What it is

Private member's bill for an Organic Law amending Organic Law 5/1985, of June 19, on the General Electoral Regime, for the case of automatic election convocation pursuant to the provisions of paragraph 5 of Article 99 of the Constitution.

No stage no data

It is a members’ bill. Introduced by parliamentary groups, the Senate, regional governments or citizens.

Source: Senate, file 624/000002· 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 0 of 7 steps. Its stage is not on record.

Introducednot reachedSomeone registers the text in the Congreso.
Admittednot reachedThe 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.

25 October 2016

How did the plenary vote?

More votes against 14 yes · 210 no · 30 abst.

Voted on: Private member's bill for an Organic Law amending Organic Law 5/1985, of June 19, on the General Electoral Regime, for the case of automatic election convocation pursuant to the provisions of paragraph 5 of Article 99 of the Constitution.

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

Source: Senate, vote 1006 of sitting 4· 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 Esquerra. Against, most of Socialista, Mixto and Popular. 6 deputies voted differently from their group.

By province: in 2 most voted in favour; in 42, against.

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

In favour: 2
Against: 42
Abstained: 5
Tie: 2

Result by parliamentary group
Group	Seats	How it voted
Esquerra	12	12 in favour
Socialista	57	56 against · 1 did not vote
Vasco	5	5 abst.
Mixto	15	2 in favour · 9 against · 4 abst.
Podemos	21	21 abst.
Popular	145	145 against

What happens next

What happens now?

The Congreso has not yet published which stage it is at.

The same initiative in the other chamber:

XII Legislature, Congreso de los Diputados· Passed Shorter elections if Congress fails to confirm a candidate

Sources

Where does all this come from?

Senate, file 624/000002
Official title, type, author, dates and stage.

Retrieved 11 November 2026
Senate, vote 1006 of sitting 4
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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Private member's bill for an Organic Law amending Organic Law 5/1985, of June 19, on the General Electoral Regime, for the case of automatic election convocation pursuant to the provisions of paragraph 5 of Article 99 of the Constitution. Automatic translation · See the Spanish original