Congress of Deputies (Spain) Information & Congress of Deputies (Spain) Links at HealthHaven.com

The Congress of Deputies; El Congreso de los Diputados
	9th Legislature
Type
Type	Lower house
Leadership
President	José Bono Martínez, PSOE; since 2008
Structure
Members	350
Political groups	PSOE, PP, CiU, PNV, ICV, Mixto
Election
Last election	2008
Meeting place
	El Palacio del Congreso de los Diputados, Carrera de San Jerónimo, Madrid
Website
	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. The composition of the 9th term Congress, to serve no further than 2012, is:

Political party/group		Dep.
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party	169
	People's Party	154
	Convergence and Union	10
	Basque Nationalist Party	6
	Republican Left of Catalonia-United Left-Initiative for Catalonia Greens	5
	Mixed Group, composed by: BNG, CC, UPyD, NaBai	6
Total		350

[edit] Elections

IU and ERC lost their parliamentary groups after their electoral losses left them under caucus threshold.

e • d **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	+1.28	169	+5
People's Party (Partido Popular)	50	10,277,809	39.94	+2.22	154	+6
United Left (Izquierda Unida)	42	969,871	3.77	-1.19	2	-3
Convergence and Union (Convergència i Unió) Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (Convergència Democràtica de Catalunya) Democratic Union of Catalonia (Unió Democràtica de Catalunya)	4	779,425	3.03	–0.20	10	±0
Basque Nationalist Party (Partido Nacionalista Vasco/Euzko Alderdi Jeltzalea)	3	306,128	1.19	–0.44	6	–1
Union, Progress and Democracy (Unión, Progreso y Democracia)	48	306,078	1.19	—	1	+1
Republican Left of Catalonia (Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya)	4	298,139	1.16	–1.36	3	–5
Galician Nationalist Bloc (Bloque Nacionalista Galego) Union of the Galician People (Unión do Povo Galego) Nationalist Left (Esquerda Nacionalista) Galician Unity (Unidade Galega) Socialist Collective (Colectivo Socialista) Inzar Galician Nationalist Party–Galeguista Party (Partido Nacionalista Galego–Partido Galeguista)	3	212,543	0.83	+0.02	2	±0
Canarian Coalition (Coalición Canaria)	2	174,629	0.68	–0.23	2	–1
Navarre Yes (Nafarroa Bai) Basque Solidarity (Eusko Alkartasuna) Aralar Batzarre Basque Nationalist Party (Partido Nacionalista Vasco/Euzko Alderdi Jeltzalea)	4	62,398	0.24	±0.0	1	±0
Basque Solidarity (Eusko Alkartasuna)	2	50,371	0.20	–0.12	0	–1
Aragonese Union (Chunta Aragonesista)	3	38,202	0.15	–0.22	0
Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (Partido Comunista de los Pueblos de España)	16	20,030	0.08	+0.03	0	+0
Ciudadanos en Blanco	29	14,193	0.06	-0.10	0	+0
Falange Española de las JONS	10	14,023	0.06	+0.01	0	+0
Democracia Nacional	15	12,836	0.05	-0.01	0	+0
Els Verds-L'Alternativa Ecologista	31	12,561	0.05	-0.07	0	+0
Family and Life (Familia y Vida)	7	9,882	0.04	-0.03	0	+0
Humanist Party (Partido Humanista)	24	9,056	0.04	-0.05	0	+0
Partido de Almeria	1	8,451	0.03	-	0	+0
Els Verdes-Los Verdes	38	7,824	0.03	-	0	+0
Representacion Cannabica Navarra	1	7,769	0.03	-	0	+0
Partido Obrero Socialista Internacionalista	8	7,386	0.03	-0.00	0	+0
Alternativa Española	20	7,300	0.03	-	0	+0
España 2000	11	6,906	0.03	+0.01	0	+0
Partit Republica Catala	3	6,746	0.03	-	0	+0
Coalicio Valenciana	3	5,424	0.02	-	0	+0
Escons Insubmisos-Alternativa dels Democrates Descontents	10	5,035	0.02	-	0	+0
Tierra Comunera	5	4,796	0.02	-	0	+0
Authentic Falange (Falange Auténtica)	8	4,607	0.02	+0.00	0	+0
Leonese People's Union (Unión del Pueblo Leonés)	3	4,509	0.02	-0.04	0	+0
Solidaridad y Autogestión Internacionalista	14	3,885	0.02	-	0	+0
Alternativa Motor y Deportes	17	3,829	0.01	-	0	+0
Partido de los Pensionistas en Acción	9	3,050	0.01	-	0	+0
Izquierda Republicana (Republican Left)	4	2,899	0.01	-0.06	0	+0
Partido Riojano	1	2,837	0.01	-	0	+0
Alianza Nacional	7	2,737	0.01	-	0	+0
Alternativa en Blanco	12	2,460	0.01	-	0	+0
Extremadura Unida	2	2,346	0.01	-0.01	0	+0
Els Verds-Alternativa Verda	22	2,028	0.01	+0.00	0	+0
Partido Carlista	4	1,956	0.01	+0.00	0	+0
Partit per Catalunya	4	1,919	0.01	-	0	+0
Partido de los No-Fumadores	7	1,616	0.01	-	0	+0
Union por Leganes	1	1,566	0.01	-	0	+0
Frente Español	6	1,539	0.01	-	0	+0
Centro Democratico Liberal	21	1,503	0.01	-	0	+0
Opcio Nacionalista Valenciana	3	1,490	0.01	-	0	+0
Centro Democratico Social	17	1,362	0.01	-	0	+0
Andecha Astur	1	1,299	0.01	-0.0	0	+0
Partido Regionalista del País Leonés	1	1,278	0.0	-	0	+0
Centro Democratico Español	4	1,047	0.0	-	0	+0
Alternativa Nacionalista Canaria	2	1,017	0.0	-	0	+0
Partido de las Libertades Civiles	2	888	0.0	-	0	+0
Unida	1	848	0.0	-	0	+0
Partido Liberal del Empleo y la Vivienda Estatal	7	786	0.0	-	0	+0
Lucha Internacionalista	10	722	0.0	+0.0	0	+0
Unidad del Pueblo	3	699	0.0	-	0	+0
Per la Republica Valenciana	3	645	0.0	-	0	+0
Partido Centristas	1	509	0.0	-	0	+0
Movimiento por la Unidad del Pueblo Canario	2	497	0.0	-	0	+0
Partido Ciudadanos Unidos de Aragon	3	475	0.0	-	0	+0
Union Ciudadana Progresistas Independientes de Can	2	464	0.0	-	0	+0
Identitat Regne de Valencia	3	449	0.0	-	0	+0
Unidad Regionalista de Castilla y Leon	9	423	0.0	-	0	+0
Partido Unionista Estado de España	6	414	0.0	-	0	+0
Gentes de El Bierzo	1	385	0.0	-	0	+0
Partit Illenc de Ses Illes Balears	1	360	0.0	-	0	+0
Partido Positivista Cristiano	8	300	0.0	-0.0	0	+0
Comunion Tradicionalista Carlista	1	218	0.0	-	0	+0
Convergencia Democratica Asturiana	1	216	0.0	-	0	+0
Iniciativa Merindades de Castilla	14	202	0.0	-	0	+0
Unidad Castellana	15	198	0.0	-0.0	0	+0
Partido de Alianza Iberoamericana Europea	3	174	0.0	-	0	+0
Coalicio Treballadors per la Democracia	2	159	0.0	-0.0	0	+0
Partido Regionalista de Guadalajara	1	152	0.0	-0.0	0	+0
Aliança Balear	1	145	0.0	-	0	+0
Asamblea de Votacion Electronica	4	144	0.0	-	0	+0
Union Centrista Liberal	7	124	0.0	-0.0	0	+0
Alianza por Burgos	1	123	0.0	-	0	+0
Iniciativa Ciudadana Burgalesa	1	109	0.0	-	0	+0
Nosaltres Som	6	105	0.0	-	0	+0
Independentes por Cuenca	1	100	0.0	-	0	+0
Agrupacion Ciudadana	2	79	0.0	-	0	+0
Movimiento Falangista de España	1	69	0.0	-	0	+0
Total (turnout 64.6%)					350	0^[1]
Source: Spanish Interior Ministry election results database

[edit] 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.

[edit] See also

Canal Parlamento

[edit] External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Congress of Deputies of Spain

Congreso de los Diputados - official website (Spanish)

[edit] References

^ 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.

This legislature-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

[0] 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.

[1]

Contents

[edit] Elections

[edit] History

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

[edit] References