Spanish general election, 2000

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Legislative elections were held in Spain on March 12, 2000. The incumbent People's Party of Prime Minister José María Aznar was elected to a second term in office, converting its plurality of seats in the Congress of Deputies into a majority, and increasing its lead over the opposition Spanish Socialist Workers' Party.

[edit] National summary of votes and seats

  • Registered voters: 33,045,318
  • Votes cast: 23,125,773 70.0
Party Votes % & Δ% Seats & Δ
Andalusian Party 205,733 00.9 +00.4 1 +1
Aragonist Front 75,234 00.3 +00.1 1 +1
Basque Nationalist Party 351,816 01.5 +00.2 7 +2
Basque Solidarity 100,570 00.4 -00.1 1
Canary Islands Coalition 243,489 01.1 +00.2 4
Convergence and Unity 964,990 04.2 -00.4 15 -1
Galician Nationalist Bloc 302,726 01.3 +00.4 3 +1
People's Party 10,230,345 44.5 +05.8 183 +27
Republican Left of Catalonia 193,629 00.8 +00.1 1
Socialist Party (PSOE) 7,829,210 34.1 -07.3 125 -16
United Left 1,253,859 05.5 -05.0 8 -13
others 851,399 03.7 1 -2
blank 366,137 01.6
Total 22,969,753 350

Source: Adam Carr's Electoral Archive

See also: Spanish legislative election, 1996, Spanish legislative election, 2004

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