18 October 2016, in the Congreso

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More votes in favour 340 yes · 0 no

More votes in favour: 340 yes and 0 no, a margin of 340. 10 did not vote.

BOE step 7 of 7 · Passed 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.

When we cannot be sure which majority was needed, we do not say whether this means it “passed”: the official file does not say.

Source: Congreso de los Diputados, vote 3 of sitting 8· updated 10 Nov

The chamber

Who voted how?

340 in favour, 0 against. 10 did not vote.

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Your province

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The groups

How did each group vote?

In favour, most of Socialista, Vasco (EAJ-PNV), Mixto, Ciudadanos, Gcup-ec-em, GER, Sin grupo and Popular en el Congreso.

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

In favour: 52
Against: 0

Result by parliamentary group
Group	Seats	How it voted
Socialista	84	81 in favour · 3 did not vote
Vasco (EAJ-PNV)	5	5 in favour
Mixto	19	17 in favour · 2 did not vote
Ciudadanos	31	31 in favour
Gcup-ec-em	67	67 in favour
GER	9	7 in favour · 2 did not vote
Sin grupo	1	1 in favour
Popular en el Congreso	134	131 in favour · 3 did not vote

Sources

Where does all this come from?

Official wording of what was voted on: Proposición de Ley Orgánica del Grupo Parlamentario Popular en el Congreso, de modificación de la Ley Orgánica 5/1985, de 19 de junio, del Régimen Electoral General, para el supuesto de convocatoria automática de elecciones en virtud de lo dispuesto en el apartado quinto del artículo 99 de la Constitución.

Congreso de los Diputados, vote 3 of sitting 8
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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