Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
Cortes Generales

Spanish Socialist Workers' Party

Section Title: Cortes Generales
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Cortes Generales

Election	Vote	%	Congress	+/–	Senate	+/–	Leader	Government/Opposition

1977	5,371,866 (#2)	29.32	118 / 350	54 / 207	Felipe González	Opposition

1979	5,469,813 (#2)	30.40	121 / 350	3	69 / 208	15	Felipe González	Opposition

1982	10,127,392 (#1)	48.11	202 / 350	81	134 / 208	65	Felipe González	Government

1986	8,901,718 (#1)	44.06	184 / 350	18	124 / 208	10	Felipe González	Government

1989	8,115,568 (#1)	39.60	175 / 350	9	107 / 208	17	Felipe González	Government

1993	9,150,083 (#1)	38.78	159 / 350	16	96 / 208	11	Felipe González	Government

1996	9,425,678 (#2)	37.63	141 / 350	18	81 / 208	15	Felipe González	Opposition

2000	7,918,752 (#2)	34.16	125 / 350	16	60 / 208	21	Joaquín Almunia	Opposition

2004	11,026,163 (#1)	42.59	164 / 350	39	89 / 208	29	José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero	Government

2008	11,289,335 (#1)	43.87	169 / 350	5	96 / 208	7	José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero	Government

2011	7,003,511 (#2)	28.76	110 / 350	59	54 / 208	42	Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba	Opposition

2015	5,545,315 (#2)	22.00	90 / 350	20	47 / 208	7	Pedro Sánchez	Opposition

2016	5,443,846 (#2)	22.63	85 / 350	5	43 / 208	4	Pedro Sánchez	Opposition (2016–2018)

Government (2018–2019)

2019	7,480,755 (#1)	28.68	123 / 350	38	121 / 208	79	Pedro Sánchez	Government

Sentence(s)

The Socialists increased their share of seats in the Congress from 164 to 169.

final_sentence: The Socialists increased their share of seats in the Congress from 164 to 169.