- Congress of Deputies (Spain)
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The Congress of Deputies
Congreso de los Diputados9th Legislature 
Type Type Lower house Leadership President José Bono Martínez, (PSOE)
since 2008Structure Members 350 
Political groups Government
- Socialist (169)
Elections Voting system List PR Last election 9 March 2008 Meeting place 
El Palacio del Congreso de los Diputados
Madrid, Community of Madrid
Kingdom of SpainWebsite www.congreso.es 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.
In the Congress, members of the Parliament from the political parties, or groups of parties, form parliamentary groups. Groups must be formed by, at least, five MPs. The MPs belonging to parties who can't create their own parliamentary group shall form the Mixed Group.[1] The composition of the 9th term Congress is:[2]
Political party/group| Leader Spokesperson Dep. Socialist Group (Spanish Socialist Workers' Party) José L. R. Zapatero (PM) José A. Alonso 169 Popular Group (People's Party) Mariano Rajoy (LO) Soraya Sáenz 153 Catalan Group (Convergence and Union) Josep A. Duran i Lleida 10 Basque Group (Basque Nationalist Party) Josu Erkoreka 6 Left Group (Republican Left of Catalonia-United Left-Initiative for Catalonia Greens) Gaspar Llamazares 5 Mixed Group, composed by: BNG, CC, UPyD, NaBai, UPN none Rosa Díez 7 Total 350 Contents
Elections
Next elections to the Congress and the Senate will be held on November 20, 2011.
In 2008, United Left (IU) and Republican Left of Catalonia (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 Contested
Provinces
(out of 50)Votes % Change Seats Change Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (Partido Socialista Obrero Español) 50 11,288,698 43.87 
1.28169 5People's Party (Partido Popular) 50 10,277,809 39.94 2.22154 6United Left (Izquierda Unida) 42 969,871 3.77 
1.192 3Convergence and Union (Convergència i Unió) 4 779,425 3.03 0.2010 
0Basque Nationalist Party (Partido Nacionalista Vasco/Euzko Alderdi Jeltzalea) 3 306,128 1.19 0.446 1Union, Progress and Democracy (Unión, Progreso y Democracia) 48 306,078 1.19 — 1 — Republican Left of Catalonia (Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya) 4 298,139 1.16 1.363 5Galician Nationalist Bloc (Bloque Nacionalista Galego) 4 212,543 0.83 0.022 0Canarian Coalition (Coalición Canaria) 2 174,629 0.68 0.232 1Navarre Yes (Nafarroa Bai) 1 62,398 0.24 0.001 0Basque Solidarity (Eusko Alkartasuna) 3 50,371 0.20 0.120 1Aragonese Union (Chunta Aragonesista) 3 38,202 0.15 0.220 1Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (Partido Comunista de los Pueblos de España) 16 20,030 0.08 0.030 0Ciudadanos en Blanco 29 14,193 0.06 0.100 0Falange Española de las JONS 10 14,023 0.06 0.010 0Democracia Nacional 15 12,836 0.05 0.010 0Els Verds-L'Alternativa Ecologista 31 12,561 0.05 0.070 0Family and Life (Familia y Vida) 7 9,882 0.04 0.030 0Humanist Party (Partido Humanista) 24 9,056 0.04 0.050 0Partido de Almeria 1 8,451 0.03 — 0 — Els Verdes-Los Verdes 38 7,824 0.03 — 0 — Representacion Cannabica Navarra 1 7,769 0.03 — 0 — Partido Obrero Socialista Internacionalista 8 7,386 0.03 0.000 0Alternativa Española 20 7,300 0.03 — 0 — España 2000 11 6,906 0.03 0.010 0Partit Republica Catala 3 6,746 0.03 — 0 — Coalicio Valenciana 3 5,424 0.02 — 0 — Escons Insubmisos-Alternativa dels Democrates Descontents 10 5,035 0.02 — 0 — Tierra Comunera 5 4,796 0.02 — 0 — Authentic Falange (Falange Auténtica) 8 4,607 0.02 0.000 0Leonese People's Union (Unión del Pueblo Leonés) 3 4,509 0.02 0.040 0Solidaridad y Autogestión Internacionalista 14 3,885 0.02 — 0 — Alternativa Motor y Deportes 17 3,829 0.01 — 0 — Partido de los Pensionistas en Acción 9 3,050 0.01 — 0 — Izquierda Republicana (Republican Left) 4 2,899 0.01 0.060 0Partido Riojano 1 2,837 0.01 — 0 — Alianza Nacional 7 2,737 0.01 — 0 — Alternativa en Blanco 12 2,460 0.01 — 0 — Extremadura Unida 2 2,346 0.01 0.010 0Els Verds-Alternativa Verda 22 2,028 0.01 0.000 0Partido Carlista 4 1,956 0.01 0.000 0Partit per Catalunya 4 1,919 0.01 — 0 — Partido de los No-Fumadores 7 1,616 0.01 — 0 — Union por Leganes 1 1,566 0.01 — 0 — Frente Español 6 1,539 0.01 — 0 — Centro Democratico Liberal 21 1,503 0.01 — 0 — Opcio Nacionalista Valenciana 3 1,490 0.01 — 0 — Centro Democratico Social 17 1,362 0.01 — 0 — Andecha Astur 1 1,299 0.01 0.000 0Partido Regionalista del País Leonés 1 1,278 0.00 — 0 — Centro Democratico Español 4 1,047 0.00 — 0 — Alternativa Nacionalista Canaria 2 1,017 0.00 — 0 — Partido de las Libertades Civiles 2 888 0.00 — 0 — Unida 1 848 0.00 — 0 — Partido Liberal del Empleo y la Vivienda Estatal 7 786 0.00 — 0 — Lucha Internacionalista 10 722 0.00 0.000 0Unidad del Pueblo 3 699 0.00 — 0 — Per la Republica Valenciana 3 645 0.00 — 0 — Partido Centristas 1 509 0.00 — 0 — Movimiento por la Unidad del Pueblo Canario 2 497 0.00 — 0 — Partido Ciudadanos Unidos de Aragon 3 475 0.00 — 0 — Union Ciudadana Progresistas Independientes de Can 2 464 0.00 — 0 — Identitat Regne de Valencia 3 449 0.00 — 0 — Unidad Regionalista de Castilla y Leon 9 423 0.00 — 0 — Partido Unionista Estado de España 6 414 0.00 — 0 — Gentes de El Bierzo 1 385 0.00 — 0 — Partit Illenc de Ses Illes Balears 1 360 0.00 — 0 — Partido Positivista Cristiano 8 300 0.00 0.000 0Comunion Tradicionalista Carlista 1 218 0.00 — 0 — Convergencia Democratica Asturiana 1 216 0.00 — 0 — Iniciativa Merindades de Castilla 14 202 0.00 — 0 — Unidad Castellana 15 198 0.00 0.000 0Partido de Alianza Iberoamericana Europea 3 174 0.00 — 0 — Coalicio Treballadors per la Democracia 2 159 0.00 0.000 0Partido Regionalista de Guadalajara 1 152 0.00 0.000 0Aliança Balear 1 145 0.00 — 0 — Asamblea de Votacion Electronica 4 144 0.00 — 0 — Union Centrista Liberal 7 124 0.00 0.000 0Alianza por Burgos 1 123 0.00 — 0 — Iniciativa Ciudadana Burgalesa 1 109 0.00 — 0 — Nosaltres Som 6 105 0.00 — 0 — Independentes por Cuenca 1 100 0.00 — 0 — Agrupacion Ciudadana 2 79 0.00 — 0 — Movimiento Falangista de España 1 69 0.00 — 0 — Blank Ballots 286,182 1.11 Valid Vote 25,734,863 99.36 350 0[3]Invalid Ballots 165,576 0.64 Total Vote (turnout 73.85%) 25,900,439 100.00 Source: Spanish Interior Ministry election results database History
The allegorical front of the building
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.
See also
- Canal Parlamento
External links
References
- ^ `Information about Parliamentary Groups - Congress of Deputies of Spain
- ^ Parliamentary Groups - Congress of Deputies of Spain
- ^ 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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