What it is

Private member's bill for an Organic Law amending Organic Law 5/1985, of June 19, on the General Electoral Regime, to reduce the duration of electoral campaigns.

Admitted step 2 of 7 · Rejected

It is a members’ bill. Introduced by parliamentary groups, the Senate, regional governments or citizens. It was introduced on 4 January 2012. Introduced by: Grupo Parlamentario Mixto.

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Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 122/000031· updated 11 Nov

We do not have a summary of this text yet, so we do not tell you what it changes: only what the official page says. Read the official page

Where it stands

How far did it get?

It took 2 of 7 steps. It reached Admitted, and today it is rejected.

Introduced4 January 2012Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
Admitted11 January 2012The Bureau of the Congreso accepts it and, for a members’ bill, the plenary decides whether to consider it.
Amendmentsnot reachedGroups propose changes.
Committeenot reachedA committee goes through the text in detail.
Plenarynot reachedAll 350 deputies vote.
Senatenot reachedThe Senate can pass it, amend it or veto it.
BOEnot reachedIt is published in the Official State Gazette (BOE) and comes into force.

See the 6 official steps on a timeline

9 October 2012

How did the plenary vote?

More votes against 1 yes · 293 no · 18 abst.

Voted on: Private member's bill for an Organic Law amending Organic Law 5/1985, of June 19, on the General Electoral Regime, to reduce the duration of electoral campaigns.

Source: Congreso de los Diputados, vote 1 of sitting 59· updated 10 Nov

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Your province

How did the deputies from your province vote?

And your senators: the Senate does not link its votes to this law in its open data, so we cannot put them side by side here.

Or see how most of each province voted

More details: how each group and each province voted

The groups

Who voted in favour and who against?

Against, most of Socialista, Mixto, GIP, GUPyD and Popular en el Congreso. 2 deputies voted differently from their group.

By province: in 0 most voted in favour; in 49, against.

Coloured by how most of each province’s deputies voted.

In favour: 0
Against: 49
Tie: 3

Result by parliamentary group
Group	Seats	How it voted
Socialista	110	98 against · 12 did not vote
Vasco (EAJ-PNV)	5	5 abst.
Mixto	18	1 in favour · 9 against · 1 abst. · 7 did not vote
GC-CiU	16	12 abst. · 4 did not vote
GIP	11	9 against · 2 did not vote
GUPyD	5	5 against
Popular en el Congreso	185	172 against · 13 did not vote

What happens next

What happens now?

It goes no further. A similar one could be introduced later.

Presented before in:

IX Legislature, Congreso de los Diputados· Unfinished· nearly the same title Private member's bill for an Organic Law to amend Organic Law 5/1985, of 19 July, on the General Electoral Regime, to reduce the duration of electoral campaigns.

Sources

Where does all this come from?

Congreso de los Diputados, file 122/000031
Official title, type, author, dates and stage.

Retrieved 11 November 2026
Congreso de los Diputados, vote 1 of sitting 59
The count and every seat’s vote.

Retrieved 10 November 2026

The data comes from the open files of the Congreso, the Senate and the BOE, unaltered.
Each deputy’s province is the one of their seat on the day of the vote.
We only say “passed” or “rejected” when the majority needed is certain; otherwise we say which side had more votes.

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