17 December 2020, in the Congreso

Euthanasia becomes legal in Spain, with safeguards

More votes against 15 yes · 301 no · 15 abst.

More votes against: 301 no and 15 yes, a margin of 286. 15 abstentions and 19 did not vote.

BOE step 7 of 7 · Passed Private member's bill for an Organic Law regulating euthanasia.

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

The chamber

Who voted how?

15 in favour, 301 against. 15 abstentions and 19 did not vote. 7 voted differently from their group.

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The groups

In favour, most of Republicano. Against, most of Socialista, Mixto, Ciudadanos, Gcup-ec-gc, GPlu, Popular en el Congreso and VOX.

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

Result by parliamentary group
Group	Seats	How it voted
Euskal Herria Bildu	5	4 abst. · 1 did not vote
Republicano	13	13 in favour
Socialista	120	116 against · 4 did not vote
Vasco (EAJ-PNV)	6	6 abst.
Mixto	9	1 in favour · 5 against · 1 abst. · 2 did not vote
Ciudadanos	10	10 against
Gcup-ec-gc	35	34 against · 1 did not vote
GPlu	12	1 in favour · 5 against · 4 abst. · 2 did not vote
Popular en el Congreso	88	81 against · 7 did not vote
VOX	52	50 against · 2 did not vote

Sources

Official wording of what was voted on: Votación en bloque de las enmiendas.

Congreso de los Diputados, vote 7 of sitting 69
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.