for Change</a> (BNV–EV)<sup>4</sup> </td> <td>83,006</td> <td>0.13</td> <td style="color:red;">–0.06 </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#7A76B4"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Commoners%27_Land" title="Commoners' Land">Commoners' Land–Castilian Nationalist Party</a> (TC–PNC) </td> <td>70,979</td> <td>0.11</td> <td style="color:green;">+0.07 </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#FF753A"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Humanist_Party_(Spain)" title="Humanist Party (Spain)">Humanist Party</a> (PH) </td> <td>67,228</td> <td>0.11</td> <td style="color:green;">+0.07 </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#049456"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_and_Social_Centre_(Spain)" title="Democratic and Social Centre (Spain)">Centrist Union–Democratic and Social Centre</a> (UC–CDS) </td> <td>65,024</td> <td>0.10</td> <td style="color:red;">–0.09 </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#3EB034"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/The_Greens_of_the_Community_of_Madrid" title="The Greens of the Community of Madrid">The Greens of the Community of Madrid</a> (LVCM) </td> <td>55,357</td> <td>0.09</td> <td style="color:green;">+0.07 </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#BC021C"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Internationalist_Socialist_Workers%27_Party" title="Internationalist Socialist Workers' Party">Internationalist Socialist Workers' Party</a> (POSI)<sup>5</sup> </td> <td>51,185</td> <td>0.08</td> <td style="color:green;">+0.06 </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#D1141A"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_the_Peoples_of_Spain" title="Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain">Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain</a> (PCPE) </td> <td>50,326</td> <td>0.08</td> <td style="color:green;">+0.03 </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#009642"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/The_Greens%E2%80%93Green_Alternative" title="The Greens–Green Alternative">The Greens–Green Alternative</a> (EV–AV) </td> <td>49,799</td> <td>0.08</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#559B7F"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/The_Eco-pacifist_Greens" title="The Eco-pacifist Greens">The Eco-pacifist Greens</a> (LVEP) </td> <td>49,326</td> <td>0.08</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#398420"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/The_Greens%E2%80%93Green_Group" title="The Greens–Green Group">The Greens–Green Group</a> (LV–GV) </td> <td>45,248</td> <td>0.07</td> <td style="color:red;">–0.03 </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#FF6600"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/PSM%E2%80%93Nationalist_Agreement" title="PSM–Nationalist Agreement">PSM–Nationalist Agreement</a> (PSM–EN) </td> <td>44,953</td> <td>0.07</td> <td>±0.00 </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#155BC2"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Asturian_Renewal_Union" title="Asturian Renewal Union">Asturian Renewal Union</a> (URAS) </td> <td>41,829</td> <td>0.07</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#29191E"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/La_Falange_(1999)" title="La Falange (1999)">The Phalanx</a> (FE) </td> <td>35,655</td> <td>0.06</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#008700"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/The_Greens%E2%80%93Green_Option" title="The Greens–Green Option">The Greens–Green Option</a> (EV–OV) </td> <td>34,601</td> <td>0.06</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#FF0000"> </td> <td align="left">Carlist Traditionalist Communion (CTC) </td> <td>32,066</td> <td>0.05</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#01884C"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Pacte_Progressista" title="Pacte Progressista">Progressive Pact</a> (Pacte–PPM)<sup>6</sup> </td> <td>30,619</td> <td>0.05</td> <td style="color:green;">+0.02 </td> <td>0</td> <td style="color:red;">–1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#333583"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Majorcan_Union" title="Majorcan Union">Majorcan Union</a> (UM) </td> <td>26,275</td> <td>0.04</td> <td style="color:green;">+0.01 </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#000000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Falange_Espa%C3%B1ola_Independiente" title="Falange Española Independiente">Independent Spanish Phalanx–Phalanx 2000</a> (FEI–FE 2000) </td> <td>24,964</td> <td>0.04</td> <td style="color:green;">+0.02 </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#FF0000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Andalusian_Left" title="Andalusian Left">Andalusian Left</a> (IA) </td> <td>23,688</td> <td>0.04</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#9D3E4D"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Convergence_of_Democrats_of_Navarre" title="Convergence of Democrats of Navarre">Convergence of Democrats of Navarre</a> (CDN) </td> <td>22,952</td> <td>0.04</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#196C5B"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Part%C3%ADu_Asturianista" title="Partíu Asturianista">Asturianist Party</a> (PAS) </td> <td>20,005</td> <td>0.03</td> <td style="color:red;">–0.03 </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#00AA42"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Riojan_Party" title="Riojan Party">Riojan Party</a> (PR) </td> <td>19,667</td> <td>0.03</td> <td>±0.00 </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#085500"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_Extremadura" title="United Extremadura">United Extremadura</a> (EU) </td> <td>18,937</td> <td>0.03</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#FE0000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Regionalist_Unity_of_Castile_and_Le%C3%B3n" title="Regionalist Unity of Castile and León">Regionalist Unity of Castile and León</a> (URCL) </td> <td>18,387</td> <td>0.03</td> <td style="color:green;">+0.01 </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#1E90FF"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Estat_Catal%C3%A0" title="Estat Català">Catalan State</a> (EC) </td> <td>17,825</td> <td>0.03</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#0E1B57"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Spanish_Democratic_Party" title="Spanish Democratic Party">Spanish Democratic Party</a> (PADE) </td> <td>17,400</td> <td>0.03</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="white"> </td> <td align="left">New Force (FN) </td> <td>15,452</td> <td>0.02</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#1D463B"> </td> <td align="left">Alliance for Development and Nature (ADN) </td> <td>15,378</td> <td>0.02</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="white"> </td> <td align="left">Party of Self-employed, Retirees and Independents (EL–PAPI) </td> <td>15,340</td> <td>0.02</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="white"> </td> <td align="left">Bounced Public Workers (TPR) </td> <td>15,094</td> <td>0.02</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#A5A608"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Natural_Law_Party" title="Natural Law Party">Natural Law Party</a> (PLN) </td> <td>14,211</td> <td>0.02</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#81DAF5"> </td> <td align="left">Galician Democracy (DG) </td> <td>13,693</td> <td>0.02</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#31B404"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Lanzarote_Independents_Party" title="Lanzarote Independents Party">Lanzarote Independents Party</a> (PIL) </td> <td>13,528</td> <td>0.02</td> <td>±0.00 </td> <td><b>1</b></td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#217118"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Localist_Bloc_of_Melilla" title="Localist Bloc of Melilla">Localist Bloc of Melilla</a> (BLM) </td> <td>13,060</td> <td>0.02</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#73246B"> </td> <td align="left">Republican Action (AR) </td> <td>12,531</td> <td>0.02</td> <td style="color:green;">+0.01 </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#CC2B54"> </td> <td align="left">Independent Candidacy–The Party of Castile and León (CI–PCL) </td> <td>12,215</td> <td>0.02</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#B5047B"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Left_(Spain,_1977)" title="Republican Left (Spain, 1977)">Republican Left–Left Republican Party</a> (IR–PRE) </td> <td>12,207</td> <td>0.02</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#C5496F"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Castilian_Left" title="Castilian Left">Castilian Left</a> (IzCa) </td> <td>11,921</td> <td>0.02</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#FFB232"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Left_of_Catalonia" title="Republican Left of Catalonia">Republican Left of Catalonia</a> (ERC)<sup>7</sup> </td> <td>11,828</td> <td>0.02</td> <td style="color:green;">+0.01 </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#088A00"> </td> <td align="left">Andalusia Assembly (A) </td> <td>10,988</td> <td>0.02</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#636563"> </td> <td align="left">Party of Self-employed and Professionals (AUTONOMO) </td> <td>10,863</td> <td>0.02</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#000000"> </td> <td align="left">Party Association of Widows and Legal Wives (PAVIEL) </td> <td>9,240</td> <td>0.01</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#A53042"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Andecha_Astur" title="Andecha Astur">Andecha Astur</a> (AA) </td> <td>8,925</td> <td>0.01</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#D20062"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Regionalist_Party_of_the_Leonese_Country" title="Regionalist Party of the Leonese Country">Salamanca–Zamora–León–PREPAL</a> (PREPAL) </td> <td>8,691</td> <td>0.01</td> <td style="color:red;">–0.01 </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#F1002A"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Party_of_the_Democratic_Karma" title="Party of the Democratic Karma">Party of the Democratic Karma</a> (PKD) </td> <td>8,433</td> <td>0.01</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#339933"> </td> <td align="left">Zamoran People's Union (UPZ) </td> <td>7,928</td> <td>0.01</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#008800"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Andalusian_Nation" title="Andalusian Nation">Andalusian Nation</a> (NA) </td> <td>7,821</td> <td>0.01</td> <td style="color:red;">–0.01 </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#3920DE"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Galician_People%27s_Front" title="Galician People's Front">Galician People's Front</a> (FPG) </td> <td>7,748</td> <td>0.01</td> <td>±0.00 </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#0058A9"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Espa%C3%B1a_2000" title="España 2000">Spain 2000 Platform</a> (ES2000) </td> <td>7,258</td> <td>0.01</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#FF9A31"> </td> <td align="left">Iberian Union (UNIB) </td> <td>6,760</td> <td>0.01</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#FF454F"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Carlist_Party_(1970)" title="Carlist Party (1970)">Carlist Party</a> (PC) </td> <td>6,421</td> <td>0.01</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#94BADE"> </td> <td align="left">Self-employed Spanish Party (PEDA) </td> <td>5,985</td> <td>0.01</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#006699"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Valencian_Nationalist_Left" title="Valencian Nationalist Left">Valencian Nationalist Left</a> (ENV) </td> <td>5,837</td> <td>0.01</td> <td style="color:green;">+0.01 </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="white"> </td> <td align="left">Iberian Unity (UI) </td> <td>5,767</td> <td>0.01</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#FFCC00"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Asturian_Left" title="Asturian Left">Asturian Left Bloc</a> (BIA) </td> <td>5,550</td> <td>0.01</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="white"> </td> <td align="left">Independent Salamancan Union (USI) </td> <td>5,018</td> <td>0.01</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#8C0C21"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Internationalist_Struggle" title="Internationalist Struggle">Internationalist Struggle</a> (LI (LIT–CI)) </td> <td>4,624</td> <td>0.01</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#FFA500"> </td> <td align="left">Aragonese Initiative (INAR) </td> <td>4,244</td> <td>0.01</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#FA641B"> </td> <td align="left">Madrilenian Independent Regional Party (PRIM) </td> <td>4,204</td> <td>0.01</td> <td>±0.00 </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#CE9A00"> </td> <td align="left">Natural Culture (CN) </td> <td>4,010</td> <td>0.01</td> <td>±0.00 </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#B59639"> </td> <td align="left">Almerian Regionalist Union (URAL) </td> <td>3,951</td> <td>0.01</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#973D3C"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Cantabrian_Nationalist_Council" title="Cantabrian Nationalist Council">Cantabrian Nationalist Council</a> (CNC) </td> <td>3,929</td> <td>0.01</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#002C9C"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Galician_Coalition" title="Galician Coalition">Galician Coalition</a> (CG) </td> <td>3,153</td> <td>0.01</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#0199CB"> </td> <td align="left">Party of El Bierzo (PB) </td> <td>2,409</td> <td>0.00</td> <td style="color:red;">–0.01 </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="white"> </td> <td align="left">Immigrants with the Right to Equality and Obligations (INDIO) </td> <td>2,272</td> <td>0.00</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#457BF9"> </td> <td align="left">Pensionist Assembly of the Canaries (TPC) </td> <td>1,972</td> <td>0.00</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#8B898B"> </td> <td align="left">Christian Positivist Party (PPCr) </td> <td>1,911</td> <td>0.00</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="white"> </td> <td align="left">Spanish New Republicans (NURP) </td> <td>1,878</td> <td>0.00</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="white"> </td> <td align="left">Progressives of Canaries Unity (UP–CAN) </td> <td>1,847</td> <td>0.00</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#CEDFBD"> </td> <td align="left">Federal Progressives (PF) </td> <td>1,787</td> <td>0.00</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="white"> </td> <td align="left">Liberal and Social Democratic Coalition (CSD–L) </td> <td>1,741</td> <td>0.00</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#7310AD"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Regionalist_Party_of_Guadalajara" title="Regionalist Party of Guadalajara">Regionalist Party of Guadalajara</a> (PRGU) </td> <td>1,630</td> <td>0.00</td> <td>±0.00 </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#010101"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/European_Nation_State" title="European Nation State">European Nation State</a> (N) </td> <td>1,601</td> <td>0.00</td> <td>±0.00 </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#009200"> </td> <td align="left">European Green Group (GVE) </td> <td>1,532</td> <td>0.00</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#CC9900"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Party_of_the_People_of_Ceuta" title="Socialist Party of the People of Ceuta">Socialist Party of the People of Ceuta</a> (PSPC) </td> <td>1,511</td> <td>0.00</td> <td style="color:red;">–0.01 </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#F7DB10"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Balearic_People%27s_Union" title="Balearic People's Union">Balearic People's Union</a> (UPB) </td> <td>1,413</td> <td>0.00</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#212084"> </td> <td align="left">Independent Initiative (II) </td> <td>1,374</td> <td>0.00</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#291829"> </td> <td align="left">Party of Self-employed, Retirees and Widows (PAE) </td> <td>1,087</td> <td>0.00</td> <td>±0.00 </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#316D5A"> </td> <td align="left">Voice of the Andalusian People (VDPA) </td> <td>1,007</td> <td>0.00</td> <td>±0.00 </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="white"> </td> <td align="left">Social and Autonomist Liberal Group (ALAS) </td> <td>895</td> <td>0.00</td> <td>±0.00 </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#729E2A"> </td> <td align="left">Cives (Cives) </td> <td>889</td> <td>0.00</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#377825"> </td> <td align="left">New Region (NR) </td> <td>874</td> <td>0.00</td> <td style="color:red;">–0.01 </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#FFEA3F"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Movement_for_Humanist_Socialism" title="Movement for Humanist Socialism">Movement for Humanist Socialism</a> (MASH) </td> <td>869</td> <td>0.00</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="white"> </td> <td align="left">Spanish Action (AE) </td> <td>817</td> <td>0.00</td> <td>±0.00 </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#0824AD"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Citizens%27_Convergence_of_the_South-East" title="Citizens' Convergence of the South-East">Citizens' Convergence of the South-East</a> (CCSE) </td> <td>699</td> <td>0.00</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#424D7B"> </td> <td align="left">Balearic Islands Renewal Party (PRIB) </td> <td>687</td> <td>0.00</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="white"> </td> <td align="left">National Union (UN) </td> <td>491</td> <td>0.00</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#313131"> </td> <td align="left">Nationalist Aprome (Aprome) </td> <td>154</td> <td>0.00</td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="white"> </td> <td align="left">Clean Hands Project (PML) </td> <td>0</td> <td>0.00</td> <td>±0.00 </td> <td>0</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2">Blank ballots<sup id="cite_ref-139" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-139"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>g<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>642,682</td> <td>2.82</td> <td style="color:green;">+0.85 </td> <td bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2"> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"> </td></tr> <tr style="font-weight:bold;"> <td align="left" colspan="2">Total </td> <td>61,955,642</td> <td bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2"> </td> <td>208</td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2">Valid votes </td> <td>22,799,475</td> <td>97.51</td> <td style="color:green;">+0.10 </td> <td bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2" rowspan="5"> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2">Invalid votes </td> <td>583,192</td> <td>2.49</td> <td style="color:red;">–0.10 </td></tr> <tr style="font-weight:bold;"> <td align="left" colspan="2">Votes cast / turnout </td> <td>23,382,667</td> <td>68.83</td> <td style="color:red;">–8.50 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2">Abstentions </td> <td>10,586,973</td> <td>31.17</td> <td style="color:green;">+8.50 </td></tr> <tr style="font-weight:bold;"> <td align="left" colspan="2">Registered voters </td> <td>33,969,640</td> <td bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2"> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="7">Sources<sup id="cite_ref-HESenate_87-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HESenate-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-InfoE_137-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-InfoE-137"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>131<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-HE_138-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HE-138"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>132<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-140" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-140"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>133<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7" style="text-align:left; max-width:790px;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1214851843"><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="text-align:left;"><b>Footnotes:</b></div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><sup>1</sup> <a href="/wiki/Spanish_Socialist_Workers%27_Party" title="Spanish Socialist Workers' Party">Spanish Socialist Workers' Party</a>–<a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_of_the_New_Left" title="Democratic Party of the New Left">Progressives</a> results are compared to Spanish Socialist Workers' Party totals in the 1996 election, not including results in Catalonia.</li><li><sup>2</sup> <a href="/wiki/Catalan_Agreement_of_Progress" title="Catalan Agreement of Progress">Catalan Agreement of Progress</a> results are compared to the combined totals of <a href="/wiki/Spanish_Socialist_Workers%27_Party" title="Spanish Socialist Workers' Party">Spanish Socialist Workers' Party</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_Left_(Spain)" title="United Left (Spain)">United Left</a> and <a href="/wiki/Republican_Left_of_Catalonia" title="Republican Left of Catalonia">Republican Left of Catalonia</a> results in Catalonia in the 1996 election.</li><li><sup>3</sup> <a href="/wiki/Confederation_of_the_Greens" title="Confederation of the Greens">The Greens</a> does not include results in the Valencian Community.</li><li><sup>4</sup> <a href="/wiki/Valencian_Nationalist_Bloc" title="Valencian Nationalist Bloc">Valencian Nationalist Bloc</a>–<a href="/wiki/Confederation_of_the_Greens" title="Confederation of the Greens">The Greens–Valencians for Change</a> results are compared to the combined totals of <a href="/wiki/Valencian_People%27s_Union" title="Valencian People's Union">Valencian People's Union</a>–<a href="/wiki/Nationalist_Valencian_Party" title="Nationalist Valencian Party">Nationalist Bloc</a> and <a href="/wiki/Confederation_of_the_Greens" title="Confederation of the Greens">The Greens of the Valencian Country</a> in the 1996 election.</li><li><sup>5</sup> <a href="/wiki/Internationalist_Socialist_Workers%27_Party" title="Internationalist Socialist Workers' Party">Internationalist Socialist Workers' Party</a> results are compared to <a href="/wiki/Republican_Coalition_(Spain,_1996)" title="Republican Coalition (Spain, 1996)">Republican Coalition</a> totals in the 1996 election.</li><li><sup>6</sup> <a href="/wiki/Pacte_Progressista" title="Pacte Progressista">Progressive Pact</a> results are compared to Ibiza and Formentera in the Senate totals in the 1996 election.</li><li><sup>7</sup> <a href="/wiki/Republican_Left_of_Catalonia" title="Republican Left of Catalonia">Republican Left of Catalonia</a> does not include results in Catalonia.</li></ul></div></div></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="margin:0; border:none;"><tbody><tr><td style="border:none; padding:0;"><div class="notheme barbox" style="overflow-x: auto;"> <div style="border:1px solid silver; font-size:88%; padding:0.4em; width:550px; background: white; color: black;"> <table style="text-align:left; border-collapse:collapse; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr style="background:#ddd"><th style="text-align:center;" colspan="5">Popular vote</th></tr> <tr style="font-size:88%; height:4px;"> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; text-align:left;"></td> <td style="width:500px; text-align:left;"></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; width:1em; text-align:right;"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Party_(Spain)" title="People's Party (Spain)">PP</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#1D84CE; width:45.35%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">45.35%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Spanish_Socialist_Workers%27_Party" title="Spanish Socialist Workers' Party">PSOE</a>–<a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_of_the_New_Left" title="Democratic Party of the New Left">p</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#EF1C27; width:26.35%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">26.35%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/United_Left_(Spain)" title="United Left (Spain)">IU</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#732021; width:7.67%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">7.67%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Catalan_Agreement_of_Progress" title="Catalan Agreement of Progress">ECdP</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#FA8005; width:6.00%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">6.00%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Convergence_and_Union" title="Convergence and Union">CiU</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#18307B; width:4.53%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">4.53%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Basque_Nationalist_Party" title="Basque Nationalist Party">EAJ/PNV</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#4AAE4A; width:1.65%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">1.65%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Galician_Nationalist_Bloc" title="Galician Nationalist Bloc">BNG</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#ADCFEF; width:1.43%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">1.43%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Canarian_Coalition" title="Canarian Coalition">CC</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#FFD700; width:0.71%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">0.71%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Lanzarote_Independents_Party" title="Lanzarote Independents Party">PIL</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#31B404; width:0.02%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">0.02%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Others</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#777777; width:5.25%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">5.25%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><i>Blank ballots</i></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#DDDDDD; width:2.82%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">2.82%</td> </tr> </tbody></table> </div> </div></td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="margin:0; border:none;"><tbody><tr><td style="border:none; padding:0;"><div class="notheme barbox" style="overflow-x: auto;"> <div style="border:1px solid silver; font-size:88%; padding:0.4em; width:550px; background: white; color: black;"> <table style="text-align:left; border-collapse:collapse; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr style="background:#ddd"><th style="text-align:center;" colspan="5">Seats</th></tr> <tr style="font-size:88%; height:4px;"> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; text-align:left;"></td> <td style="width:500px; text-align:left;"></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; width:1em; text-align:right;"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Party_(Spain)" title="People's Party (Spain)">PP</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#1D84CE; width:61.06%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">61.06%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Spanish_Socialist_Workers%27_Party" title="Spanish Socialist Workers' Party">PSOE</a>–<a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_of_the_New_Left" title="Democratic Party of the New Left">p</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#EF1C27; width:25.48%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">25.48%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Catalan_Agreement_of_Progress" title="Catalan Agreement of Progress">ECdP</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#FA8005; width:3.85%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">3.85%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Convergence_and_Union" title="Convergence and Union">CiU</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#18307B; width:3.85%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">3.85%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Basque_Nationalist_Party" title="Basque Nationalist Party">EAJ/PNV</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#4AAE4A; width:2.88%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">2.88%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Canarian_Coalition" title="Canarian Coalition">CC</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#FFD700; width:2.40%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">2.40%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Lanzarote_Independents_Party" title="Lanzarote Independents Party">PIL</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#31B404; width:0.48%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">0.48%</td> </tr> </tbody></table> </div> </div></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aftermath">Aftermath</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2000_Spanish_general_election&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Aftermath"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Second_government_of_Jos%C3%A9_Mar%C3%ADa_Aznar" title="Second government of José María Aznar">Second government of José María Aznar</a></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"><b>Investiture</b><br /><a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Mar%C3%ADa_Aznar" title="José María Aznar">José María Aznar</a> (<a href="/wiki/People%27s_Party_(Spain)" title="People's Party (Spain)">PP</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" width="150px">Ballot → </th> <th>26 April 2000 </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Required majority → </th> <td>176 out of 350 <span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="check" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> </td></tr> <tr> <th width="1px" style="background:green;"> </th> <td align="left"><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div><span style="font-weight:normal; font-size:105%;">Yes</span></div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> • <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Party_(Spain)" title="People's Party (Spain)">PP</a> (183) </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> • <a href="/wiki/Convergence_and_Union" title="Convergence and Union">CiU</a> (15) </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> • <a href="/wiki/Canarian_Coalition" title="Canarian Coalition">CC</a> (4) </li></ul> </div> </td> <td><div style="width: 125px;"><span class="nowrap">202 / 350</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: green; width: 58%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit;background:red;"> </th> <td align="left"><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div><span style="font-weight:normal; font-size:105%;">No</span></div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> • <a href="/wiki/Spanish_Socialist_Workers%27_Party" title="Spanish Socialist Workers' Party">PSOE</a> (125) </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> • <a href="/wiki/United_Left_(Spain)" title="United Left (Spain)">IU</a> (8) </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> • <a href="/wiki/Basque_Nationalist_Party" title="Basque Nationalist Party">PNV</a> (7) </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> • <a href="/wiki/Galician_Nationalist_Bloc" title="Galician Nationalist Bloc">BNG</a> (3) </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> • <a href="/wiki/Andalusian_Party" title="Andalusian Party">PA</a> (1) </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> • <a href="/wiki/Republican_Left_of_Catalonia" title="Republican Left of Catalonia">ERC</a> (1) </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> • <a href="/wiki/Initiative_for_Catalonia_Greens" title="Initiative for Catalonia Greens">ICV</a> (1) </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> • <a href="/wiki/Eusko_Alkartasuna" title="Eusko Alkartasuna">EA</a> (1) </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> • <a href="/wiki/Chunta_Aragonesista" title="Chunta Aragonesista">CHA</a> (1) </li></ul> </div> </td> <td><div style="width: 125px;"><span class="nowrap">148 / 350</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: red; width: 42%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit;background:gray;"> </th> <td align="left"><span style="font-weight:normal; font-size:105%;">Abstentions</span> </td> <td><div style="width: 125px;"><span class="nowrap">0 / 350</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: gray; width: 0%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit;background:black;"> </th> <td align="left"><span style="font-weight:normal; font-size:105%;">Absentees</span> </td> <td><div style="width: 125px;"><span class="nowrap">0 / 350</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: black; width: 0%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="4">Sources<sup id="cite_ref-HECongressVotes_141-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HECongressVotes-141"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>134<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2000_Spanish_general_election&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-IU-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-IU_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-IU_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Results for <a href="/wiki/United_Left_(Spain)" title="United Left (Spain)">IU</a> in the 1996 election, not including <a href="/wiki/Initiative_for_Catalonia" class="mw-redirect" title="Initiative for Catalonia">IC</a>–<a href="/wiki/The_Greens%E2%80%93Ecologist_Confederation_of_Catalonia" title="The Greens–Ecologist Confederation of Catalonia">EV</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-92"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-92">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Not including <a href="/wiki/Socialists%27_Party_of_Catalonia" title="Socialists' Party of Catalonia">PSC–PSOE</a> results in the 1996 Senate election.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-99"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-99">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Results for <a href="/wiki/Initiative_for_Catalonia" class="mw-redirect" title="Initiative for Catalonia">IC</a>–<a href="/wiki/The_Greens%E2%80%93Ecologist_Confederation_of_Catalonia" title="The Greens–Ecologist Confederation of Catalonia">EV</a> in the 1996 election.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Entesa-100"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Entesa_100-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Entesa_100-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Initiative_for_Catalonia_Greens" title="Initiative for Catalonia Greens">IC–V</a> and <a href="/wiki/Republican_Left_of_Catalonia" title="Republican Left of Catalonia">ERC</a> contested the 2000 Senate election within the <a href="/wiki/Catalan_Agreement_of_Progress" title="Catalan Agreement of Progress">Entesa</a> alliance.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-104"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-104">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Results for <a href="/wiki/Socialists%27_Party_of_Catalonia" title="Socialists' Party of Catalonia">PSC–PSOE</a> (8 senators), <a href="/wiki/Initiative_for_Catalonia" class="mw-redirect" title="Initiative for Catalonia">IC</a>–<a href="/wiki/The_Greens%E2%80%93Ecologist_Confederation_of_Catalonia" title="The Greens–Ecologist Confederation of Catalonia">EV</a> (0 senators) and <a href="/wiki/Republican_Left_of_Catalonia" title="Republican Left of Catalonia">ERC</a> (0 senators) in the 1996 Senate election.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-108"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-108">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The <a href="/wiki/Aragonese_Party" title="Aragonese Party">PAR</a> (1 deputy and 3 senators) contested the 1996 election in alliance with the <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Party_(Spain)" title="People's Party (Spain)">PP</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-139"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-139">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The percentage of blank ballots is calculated over the official number of valid votes cast, irrespective of the total number of votes shown as a result of adding up the individual results for each party.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2000_Spanish_general_election&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link 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IV, art. 99.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://elpais.com/diario/1997/04/27/espana/862092009_850215.html">"González augura elecciones anticipadas si los sondeos son favorables a Aznar"</a>. <i>El País</i> (in Spanish). 27 April 1997<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 January</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=El+Pa%C3%ADs&rft.atitle=Gonz%C3%A1lez+augura+elecciones+anticipadas+si+los+sondeos+son+favorables+a+Aznar&rft.date=1997-04-27&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Felpais.com%2Fdiario%2F1997%2F04%2F27%2Fespana%2F862092009_850215.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2000+Spanish+general+election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://elpais.com/diario/1998/06/25/espana/898725609_850215.html">"Aznar zanja especulaciones y reitera que las elecciones serán en el año 2000"</a>. <i>El País</i> (in Spanish). 25 June 1998<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 January</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=El+Pa%C3%ADs&rft.atitle=Aznar+zanja+especulaciones+y+reitera+que+las+elecciones+ser%C3%A1n+en+el+a%C3%B1o+2000&rft.date=1998-06-25&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Felpais.com%2Fdiario%2F1998%2F06%2F25%2Fespana%2F898725609_850215.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2000+Spanish+general+election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://elpais.com/diario/1998/11/19/espana/911430009_850215.html">"Los ministros más cercanos a Aznar se inclinan por adelantar las elecciones a junio"</a>. <i>El País</i> (in Spanish). 19 November 1998<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 January</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=El+Pa%C3%ADs&rft.atitle=Los+ministros+m%C3%A1s+cercanos+a+Aznar+se+inclinan+por+adelantar+las+elecciones+a+junio&rft.date=1998-11-19&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Felpais.com%2Fdiario%2F1998%2F11%2F19%2Fespana%2F911430009_850215.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2000+Spanish+general+election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://elpais.com/diario/1998/11/23/espana/911775613_850215.html">"Pujol asegura que las elecciones generales se celebrarán el próximo año"</a>. <i>El País</i> (in Spanish). 23 November 1998<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 January</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=El+Pa%C3%ADs&rft.atitle=Pujol+asegura+que+las+elecciones+generales+se+celebrar%C3%A1n+el+pr%C3%B3ximo+a%C3%B1o&rft.date=1998-11-23&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Felpais.com%2Fdiario%2F1998%2F11%2F23%2Fespana%2F911775613_850215.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2000+Spanish+general+election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://elpais.com/diario/1998/11/24/espana/911862002_850215.html">"El presidente rectifica: "Las elecciones generales serán en el 2000"<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span>"</a>. <i>El País</i> (in Spanish). 24 November 1998<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 January</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=El+Pa%C3%ADs&rft.atitle=El+presidente+rectifica%3A+%22Las+elecciones+generales+ser%C3%A1n+en+el+2000%22&rft.date=1998-11-24&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Felpais.com%2Fdiario%2F1998%2F11%2F24%2Fespana%2F911862002_850215.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2000+Spanish+general+election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-26">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://elpais.com/diario/1998/11/25/espana/911948407_850215.html">"Aznar insta a sus diputados y senadores a trabajar y dejar de "especular" sobre un adelanto electoral"</a>. <i>El País</i> (in Spanish). 25 November 1998<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 January</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=El+Pa%C3%ADs&rft.atitle=Aznar+insta+a+sus+diputados+y+senadores+a+trabajar+y+dejar+de+%22especular%22+sobre+un+adelanto+electoral&rft.date=1998-11-25&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Felpais.com%2Fdiario%2F1998%2F11%2F25%2Fespana%2F911948407_850215.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2000+Spanish+general+election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-27">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://elpais.com/diario/1998/11/29/espana/912294006_850215.html">"El choque entre Aznar y Pujol presagia un adelanto electoral"</a>. <i>El País</i> (in Spanish). 29 November 1998<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 January</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=El+Pa%C3%ADs&rft.atitle=El+choque+entre+Aznar+y+Pujol+presagia+un+adelanto+electoral&rft.date=1998-11-29&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Felpais.com%2Fdiario%2F1998%2F11%2F29%2Fespana%2F912294006_850215.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2000+Spanish+general+election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-28">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://elpais.com/diario/1998/12/15/espana/913676401_850215.html">"Aznar asegura que ha pactado con Pujol el calendario electoral y el líder de CiU lo niega"</a>. <i>El País</i> (in Spanish). 15 December 1998<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 January</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=El+Pa%C3%ADs&rft.atitle=Aznar+asegura+que+ha+pactado+con+Pujol+el+calendario+electoral+y+el+l%C3%ADder+de+CiU+lo+niega&rft.date=1998-12-15&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Felpais.com%2Fdiario%2F1998%2F12%2F15%2Fespana%2F913676401_850215.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2000+Spanish+general+election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-29">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://elpais.com/diario/1999/08/02/espana/933544804_850215.html">"Aznar sopesa este verano las últimas presiones de su entorno para adelantar las elecciones"</a>. <i>El País</i> (in Spanish). 2 August 1999<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 January</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=El+Pa%C3%ADs&rft.atitle=Aznar+sopesa+este+verano+las+%C3%BAltimas+presiones+de+su+entorno+para+adelantar+las+elecciones&rft.date=1999-08-02&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Felpais.com%2Fdiario%2F1999%2F08%2F02%2Fespana%2F933544804_850215.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2000+Spanish+general+election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-30">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://elpais.com/diario/1999/08/22/espana/935272801_850215.html">"Aznar asegura que agotará la legislatura y celebrará elecciones en el 2000"</a>. <i>El País</i> (in Spanish). 22 August 1999<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 January</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=El+Pa%C3%ADs&rft.atitle=Aznar+asegura+que+agotar%C3%A1+la+legislatura+y+celebrar%C3%A1+elecciones+en+el+2000&rft.date=1999-08-22&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Felpais.com%2Fdiario%2F1999%2F08%2F22%2Fespana%2F935272801_850215.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2000+Spanish+general+election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-31">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://elpais.com/diario/1999/12/24/espana/945990008_850215.html">"El Gobierno adelanta que Aznar convocará las elecciones generales para el 12 de marzo"</a>. <i>El País</i> (in Spanish). 24 December 1999<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 January</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=El+Pa%C3%ADs&rft.atitle=El+Gobierno+adelanta+que+Aznar+convocar%C3%A1+las+elecciones+generales+para+el+12+de+marzo&rft.date=1999-12-24&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Felpais.com%2Fdiario%2F1999%2F12%2F24%2Fespana%2F945990008_850215.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2000+Spanish+general+election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-32">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://elpais.com/diario/1999/12/21/espana/945730808_850215.html">"Chaves sugiere el 20 de febrero o el 12 de marzo para las elecciones andaluzas"</a>. <i>El País</i> (in Spanish). 21 December 1999<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 January</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=El+Pa%C3%ADs&rft.atitle=Chaves+sugiere+el+20+de+febrero+o+el+12+de+marzo+para+las+elecciones+andaluzas&rft.date=1999-12-21&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Felpais.com%2Fdiario%2F1999%2F12%2F21%2Fespana%2F945730808_850215.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2000+Spanish+general+election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-33">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://elpais.com/diario/1999/12/24/espana/945990009_850215.html">"La Junta andaluza, "satisfecha" con la coincidencia sobre la fecha electoral"</a>. <i>El País</i> (in Spanish). 24 December 1999<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 January</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=El+Pa%C3%ADs&rft.atitle=La+Junta+andaluza%2C+%22satisfecha%22+con+la+coincidencia+sobre+la+fecha+electoral&rft.date=1999-12-24&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Felpais.com%2Fdiario%2F1999%2F12%2F24%2Fespana%2F945990009_850215.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2000+Spanish+general+election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-34">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://elpais.com/diario/2000/01/17/espana/948063607_850215.html">"Aznar fija hoy la fecha de los comicios y cierra la legislatura más larga de la democracia"</a>. <i>El País</i> (in Spanish). 17 January 2000<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 January</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=El+Pa%C3%ADs&rft.atitle=Aznar+fija+hoy+la+fecha+de+los+comicios+y+cierra+la+legislatura+m%C3%A1s+larga+de+la+democracia&rft.date=2000-01-17&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Felpais.com%2Fdiario%2F2000%2F01%2F17%2Fespana%2F948063607_850215.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2000+Spanish+general+election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-35">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://elpais.com/diario/2000/01/18/espana/948150021_850215.html">"Aznar convoca elecciones con duros ataques al PSOE y PNV y una advertencia a CiU"</a>. <i>El País</i> (in Spanish). 18 January 2000<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 January</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=El+Pa%C3%ADs&rft.atitle=Aznar+convoca+elecciones+con+duros+ataques+al+PSOE+y+PNV+y+una+advertencia+a+CiU&rft.date=2000-01-18&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Felpais.com%2Fdiario%2F2000%2F01%2F18%2Fespana%2F948150021_850215.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2000+Spanish+general+election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-36"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-36">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://elpais.com/diario/1996/04/02/espana/828396004_850215.html">"Aznar se asegura los cuatro votos de Coalición Canaria a cambio de concesiones autonómicas"</a>. <i>El País</i> (in Spanish). 2 April 1996<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 January</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=El+Pa%C3%ADs&rft.atitle=Aznar+se+asegura+los+cuatro+votos+de+Coalici%C3%B3n+Canaria+a+cambio+de+concesiones+auton%C3%B3micas&rft.date=1996-04-02&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Felpais.com%2Fdiario%2F1996%2F04%2F02%2Fespana%2F828396004_850215.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2000+Spanish+general+election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-37"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-37">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://elpais.com/diario/1996/04/27/portada/830556004_850215.html">"PP y CiU cierran el pacto para que Aznar sea investido como jefe del Gobierno"</a>. <i>El País</i> (in Spanish). 27 April 1996<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 January</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=El+Pa%C3%ADs&rft.atitle=PP+y+CiU+cierran+el+pacto+para+que+Aznar+sea+investido+como+jefe+del+Gobierno&rft.date=1996-04-27&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Felpais.com%2Fdiario%2F1996%2F04%2F27%2Fportada%2F830556004_850215.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2000+Spanish+general+election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-38"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-38">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://elpais.com/diario/1996/04/30/portada/830815201_850215.html">"Aznar pacta con el PNV y logra el apoyo de todo el centro derecha a su investidura"</a>. <i>El País</i> (in Spanish). 30 April 1996<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 January</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=El+Pa%C3%ADs&rft.atitle=Aznar+pacta+con+el+PNV+y+logra+el+apoyo+de+todo+el+centro+derecha+a+su+investidura&rft.date=1996-04-30&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Felpais.com%2Fdiario%2F1996%2F04%2F30%2Fportada%2F830815201_850215.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2000+Spanish+general+election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-39"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-39">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://elpais.com/diario/1996/05/05/espana/831247229_850215.html">"Aznar, investido presidente, lleva al Gobierno al PP"</a>. <i>El País</i> (in Spanish). 5 May 1996<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 January</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=El+Pa%C3%ADs&rft.atitle=Aznar%2C+investido+presidente%2C+lleva+al+Gobierno+al+PP&rft.date=1996-05-05&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Felpais.com%2Fdiario%2F1996%2F05%2F05%2Fespana%2F831247229_850215.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2000+Spanish+general+election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-40"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-40">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://elpais.com/diario/1997/06/21/espana/866844002_850215.html">"Felipe González abandona la secretaría general para forzar a renovacion del partido"</a>. <i>El País</i> (in Spanish). 21 June 1997<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 January</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=El+Pa%C3%ADs&rft.atitle=Felipe+Gonz%C3%A1lez+abandona+la+secretar%C3%ADa+general+para+forzar+a+renovacion+del+partido&rft.date=1997-06-21&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Felpais.com%2Fdiario%2F1997%2F06%2F21%2Fespana%2F866844002_850215.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2000+Spanish+general+election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-41"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-41">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://elpais.com/diario/1997/05/02/espana/862524004_850215.html">"Los renovadores del PSOE cuentan con un 80% de delegados para el congreso de junio"</a>. <i>El País</i> (in Spanish). 2 May 1997<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 January</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=El+Pa%C3%ADs&rft.atitle=Los+renovadores+del+PSOE+cuentan+con+un+80%25+de+delegados+para+el+congreso+de+junio&rft.date=1997-05-02&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Felpais.com%2Fdiario%2F1997%2F05%2F02%2Fespana%2F862524004_850215.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2000+Spanish+general+election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-42"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-42">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://elpais.com/diario/1997/06/22/espana/866930401_850215.html">"Los 'barones' colocan a Almunia en la secretaría general tras garantizarse que entran en la ejecutiva"</a>. <i>El País</i> (in Spanish). 22 June 1997<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 January</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=El+Pa%C3%ADs&rft.atitle=Los+%27barones%27+colocan+a+Almunia+en+la+secretar%C3%ADa+general+tras+garantizarse+que+entran+en+la+ejecutiva&rft.date=1997-06-22&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Felpais.com%2Fdiario%2F1997%2F06%2F22%2Fespana%2F866930401_850215.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2000+Spanish+general+election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-43"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-43">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://elpais.com/diario/1997/06/23/espana/867016802_850215.html">"Los 'barones' ocupan en dos días el vacio de González"</a>. <i>El País</i> (in Spanish). 23 June 1997<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 January</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=El+Pa%C3%ADs&rft.atitle=Los+%27barones%27+ocupan+en+dos+d%C3%ADas+el+vacio+de+Gonz%C3%A1lez&rft.date=1997-06-23&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Felpais.com%2Fdiario%2F1997%2F06%2F23%2Fespana%2F867016802_850215.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2000+Spanish+general+election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-44"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-44">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://elpais.com/diario/1997/10/10/espana/876434410_850215.html">"Almunia tacha de "imprudente" el anuncio de González de no ser candidato"</a>. <i>El País</i> (in Spanish). 10 October 1997<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 January</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=El+Pa%C3%ADs&rft.atitle=Almunia+tacha+de+%22imprudente%22+el+anuncio+de+Gonz%C3%A1lez+de+no+ser+candidato&rft.date=1997-10-10&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Felpais.com%2Fdiario%2F1997%2F10%2F10%2Fespana%2F876434410_850215.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2000+Spanish+general+election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-45"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-45">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://elpais.com/diario/1998/01/30/espana/886114801_850215.html">"González descarta ser candidato del PSOE y dice que Almunia es "lo mejor" frente a Aznar"</a>. <i>El País</i> (in Spanish). 30 January 1998<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 January</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=El+Pa%C3%ADs&rft.atitle=Gonz%C3%A1lez+descarta+ser+candidato+del+PSOE+y+dice+que+Almunia+es+%22lo+mejor%22+frente+a+Aznar&rft.date=1998-01-30&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Felpais.com%2Fdiario%2F1998%2F01%2F30%2Fespana%2F886114801_850215.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2000+Spanish+general+election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-46"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-46">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://elpais.com/diario/1997/11/29/espana/880758007_850215.html">"Almunia afirma que el candidato socialista se elegirá en elecciones primarias el primer semestre de 1998"</a>. <i>El País</i> (in Spanish). 29 November 1997<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 January</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=El+Pa%C3%ADs&rft.atitle=Almunia+afirma+que+el+candidato+socialista+se+elegir%C3%A1+en+elecciones+primarias+el+primer+semestre+de+1998&rft.date=1997-11-29&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Felpais.com%2Fdiario%2F1997%2F11%2F29%2Fespana%2F880758007_850215.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2000+Spanish+general+election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-47"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-47">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://elpais.com/diario/1998/03/22/espana/890521210_850215.html">"Aprobados el reglamento y el calendario de las elecciones primarias"</a>. <i>El País</i> (in Spanish). 22 March 1998<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 January</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=El+Pa%C3%ADs&rft.atitle=Aprobados+el+reglamento+y+el+calendario+de+las+elecciones+primarias&rft.date=1998-03-22&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Felpais.com%2Fdiario%2F1998%2F03%2F22%2Fespana%2F890521210_850215.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2000+Spanish+general+election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-48"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-48">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://elpais.com/diario/1998/04/24/espana/893368823_850215.html">"El ganador y el perdedor de las primarias serán desde hoy los principales dirigentes del PSOE"</a>. <i>El País</i> (in Spanish). 24 April 1998<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 January</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=El+Pa%C3%ADs&rft.atitle=El+ganador+y+el+perdedor+de+las+primarias+ser%C3%A1n+desde+hoy+los+principales+dirigentes+del+PSOE&rft.date=1998-04-24&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Felpais.com%2Fdiario%2F1998%2F04%2F24%2Fespana%2F893368823_850215.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2000+Spanish+general+election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-49"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-49">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://elpais.com/diario/1998/01/23/espana/885510008_850215.html">"Chaves se suma a los que proponen a Almunia como candidato a la presidencia"</a>. <i>El País</i> (in Spanish). 23 January 1998<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 January</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=El+Pa%C3%ADs&rft.atitle=Chaves+se+suma+a+los+que+proponen+a+Almunia+como+candidato+a+la+presidencia&rft.date=1998-01-23&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Felpais.com%2Fdiario%2F1998%2F01%2F23%2Fespana%2F885510008_850215.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2000+Spanish+general+election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-50"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-50">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://elpais.com/diario/1998/01/29/espana/886028413_850215.html">"El respaldo de Ibarra a González provoca apoyos a favor de Almunia como candidato"</a>. <i>El País</i> (in Spanish). 29 January 1998<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 January</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=El+Pa%C3%ADs&rft.atitle=El+respaldo+de+Ibarra+a+Gonz%C3%A1lez+provoca+apoyos+a+favor+de+Almunia+como+candidato&rft.date=1998-01-29&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Felpais.com%2Fdiario%2F1998%2F01%2F29%2Fespana%2F886028413_850215.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2000+Spanish+general+election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-51"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-51">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/1998/enero/29/nacional/cadidatopsoe.html">"Los "barones" y el "aparato" del PSOE apoyan a Almunia como candidato a las generales"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/El_Mundo_(Spain)" title="El Mundo (Spain)">El Mundo</a></i> (in Spanish). 29 January 1998<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 January</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=El+Mundo&rft.atitle=Los+%22barones%22+y+el+%22aparato%22+del+PSOE+apoyan+a+Almunia+como+candidato+a+las+generales&rft.date=1998-01-29&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.elmundo.es%2Felmundo%2F1998%2Fenero%2F29%2Fnacional%2Fcadidatopsoe.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2000+Spanish+general+election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-52"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-52">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://elpais.com/diario/1998/03/22/espana/890521205_850215.html">"Borrell anuncia que disputará a Almunia la candidatura a la presidencia del Gobierno"</a>. <i>El País</i> (in Spanish). 22 March 1998<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 January</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=El+Pa%C3%ADs&rft.atitle=Borrell+anuncia+que+disputar%C3%A1+a+Almunia+la+candidatura+a+la+presidencia+del+Gobierno&rft.date=1998-03-22&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Felpais.com%2Fdiario%2F1998%2F03%2F22%2Fespana%2F890521205_850215.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2000+Spanish+general+election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-53"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-53">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/1998/marzo/22/nacional/22N0004.html">"Borrell disputará a Almunia el liderazgo electoral del PSOE"</a>. <i>El Mundo</i> (in Spanish). 22 March 1998<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 January</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=El+Mundo&rft.atitle=Borrell+disputar%C3%A1+a+Almunia+el+liderazgo+electoral+del+PSOE&rft.date=1998-03-22&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.elmundo.es%2Felmundo%2F1998%2Fmarzo%2F22%2Fnacional%2F22N0004.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2000+Spanish+general+election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-54"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-54">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://elpais.com/diario/1998/04/25/espana/893455228_850215.html">"Borrell gana y trastoca la situación del PSOE"</a>. <i>El País</i> (in Spanish). 25 April 1998<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 January</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=El+Pa%C3%ADs&rft.atitle=Borrell+gana+y+trastoca+la+situaci%C3%B3n+del+PSOE&rft.date=1998-04-25&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Felpais.com%2Fdiario%2F1998%2F04%2F25%2Fespana%2F893455228_850215.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2000+Spanish+general+election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-55"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-55">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://elpais.com/diario/1998/05/07/espana/894492018_850215.html">"Borrell gana por 21.394 votos a Almunia en las primarias"</a>. <i>El País</i> (in Spanish). 7 May 1998<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 January</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=El+Pa%C3%ADs&rft.atitle=Borrell+gana+por+21.394+votos+a+Almunia+en+las+primarias&rft.date=1998-05-07&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Felpais.com%2Fdiario%2F1998%2F05%2F07%2Fespana%2F894492018_850215.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2000+Spanish+general+election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-56"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-56">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://elpais.com/diario/1998/04/26/espana/893541601_850215.html">"El PSOE intenta parar la dimisión de Almunia"</a>. <i>El País</i> (in Spanish). 26 April 1998<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 January</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=El+Pa%C3%ADs&rft.atitle=El+PSOE+intenta+parar+la+dimisi%C3%B3n+de+Almunia&rft.date=1998-04-26&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Felpais.com%2Fdiario%2F1998%2F04%2F26%2Fespana%2F893541601_850215.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2000+Spanish+general+election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-57"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-57">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://elpais.com/diario/1998/05/01/espana/893973601_850215.html">"El PSOE concede a Borrell el papel de líder de la oposición y evita el congreso extraordinario"</a>. <i>El País</i> (in Spanish). 1 May 1998<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 January</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=El+Pa%C3%ADs&rft.atitle=El+PSOE+concede+a+Borrell+el+papel+de+l%C3%ADder+de+la+oposici%C3%B3n+y+evita+el+congreso+extraordinario&rft.date=1998-05-01&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Felpais.com%2Fdiario%2F1998%2F05%2F01%2Fespana%2F893973601_850215.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2000+Spanish+general+election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-58"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-58">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/1998/noviembre/17/nacional/almunia.html">"Almunia deja en manos del Comité Federal el reparto de papeles mientras Borrell reitera que es el líder"</a>. <i>El Mundo</i> (in Spanish). 17 November 1998<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 January</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=El+Mundo&rft.atitle=Almunia+deja+en+manos+del+Comit%C3%A9+Federal+el+reparto+de+papeles+mientras+Borrell+reitera+que+es+el+l%C3%ADder&rft.date=1998-11-17&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.elmundo.es%2Felmundo%2F1998%2Fnoviembre%2F17%2Fnacional%2Falmunia.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2000+Spanish+general+election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-59"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-59">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://elpais.com/diario/1998/11/21/espana/911602809_850215.html">"Cronología de una crisis"</a>. <i>El País</i> (in Spanish). 21 November 1998<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 January</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=El+Pa%C3%ADs&rft.atitle=Cronolog%C3%ADa+de+una+crisis&rft.date=1998-11-21&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Felpais.com%2Fdiario%2F1998%2F11%2F21%2Fespana%2F911602809_850215.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2000+Spanish+general+election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-60"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-60">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://elpais.com/diario/1998/11/22/espana/911689215_850215.html">"Borrell y Almunia ceden para evitar un congreso"</a>. <i>El País</i> (in Spanish). 22 November 1998<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 January</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=El+Pa%C3%ADs&rft.atitle=Borrell+y+Almunia+ceden+para+evitar+un+congreso&rft.date=1998-11-22&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Felpais.com%2Fdiario%2F1998%2F11%2F22%2Fespana%2F911689215_850215.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2000+Spanish+general+election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-61"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-61">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://elpais.com/diario/1998/11/19/espana/911430001_850215.html">"Almunia se plantea dimitir si Borrell le arrebata la dirección política del partido"</a>. <i>El País</i> (in Spanish). 19 November 1998<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 January</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=El+Pa%C3%ADs&rft.atitle=Almunia+se+plantea+dimitir+si+Borrell+le+arrebata+la+direcci%C3%B3n+pol%C3%ADtica+del+partido&rft.date=1998-11-19&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Felpais.com%2Fdiario%2F1998%2F11%2F19%2Fespana%2F911430001_850215.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2000+Spanish+general+election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-62"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-62">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://elpais.com/diario/1999/05/15/espana/926719201_850215.html">"Borrell renuncia como candidato por el escándalo de sus ex colaboradores"</a>. <i>El País</i> (in Spanish). 15 May 1999<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 January</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=El+Pa%C3%ADs&rft.atitle=Borrell+renuncia+como+candidato+por+el+esc%C3%A1ndalo+de+sus+ex+colaboradores&rft.date=1999-05-15&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Felpais.com%2Fdiario%2F1999%2F05%2F15%2Fespana%2F926719201_850215.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2000+Spanish+general+election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-63"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-63">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://elpais.com/diario/1999/05/17/espana/926892001_850215.html">"González insta a Almunia a que "ponga orden" y lidere el proceso para ganar las elecciones"</a>. <i>El País</i> (in Spanish). 15 May 1999<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 January</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=El+Pa%C3%ADs&rft.atitle=Gonz%C3%A1lez+insta+a+Almunia+a+que+%22ponga+orden%22+y+lidere+el+proceso+para+ganar+las+elecciones&rft.date=1999-05-15&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Felpais.com%2Fdiario%2F1999%2F05%2F17%2Fespana%2F926892001_850215.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2000+Spanish+general+election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-64"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-64">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/1999/julio/24/nacional/psoe.html">"El Comité Federal respalda la candidatura de Almunia"</a>. <i>El Mundo</i> (in Spanish). 24 July 1999<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 January</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=El+Mundo&rft.atitle=El+Comit%C3%A9+Federal+respalda+la+candidatura+de+Almunia&rft.date=1999-07-24&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.elmundo.es%2Felmundo%2F1999%2Fjulio%2F24%2Fnacional%2Fpsoe.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2000+Spanish+general+election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-65"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-65">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://elpais.com/diario/1999/07/25/espana/932853617_850215.html">"Almunia roza la unanimidad"</a>. <i>El País</i> (in Spanish). 25 July 1999<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 January</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=El+Pa%C3%ADs&rft.atitle=Esquerda+Unida+desoye+a+Anguita+y+cierra+su+pacto+con+el+PSOE+en+Galicia&rft.date=1997-05-23&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Felpais.com%2Fdiario%2F1997%2F05%2F23%2Fespana%2F864338411_850215.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2000+Spanish+general+election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-67"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-67">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://elpais.com/diario/1997/08/23/espana/872287215_850215.html">"IC exige a Anguita que respete el pluralismo y abandone las prácticas del comunismo ortodoxo"</a>. <i>El País</i> (in Spanish). 23 August 1997<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 January</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=El+Pa%C3%ADs&rft.atitle=IC+exige+a+Anguita+que+respete+el+pluralismo+y+abandone+las+pr%C3%A1cticas+del+comunismo+ortodoxo&rft.date=1997-08-23&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Felpais.com%2Fdiario%2F1997%2F08%2F23%2Fespana%2F872287215_850215.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2000+Spanish+general+election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-68"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-68">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://elpais.com/diario/1997/09/11/espana/873928802_850215.html">"Ribó proclama que Iniciativa per Catalunya estará "siempre" con Esquerda Galega"</a>. <i>El País</i> (in Spanish). 11 September 1997<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 January</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=El+Pa%C3%ADs&rft.atitle=Rib%C3%B3+proclama+que+Iniciativa+per+Catalunya+estar%C3%A1+%22siempre%22+con+Esquerda+Galega&rft.date=1997-09-11&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Felpais.com%2Fdiario%2F1997%2F09%2F11%2Fespana%2F873928802_850215.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2000+Spanish+general+election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-69"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-69">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://elpais.com/diario/1997/06/30/portada/867621603_850215.html">"IU elimina de sus estatutos toda referencia a sus socios catalanes"</a>. <i>El País</i> (in Spanish). 30 June 1997<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 January</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=El+Pa%C3%ADs&rft.atitle=IU+elimina+de+sus+estatutos+toda+referencia+a+sus+socios+catalanes&rft.date=1997-06-30&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Felpais.com%2Fdiario%2F1997%2F06%2F30%2Fportada%2F867621603_850215.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2000+Spanish+general+election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-70"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-70">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://elpais.com/diario/1996/11/02/espana/846889211_850215.html">"Nueva Izquierda nace para ser nexo entre PSOE e IU, según López Garrido"</a>. <i>El País</i> (in Spanish). 2 November 1996<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 January</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=El+Pa%C3%ADs&rft.atitle=Nueva+Izquierda+nace+para+ser+nexo+entre+PSOE+e+IU%2C+seg%C3%BAn+L%C3%B3pez+Garrido&rft.date=1996-11-02&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Felpais.com%2Fdiario%2F1996%2F11%2F02%2Fespana%2F846889211_850215.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2000+Spanish+general+election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-71"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-71">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://elpais.com/diario/1997/06/17/espana/866498401_850215.html">"IU expulsa de su ejecutiva a Nueva Izquierda y reclama las actas a sus tres diputados"</a>. <i>El País</i> (in Spanish). 17 June 1997<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 January</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=El+Pa%C3%ADs&rft.atitle=IU+expulsa+de+su+ejecutiva+a+Nueva+Izquierda+y+reclama+las+actas+a+sus+tres+diputados&rft.date=1997-06-17&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Felpais.com%2Fdiario%2F1997%2F06%2F17%2Fespana%2F866498401_850215.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2000+Spanish+general+election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-72"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-72">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://elpais.com/diario/1997/06/29/espana/867535204_850215.html">"Anguita agudiza la crisis de IU con la expulsión de Nueva Izquierda de los órganos de dirección"</a>. <i>El País</i> (in Spanish). 29 June 1997<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 January</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=El+Pa%C3%ADs&rft.atitle=Anguita+agudiza+la+crisis+de+IU+con+la+expulsi%C3%B3n+de+Nueva+Izquierda+de+los+%C3%B3rganos+de+direcci%C3%B3n&rft.date=1997-06-29&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Felpais.com%2Fdiario%2F1997%2F06%2F29%2Fespana%2F867535204_850215.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2000+Spanish+general+election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-73"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-73">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://elpais.com/diario/1997/09/06/espana/873496820_850215.html">"Izquierda Unida registra nombres similares a los de las federaciones críticas"</a>. <i>El País</i> (in Spanish). 6 September 1997<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 January</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=El+Pa%C3%ADs&rft.atitle=Izquierda+Unida+registra+nombres+similares+a+los+de+las+federaciones+cr%C3%ADticas&rft.date=1997-09-06&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Felpais.com%2Fdiario%2F1997%2F09%2F06%2Fespana%2F873496820_850215.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2000+Spanish+general+election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-74"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-74">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://elpais.com/diario/1997/09/11/espana/873928801_850215.html">"Anguita expulsa a Nueva Izquierda, rompe con Ribó y repudia a Esquerda Galega"</a>. <i>El País</i> (in Spanish). 11 September 1997<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 January</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=El+Pa%C3%ADs&rft.atitle=Anguita+expulsa+a+Nueva+Izquierda%2C+rompe+con+Rib%C3%B3+y+repudia+a+Esquerda+Galega&rft.date=1997-09-11&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Felpais.com%2Fdiario%2F1997%2F09%2F11%2Fespana%2F873928801_850215.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2000+Spanish+general+election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-75"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-75">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://elpais.com/diario/1997/09/28/espana/875397601_850215.html">"IU expulsó ayer a los críticos y rompió lazos con sus socios catalanes y gallegos"</a>. <i>El País</i> (in Spanish). 28 September 1997<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 January</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=El+Pa%C3%ADs&rft.atitle=IU+expuls%C3%B3+ayer+a+los+cr%C3%ADticos+y+rompi%C3%B3+lazos+con+sus+socios+catalanes+y+gallegos&rft.date=1997-09-28&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Felpais.com%2Fdiario%2F1997%2F09%2F28%2Fespana%2F875397601_850215.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2000+Spanish+general+election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-76"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-76">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://elpais.com/diario/1997/09/28/espana/875397602_850215.html">"Nueva Izquierda se pasa al Grupo Mixto"</a>. <i>El País</i> (in Spanish). 28 September 1997<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 January</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=El+Pa%C3%ADs&rft.atitle=Puigcerc%C3%B3s+encabezar%C3%A1+la+lista+de+ERC+al+Congreso&rft.date=1999-12-21&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Felpais.com%2Fdiario%2F1999%2F12%2F21%2Fcatalunya%2F945742048_850215.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2000+Spanish+general+election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-102"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-102">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://elpais.com/diario/2000/01/24/cvalenciana/948745083_850215.html">"UV decide concurrir en solitario a las elecciones y Chiquillo se perfila como su candidato al Congreso"</a>. <i>El País</i> (in Spanish). 24 January 2000<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 January</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=El+Pa%C3%ADs&rft.atitle=UV+decide+concurrir+en+solitario+a+las+elecciones+y+Chiquillo+se+perfila+como+su+candidato+al+Congreso&rft.date=2000-01-24&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Felpais.com%2Fdiario%2F2000%2F01%2F24%2Fcvalenciana%2F948745083_850215.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2000+Spanish+general+election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-103"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-103">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://elpais.com/diario/1999/12/10/andalucia/944781723_850215.html">"El PA aspira a formar un grupo parlamentario en el Congreso con canarios, aragoneses y valencianos"</a>. <i>El País</i> (in Spanish). 10 December 1999<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 January</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=El+Pa%C3%ADs&rft.atitle=El+PA+aspira+a+formar+un+grupo+parlamentario+en+el+Congreso+con+canarios%2C+aragoneses+y+valencianos&rft.date=1999-12-10&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Felpais.com%2Fdiario%2F1999%2F12%2F10%2Fandalucia%2F944781723_850215.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2000+Spanish+general+election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Entesa1-105"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Entesa1_105-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Entesa1_105-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://elpais.com/diario/2000/01/12/catalunya/947642845_850215.html">"La izquierda catalana se presentará unida al Senado y formará grupo al margen del PSOE"</a>. <i>El País</i> (in Spanish). 12 January 2000<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 January</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=El+Pa%C3%ADs&rft.atitle=La+izquierda+catalana+se+presentar%C3%A1+unida+al+Senado+y+formar%C3%A1+grupo+al+margen+del+PSOE&rft.date=2000-01-12&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Felpais.com%2Fdiario%2F2000%2F01%2F12%2Fcatalunya%2F947642845_850215.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2000+Spanish+general+election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Entesa2-106"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Entesa2_106-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Entesa2_106-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://elpais.com/diario/2000/01/15/catalunya/947902044_850215.html">"La izquierda se presentará al Senado bajo la denominación de Entesa Catalana de Progrés"</a>. <i>El País</i> (in Spanish). 15 January 2000<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 January</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=El+Pa%C3%ADs&rft.atitle=La+izquierda+se+presentar%C3%A1+al+Senado+bajo+la+denominaci%C3%B3n+de+Entesa+Catalana+de+Progr%C3%A9s&rft.date=2000-01-15&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Felpais.com%2Fdiario%2F2000%2F01%2F15%2Fcatalunya%2F947902044_850215.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2000+Spanish+general+election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Entesa3-107"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Entesa3_107-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Entesa3_107-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://elpais.com/diario/2000/01/25/catalunya/948766060_850215.html">"Los partidos de izquierda sellan su pacto para el Senado"</a>. <i>El País</i> (in Spanish). 25 January 2000<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 January</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=El+Pa%C3%ADs&rft.atitle=Los+partidos+de+izquierda+sellan+su+pacto+para+el+Senado&rft.date=2000-01-25&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Felpais.com%2Fdiario%2F2000%2F01%2F25%2Fcatalunya%2F948766060_850215.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2000+Spanish+general+election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-109"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-109">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://elpais.com/diario/1999/12/11/catalunya/944878045_850215.html">"Los socialistas rechazan ir con Ciutadans pel Canvi a las elecciones legislativas"</a>. <i>El País</i> (in Spanish). 11 December 1999<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 January</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=El+Pa%C3%ADs&rft.atitle=Los+socialistas+rechazan+ir+con+Ciutadans+pel+Canvi+a+las+elecciones+legislativas&rft.date=1999-12-11&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Felpais.com%2Fdiario%2F1999%2F12%2F11%2Fcatalunya%2F944878045_850215.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2000+Spanish+general+election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-110"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-110">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://elpais.com/diario/1999/09/04/catalunya/936407244_850215.html">"Maragall ve el pacto con IC-V como un paso hacia la creación de partidos amplios"</a>. <i>El País</i> (in Spanish). 4 September 1999<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">17 March</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=El+Pa%C3%ADs&rft.atitle=Maragall+ve+el+pacto+con+IC-V+como+un+paso+hacia+la+creaci%C3%B3n+de+partidos+amplios&rft.date=1999-09-04&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Felpais.com%2Fdiario%2F1999%2F09%2F04%2Fcatalunya%2F936407244_850215.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2000+Spanish+general+election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-111"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-111">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://elpais.com/diario/1999/11/21/catalunya/943150039_850215.html">"El PSC e IC-V estudian repetir la coalición en las generales"</a>. <i>El País</i> (in Spanish). 21 November 1999<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">17 March</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=El+Pa%C3%ADs&rft.atitle=El+PSC+e+IC-V+estudian+repetir+la+coalici%C3%B3n+en+las+generales&rft.date=1999-11-21&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Felpais.com%2Fdiario%2F1999%2F11%2F21%2Fcatalunya%2F943150039_850215.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2000+Spanish+general+election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-112"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-112">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.periodicodeibiza.es/pitiusas/local/2000/01/20/930813/el-pp-elige-esta-semana-candidatos-sin-que-el-pacte-haya-cerrado-aun-un-acuerdo.html">"El PP elige esta semana candidatos sin que el Pacte haya cerrado aún un acuerdo"</a>. <i>Periódico de Ibiza</i> (in Spanish). 20 January 2000<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">19 March</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=El+Pa%C3%ADs&rft.atitle=La+ausencia+de+acuerdo+entre+PSOE+e+IU+en+Madrid+frustra+la+posible+%27Entesa%27+al+Senado&rft.date=2000-01-29&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Felpais.com%2Fdiario%2F2000%2F01%2F29%2Fcvalenciana%2F949177082_850215.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2000+Spanish+general+election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-122"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-122">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://elpais.com/diario/2000/02/02/espana/949446003_850215.html">"PSOE e IU cierran un pacto para el Senado y descartan presentarse juntos al Congreso"</a>. <i>El País</i> (in Spanish). 2 February 2000<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">19 March</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=El+Pa%C3%ADs&rft.atitle=El+PSOE+rebaja+de+34+a+14+las+provincias+en+las+que+pide+a+IU+que+retire+sus+listas&rft.date=2000-01-29&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Felpais.com%2Fdiario%2F2000%2F01%2F29%2Fespana%2F949100419_850215.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2000+Spanish+general+election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-126"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-126">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://elpais.com/diario/2000/01/28/espana/949014008_850215.html">"PSOE e IU descartan la coalición pero acercan posiciones para un programa común"</a>. <i>El País</i> (in Spanish). 29 January 2000<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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href="/wiki/1813_Spanish_general_election" title="1813 Spanish general election">1813</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1820_Spanish_general_election" title="1820 Spanish general election">1820</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1822_Spanish_general_election" title="1822 Spanish general election">1822</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1834_Spanish_general_election" title="1834 Spanish general election">1834</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_1836_Spanish_general_election" title="February 1836 Spanish general election">1836 (Feb)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_1836_Spanish_general_election" title="July 1836 Spanish general election">1836 (Jul)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_1836_Spanish_general_election" title="October 1836 Spanish general election">1836 (Oct)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1837_Spanish_general_election" title="1837 Spanish general election">1837</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1839_Spanish_general_election" title="1839 Spanish general election">1839</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1840_Spanish_general_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1840 Spanish general election (page does not exist)">1840</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1841_Spanish_general_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1841 Spanish general election (page does not exist)">1841</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=February_1843_Spanish_general_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="February 1843 Spanish general election (page does not exist)">1843 (Feb)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=September_1843_Spanish_general_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="September 1843 Spanish general election (page does not exist)">1843 (Sep)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1844_Spanish_general_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1844 Spanish general election (page does not exist)">1844</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1846_Spanish_general_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1846 Spanish general election (page does not exist)">1846</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1850_Spanish_general_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1850 Spanish general election (page does not exist)">1850</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1851_Spanish_general_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1851 Spanish general election (page does not exist)">1851</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1853_Spanish_general_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1853 Spanish general election (page does not exist)">1853</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1854_Spanish_general_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1854 Spanish general election (page does not exist)">1854</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1857_Spanish_general_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1857 Spanish general election (page does not exist)">1857</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1858_Spanish_general_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1858 Spanish general election (page does not exist)">1858</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1863_Spanish_general_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1863 Spanish general election (page does not exist)">1863</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1864_Spanish_general_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1864 Spanish general election (page does not exist)">1864</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1865_Spanish_general_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1865 Spanish general election (page does not exist)">1865</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1867_Spanish_general_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1867 Spanish general election (page does not exist)">1867</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1869_Spanish_general_election" title="1869 Spanish general election">1869</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1871_Spanish_general_election" title="1871 Spanish general election">1871</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_1872_Spanish_general_election" title="April 1872 Spanish general election">1872 (Apr)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_1872_Spanish_general_election" title="August 1872 Spanish general election">1872 (Aug)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1873_Spanish_general_election" title="1873 Spanish general election">1873</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1876_Spanish_general_election" title="1876 Spanish general election">1876</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1879_Spanish_general_election" title="1879 Spanish general election">1879</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1881_Spanish_general_election" title="1881 Spanish general election">1881</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1884_Spanish_general_election" title="1884 Spanish general election">1884</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1886_Spanish_general_election" title="1886 Spanish general election">1886</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1891_Spanish_general_election" title="1891 Spanish general election">1891</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1893_Spanish_general_election" title="1893 Spanish general election">1893</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1896_Spanish_general_election" title="1896 Spanish general election">1896</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1898_Spanish_general_election" title="1898 Spanish general election">1898</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1899_Spanish_general_election" title="1899 Spanish general election">1899</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1901_Spanish_general_election" title="1901 Spanish general election">1901</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1903_Spanish_general_election" title="1903 Spanish general election">1903</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1905_Spanish_general_election" title="1905 Spanish general election">1905</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1907_Spanish_general_election" title="1907 Spanish general election">1907</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1910_Spanish_general_election" title="1910 Spanish general election">1910</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1914_Spanish_general_election" title="1914 Spanish general election">1914</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916_Spanish_general_election" title="1916 Spanish general election">1916</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1918_Spanish_general_election" title="1918 Spanish general election">1918</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1919_Spanish_general_election" title="1919 Spanish general election">1919</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1920_Spanish_general_election" title="1920 Spanish general election">1920</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1923_Spanish_general_election" title="1923 Spanish general election">1923</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1931_Spanish_general_election" title="1931 Spanish general election">1931</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1933_Spanish_general_election" title="1933 Spanish general election">1933</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936_Spanish_general_election" title="1936 Spanish general election">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967_Spanish_general_election" title="1967 Spanish general election">1967</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_Spanish_general_election" title="1971 Spanish general election">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_Spanish_general_election" title="1977 Spanish general election">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_Spanish_general_election" title="1979 Spanish general election">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_Spanish_general_election" title="1982 Spanish general election">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_Spanish_general_election" title="1986 Spanish general election">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_Spanish_general_election" title="1989 Spanish general election">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_Spanish_general_election" title="1993 Spanish general election">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_Spanish_general_election" title="1996 Spanish general election">1996</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Spanish_general_election" title="2004 Spanish general election">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Spanish_general_election" title="2008 Spanish general election">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Spanish_general_election" title="2011 Spanish general election">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Spanish_general_election" title="2015 Spanish general election">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Spanish_general_election" title="2016 Spanish general election">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_2019_Spanish_general_election" title="April 2019 Spanish general election">2019 (Apr)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_2019_Spanish_general_election" title="November 2019 Spanish general election">2019 (Nov)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Spanish_general_election" title="2023 Spanish general election">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Next_Spanish_general_election" title="Next Spanish general election"><i>Next</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Presidential elections</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1936_Spanish_presidential_election" title="1936 Spanish presidential election">1936</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/European_Parliament" title="European Parliament">European elections</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1987_European_Parliament_election_in_Spain" title="1987 European Parliament election in Spain">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_European_Parliament_election_in_Spain" title="1989 European Parliament election in Spain">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_European_Parliament_election_in_Spain" title="1994 European Parliament election in Spain">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_European_Parliament_election_in_Spain" title="1999 European Parliament election in Spain">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_European_Parliament_election_in_Spain" title="2004 European Parliament election in Spain">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_European_Parliament_election_in_Spain" title="2009 European Parliament election in Spain">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_European_Parliament_election_in_Spain" title="2014 European Parliament election in Spain">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_European_Parliament_election_in_Spain" title="2019 European Parliament election in Spain">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_European_Parliament_election_in_Spain" title="2024 European Parliament election in Spain">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Local elections</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1922_Spanish_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1922 Spanish local elections (page does not exist)">1922</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1931_Spanish_local_elections" title="1931 Spanish local elections">1931</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1933_Spanish_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1933 Spanish local elections (page does not exist)">1933</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1934_Catalan_local_elections" title="1934 Catalan local elections">1934</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1948_Spanish_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1948 Spanish local elections (page does not exist)">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1951_Spanish_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1951 Spanish local elections (page does not exist)">1951</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1954_Spanish_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1954 Spanish local elections (page does not exist)">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1957_Spanish_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1957 Spanish local elections (page does not exist)">1957</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1960_Spanish_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1960 Spanish local elections (page does not exist)">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1963_Spanish_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1963 Spanish local elections (page does not exist)">1963</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1966_Spanish_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1966 Spanish local elections (page does not exist)">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1970_Spanish_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1970 Spanish local elections (page does not exist)">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1973_Spanish_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1973 Spanish local elections (page does not exist)">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1976_Spanish_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1976 Spanish local elections (page does not exist)">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_Spanish_local_elections" title="1979 Spanish local elections">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_Spanish_local_elections" title="1983 Spanish local elections">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_Spanish_local_elections" title="1987 Spanish local elections">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_Spanish_local_elections" title="1991 Spanish local elections">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_Spanish_local_elections" title="1995 Spanish local elections">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_Spanish_local_elections" title="1999 Spanish local elections">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_Spanish_local_elections" title="2003 Spanish local elections">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Spanish_local_elections" title="2007 Spanish local elections">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Spanish_local_elections" title="2011 Spanish local elections">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Spanish_local_elections" title="2015 Spanish local elections">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Spanish_local_elections" title="2019 Spanish local elections">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Spanish_local_elections" title="2023 Spanish local elections">2023</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/2027_Spanish_local_elections" title="2027 Spanish local elections">2027</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Regional elections</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1983_Spanish_regional_elections" title="1983 Spanish regional elections">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_Spanish_regional_elections" title="1987 Spanish regional elections">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_Spanish_regional_elections" title="1991 Spanish regional elections">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_Spanish_regional_elections" title="1995 Spanish regional elections">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_Spanish_regional_elections" title="1999 Spanish regional elections">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_Spanish_regional_elections" title="2003 Spanish regional elections">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Spanish_regional_elections" title="2007 Spanish regional elections">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Spanish_regional_elections" title="2011 Spanish regional elections">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Spanish_regional_elections" title="2015 Spanish regional elections">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Spanish_regional_elections" title="2019 Spanish regional elections">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Spanish_regional_elections" title="2023 Spanish regional elections">2023</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Referendums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1947_Spanish_law_of_succession_referendum" title="1947 Spanish law of succession referendum">1947</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_Spanish_organic_law_referendum" title="1966 Spanish organic law referendum">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_Spanish_political_reform_referendum" title="1976 Spanish political reform referendum">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_Spanish_constitutional_referendum" title="1978 Spanish constitutional referendum">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_Spanish_NATO_membership_referendum" title="1986 Spanish NATO membership referendum">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_Spanish_European_Constitution_referendum" title="2005 Spanish European Constitution referendum">2005</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow hlist" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li>See also: Elections and referendums in <a 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