Results breakdown of the Spanish general election, 1996 (Congress)

Spain Main: Spanish general election, 1996
Sunday, 3 March 1996
Party
Votes
%
MPs
PP 9,716,006 38.8% 156
PSOE 9,425,678 37.6% 141
IU 2,639,774 10.5% 21
CiU 1,151,633 4.6% 16
EAJ/PNV 318,951 1.3% 5
Others 1,794,234 7.2% 11
Total
25,046,276 100.0% 350

This is the results breakdown of the Congress of Deputies election held in Spain on 3 March 1996.

Nationwide

Overall

Summary of the 3 March 1996 Congress of Deputies election results
Party Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
People's Party (PP)[lower-alpha 1] 9,716,006 38.79 +3.42 156 +14
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 9,425,678 37.63 –1.15 141 –18
United Left (IU) 2,639,774 10.54 +0.99 21 +3
Convergence and Union (CiU) 1,151,633 4.60 –0.34 16 –1
Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) 318,951 1.27 +0.03 5 ±0
Canarian Coalition (CC) 220,418 0.88 ±0.00 4 ±0
Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG) 220,147 0.88 +0.34 2 +2
Popular Unity (HB) 181,304 0.72 –0.16 2 ±0
Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) 167,641 0.67 –0.13 1 ±0
Andalusian Party (PA)[lower-alpha 2] 134,800 0.54 –0.05 0 ±0
Basque Solidarity (EA) 115,861 0.46 –0.09 1 ±0
Valencian Union (UV) 91,575 0.37 –0.11 1 ±0
The European Greens (LVE) 61,689 0.25 –0.54 0 ±0
Aragonese Union (CHA) 49,739 0.20 +0.17 0 ±0
Centrist Union (UC) 44,771 0.18 –1.58 0 ±0
Valencian People's Union–Nationalist Bloc (UPV–BN) 26,777 0.11 –0.06 0 ±0
Socialist Party of Majorca–Nationalist Agreement (PSM–EN) 24,644 0.10 +0.01 0 ±0
Blank ballots 243,345 0.97 +0.17
Total 25,046,276 100.00 350 ±0
Valid votes 25,046,276 99.50 +0.04
Invalid votes 125,782 0.50 –0.04
Votes cast / turnout 25,172,058 77.38 +0.94
Abstentions 7,359,775 22.62 –0.94
Registered voters 32,531,833
Source: Ministry of the Interior
  1. People's Party results are compared to the combined totals of the PP and PAR in the 1993 election.
  2. Andalusian Party results are compared to the combined totals of the PA and PAP in the 1993 election.

Distribution by constituency

Summary of constituency results in the 3 March 1996 Congress of Deputies election
Constituency PP PSOE IU CiU PNV CC BNG HB ERC EA UV
% S % S % S % S % S % S % S % S % S % S % S
A Coruña 47.3 5 33.9 3 4.3 12.7 1
Álava 27.3 2 25.4 1 11.7 20.2 1 7.5 5.6
Almería 40.2 2 47.1 3 9.9
Albacete 44.7 2 43.9 2 9.6
Alicante 45.7 5 40.0 5 10.6 1 0.1 0.5
Asturias 41.0 4 39.9 4 15.5 1
Ávila 58.7 2 30.4 1 7.7
Badajoz 39.2 3 48.8 3 9.9
Balearic 45.1 4 36.0 3 7.7 0.4
Barcelona 18.4 6 40.3 13 8.7 2 27.4 9 3.8 1
Biscay 18.4 2 23.8 2 9.7 1 29.2 3 9.9 1 5.2
Burgos 54.4 3 30.8 1 11.1
Cáceres 42.0 2 47.9 3 7.3
Cádiz 35.4 4 43.9 4 13.2 1
Cantabria 50.5 3 35.6 2 11.4
Castellón 46.5 3 40.0 2 7.6 0.3 2.0
Ceuta 53.2 1 35.8 2.2
Ciudad Real 45.0 2 45.2 3 8.2
Córdoba 33.0 2 44.6 4 18.6 1
Cuenca 50.2 2 42.4 1 5.6
Gipuzkoa 14.3 1 22.7 2 7.3 19.7 1 18.4 1 14.7 1
Girona 12.0 36.5 2 3.4 41.4 3 5.6
Granada 38.4 3 46.5 3 12.0 1
Guadalajara 51.9 2 34.9 1 10.7
Huelva 33.9 2 52.1 3 10.2
Huesca 45.6 2 41.1 1 7.5
Jaén 36.9 3 48.7 3 11.7
La Rioja 49.4 2 36.6 2 8.7
Las Palmas 42.4 3 25.9 2 5.7 24.0 2
León 48.7 3 37.9 2 7.7
Lleida 17.9 1 33.0 1 3.3 39.3 2 5.6
Lugo 53.5 3 32.5 1 2.6 10.0
Madrid 49.3 17 31.4 11 16.4 6
Málaga 38.5 4 42.0 5 15.2 1
Melilla 50.6 1 43.3 3.5
Murcia 49.9 5 38.0 3 10.5 1
Navarre 37.1 2 30.3 2 12.4 1 1.0 8.2 3.8
Ourense 48.8 2 36.3 2 1.7 12.1
Palencia 51.3 2 37.9 1 7.9
Pontevedra 47.1 4 32.5 3 4.1 14.6 1
Salamanca 54.1 3 35.0 1 8.1
Santa Cruz 32.4 2 34.5 3 5.2 26.3 2
Segovia 54.8 2 32.2 1 8.9
Seville 31.4 4 50.1 7 13.4 2
Soria 55.2 2 34.3 1 7.9
Tarragona 20.1 1 38.1 3 5.1 30.8 2 4.9
Teruel 49.2 2 41.2 1 6.0
Toledo 48.2 3 41.8 2 8.2
Valencia 42.0 7 37.0 6 12.1 2 0.1 5.6 1
Valladolid 48.9 3 35.8 2 12.6
Zamora 54.0 2 37.0 1 5.6
Zaragoza 48.3 4 31.9 3 10.1
Total 38.8 156 37.6 141 10.5 21 4.6 16 1.3 5 0.9 4 0.9 2 0.7 2 0.7 1 0.5 1 0.4 1

Autonomous communities

Andalusia

Summary of the 3 March 1996 Congress of Deputies election results in Andalusia
Party Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party of Andalusia (PSOE–A) 2,017,857 46.66 –4.79 32 –5
People's Party (PP) 1,530,057 35.38 +5.58 24 +4
United Left/The Greens–Assembly for Andalusia (IULV–CA) 582,970 13.48 +1.40 6 +2
Andalusian Party (PA)[lower-alpha 1] 134,800 3.12 –0.37 0 ±0
Blank ballots 36,055 0.83 +0.31
Total 4,324,347 100.00 62 +1
Valid votes 4,324,347 99.42 –0.15
Invalid votes 25,418 0.58 +0.15
Votes cast / turnout 4,349,765 78.00 +1.80
Abstentions 1,226,813 22.00 –1.80
Registered voters 5,576,578
Source: Ministry of the Interior
  1. Andalusian Party results are compared to the combined totals of the PA and PAP in the 1993 election.

Aragon

Summary of the 3 March 1996 Congress of Deputies election results in Aragon
Party Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
People's PartyAragonese Party (PP–PAR)[lower-alpha 1] 370,975 47.92 –3.96 8 +3
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 268,189 34.64 +0.31 5 –2
United Left of Aragon (IU) 70,755 9.14 –0.57 0 –1
Aragonese Union (CHA) 49,739 6.42 +5.59 0 ±0
Blank ballots 9,359 1.21 +0.49
Total 774,178 100.00 13 ±0
Valid votes 774,178 99.51 +0.10
Invalid votes 3,820 0.49 –0.10
Votes cast / turnout 777,998 77.46 –0.70
Abstentions 226,404 22.54 +0.70
Registered voters 1,004,402
Source: Ministry of the Interior
  1. People's Party results are compared to the combined totals of the PP and PAR in the 1993 election.

Asturias

Summary of the 3 March 1996 Congress of Deputies election results in Asturias
Party Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
People's Party (PP) 297,079 41.03 +3.66 4 ±0
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 288,558 39.85 +0.53 4 ±0
United Left (IU) 112,339 15.51 +0.07 1 ±0
Asturianist Party (PAS) 12,213 1.69 +0.09 0 ±0
Blank ballots 6,805 0.94 +0.03
Total 724,075 100.00 9 ±0
Valid votes 724,075 99.52 –0.07
Invalid votes 3,492 0.48 +0.07
Votes cast / turnout 727,567 75.91 +0.48
Abstentions 230,845 24.09 –0.48
Registered voters 958,412
Source: Ministry of the Interior

Balearic Islands

Summary of the 3 March 1996 Congress of Deputies election results in the Balearic Islands
Party Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
People's Party (PP) 194,859 45.13 –1.28 4 ±0
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 155,244 35.95 +1.98 3 ±0
United Left of the Balearic Islands (IU) 33,224 7.69 +1.73 0 ±0
Socialist Party of Majorca–Nationalist Agreement (PSM–ENE) 24,644 5.71 +0.83 0 ±0
The Greens of the Balearic Islands (EVIB) 9,539 2.21 +0.04 0 ±0
Majorcan Union (UM) 6,943 1.61 –0.83 0 ±0
Blank ballots 4,318 1.00 +0.16
Total 431,785 100.00 7 ±0
Valid votes 431,785 99.42 –0.02
Invalid votes 2,503 0.58 +0.02
Votes cast / turnout 434,288 71.63 –0.93
Abstentions 172,041 28.31 +0.93
Registered voters 606,329
Source: Ministry of the Interior

Basque Country

Summary of the 3 March 1996 Congress of Deputies election results in the Basque Country
Party Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) 315,793 25.04 +0.99 5 ±0
Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE–EE (PSOE)) 298,499 23.67 –0.85 5 –2
People's Party (PP) 231,286 18.34 +3.66 5 +1
Popular Unity (HB) 154,853 12.28 –2.31 2 ±0
United Left (IU–EB) 116,133 9.21 +2.90 1 +1
Basque Solidarity (EA) 103,628 8.22 –1.63 1 ±0
Blank ballots 19,551 1.55 –0.04
Total 1,261,298 100.00 19 ±0
Valid votes 1,261,298 99.31 +0.08
Invalid votes 8,777 0.69 –0.08
Votes cast / turnout 1,270,075 71.53 +1.80
Abstentions 505,605 28.47 –1.80
Registered voters 1,775,680
Source: Ministry of the Interior

Canary Islands

Summary of the 3 March 1996 Congress of Deputies election results in the Canary Islands
Party Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
People's Party (PP) 330,513 37.62 +3.69 5 ±0
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 263,249 29.97 +0.12 5 ±0
Canarian Coalition (CC) 220,418 25.09 –0.49 4 ±0
Canarian United Left (IUC) 48,172 5.48 +0.50 0 ±0
Blank ballots 5,017 0.57 –0.06
Total 878,464 100.00 14 ±0
Valid votes 878,464 99.58 +0.33
Invalid votes 3,699 0.42 –0.33
Votes cast / turnout 882,163 69.14 +0.22
Abstentions 393,751 30.86 –0.22
Registered voters 1,275,914
Source: Ministry of the Interior

Cantabria

Summary of the 3 March 1996 Congress of Deputies election results in Cantabria
Party Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
People's Party (PP) 175,651 50.47 +13.44 3 +1
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 123,940 35.61 –1.56 2 –1
United Left (IU) 39,541 11.36 +3.94 0 ±0
Blank ballots 5,578 1.60 +0.31
Total 348,000 100.00 5 ±0
Valid votes 348,000 99.29 +0.10
Invalid votes 2,477 0.71 –0.10
Votes cast / turnout 350,477 79.31 +0.33
Abstentions 91,457 20.69 –0.33
Registered voters 441,934
Source: Ministry of the Interior

Castile-La Mancha

Summary of the 3 March 1996 Congress of Deputies election results in Castile-La Mancha
Party Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
People's Party (PP) 534,983 47.18 +4.15 11 +1
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 483,251 42.62 –2.68 9 –1
United Left–Left of Castile-La Mancha (IU–ICAM) 95,199 8.40 +0.79 0 ±0
Blank ballots 10,256 0.90 +0.13
Total 1,133,864 100.00 20 ±0
Valid votes 1,133,864 99.37 –0.01
Invalid votes 7,185 0.63 +0.01
Votes cast / turnout 1,141,049 83.09 +0.96
Abstentions 232,263 16.91 –0.96
Registered voters 1,373,312
Source: Ministry of the Interior

Castile and León

Summary of the 3 March 1996 Congress of Deputies election results in Castile and León
Party Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
People's Party (PP) 878,981 52.20 +4.83 22 +2
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 589,869 35.03 –1.68 11 –2
United Left of Castile and León (IU–CL) 153,705 9.13 +0.99 0 ±0
Blank ballots 22,683 1.35 +0.18
Total 1,683,747 100.00 33 ±0
Valid votes 1,683,747 99.38 +0.13
Invalid votes 10,561 0.62 –0.13
Votes cast / turnout 1,694,308 79.01 +0.74
Abstentions 450,054 20.99 –0.74
Registered voters 2,144,362
Source: Ministry of the Interior

Catalonia

Summary of the 3 March 1996 Congress of Deputies election results in Catalonia
Party Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) 1,531,143 39.36 +4.49 19 +1
Convergence and Union (CiU) 1,151,633 29.61 –2.21 16 –1
People's Party (PP) 698,400 17.96 +0.92 8 ±0
Initiative for Catalonia–The Greens (IC–EV) 296,985 7.64 +0.18 2 –1
Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) 162,545 4.18 –0.92 1 ±0
Blank ballots 25,857 0.66 ±0.00
Total 3,889,629 100.00 46 –1
Valid votes 3,889,629 99.67 +0.08
Invalid votes 12,918 0.33 –0.08
Votes cast / turnout 3,902,547 76.52 +1.15
Abstentions 1,197,184 23.48 –1.15
Registered voters 5,099,731
Source: Ministry of the Interior

Extremadura

Summary of the 3 March 1996 Congress of Deputies election results in Extremadura
Party Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 339,903 48.43 –3.07 6 –1
People's Party (PP) 282,698 40.28 +4.51 5 +1
United Left–The Greens–Commitment for Extremadura (IU–LV) 62,502 8.90 +1.06 0 ±0
Extremaduran Coalition (CEx) 7,312 1.04 New 0 ±0
Blank ballots 5,081 0.72 +0.18
Total 701,883 100.00 11 ±0
Valid votes 701,883 99.57 +0.05
Invalid votes 3,022 0.43 –0.05
Votes cast / turnout 704,905 82.33 +1.87
Abstentions 151,293 17.67 –1.87
Registered voters 856,198
Source: Ministry of the Interior

Galicia

Summary of the 3 March 1996 Congress of Deputies election results in Galicia
Party Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
People's Party (PP) 827,405 48.31 +1.19 14 –1
Socialists' Party of Galicia (PSdeG–PSOE) 574,491 33.54 –2.41 9 –2
Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG) 220,147 12.85 +4.84 2 +2
United Left–Galician Left (EU–EG) 62,253 3.63 –1.08 0 ±0
Blank ballots 15,683 0.92 +0.05
Total 1,712,818 100.00 25 –1
Valid votes 1,712,818 99.35 +0.08
Invalid votes 11,161 0.65 –0.08
Votes cast / turnout 1,723,979 71.40 +1.76
Abstentions 690,684 28.60 –1.76
Registered voters 2,414,663
Source: Ministry of the Interior

La Rioja

Summary of the 3 March 1996 Congress of Deputies election results in La Rioja
Party Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
People's Party (PP) 88,069 49.41 +3.15 2 ±0
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 65,311 36.65 –0.95 2 ±0
United Left–La Rioja (IU) 15,530 8.71 +1.75 0 ±0
Riojan Party (PR) 6,065 3.40 –1.02 0 ±0
Blank ballots 2,612 1.47 +0.22
Total 178,226 100.00 4 ±0
Valid votes 178,226 99.40 –0.04
Invalid votes 1,080 0.60 +0.04
Votes cast / turnout 179,306 80.92 +0.92
Abstentions 42,277 19.08 –0.92
Registered voters 221,583
Source: Ministry of the Interior

Madrid

Summary of the 3 March 1996 Congress of Deputies election results in Madrid
Party Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
People's Party (PP) 1,642,489 49.29 +5.37 17 +1
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 1,046,904 31.42 –3.54 11 –2
United Left (IU) 547,901 16.44 +1.86 6 +1
Blank ballots 41,927 1.26 +0.28
Total 3,332,046 100.00 34 ±0
Valid votes 3,332,046 99.68 +0.07
Invalid votes 10,582 0.32 –0.07
Votes cast / turnout 3,342,628 79.59 +0.67
Abstentions 857,171 20.41 –0.67
Registered voters 4,199,799
Source: Ministry of the Interior

Murcia

Summary of the 3 March 1996 Congress of Deputies election results in Murcia
Party Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
People's Party (PP) 350,337 49.89 +2.60 5 +1
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 266,738 37.99 –0.60 3 –1
United Left–The Greens Region of Murcia (IU–LV) 73,961 10.53 +0.82 1 ±0
Blank ballots 5,516 0.79 +0.27
Total 702,192 100.00 9 ±0
Valid votes 702,192 99.54 +0.06
Invalid votes 3,251 0.46 –0.06
Votes cast / turnout 705,443 82.00 +0.44
Abstentions 154,862 18.00 –0.44
Registered voters 860,305
Source: Ministry of the Interior

Navarre

Summary of the 3 March 1996 Congress of Deputies election results in Navarre
Party Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
Navarrese People's UnionPeople's Party (UPN–PP) 120,335 37.12 +0.99 2 –1
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 98,102 30.26 –4.61 2 ±0
United Left of Navarre (IU–EB) 40,354 12.45 +3.74 1 +1
Popular Unity (HB) 26,451 8.16 –2.21 0 ±0
Democrats' Convergence of Navarre (CDN) 17,020 5.25 New 0 ±0
Basque Solidarity (EA) 12,233 3.77 +0.09 0 ±0
Blank ballots 5,480 1.69 +0.24
Total 324,186 100.00 5 ±0
Valid votes 324,186 99.38 +0.14
Invalid votes 2,015 0.62 –0.14
Votes cast / turnout 326,201 73.45 –0.13
Abstentions 117,893 26.55 +0.13
Registered voters 444,094
Source: Ministry of the Interior

Valencian Community

Summary of the 3 March 1996 Congress of Deputies election results in the Valencian Community
Party Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
People's Party (PP) 1,130,813 43.73 +3.25 15 ±0
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 990,993 38.32 –0.03 13 +1
United Left of the Valencian Country (EUPV) 286,582 11.08 +0.55 3 ±0
Valencian Union (UV) 91,575 3.54 –1.07 1 ±0
Valencian People's Union–Nationalist Bloc (UPV–BN) 26,777 1.04 –0.64 0 ±0
Blank ballots 20,731 0.80 +0.22
Total 2,585,785 100.00 32 +1
Valid votes 2,585,785 99.49 +0.04
Invalid votes 13,328 0.51 –0.04
Votes cast / turnout 2,599,113 81.66 –0.05
Abstentions 583,711 18.34 +0.05
Registered voters 3,182,824
Source: Ministry of the Interior

Autonomous cities

Ceuta

Summary of the 3 March 1996 Congress of Deputies election results in Ceuta
Party Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
People's Party (PP) 17,288 53.21 +2.28 1 ±0
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 11,627 35.79 –4.79 0 ±0
Socialist Party of the People of Ceuta (PSPC) 2,365 7.28 +3.43 0 ±0
United Left (IU) 718 2.21 New 0 ±0
Blank ballots 395 1.22 +0.45
Total 32,490 100.00 1 ±0
Valid votes 32,490 99.26 –0.24
Invalid votes 242 0.74 +0.24
Votes cast / turnout 32,732 63.81 +1.68
Abstentions 18,566 36.19 –1.68
Registered voters 51,298
Source: Ministry of the Interior

Melilla

Summary of the 3 March 1996 Congress of Deputies election results in Melilla
Party Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
People's Party (PP) 13,788 50.57 +5.65 1 +1
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 11,810 43.32 –5.47 0 –1
United Left (IU) 950 3.48 +0.88 0 ±0
Blank ballots 441 1.62 +0.39
Total 27,263 100.00 1 ±0
Valid votes 27,263 99.09 –0.48
Invalid votes 251 0.91 +0.48
Votes cast / turnout 27,514 61.95 –4.19
Abstentions 16,901 38.05 +4.19
Registered voters 44,415
Source: Ministry of the Interior
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