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2019 European Parliament election in Spain

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2019 European Parliament election in Spain
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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—59 after Brexit was formalized on 31 January 2020—were up for election.[2] The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.

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Held one month after the 28 April 2019 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 (PP) 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 Union, Progress and Democracy (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.

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Electoral system

54 members of the European Parliament were allocated to Spain as per the Treaty of Lisbon.[a][4][5] Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals and resident non-national European citizens over 18 years of age and in full enjoyment of their political rights.[6][7] 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).[8][9]

All seats 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.[10] The use of the electoral method resulted in an effective threshold based on the district magnitude and the distribution of votes among candidacies.[11]

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Outgoing delegation

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Parties and candidates

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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.[13]

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

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Campaign

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Election debates

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Opinion polls

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The tables below list opinion polling results 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 poll.

Voting intention estimates

The table below lists weighted voting intention estimates. Refusals are generally excluded from the party vote percentages, while question wording and the treatment of "don't know" responses and those not intending to vote may vary between polling organisations. When available, seat projections determined by the polling organisations are displayed below (or in place of) the percentages in a smaller font.

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  Poll conducted after legal ban on opinion polls

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Voting preferences

The table below lists raw, unweighted voting preferences.

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Results

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Overall

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Distribution by European group

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Elected legislators

The following table lists the elected legislators:

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Notes

  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.[1]
  2. Results for UPyD (6.51%, 4 seats) and C's (3.16%, 2 seats) in the 2014 election.
  3. Currently in preventive detention in Soto del Real (Madrid).
  4. Results for IP (10.03%, 6 seats) and Podemos (7.98%, 5 seats) in the 2014 election.
  5. Results for EPDD (4.01%, 2 seats) and LPD (2.08%, 1 seat) in the 2014 election.
  6. Francesc Gambús, 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. Within Cs.
  14. PNV only.
  15. Within CEU.
  16. Within Podemos
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