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| Spanish general election, 2000 | ||||
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| All 350 seats of the Congress of Deputies and 208 of 264 seats in the Senate | ||||
| March 12, 2000 | ||||
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| Leader | José María Aznar | Joaquín Almunia | ||
| Party | PP | PSOE | ||
| Last election | 156 seats | 141 seats | ||
| Seats won | 183 | 125 | ||
| Seat change | +27 | -16 | ||
| Popular vote | 10,321,178 | 7,918,752 | ||
| Percentage | 44.5% | 34.2% | ||
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| Province-level units won by PSOE (red/purple) and PP (blue) | ||||
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Legislative elections were held in Spain on March 12, 2000. The incumbent People's Party of Prime Minister José María Aznar was elected to a second term in office, converting its plurality of seats in the Congress of Deputies into a majority, and increasing its lead over the opposition Spanish Socialist Workers' Party.
National summary of votes and seats
- Registered voters: 33,045,318
- Votes cast: 23,125,773 70.0
| Party | Votes | % & Δ% | Seats & Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andalusian Party | 205,733 | 00.9 +00.4 | 1 +1 |
| Aragonist Front | 75,234 | 00.3 +00.1 | 1 +1 |
| Basque Nationalist Party | 351,816 | 01.5 +00.2 | 7 +2 |
| Basque Solidarity | 100,570 | 00.4 -00.1 | 1 |
| Canary Islands Coalition | 243,489 | 01.1 +00.2 | 4 |
| Convergence and Unity | 964,990 | 04.2 -00.4 | 15 -1 |
| Galician Nationalist Bloc | 302,726 | 01.3 +00.4 | 3 +1 |
| People's Party | 10,230,345 | 44.5 +05.8 | 183 +27 |
| Republican Left of Catalonia | 193,629 | 00.8 +00.1 | 1 |
| Socialist Party (PSOE) | 7,829,210 | 34.1 -07.3 | 125 -16 |
| United Left | 1,253,859 | 05.5 -05.0 | 8 -13 |
| others | 851,399 | 03.7 | 1 -2 |
| blank | 366,137 | 01.6 | |
| Total | 22,969,753 | 350 |
Source: Adam Carr's Electoral Archive
See also: Spanish legislative election, 1996, Spanish legislative election, 2004
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