Congress of Deputies (Spain)

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El Congreso de los Diputados
The Congress of Deputies
Type Lower house
Houses Congreso de los Diputados
President Manuel Marín González, PSOE
since 2004
Members 350
Political groups PSOE, PP, CiU, ERC, PNV, IU, Mixto
Last elections 2004
Meeting place El Palacio del Congreso de los Diputados, Carrera de San Jerónimo, Madrid
Web site www.congreso.es

The Spanish Congress of Deputies (Spanish: Congreso de los Diputados) is the lower house of the Cortes Generales, Spain's legislative branch.

It has 350 members, elected by popular vote on block lists by proportional representation in constituencies matching the Spanish provinces using the D'Hondt method. Deputies serve four-year terms.

The President of the Congress of Deputies presides over the Congreso de los Diputados, Spain's lower chamber of parliament.


Composition for the 8th term
Composition for the 8th term


PSOE PP CiU ERC PNV IU Other Total
Outgoing 125 183 15 1 7 8 11 350
Incoming 164 148 10 8 7 5 8 350
Change +39 -35 -5 +7 0 -3 -3 0

(Absolute majority is 176 seats. Bold: majority. Italic: plurality)

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Summary of the 14 March 2004 Congress of Deputies election results
Parties and alliances Votes % Seats
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (Partido Socialista Obrero Español) 11,026,163 43.3 164
People's Party (Partido Popular) 9,763,144 38.3 148
United Left (Izquierda Unida) 1,359,190 5.3 2
ICV-EUA 2
Entesa 1
Convergence and Unity (Convergència i Unió) 835,471 3.3 10
Republican Left of Catalonia (Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya) 652,196 2.5 8
Basque Nationalist Party (Partido Nacionalista Vasco/Euzko Alderdi Jeltzalea) 420,980 1.6 7
Canarian Coalition (Coalición Canaria) 235,221 0.9 3
Galician Nationalist Bloc (Bloque Nacionalista Galego)
  • Union of the Galician People (Unión do Povo Galego)
  • Nationalist Left (Esquerda Nacionalista)
  • Galician Unity (Unidade Galega)
  • Socialist Collective (Colectivo Socialista)
  • Inzar
  • Galician Nationalist Party-Galeguista Party (Partido Nacionalista Galego-Partido Galeguista)
208,688 0.8 2
Andalucista Party (Partido Andalucista) 181,868 0.7 -
Aragonese Council (Chunta Aragonesista) 94,252 0.4 1
Basque Solidarity (Eusko Alkartasuna) 80,905 0.3 1
Navarra Yes (Nafarroa Bai) 61,045 0.2 1
Total (turnout  %)   350
Source: El País Online

The allegorical front of the building
The allegorical front of the building

The building, Congreso de los Diputados, has a neoclassical style. It was designed by Narcisco Pascual y Colomer, and built between 1843 and 1850. It sits by the Carrera de San Jerónimo, in Madrid.

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