Motions of no confidence in Spain

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The outgoing Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy (right) congratulates the incoming Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez (left) upon losing the no confidence vote on 1 June 2018. Mariano Rajoy felicita al nuevo presidente del Gobierno Pedro Sanchez (2018-06-01).jpg
The outgoing Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy (right) congratulates the incoming Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez (left) upon losing the no confidence vote on 1 June 2018.

Motions of no confidence in Spain are a parliamentary procedure that allows the Congress of Deputies or a parliament of an autonomous community to withdraw its trust from the president of the Government of Spain or the president of the autonomous community, respectively, and force their resignation.

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In Spain, the motion of no confidence is constructive (as the authors of the motion need to propose a new Prime Minister) and continuist (as it doesn't lead to snap elections).

The motion of no confidence against the President of the Government of Spain is established in article 113 of the Spanish Constitution of 1978. There have been a total of six motions of no confidence in the Congress of Deputies against the presidents Suárez (1980), González (1987), Rajoy (2017 and 2018), Sánchez (2020, 2023). Only one of them was successful: the second motion of no confidence against Rajoy was approved on June 1, 2018 and the candidate Pedro Sánchez was invested as President of the Government.

The motion of no confidence against the regional presidents is established in the respective autonomy statutes of the autonomous communities. A total of 31 motions of no confidence have been presented in the autonomous parliaments or in the autonomous cities, of which 9 were approved.

Procedure

Prime Minister Felipe Gonzalez during the motion of no confidence led by Antonio Hernandez Mancha in 1987 Felipe Gonzalez durante la mocion de censura presentada por el presidente de Alianza Popular.jpg
Prime Minister Felipe González during the motion of no confidence led by Antonio Hernández Mancha in 1987

Article 113 of the Spanish Constitution of 1978 and the Regulations of the Congress of Deputies establish the mode of operation of the motion of no confidence against the Prime Minister of Spain. It must be proposed by at least one-tenth of the members of the Congress of Deputies (currently 35), and it must include a candidate for the presidency of the Government of Spain.

After the presentation of the motion of no confidence, the Board of Congress must meet to qualify the motion, within a maximum period of 7 days from the presentation of the motion. Once qualified, a period of two days is opened to present alternative motions, which must also be signed by 35 deputies and include a candidate for the presidency of the Government. The debate on the motion or motions of no confidence in this case cannot begin until after said period has elapsed.

Next, the presidency of Congress calls the session of the motion of no confidence, within a maximum period of 20 days, unless the General State Budgets are being processed simultaneously, in which case said maximum period begins to count at the end of its processing. In the vote of the motion of no confidence, which cannot be held in any case until five days after its presentation, it is necessary to obtain an absolute majority of affirmative votes in the Congress of Deputies in order to succeed.

In Spain, following the German model, the motion of no confidence is constructive. The group that raises the motion of censure in turn proposes a new Prime Minister. [1] It is also continuist; it does not imply the advancement of the elections but rather the electoral calendar continues unaltered. While the motion of no confidence is pending, the Prime Minister cannot dissolve the Congress of Deputies and call elections, [2] in order to prevent the Prime Minister from avoiding their parliamentary responsibility by calling the polls. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Prime Minister may waive the motion of censure by resigning. In this case, the Prime Minister may continue as acting Prime Minister in office, without any possibility of being censured, but Congress is empowered to appoint a successor by simple majority at any time.

If the motion of no confidence is adopted, the Government must present its resignation to the King of Spain within 24 hours of its adoption. When the motion of censure is approved, it is understood that the Congress has granted confidence to the proposed candidate and the king must appoint them President of the Government within 15 days of its adoption, provided that the censured Government has already resigned, although it is customary to do so immediately. In the event that the motion of no confidence is not approved, those who have proposed it cannot present another within the same period of sessions.

Motions of no confidence

To date, five motions of no confidence have been held at the national level and another twenty-four at the autonomous level, which are listed below:

Congress of Deputies

DatePrime MinisterCandidateResult
(required to win)
Ref.
30 May 1980 Adolfo Suarez 1980 (cropped).jpg Adolfo Suárez (UCD) Felipe Gonzalez 1976 (cropped).jpg Felipe González (PSOE)152–166
(176)
Rejected [3]
30 Mar 1987 Felipe Gonzalez 1986f (cropped).jpg Felipe González (PSOE) Portrait placeholder.svg Antonio Hernández Mancha (AP)67–194
(176)
Rejected [4]
14 Jun 2017 Mariano Rajoy 2017c (cropped).jpg Mariano Rajoy (PP) Pablo Iglesias 2016b (cropped).jpg Pablo Iglesias (Podemos)82–170
(176)
Rejected [5]
1 Jun 2018 Mariano Rajoy 2018b (cropped).jpg Mariano Rajoy (PP) Pedro Sanchez 2018b (cropped).jpg Pedro Sánchez (PSOE)180–169
(176)
Approved [6]
22 Oct 2020 Pedro Sanchez 2021b (cropped).jpg Pedro Sánchez (PSOE) Santiago Abascal 2018d (cropped).jpg Santiago Abascal (Vox)52–298
(176)
Rejected [7]
22 Mar 2023 Pedro Sanchez 2022c (cropped).jpg Pedro Sánchez (PSOE) Ramon Tamames 2023 (cropped).jpg Ramón Tamames (INDEP)
Proposed by Vox
53–201
(175) [lower-alpha 1]
Rejected [8]

Autonomous parliaments

The Balearic Islands and Andalusia are the only Autonomous communities where a motion of no confidence has never been proposed.

DateAutonomous
community
Regional presidentCandidateResult
(required to win)
Ref.
1 Oct 1982 Catalonia Jordi Pujol 1978 (cropped).jpg Jordi Pujol (CDC) Portrait placeholder.svg Josep Benet (PSUC)21–56
(68)
Rejected [9]
23 Sep 1987 Galicia Xerardo Fernandez Albor 2013 (cropped).jpg Gerardo Fernández Albor (AP) Fernando Gonzalez Laxe 2009 (cropped).jpg Fernando González Laxe (PSdG)40–29
(36)
Approved [10]
21 Jun 1989 Community of Madrid (Leguina) Felipe Gonzalez recibe al presidente de la Comunidad de Madrid (cropped) (cropped).jpeg Joaquín Leguina (PSOE) Ruiz Gallardon 2005.jpg Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón (PP)48–40
(49)
Rejected [11]
8 Jan 1990 La Rioja Portrait placeholder.svg Joaquín Espert (PP) Jose Ignacio Perez Saenz (cropped).jpeg José Ignacio Pérez Sáenz (PSOE)17–13
(17)
Approved [12]
5 Dec 1990 Cantabria Portrait placeholder.svg Juan Hormaechea (UPCA) Jaime Blanco, presidente del Gobierno de Cantabria, recibido en La Moncloa por Felipe Gonzalez (cropped).jpg Jaime Blanco (PSOE)26–12
(20)
Approved [13]
31 Mar 1993 Canary Islands Jeronimo Saavedra 1983 (cropped).jpg Jerónimo Saavedra (PSOE) Manuel Hermoso 2004 (cropped).jpg Manuel Hermoso (CC)31–23
(31)
Approved [14]
1 Jul 1993 Cantabria Portrait placeholder.svg Juan Hormaechea (UPCA) Jaime Blanco, presidente del Gobierno de Cantabria, recibido en La Moncloa por Felipe Gonzalez (cropped).jpg Jaime Blanco (PSOE)18–21
(20)
Rejected [15]
15 Sep 1993 Aragon Emilio Eiroa 1991 (cropped).jpg Emilio Eiroa (PAR) Portrait placeholder.svg José Marco (PSOE)34–33
(34)
Approved [16]
[17]
5 Jan 1994 Cantabria Portrait placeholder.svg Juan Hormaechea (UPCA) Jaime Blanco, presidente del Gobierno de Cantabria, recibido en La Moncloa por Felipe Gonzalez (cropped).jpg Jaime Blanco (PSOE)18–17
(20)
Rejected [18]
21 Dec 1994 Aragon Portrait placeholder.svg José Marco (PSOE) Emilio Eiroa 1991 (cropped).jpg Emilio Eiroa (PAR)32–30
(34)
Rejected [19]
10 Mar 1999 Asturias Sergio Marques (cropped).jpg Sergio Marqués (URAS) Portrait placeholder.svg Ovidio Sánchez (PP)16–6
(23)
Rejected [20]
5 Oct 2000 Basque Country Juan Jose Ibarretxe 2007 (cropped).jpg Juan José Ibarretxe (PNV) Portrait placeholder.svg Nicolás Redondo (PSE–EE)32–29
(38)
Rejected [21]
Carlos Iturgaiz en un mitin del PP en Las Arenas (cropped - b).jpg Carlos Iturgaiz (PP)32–29
(38)
Rejected
29 Jan 2001 Galicia Manuel Fraga 1996 (cropped).jpg Manuel Fraga (PP) Xose Manuel Beiras 2012 (cropped).jpg Xosé Manuel Beiras (BNG)18–41
(38)
Rejected [22]
18 Oct 2001 Catalonia Jordi Pujol 1996 (cropped).jpg Jordi Pujol (CDC) Pasqual Maragall 2004 (cropped).jpg Pasqual Maragall (PSC)55–68
(68)
Rejected [23]
7 Nov 2001 Canary Islands Roman Rodriguez 2001 (cropped).jpg Román Rodríguez (CC) Portrait placeholder.svg Juan Carlos Alemán (PSOE)19–39
(31)
Rejected [24]
12 Dec 2002 Galicia Manuel Fraga 1996 (cropped).jpg Manuel Fraga (PP) Emilio Perez Tourino 2006 (cropped).jpg Emilio Pérez Touriño (PSdeG)34–41
(38)
Rejected [25]
Xose Manuel Beiras 2012 (cropped).jpg Xosé Manuel Beiras (BNG)34–41
(38)
Rejected
Withdrawn
11 Mar 2005
Catalonia Pasqual Maragall 2004 (cropped).jpg Pasqual Maragall (PSC) Josep Pique 2008 (cropped).jpg Josep Piqué (PP)Withdrawn [26]
4 Oct 2006 Valencian Community Francisco Camps (2009) (Recortada).jpg Francisco Camps (PP) El exsecretario general del PSPV Joan Ignasi Pla (cropped).jpg Joan Ignasi Pla (PSPV)35–47
(45)
Rejected [27]
18 Apr 2013 Navarre Yolanda Barcina 2012 (cropped).jpg Yolanda Barcina (UPN) Portrait placeholder.svg Juan Carlos Longás (AralarNaBai)18–23
(26)
Rejected [28]
14 May 2014 Extremadura Jose Antonio Monago 2012b (cropped).jpg José Antonio Monago (PP) Guillermo Fernandez Vara 2011 (cropped).jpg Guillermo Fernández Vara (PSOE)30–32
(33)
Rejected [29]
Withdrawn
4 Apr 2017
Region of Murcia Pedro Antonio Sanchez 2017 (cropped).jpg Pedro Antonio Sánchez (PP) Rafael Gonzalez Tovar (cropped).jpg Rafael González Tovar (PSOE)Resigned [30]
8 Jun 2017 Community of Madrid Cristina Cifuentes 2018c (cropped).jpg Cristina Cifuentes (PP) Lorena Ruiz-Huerta 2016 (cropped).jpg Lorena Ruiz-Huerta (Podemos)27–64
(65)
Rejected [31]
Withdrawn
25 Apr 2018
Community of Madrid Cristina Cifuentes 2018c (cropped).jpg Cristina Cifuentes (PP) (Angel Gabilondo) Pregon de "La Noche de los Teatros" (46785085594) (cropped).jpg Ángel Gabilondo (PSOE)Resigned [32]
7 Oct 2019Catalonia Quim Torra 2018b (cropped).jpg Quim Torra (JuntsxCat) Lorena Roldan BCN 2019 (cropped).jpg Lorena Roldán (Cs)40–76
(68)
Rejected [33]
Dismissed
11 Mar 2021
Community of Madrid Isabel Diaz Ayuso 2019c (cropped).jpg Isabel Díaz Ayuso (PP) Monica Garcia 2021 (cropped).jpg Mónica García (Más Madrid)Dismissed [34]
[35]
(Angel Gabilondo) Pregon de "La Noche de los Teatros" (46785085594) (cropped).jpg Ángel Gabilondo (PSOE)Dismissed
18 Mar 2021 Region of Murcia Fernando Lopez Miras 2019 (cropped).jpg Fernando López Miras (PP) Ana Martinez Vidal.jpg Ana Martínez Vidal (Cs)21–23
(23)
Rejected [36]
22 Mar 2021 Castile and León Alfonso Fernandez Manueco 2020 (cropped).jpg Alfonso Fernández Mañueco (PP) Luis Tudanca 2019 (cropped).jpg Luis Tudanca (PSOE)37–41
(41)
Rejected [37]

Autonomous cities

YearAutonomous cityMayor-presidentCandidateResultRef.
1998 Melilla Unknown-person.gif Ignacio Velázquez Rivera (PP) Unknown-person.gif Alberto Paz Martínez (PSOE)Rejected [38]
Unknown-person.gif Enrique Palacios Hernández (PIM)Approved [39]
1999 Ceuta Unknown-person.gif Jesús Cayetano Fortes Ramos (PP) Unknown-person.gif Antonio Sampietro (GIL)Approved [40]
2000Melilla Unknown-person.gif Mustafa Aberchán (CpM) Juan Jose Imbroda 2016b (cropped).jpg Juan José Imbroda (UPM-PP)Approved [41]
2001Ceuta Unknown-person.gif Antonio Sampietro (GIL) Juan Jesus Vivas 2011 (cropped).jpg Juan Jesús Vivas (PP)Approved [42]

See also

Notes

  1. Due to a vacant seat in Parliament, the working majority was reduced from 176 to 175.

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