Spanish general election, 1993

Spanish general election, 1993

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June 6, 1993
→ 1996

All 350 seats of the Congress of Deputies and 208 of 256 seats in the Senate
176 seats needed for a majority in the Congress of Deputies
Turnout 76.44%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Felipe González José María Aznar Julio Anguita
Party Spanish Socialist Workers' Party People's Party United Left
Leader since 13 October 1974 1 April 1990 1989
Leader's seat Madrid Madrid Madrid
Last election 175 seats, 39.60% 107 seats, 25.79% 17 seats, 9.07%
Seats won 159 141 18
Seat change 16 34 1
Popular vote 9,150,083 8,201,463 2,253,722
Percentage 38.78% 34.76% 9.55%
Swing 0.82% 8.97% 0.48%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Miquel Roca Rafael Calvo Ortega Iñaki Anasagasti
Party Convergence and Union CDS Basque Nationalist Party
Leader since 1977 1991 22 June 1986
Leader's seat Barcelona Madrid Vizcaya
Last election 18 seats, 5.04% 14 seats, 7.89% 5 seats, 1.24%
Seats won 17 0 5
Seat change 1 14 0
Popular vote 1,165,783 414,740 291,448
Percentage 4.94% 1.76% 1.24%
Swing 0.10% 6.13% 0.00%

Most voted party in each province, PSOE (red) and PP (blue). Every province is a multi-member district for the Congress.

Prime Minister before election

Felipe González
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party

Elected Prime Minister

Felipe González
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party

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Legislative elections for the Spanish Cortes Generales were held on June 6, 1993. The elections were for 350 seats in the Congress of Deputies, and the 208 directly elected seats in the upper house, the Senate, determining the Prime Minister of Spain.

The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party under Felipe González achieved the largest number of votes and seats for the fourth consecutive time, though losing their absolute majority in both chambers of the Cortes. In contrast, José María Aznar's People's Party won a large share of the vote, thus increasing their seats in both the Congress and the Senate. For the first time since 1979, the election brought in a hung parliament, forcing the governing PSOE to pact with nationalist groups in order to renew their mandate.

Results

Spanish general election, 3 March 1993

Party

Votes

%

Seats

Spanish Socialist Worker Party (PSOE) +
Party of the Socialists of Catalonia (PSC-PSOE)
Total

7 872 245
1 277 838
9 150 083

33.64
5.46
39.10

141
18
159

Partido Popular (PP) +
Unión del Pueblo Navarro (UPN-PP)
Total

7 977 007
112 228
8 089 235

34.08
0.48
34.56

138
3
141

Izquierda Unida (IU)

2 253 722

9.55

18

Convergència i Unió (CiU)

1 165 783

4.98

17

Partido Nacionalista Vasco (EAJ-PNV)

291 448

1.25

5

Iniciativa per Catalunya (IC)

273 444

1.17

3

Coalición Canaria (CC)

207 077

0.88

4

Herri Batasuna (HB)

206 876

0.88

2

Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (ERC)

189 632

0.81

1

Partido Aragonés Regionalista (PAR)

144 544

0.62

1

Eusko Alkartasuna (EA-EUE)

129 293

0.55

1

Unió Valenciana (UV)

112 341

0.48

1

Total

21 977 657

100.00

350

Others

1 425 528

6.09

Total votes to candidacies

23 403 185

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