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2019 European Parliament election in Spain

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All 59[lower-alpha 1] Spanish seats in the European Parliament
Opinion polls
Registered 37,248,888 Green Arrow Up Darker.svg2.0%
Turnout 22,619,984 (60.7%)
Green Arrow Up Darker.svg16.9 pp
  First party Second party Third party
  170x170px 170x170px 170x170px
Leader Josep Borrell Dolors Montserrat Luis Garicano
Party PSOE PP C's
Alliance S&D European People's Party group ALDE
Leader since 26 February 2019 1 April 2019 29 December 2018
Leader's seat Spain Spain Spain
Last election 14 seats, 23.0% 16 seats, 26.1% 6 seats, 9.7%[lower-alpha 2]
Seats won 21 13 8
Seat change Green Arrow Up Darker.svg7 Red Arrow Down.svg3 Green Arrow Up Darker.svg2
Popular vote 7,369,789 4,519,205 2,731,825
Percentage 32.9% 20.2% 12.2%
Swing Green Arrow Up Darker.svg9.9 pp Red Arrow Down.svg5.9 pp Green Arrow Up Darker.svg2.5 pp

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
  170x170px 170x170px 170x170px
Leader María Eugenia Rodríguez Palop Jorge Buxadé Oriol Junqueras[lower-alpha 3]
Party Unidas Podemos Cambiar Europa Vox (political party) Ahora Repúblicas
Alliance EUL–NGL ECR Greens–European Free Alliance
Leader since 21 March 2019 21 April 2019 29 September 2018
Leader's seat Spain Spain Spain
Last election 11 seats, 18.0%[lower-alpha 5] 0 seats, 1.6% 3 seats, 6.1%[lower-alpha 4]
Seats won 6 4 3
Seat change Red Arrow Down.svg5 Green Arrow Up Darker.svg4 Arrow Blue Right 001.svg0
Popular vote 2,258,857 1,393,684 1,252,139
Percentage 10.1% 6.2% 5.6%
Swing Red Arrow Down.svg7.9 pp Green Arrow Up Darker.svg4.6 pp Red Arrow Down.svg0.5 pp

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The 2019 European Parliament election in Spain was held on Sunday, 26 May 2019, as part of the EU-wide election to elect the 9th European Parliament. All 54 seats allocated to Spain as per the Treaty of Lisbon were up for election.[1] Once the United Kingdom is effectively out of the European Union in a legal basis as a result of Brexit, 5 additional seats would be allocated to Spain.[2] The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.

Held one month after the 2019 Spanish general election, the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez scored a landslide victory—as well as the first win for the party in a European Parliament election in 15 years, also with Josep Borrell as its main candidate—by achieving 32.9% of the share and 20 seats, a result which allowed it to become the largest national delegation within the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats. Concurrently, the opposition People's Party suffered a severe setback and scored its worst result ever in a European Parliament election, but slightly improved on its general election results by achieving 20.2% of the vote and 12 seats. Citizens (Cs), which had integrated UPyD within its lists ahead of the election, became the third most-voted party of the country, but at 12.2% and 7 seats it only slightly improved on the combined Cs–UPyD results in 2014. Unidas Podemos Cambiar Europa (English: "United We Can Change Europe"), the alliance of Podemos and United Left (IU) suffered a considerable drop from both parties' past results, being reduced to 10.1% and 6 seats. Far-right Vox performed well below expectations after disappointing results for the party in the 2019 general election, scoring 6.2% of the share and 3 seats.[3]

Afterwards, and as a result of the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union coming into effect on 31 January 2020, five additional seats were allocated to Spain's MEP delegation, which were re-distributed by granting one each to PSOE, PP, Cs, Vox and Junts according to their May 2019 election results.

Electoral system

The 54 members of the European Parliament allocated to Spain as per the Treaty of Lisbon[lower-alpha 1] were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with no electoral threshold being applied in order to be entitled to enter seat distribution. Seats were allocated to a single multi-member constituency comprising the entire national territory. Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals and resident non-national European citizens over eighteen and in full enjoyment of their political rights.[4][5] Additionally, Spaniards abroad were required to apply for voting before being permitted to vote, a system known as "begged" or expat vote (Spanish: Voto rogado).[6] The use of the D'Hondt method might result in an effective threshold depending on the district magnitude.[7]

Outgoing delegation

Outgoing delegation in April 2019[8]
Groups Parties MEPs
Seats Total
European People's Party PP 16 17
INDEP 1[lower-alpha 6]
Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats PSOE 14 14
European United Left–Nordic Green Left Podemos 5 10
IU 4
bgcolor="Template:Renewal–Nationalist Brotherhood/meta/color"| Anova 1
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Cs 4 8
UPyD 1
bgcolor="Template:Catalan European Democratic Party/meta/color"| PDeCAT 1
EAJ/PNV 1
INDEP 1[lower-alpha 7]
Greens–European Free Alliance ERC 2 5
ICV 1
BNG 1
Equo 1

Parties and candidates

The electoral law allowed for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, coalitions and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form a coalition ahead of an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election call. In order to be entitled to run, parties, federations, coalitions and groupings of electors needed to secure the signature of at least 15,000 registered electors; this requirement could be lifted and replaced through the signature of at least 50 elected officials—deputies, senators, MEPs or members from the legislative assemblies of autonomous communities or from local city councils. Electors and elected officials were disallowed from signing for more than one list of candidates.[4]

Below is a list of the main parties and electoral alliances which contested the election:

Candidacy Parties and
alliances
Leading candidate Ideology Previous result Ref.
Votes (%) Seats
PP
List
50px Dolors Montserrat Conservatism
Christian democracy
26.09% 16 [9]
PSOE 50px Josep Borrell Social democracy 23.01% 14 [10]
bgcolor="Template:Unidas Podemos Cambiar Europa/meta/color"| Podemos–IU
List
50px María Eugenia Rodríguez Palop Left-wing populism
Democratic socialism
18.01%[lower-alpha 5] 11 [11]
[12]
[13]
Cs 50px Luis Garicano Liberalism 9.67%[lower-alpha 2] 6 [14]
[15]
[16]
bgcolor="Template:Ahora Repúblicas/meta/color"| Ahora
Repúblicas
50px Oriol Junqueras[lower-alpha 3] Secessionism
Left-wing nationalism
6.09%[lower-alpha 4] 3 [17]
bgcolor="Template:Together for Catalonia (2017)/meta/color"| Junts 50px Carles Puigdemont Catalan independence
Liberalism
5.42%[lower-alpha 9] 3 [18]
[19]
CEUS 50px Izaskun Bilbao Peripheral nationalism [20]
bgcolor="Template:Commitment to Europe/meta/color| CpE
List
50px Jordi Sebastià Left-wing nationalism
Eco-socialism
1.92%[lower-alpha 10] 1 [21]
[22]
bgcolor="Template:Vox (political party)/meta/color"| Vox
List
50px Jorge Buxadé Right-wing populism
Ultranationalism
National conservatism
1.57% 0 [23]

Campaign

Party slogans

Party or alliance Original slogan English translation Ref.
PP « Centrados en tu futuro » "Centered on your future" [24][25]
PSOE « Siempre hacia delante » "Always forward" [24][26]
bgcolor="Template:Unidas Podemos Cambiar Europa/meta/color"| Podemos–IU « Verdades en Europa » "Truths in Europe" [24]
Cs « Vamos Europa » "Let's go Europe" [24]
bgcolor="Template:Ahora Repúblicas/meta/color"| Ahora Repúblicas « Impuls republicà » "Republican impulse" [24][27]
bgcolor="Template:Vox (political party)/meta/color"| Vox « En Europa, por España » "In Europe, for Spain" [24][28]

Election debates

2019 European Parliament election debates in Spain
Date Organisers Moderator(s)     P  Present[lower-alpha 11]    S  Surrogate[lower-alpha 12]    NI  Not invited   A  Absent invitee 
PP PSOE UPCE Cs AR Junts CEUS CpE Vox Audience Refs
style="background:Template:Unidas Podemos Cambiar Europa/meta/color;"| style="background:Template:Ahora Repúblicas/meta/color;"| style="background:Template:Together for Catalonia (2017)/meta/color;"| style="background:Template:Commitment to Europe/meta/color;"| style="background:Template:Vox (political party)/meta/color;"|
12 May laSexta
(El Objetivo)
Ana Pastor P
Montserrat
P
Borrell
P
Palop
P
Garicano
NI NI NI NI P
Buxadé
6.9%
(1,147,000)
[29]
[30]
22 May RTVE
Xabier Fortes P
Montserrat
P
Borrell
P
Palop
P
Garicano
S
Solé
S
Knörr
P
Bilbao
P
Sebastià
P
Buxadé
5.2%
(817,000)
[31]
[32]

Opinion polls

The table below lists voting intention estimates in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first and using the dates when the survey fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. Where the fieldwork dates are unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed with its background shaded in the leading party's colour. If a tie ensues, this is applied to the figures with the highest percentages. The "Lead" column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the parties with the highest percentages in a given poll. When available, seat projections are also displayed below the voting estimates in a smaller font.

Color key:

      Poll conducted after legal ban on opinion polls

Results

Overall

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Summary of the 26 May 2019 European Parliament election results in Spain
Parties and coalitions Popular vote Seats
Votes  % ±pp Total +/−
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)1 7,369,789 32.86 +9.85 21 +7
People's Party (PP)1 4,519,205 20.15 –5.94 13 –3
Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (Cs)1 2 2,731,825 12.18 +2.51 8 +2
bgcolor="Template:Unidas Podemos Cambiar Europa/meta/color"| United We Can Change Europe (PodemosIU)3 2,258,857 10.07 –7.94 6 –5
bgcolor="Template:Vox (political party)/meta/color"| Vox (Vox)1 1,393,684 6.21 +4.64 4 +4
bgcolor="Template:Ahora Repúblicas/meta/color"| Republics Now (Ahora Repúblicas)4 1,252,139 5.58 –0.51 3 ±0
bgcolor="Template:Together for Catalonia (2017)/meta/color"| Free for Europe (Junts)1 5 1,018,435 4.54 +1.04 3 +1
Coalition for a Solidary Europe (CEUS)6 633,090 2.82 +0.89 1 ±0
bgcolor="Template:Commitment to Europe/meta/color"| Commitment to Europe (CpE)7 296,491 1.32 –0.60 0 –1
Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA) 295,546 1.32 +0.19 0 ±0
Green Coalition–Citizen Europe (CV–EC) 65,504 0.29 New 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:Zero Cuts/meta/color"| Zero CutsThe GreensEuropean Green Group (Recortes Cero–LV–GVE) 50,002 0.22 +0.02 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:Volt Europa/meta/color"| Volt Europa (Volt) 32,432 0.14 New 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:Feminist Initiative (Spain)/meta/color"| Feminist Initiative (IFem) 29,276 0.13 –0.02 0 ±0
Communists (PCPE–PCPC–PCPA) 28,508 0.13 –0.06 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:Actúa/meta/color"| Act (PACT) 25,528 0.11 New 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:Andalucía por Sí/meta/color"| Andalusia by Herself (AxSí)8 23,995 0.11 –0.21 0 ±0
For a Fairer World (PUM+J) 21,584 0.10 New 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:Communist Party of the Workers of Spain/meta/color"| Communist Party of the Workers of Spain (PCTE) 19,080 0.09 New 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:Pirate Party of Catalonia/meta/color"| Pirates of Catalonia–European Pirates (pirates.cat/ep) 16,755 0.07 –0.18 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:Democratic Centre Coalition/meta/color"| Centrists for Europe (CCD–Lliures–UIJ–centrados) 15,615 0.07 New 0 ±0
Forum of Citizens (FAC) 14,175 0.06 –0.15 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:Left in Positive/meta/color"| Positive Left (IZQP) 12,939 0.06 New 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:Contigo Somos Democracia/meta/color"| With You, We Are Democracy (Contigo) 12,430 0.06 New 0 ±0
Extremadurans (CEx–CREx–PREx) 11,894 0.05 +0.01 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:ADÑ/meta/color"| FE de las JONS–Spanish Alternative–La Falange–National Democracy (ADÑ)9 11,699 0.05 –0.20 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:Republican Alternative (Spain)/meta/color"| Republican Alternative (ALTER) 11,076 0.05 ±0.00 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:Actual Equality/meta/color"| Actual Equality (IGRE) 9,076 0.04 New 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:Red Current/meta/color"| Red Current Movement (MCR) 8,402 0.04 +0.01 0 ±0
Humanist Party (PH) 7,947 0.04 –0.05 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:Euro Latino Independent Movement/meta/color"| Euro Latino Independent Movement (MIEL) 6,809 0.03 New 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:Internationalist Solidarity and Self-Management/meta/color"| Internationalist Solidarity and Self-Management (SAIn) 5,543 0.02 –0.02 0 ±0
Blank ballots 216,736 0.97 –1.33
Total1 22,426,066 59 +5
Valid votes 22,426,066 99.14 +0.94
Invalid votes 193,918 0.86 –0.94
Votes cast / turnout 22,619,984 60.73 +16.92
Abstentions 14,628,904 39.27 –16.92
Registered voters 37,248,888
Sources[33][34]
Popular vote
PSOE
  
32.86%
PP
  
20.15%
Cs
  
12.18%
Podemos–IU
  
10.07%
Vox
  
6.21%
Ahora Repúblicas
  
5.58%
Junts
  
4.54%
CEUS
  
2.82%
CpE
  
1.32%
PACMA
  
1.32%
Others
  
1.96%
Blank ballots
  
0.97%
Seats
PSOE
  
35.59%
PP
  
22.03%
Cs
  
13.56%
Podemos–IU
  
10.17%
Vox
  
6.78%
Ahora Repúblicas
  
5.08%
Junts
  
5.08%
CEUS
  
1.69%

Distribution by European group

Summary of political group distribution in the 9th European Parliament (2019–2024)[8]
Groups Parties Seats Total  %
Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) 21 21 35.59
European People's Party (EPP) 13 13 22.03
Renew Europe (RE) 8
1
9 15.25
European United Left–Nordic Green Left (GUE/NGL) 3
2
1
6 10.17
European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) 4 4 6.78
Greens–European Free Alliance (G/EFA) 1
1
2 3.39
Non-Inscrits (NI) 2
1
3 5.08
Total 59 59 100.00

Elected legislators

The following table lists the elected legislators:

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Note that, once Brexit came into effect on 31 January 2020, Spain's MEP delegation was increased from 54 to 59 and applied retroactively.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Results for UPyD (6.51%) and C's (3.16%) in the 2014 election.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Currently in preventive detention in Soto del Real (Madrid).
  4. 4.0 4.1 Results for EPDD (4.01%) and LPD (2.08%) in the 2014 election.
  5. 5.0 5.1 Results for IP (10.03%) and Podemos (7.98%) in the 2014 election.
  6. Francesc de Paula Gambús i Rusca, former UDC MEP.
  7. Beatriz Becerra, former UPyD MEP.
  8. CDC was registered as an independent member within the alliance in order to allow its successor party, the PDeCAT, to be guaranteed CDC's public funding and electoral rights for the campaign.
  9. Results for CEU in the 2014 election.
  10. Results for PE in the 2014 election.
  11. Denotes a main invitee attending the event.
  12. Denotes a main invitee not attending the event, sending a surrogate in their place.
  13. 13.00 13.01 13.02 13.03 13.04 13.05 13.06 13.07 13.08 13.09 13.10 13.11 13.12 13.13 13.14 13.15 13.16 13.17 13.18 13.19 13.20 13.21 13.22 13.23 13.24 13.25 13.26 13.27 13.28 13.29 13.30 13.31 13.32 13.33 13.34 13.35 13.36 13.37 13.38 13.39 13.40 13.41 13.42 13.43 13.44 13.45 13.46 13.47 13.48 13.49 13.50 13.51 13.52 13.53 13.54 13.55 13.56 13.57 13.58 13.59 13.60 13.61 13.62 13.63 13.64 13.65 13.66 13.67 13.68 13.69 13.70 13.71 13.72 13.73 13.74 13.75 13.76 13.77 Within Unidas Podemos Cambiar Europa.
  14. 14.00 14.01 14.02 14.03 14.04 14.05 14.06 14.07 14.08 14.09 14.10 14.11 14.12 14.13 14.14 14.15 14.16 14.17 14.18 14.19 14.20 14.21 14.22 14.23 14.24 14.25 14.26 14.27 14.28 14.29 14.30 14.31 14.32 14.33 14.34 14.35 Within Cs.
  15. 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 PNV only.
  16. 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 16.4 16.5 16.6 16.7 Within CEU.

References

Opinion poll sources
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  5. Treaty of Lisbon amending the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty establishing the European Community, 17 December 2007 Official Journal of the European Union
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