14th Cortes Generales

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Overview
Legislative body Cortes Generales
Term3 December 2019 (2019-12-03) – 29 May 2023 (2023-05-29)
Election 10 November 2019
Government Sánchez II
Website cortesgenerales.es
Senate
Senado de Espana - XIV legislatura.svg
Members265
President Pilar Llop (PSOE) (2019–2021)
Ander Gil (PSOE) (2021–)
1st Vice President Cristina Narbona (PSOE)
2nd Vice President Pío García-Escudero (PP)
Congress of Deputies
Congreso de los Diputados de la XIV legislatura de Espana.svg
Members350
President Meritxell Batet (PSOE)
1st Vice President Alfonso Rodríguez (PSOE)
2nd Vice President Ana Pastor (PP)
3rd Vice President Gloria Elizo (UP)
4th Vice President Ignacio Gil (Vox)

The 14th Cortes Generales was a meeting of the Cortes Generales , the national legislature of Spain, with the membership determined primarily by the results of the general election held on 10 November 2019. The Cortes met for the first time on 3 December 2019, and was dissolved prematurely on 29 May 2023 [1] after regional and local elections in which the governing PSOE lost control of six autonomous communities and many local councils.

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Election

The 14th Spanish general election under the 1978 Constitution was held on 10 November 2019. It saw the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) remaining the largest party in the Senate, the upper house of the Cortes Generales, as well as the largest party in the Congress of Deputies, the lower house of the Cortes Generales, but falling short of a majority. [2] [3]

AllianceSenateCongress of Deputies
Seats+/−Votes %Seats+/−
PSOE 93–306,792,19928.00120–3
PP 83+295,047,04020.8189+23
Vox 2+23,656,97915.0852+28
UP–ECP–EC 0±03,119,36412.8635–7
ERC–Sob–ERPV 11±0880,7343.6313–2
Cs 0–41,650,3186.8010–47
JxCat–Junts 3+1530,2252.198+1
EAJ/PNV 9±0379,0021.566±0
EH Bildu 1±0277,6211.145+1
Others/blanks6+21,924,7467.9312+6
Total208±024,258,228100.00350±0

History

The new Senate met for the first time on 3 December 2019 and after two rounds of voting Pilar Llop (PSOE) was elected as President of the Senate of Spain. [4] [5]

The new congress also met for the first time on 3 December 2019 and after two rounds of voting Meritxell Batet (PSOE) was elected as President of the Congress of Deputies with the support of the Unidos Podemos–En Comú Podem (UP–ECP) and various nationalist and regionalist parties. [6] [7]

Government formation

Further information: 2019–2020 Spanish government formation § Second formation round (November 2019 – January 2020), and Second government of Pedro Sánchez

On 7 January 2020, Pedro Sánchez was confirmed as prime minister by the Congress of Deputies. [8]

Investiture
Pedro Sánchez (PSOE)
Ballot →5 January 20207 January 2020
Required majority →176 out of 350 X mark.svgNSimple Yes check.svgY
Yes
166 / 350
167 / 350
No
165 / 350
165 / 350
Abstentions
18 / 350
18 / 350
Absentees
1 / 350
0 / 350
Sources [9] [10]

Dissolution

On Monday 29 May 2023, the day after the 2023 regional and local elections in Spain in which the PSOE lost control of the governments of six autonomous communities and many cities and towns across the country, Pedro Sánchez called a press conference and confirmed that the Cortes would be dissolved that afternoon, with a general election called for the 23 June 2023.

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Senate

Congress of Deputies

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