April 2019 Spanish general election

The **April 2019 Spanish general election** was held on Sunday, 28 April 2019, to elect the 13th 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.

With a turnout of 71.8%, the controlling party PSOE of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez won a victory—the first for the party in a nationwide election in eleven years—with 28.7% of the vote and 123 seats. In the Senate, the PSOE became the largest party in the chamber for the first time since 1995, winning its first majority of seats in that chamber since the 1989 election.

However, no party won an outright majority and the top three winners of this race had the option for a coalition government. To prevent this, Prime Minister Sánchez ordered a new election to be held seven months later.

## Infobox (election)

- **election name**: April 2019 Spanish general election
- **country**: Spain
- **type**: parliamentary
- **ongoing**: no
- **previous election**: 2016 Spanish general election
- **previous year**: 2016
- **next election**: November 2019 Spanish general election
- **next year**: 2019 (Nov)
- **elected members**: 13th Cortes Generales
- **seats for election**: All 350 seats in the Congress of Deputies and 208 (of 266) seats in the Senate of Spain, Senate
176 seats needed for a majority in the Congress of Deputies
- **opinion polls**: Opinion polling for the April 2019 Spanish general election
- **registered**: 36,898,883
- **turnout**: 26,478,140 (71.8%)
5.3 Percentage point, pp
- **election date**: 28 April 2019
- **image1**:
- **leader1**: Pedro Sánchez
- **party1**: Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
- **leader since1**: 2017 PSOE leadership election, 18 June 2017
- **leaders seat1**: Madrid (Congress of Deputies constituency), Madrid
- **last election1**: 85 seats, 22.6%
- **seats1**: **123**
- **seat change1**: 38
- **popular vote1**: **7,513,142**
- **percentage1**: **28.7%**
- **swing1**: 6.1 Percentage point, pp
- **image2**:
- **leader2**: Pablo Casado
- **party2**: People's Party (Spain)
- **leader since2**: 2018 PP leadership election, 21 July 2018
- **leaders seat2**: Madrid (Congress of Deputies constituency), Madrid
- **last election2**: 135 seats, 32.6%
- **seats2**: 66
- **seat change2**: 69
- **popular vote2**: 4,373,653
- **percentage2**: 16.7%
- **swing2**: 15.9 Percentage point, pp
- **image3**:
- **leader3**: Albert Rivera
- **party3**: Citizens (Spanish political party)
- **leader since3**: 9 July 2006
- **leaders seat3**: Madrid (Congress of Deputies constituency), Madrid
- **last election3**: 32 seats, 13.0%
- **seats3**: 57
- **seat change3**: 25
- **popular vote3**: 4,155,665
- **percentage3**: 15.9%
- **swing3**: 2.9 Percentage point, pp
- **image4**:
- **leader4**: Pablo Iglesias Turrión, Pablo Iglesias
- **party4**: Unidas Podemos
- **colour4**: 7B4977
- **leader since4**: 15 November 2014
- **leaders seat4**: Madrid (Congress of Deputies constituency), Madrid
- **last election4**: 71 seats, 21.2%
- **seats4**: 42
- **seat change4**: 29
- **popular vote4**: 3,751,145
- **percentage4**: 14.3%
- **swing4**: 6.9 Percentage point, pp
- **image5**:
- **leader5**: Santiago Abascal
- **party5**: Vox (political party)
- **leader since5**: 20 September 2014
- **leaders seat5**: Madrid (Congress of Deputies constituency), Madrid
- **last election5**: 0 seats, 0.2%
- **seats5**: 24
- **seat change5**: 24
- **popular vote5**: 2,688,092
- **percentage5**: 10.3%
- **swing5**: 10.1 Percentage point, pp
- **image6**:
- **party6**: Republican Left of Catalonia–Sovereigntists
- **leader since6**: 7 March 2019
- **leaders seat6**: Barcelona (Congress of Deputies constituency), Barcelona
- **last election6**: 9 seats, 2.6%
- **seats6**: 15
- **seat change6**: 6
- **popular vote6**: 1,024,628
- **percentage6**: 3.9%
- **swing6**: 1.3 Percentage point, pp
- **title**: Prime Minister of Spain, Prime Minister
- **before election**: Pedro Sánchez
- **before party**: Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
- **posttitle**: Prime Minister of Spain, Prime Minister after election
- **after election**: No government formed
and fresh election called.
- **after party**: Pedro Sánchez remains
acting Prime Minister