November 2019 Spanish general election facts for kids

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November 2019 Spanish general election

10 November 2019
All 350 seats in the Congress of Deputies and 208 (of 265) seats in the Senate 176 seats needed for a majority in the Congress of Deputies
Opinion polls
Registered	37,001,379 0.3%
Turnout	24,507,715 (66.2%) (5.5 pp)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Pedro Sánchez Pablo Casado Santiago Abascal Party PSOE PP Vox Leader since 18 June 2017 21 July 2018 20 September 2014 Leader's seat Madrid Madrid Madrid Last election 123 seats, 28.7% 66 seats, 16.7% 24 seats, 10.3% Seats won 120 89 52 Seat change 3 23 28 Popular vote 6,792,199 5,047,040 3,656,979 Percentage 28.0% 20.8% 15.1% Swing 0.7 pp 4.1 pp 4.8 pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Pablo Iglesias Gabriel Rufián Albert Rivera Party Unidas Podemos ERC–Sobiranistes Cs Leader since 15 November 2014 14 October 2019 9 July 2006 Leader's seat Madrid Barcelona Madrid Last election 42 seats, 14.3% 15 seats, 3.9% 57 seats, 15.9% Seats won 35 13 10 Seat change 7 2 47 Popular vote 3,119,364 880,734 1,650,318 Percentage 12.9% 3.6% 6.8% Swing 1.4 pp 0.3 pp 9.1 pp
Prime Minister before election Pedro Sánchez (acting) PSOE Elected Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez PSOE

The November 2019 Spanish general election was held on Sunday, 10 November 2019, to elect the 14th Cortes Generales of the Kingdom of Spain. All 350 seats in the Congress of Deputies were up for election, as well as 208 of 265 seats in the Senate.

Voter turnout was the lowest since 1975. The opposition party People's Party (PP) won a few seats while the far-right Vox party won many seats, taking away from the Citizens (Cs).

However, the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party won the majority of the seats and popular vote and formed a coalition government with the Unidas Podemos party.