What it is

Request for the creation of an Investigating Committee on the alleged irregularities, administrative errors, or lack of means made available to Spanish citizens residing abroad to exercise their right to vote.

BOE step 7 of 7 · Passed

It is a request to create a committee of inquiry. It was introduced on 3 March 2016. Introduced by: Grupo Parlamentario Podemos-En Comú Podem-En Marea Grupo Parlamentario Mixto.

Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 156/000002· 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 7 of 7 steps. It reached BOE, and today it is passed.

Introduced3 March 2016Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
Admitted8 March 2016The Bureau of the Congreso accepts it and, for a members’ bill, the plenary decides whether to consider it.
Amendmentsno dateGroups propose changes.
Committeeno dateA committee goes through the text in detail.
Plenary12 April 2016All 350 deputies vote.
Senateno dateThe Senate can pass it, amend it or veto it.
BOE20 April 2016It is published in the Official State Gazette (BOE) and comes into force.

See the 5 official steps on a timeline

20 April 2016

How did the plenary vote?

More votes in favour 312 yes · 0 no · 1 abst.

Voted on: Request, formulated by the Parliamentary Groups Podemos-En Comú Podem-En Marea and Mixed, for the creation of an Investigating Committee regarding the alleged irregularities, administrative errors or lack of means made available to Spanish citizens residing abroad to exercise their right to vote.

Source: Congreso de los Diputados, vote 1 of sitting 11· 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?

In favour, most of Socialista, Vasco (EAJ-PNV), Mixto, Ciudadanos, Gc-dl, GER, Gp-ec-em and Popular en el Congreso. 1 deputy voted differently from their group.

By province: in 51 most voted in favour; in 0, against.

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

In favour: 51
Against: 0

Result by parliamentary group
Group	Seats	How it voted
Socialista	89	83 in favour · 1 abst. · 5 did not vote
Vasco (EAJ-PNV)	6	5 in favour · 1 did not vote
Mixto	14	11 in favour · 3 did not vote
Ciudadanos	40	36 in favour · 4 did not vote
Gc-dl	8	7 in favour · 1 did not vote
GER	9	8 in favour · 1 did not vote
Gp-ec-em	65	62 in favour · 3 did not vote
Popular en el Congreso	119	100 in favour · 19 did not vote

What happens next

What happens now?

It is law, or will be once published in the BOE. It comes into force on the date its own text sets.

Sources

Where does all this come from?

Congreso de los Diputados, file 156/000002
Official title, type, author, dates and stage.

Retrieved 11 November 2026
Congreso de los Diputados, vote 1 of sitting 11
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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Request for the creation of an Investigating Committee on the alleged irregularities, administrative errors, or lack of means made available to Spanish citizens residing abroad to exercise their right to vote. Automatic translation · See the Spanish original