Spanish general election, 2016 facts for kids

The election results

The 2016 Spanish general election was held on Sunday, 26 June 2016, to elect the 12th Cortes Generales of the Kingdom of Spain. All 350 seats in the Congress of Deputies were up for election, as well as 208 of 266 seats in the Senate.

Opinion polling going into the election predicted a growing polarisation between this alliance and the People's Party (PP), which would be fighting to maintain first place nationally.

In the end, the alliance suffered a surprise decline in votes and vote share compared to the previous election, while the PP increased its number of votes and seats. The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), while clinging on to second place, kept losing votes and seats and scored a new historical low.

Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy was re-elected as Prime Minister for a second term in office on 29 October amid public outcry and protest.

Candidates

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  Mariano Rajoy
  (People's Party)
  from Madrid

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  Pedro Sánchez
  (PSOE)
  from Madrid

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  Pablo Iglesias
  (Unidos Podemos)
  from Madrid

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  Albert Rivera
  (Cs)
  from Madrid

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  Gabriel Rufián
  (ERC–CatSí)
  from Barcelona

• 

  Francesc Homs
  (CDC)
  from Barcelona

Results

Chamber of Deputies

Senate

Images for kids

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  Podemos celebrating its election result on 20-D.

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  The 15-M fifth anniversary coincided with the pre-campaign of the general election.

See also

In Spanish: Elecciones generales de España de 2016 para niños