Spanish Congress of Deputies

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Spain
This article is part of the series: Politics and government of Spain

Constitution 1978 Constitution King Juan Carlos I Government President of the Government José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero Council of Ministers Cortes Generales Senate Congress of Deputies Political parties Elections 1977 – 1979 – 1982 – 1986 – 1989 – 1993 – 1996 – 2000 – 2004 Judiciary Constitutional Court General Council of the Judiciary Power Supreme Court Audiencia Nacional Regional High Courts Provincial Courts (Audiencia Provincial) People's Defender Autonomous communities Madrid (capital city) Regional governments Regional legislatures Provinces Comarcas Municipalities Human rights EU Politics Foreign relations
Other countries · Politics Portal view • talk • edit

The Spanish Congress of Deputies (Spanish: Congreso de los Diputados) is the lower house of the Cortes Generales, Spain's legislative branch.

It has 350 members, elected by popular vote on block lists by proportional representation in constituencies matching the Spanish provinces using the D'Hondt method. Deputies serve four-year terms.

The President of the Congress of Deputies presides over the Congreso de los Diputados, Spain's lower chamber of parliament.

Composition for the 8th term

	PSOE	PP	CiU	ERC	PNV	IU	Other	Total
Outgoing	125	183	15	1	7	8	11	350
Incoming	164	148	10	8	7	5	8	350
Change	+39	-35	-5	+7	0	-3	-3	0

(Absolute majority is 176 seats. Bold: majority. Italic: plurality)

1 Latest result
2 History
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Latest result

[discuss] – [edit]
**Summary of the 14 March 2004 **Congress of Deputies** election results**
Parties and alliances	Votes	%	Seats
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (Partido Socialista Obrero Español)	11,026,163	43.3	164
People's Party (Partido Popular)	9,763,144	38.3	148
United Left (Izquierda Unida)	1,359,190	5.3	2
ICV-EUA Initiative for Catalonia Greens (Iniciativa per Catalunya Verds) United and Alternative Left (Esquerra Unida i Alternativa)			2
Entesa Valencian Left (Esquerra Valenciana) United Left of the Land of Valencia (Esquerra Unida del País Valencià)			1
Convergence and Unity (Convergència i Unió) Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (Convergència Democràtica de Catalunya) Democratic Union of Catalonia (Unió Democràtica de Catalunya)	835,471	3.3	10
Republican Left of Catalonia (Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya)	652,196	2.5	8
Basque Nationalist Party (Partido Nacionalista Vasco/Euzko Alderdi Jeltzalea)	420,980	1.6	7
Canarian Coalition (Coalición Canaria)	235,221	0.9	3
Galician Nationalist Bloc (Bloque Nacionalista Galego) Union of the Galician People (Unión do Povo Galego) Nationalist Left (Esquerda Nacionalista) Galician Unity (Unidade Galega) Socialist Collective (Colectivo Socialista) Inzar Galician Nationalist Party-Galesguista Party (Partido Nacionalista Galego-Partido Galesguista)	208,688	0.8	2
Andalucista Party (Partido Andalucista)	181,868	0.7	-
Aragonese Council (Chunta Aragonesista)	94,252	0.4	1
Basque Solidarity (Eusko Alkartasuna)	80,905	0.3	1
Navarra Yes (Nafarroa Bai) Basque Nationalist Party (Partido Nacionalista Vasco/Euzko Alderdi Jeltzalea) Basque Solidarity (Eusko Alkartasuna) Aralar	61,045	0.2	1
Total (turnout %)			350
Source: El País Online

[edit] History

Congreso de los Diputados

The allegorical front of the building

The building, Congreso de los Diputados, has a neoclassical style. It was designed by Narcisco Pascual y Colomer, and built between 1843 and 1850. It sits by the Carrera de San Jerónimo, in Madrid.