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Spain 1996 Legislative Election
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Chamber
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Senate
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Date of Election
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March
3, 1996
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Type of Electoral
System
|
Mixed
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Number of
Seats Available
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257
*
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| Length
of Legislative Term |
4
years
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Number
of Seats
|
Percentage
of Votes
|
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Directly
Elected
|
Total
|
| Popular
Party (PP) and allies |
111
|
132
|
-
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| Spanish
Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) and allies |
81
|
96
|
-
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| Convergence
and Union (Catalonia) (CiU) |
8
|
11
|
-
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| Basque
Nationalist Party (PNV) |
4
|
6
|
-
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| Canarian
Coalition (CC) |
2
|
3
|
-
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| United
Left (IU) |
0
|
2
|
-
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| Basque
Solidarity (EA) |
0
|
1
|
-
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| Catalan
Republican Left (ERC) |
0
|
1
|
-
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| Convergence
of Navarran Democrats (CDN) |
0
|
1
|
-
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| Valencian
Union (UV) |
0
|
1
|
-
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| Ibiza
and Formenterra in the Senate (EFS) |
1
|
1
|
-
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| Party
of Independents from Lanzarote (PIL) |
1
|
1
|
-
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| Vacant |
0
|
1
|
-
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* The upper house
encompassed 257 members, of whom 208 were directly elected, four from
each of the 47 mainland provinces, 6 from Santa Cruz de Tenerife, 5 from
the Balearic Islands, 5 from Las Palmas, and 2 each from the North African
enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla. The remaining 49 members were designated
by 19 autonomous regional legislatures.
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Chamber
|
Congress
of Deputies
|
|
Date of Election
|
March
3, 1996
|
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Type of Electoral
System
|
Mixed
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Number of
Seats Available
|
350
**
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| Length
of Legislative Term |
4
years
|
|
|
Number
of Seats
|
Percentage
of Votes
|
| Popular
Party (PP) |
156
|
-
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| Spanish
Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
141
|
-
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| United
Left (IU) |
21
|
-
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| Convergence
and Union (CiU) |
16
|
-
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| Basque
Nationalist Party (PNV) |
5
|
-
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| Canarian
Coalition (CC) |
4
|
-
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| Galician
Nationalist Bloc (BNG) |
2
|
-
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| United
People (HB) |
2
|
-
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| Basque
Solidarity (EA) |
1
|
-
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| Catalan
Republican Left (ERC) |
1
|
-
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| Valencian
Union (UV) |
1
|
-
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** The lower house
consisted of 350 deputies elected on block lists by proportional representation.
Each province was entitled to a minimum of 3 deputies, with one deputy
each from the African enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla.
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