Spanish general election, 1996

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General elections were held in Spain on March 3, 1996. The Prime Minister Felipe González of PSOE lost the elections to Partido Popular and their leader José María Aznar.

The lower house consisted of 350 deputies elected on block lists by proportional representation. Each province was entitled to a minimum of 3 deputies, with one deputy each from the African enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla.

[edit] Results

← Spanish general election, 3 March 1996 →
Party	Votes	%	Seats
Partido Popular (PP)	9,716,006	38.79	156
Partido Socialista Obrero Español (PSOE)	9,425,678	37.63	141
Izquierda Unida (IU)	2,639,774	10.54	21
Convergència i Unió (CiU)	1,151,633	4.64	16
Partido Nacionalista Vasco (PNV)	318,951	1.29	5
Coalición Canaria (CC)	220,418	0.89	4
Bloque Nacionalista Galego (BNG)	220,147	0.89	2
Herri Batasuna (HB)	181,304	0.73	2
Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (ERC)	167,641	0.67	1
Eusko Alkartasuna (EA)	115,861	0.46	1
Total		100.00	350

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