2015 Spanish general election

The **2015 Spanish general election** was held on Sunday, 20 December 2015, to elect the 11th 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.

This election represented the end of the two-party system in Spain, as the new parties Podemos and Ciudadanos appeared. The result was a fragmented parliament in which no party had a majority.

## Infobox (election)

- **election name**: 2015 Spanish general election
- **country**: Spain
- **type**: parliamentary
- **ongoing**: no
- **previous election**: 2011 Spanish general election
- **previous year**: 2011
- **next election**: 2016 Spanish general election
- **next year**: 2016
- **outgoing members**: Members of the 10th Cortes Generales
- **elected members**: Members of the 11th 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 2015 Spanish general election
- **registered**: 36,511,848 2.0%
- **turnout**: 25,438,532 (69.7%)
0.8 Percentage point, pp
- **election date**: 20 December 2015
- **image1**:
- **leader1**: Mariano Rajoy
- **party1**: People's Party (Spain)
- **leader since1**: 2 September 2003
- **leaders seat1**: Madrid (Congress of Deputies constituency), Madrid
- **last election1**: 187 seats, 45.0%
- **seats1**: 123
- **seat change1**: 64
- **popular vote1**: 7,236,965
- **percentage1**: 28.7%
- **swing1**: 16.3 Percentage point, pp
- **image2**:
- **leader2**: Pedro Sánchez
- **party2**: Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
- **leader since2**: 2014 Extraordinary Federal Congress of the PSOE, 26 July 2014
- **leaders seat2**: Madrid (Congress of Deputies constituency), Madrid
- **last election2**: 110 seats, 28.8%
- **seats2**: 90
- **seat change2**: 20
- **popular vote2**: 5,545,315
- **percentage2**: 22.0%
- **swing2**: 6.8 Percentage point, pp
- **image3**:
- **leader3**: Pablo Iglesias Turrión, Pablo Iglesias
- **party3**: Podemos (Spanish political party), Podemos
- **leader since3**: 1st Podemos Citizen Assembly, 15 November 2014
- **leaders seat3**: Madrid (Congress of Deputies constituency), Madrid
- **last election3**: _Did not contest_
- **seats3**: 69
- **seat change3**: 65
- **popular vote3**: 5,212,711
- **percentage3**: 20.7%
- **swing3**: _New party_
- **image4**:
- **leader4**: Albert Rivera
- **party4**: Citizens (Spanish political party), C's
- **leader since4**: 9 July 2006
- **leaders seat4**: Madrid (Congress of Deputies constituency), Madrid
- **last election4**: _Did not contest_
- **seats4**: 40
- **seat change4**: 40
- **popular vote4**: 3,514,528
- **percentage4**: 13.9%
- **swing4**: _New party_
- **image5**:
- **leader5**: Gabriel Rufián
- **party5**: Republican Left of Catalonia–Catalonia Yes, ERC–CatSí
- **leader since5**: 7 November 2015
- **leaders seat5**: Barcelona (Congress of Deputies constituency), Barcelona
- **last election5**: 3 seats, 1.1%
- **seats5**: 9
- **seat change5**: 6
- **popular vote5**: 604,285
- **percentage5**: 2.4%
- **swing5**: 1.3 Percentage point, pp
- **image6**:
- **leader6**: Francesc Homs Molist, Francesc Homs
- **party6**: Democracy and Freedom
- **leader since6**: 6 November 2015
- **leaders seat6**: Barcelona (Congress of Deputies constituency), Barcelona
- **last election6**: 16 seats, 4.2%
- **seats6**: 8
- **seat change6**: 8
- **popular vote6**: 567,253
- **percentage6**: 2.2%
- **swing6**: 2.0 Percentage point, pp
- **map image**: 2015 Spanish general election map.svg
- **map size**: x315px
- **map caption**: Election results by Congress of Deputies constituency
- **title**: Prime Minister of Spain, Prime Minister
- **posttitle**: Prime Minister after election
- **before election**: Mariano Rajoy
- **before party**: People's Party (Spain)
- **after election**: No government formed
and fresh election called.
- **after party**: Mariano Rajoy remains
acting Prime Minister