Congress of Deputies (Spain)

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The Congress of Deputies El Congreso de los Diputados
9th Legislature
Type
Type	Lower house
Leadership
President	José Bono Martínez, PSOE since 2008
Structure
Members	350
Political groups	PSOE, PP, CiU, PNV, ICV, Mixto
Election
Last election	2008
Meeting place
El Palacio del Congreso de los Diputados, Carrera de San Jerónimo, Madrid
Web site
www.congreso.es

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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 is the analogue to a Speaker and presides over debates in Spain's lower chamber of parliament. The composition of the 9th term Congress, to serve no further than 2012, is:

Political party/group		Dep.
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party	169
	People's Party	154
	Convergence and Union	10
	Basque Nationalist Party	6
	Republican Left of Catalonia-United Left-Initiative for Catalonia Greens	5
	Mixed Group, composed by: BNG, CC, UPyD, NaBai	6
Total		350

Contents 1 Elections 2 History 3 External links 4 References

[edit] Elections

IU and ERC lost their parliamentary groups after their electoral losses left them under caucus threshold.

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Summary of the 9 March 2008 Congress of Deputies election results

Parties and alliances	Votes	%	Change	Seats	Change
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (Partido Socialista Obrero Español)	11,288,698	43.87	+1.28	169	+5
People's Party (Partido Popular)	10,277,809	39.94	+2.22	154	+6
United Left (Izquierda Unida)	969,871	3.77	-1.19	2	-3
Convergence and Union (Convergència i Unió) Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (Convergència Democràtica de Catalunya) Democratic Union of Catalonia (Unió Democràtica de Catalunya)	779,425	3.03	–0.20	10	±0
Basque Nationalist Party (Partido Nacionalista Vasco/Euzko Alderdi Jeltzalea)	306,128	1.19	–0.44	6	–1
Union, Progress and Democracy (Unión, Progreso y Democracia)	306,078	1.19	—	1	+1
Republican Left of Catalonia (Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya)	298,139	1.16	–1.36	3	–5
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)	212,543	0.83	+0.02	2	±0
Canarian Coalition (Coalición Canaria)	174,629	0.68	–0.23	2	–1
Navarre Yes (Nafarroa Bai) Basque Solidarity (Eusko Alkartasuna) Aralar Batzarre Basque Nationalist Party (Partido Nacionalista Vasco/Euzko Alderdi Jeltzalea)	62,398	0.24	±0.0	1	±0
Basque Solidarity (Eusko Alkartasuna)	50,371	0.20	–0.12	0	–1
Aragonese Union (Chunta Aragonesista)	38,202	0.15	–0.22	0
Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (Partido Comunista de los Pueblos de España)	20,030	0.08	+0.03	0	+0
Ciudadanos en Blanco	14,193	0.06	-0.10	0	+0
Falange Española de las JONS	14,023	0.06	+0.01	0	+0
Democracia Nacional	12,836	0.05	-0.01	0	+0
Els Verds-L'Alternativa Ecologista	12,561	0.05	-0.07	0	+0
Family and Life (Familia y Vida)	9,882	0.04	-0.03	0	+0
Humanist Party (Partido Humanista)	9,056	0.04	-0.05	0	+0
Partido de Almeria	8,451	0.03	-	0	+0
Els Verdes-Los Verdes	7,824	0.03	-	0	+0
Representacion Cannabica Navarra	7,769	0.03	-	0	+0
Partido Obrero Socialista Internacionalista	7,386	0.03	-0.00	0	+0
Alternativa Española	7,300	0.03	-	0	+0
España 2000	6,906	0.03	+0.01	0	+0
Partit Republica Catala	6,746	0.03	-	0	+0
Coalicio Valenciana	5,424	0.02	-	0	+0
Ei Escons Inbubmisos-Alternativa Dels Democrates D	5,035	0.02	-	0	+0
Tierra Comunera	4,796	0.02	-	0	+0
Authentic Falange (Falange Auténtica)	4,607	0.02	+0.00	0	+0
Leonese People's Union (Unión del Pueblo Leonés)	4,509	0.02	-0.04	0	+0
Solidaridad y Autogestion Internacionalista	3,885	0.02	-	0	+0
Alternativa Motor y Deportes	3,829	0.01	-	0	+0
Partido de los Pensionista en Accion	3,050	0.01	-	0	+0
Izquierda Republicana (Republican Left)	2,899	0.01	-0.06	0	+0
Partido Riojano	2,837	0.01	-	0	+0
Alianza Nacional	2,737	0.01	-	0	+0
Alternativa en Blanco	2,460	0.01	-	0	+0
Extremadura Unida	2,346	0.01	-0.01	0	+0
Els Verds-Alternativa Verda	2,028	0.01	+0.00	0	+0
Partido Carlista	1,956	0.01	+0.00	0	+0
Partit per Catalunya	1,919	0.01	-	0	+0
Partido de los No-Fumadores	1,616	0.01	-	0	+0
Union por Leganes	1,566	0.01	-	0	+0
Frente Español	1,539	0.01	-	0	+0
Centro Democratico Liberal	1,503	0.01	-	0	+0
Opcio Nacionalista Valenciana	1,490	0.01	-	0	+0
Centro Democratico Social	1,362	0.01	-	0	+0
Andecha Astur	1,299	0.01	-0.0	0	+0
Partido Regionalista del País Leonés	1,278	0.0	-	0	+0
Centro Democratico Español	1,047	0.0	-	0	+0
Alternativa Nacionalista Canaria	1,017	0.0	-	0	+0
Partido de las Libertades Civiles	888	0.0	-	0	+0
Unida	848	0.0	-	0	+0
Partido Liberal del Empleo y la Vivienda Estatal	786	0.0	-	0	+0
Lucha Internacionalista	722	0.0	+0.0	0	+0
Unidad del Pueblo	699	0.0	-	0	+0
Per la Republica Valenciana	645	0.0	-	0	+0
Partido Centristas	509	0.0	-	0	+0
Movimiento por la Unidad del Pueblo Canario	497	0.0	-	0	+0
Partido Ciudadanos Unidos de Aragon	475	0.0	-	0	+0
Union Ciudadana Progresistas Independientes de Can	464	0.0	-	0	+0
Identitat Regne de Valencia	449	0.0	-	0	+0
Unidad Regionalista de Castilla y Leon	423	0.0	-	0	+0
Partido Unionista Estado de España	414	0.0	-	0	+0
Gentes de El Bierzo	385	0.0	-	0	+0
Partit Illenc de Ses Illes Balears	360	0.0	-	0	+0
Partido Positivista Cristiano	300	0.0	-0.0	0	+0
Comunion Tradicionalista Carlista	218	0.0	-	0	+0
Convergencia Democratica Asturiana	216	0.0	-	0	+0
Iniciativa Merindades de Castilla	202	0.0	-	0	+0
Unidad Castellana	198	0.0	-0.0	0	+0
Partido de Alianza Iberoamericana Europea	174	0.0	-	0	+0
Coalicio Treballadors per la Democracia	159	0.0	-0.0	0	+0
Partido Regionalista de Guadalajara	152	0.0	-0.0	0	+0
Aliança Balear	145	0.0	-	0	+0
Asamblea de Votacion Electronica	144	0.0	-	0	+0
Union Centrista Liberal	124	0.0	-0.0	0	+0
Alianza por Burgos	123	0.0	-	0	+0
Iniciativa Ciudadana Burgalesa	109	0.0	-	0	+0
Nosaltres Som	105	0.0	-	0	+0
Independentes por Cuenca	100	0.0	-	0	+0
Agrupacion Ciudadana	79	0.0	-	0	+0
Movimiento Falangista de España	69	0.0	-	0	+0
Total (turnout %)				350	0[1]
Source: Spanish Interior Ministry election results database

[edit] History

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.

[edit] External links

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• Congreso de los Diputados - official website (Spanish)

[edit] References

1. ^ Even though the total number of seats is fixed at 350 by the Spanish electoral law (LOREG), demographic changes since 2004 mean that eight provinces have gained or lost a seat. See Spanish Congress of Deputies.

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