25 February 2020, in the Congreso

Motion following an urgent interpellation by the VOX Parliamentary Group, on the measures the Government will adopt to guarantee compliance with prison legislation in Catalonia and in other possible territories of Spain where, through a fraudulent exercise of transferred competence, the regional administration fraudulently applies said legislation with the aim of avoiding the effectiveness of guilty sentences and obtaining disguised pardons.

More votes against 145 yes · 192 no · 1 abst.

More votes against: 192 no and 145 yes, a margin of 47. 1 abstention and 12 did not vote.

Plenary step 5 of 7 · Rejected Motion following an urgent interpellation on the measures the Government will adopt to guarantee compliance with prison legislation in Catalonia and in other possible territories of Spain where, through a fraudulent exercise of transferred competence, the regional administration fraudulently applies said legislation with the aim of avoiding the effectiveness of condemnatory sentences and obtaining disguised pardons.

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 5 of sitting 11· updated 11 Nov

The chamber

Who voted how?

145 in favour, 192 against. 1 abstention and 12 did not vote. 4 voted differently from their group.

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Your province

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The groups

How did each group vote?

In favour, most of Ciudadanos, Popular en el Congreso and VOX. Against, most of Euskal Herria Bildu, Republicano, Socialista, Vasco (EAJ-PNV), Mixto, Gcup-ec-gc and GPlu.

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

In favour: 16
Against: 20
Tie: 16

Result by parliamentary group
Group	Seats	How it voted
Euskal Herria Bildu	5	5 against
Republicano	13	13 against
Socialista	120	120 against
Vasco (EAJ-PNV)	6	6 against
Mixto	9	3 in favour · 5 against · 1 did not vote
Ciudadanos	10	10 in favour
Gcup-ec-gc	35	31 against · 1 abst. · 3 did not vote
GPlu	12	12 against
Popular en el Congreso	88	83 in favour · 5 did not vote
VOX	52	49 in favour · 3 did not vote

Sources

Where does all this come from?

Official wording of what was voted on: Moción consecuencia de interpelación urgente del Grupo Parlamentario VOX, sobre las medidas que el Gobierno va a adoptar para garantizar el cumplimiento de la legislación penitenciaria en Cataluña y en otros posibles territorios de España en los que, mediante un ejercicio fraudulento de la competencia transferida, la Administración autonómica aplica fraudulentamente dicha legislación con el fin de evitar la eficacia de las sentencias condenatorias y conseguir indultos encubiertos.

Congreso de los Diputados, vote 5 of sitting 11
The count and every seat’s vote.

Retrieved 11 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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