What it is

Subcommittee, within the Constitutional Committee, for the reform of Organic Law 5/1985, of June 19, on the General Electoral Regime.

Committee step 4 of 7 · Unfinished

It is a subcommittee or working group. It was introduced on 15 April 2021. Introduced by: Pleno del Congreso.

Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 154/000008· 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 4 of 7 steps. It reached Committee, and today it is unfinished.

Introduced15 April 2021Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
Admitted15 April 2021The Bureau of the Congreso accepts it and, for a members’ bill, the plenary decides whether to consider it.
Amendmentsno dateGroups propose changes.
Committee15 April 2021A 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 5 official steps on a timeline

1 December 2022

How did the plenary vote?

More votes in favour 323 yes · 0 no · 13 abst.

Voted on: Request by the Constitutional Affairs Committee for a new six-month extension of the deadline for the completion of the work of the Subcommittee for the reform of Organic Law 5/1985, of 19 June, on the General Electoral Regime.

This law had 2 votes; this is the latest with every deputy’s vote. See them all

Source: Congreso de los Diputados, vote 37 of sitting 221· 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 Euskal Herria Bildu, Socialista, Mixto, Ciudadanos, Gcup-ec-gc, GPlu, Popular en el Congreso and VOX.

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
Tie: 1

Result by parliamentary group
Group	Seats	How it voted
Euskal Herria Bildu	5	5 in favour
Republicano	13	12 abst. · 1 did not vote
Socialista	120	119 in favour · 1 did not vote
Vasco (EAJ-PNV)	6	1 abst. · 5 did not vote
Mixto	11	10 in favour · 1 did not vote
Ciudadanos	9	9 in favour
Gcup-ec-gc	33	32 in favour · 1 did not vote
GPlu	12	10 in favour · 2 did not vote
Popular en el Congreso	88	87 in favour · 1 did not vote
VOX	52	51 in favour · 1 did not vote

What happens next

What happens now?

The legislature ended before it finished. To go on, someone would have to introduce it again in the new Cortes.

It has not been presented again yet.

Sources

Where does all this come from?

Congreso de los Diputados, file 154/000008
Official title, type, author, dates and stage.

Retrieved 11 November 2026
Congreso de los Diputados, vote 37 of sitting 221
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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Subcommittee, within the Constitutional Committee, for the reform of Organic Law 5/1985, of June 19, on the General Electoral Regime. Automatic translation · See the Spanish original