26 April 2017, in the Senate

Motion by which the Senate urges the Government to demand that the Government of Venezuela release all political prisoners and to call for the restoration of the powers that its Constitution attributes to the National Assembly.

More votes in favour 218 yes · 2 no · 27 abst.

More votes in favour: 218 yes and 2 no, a margin of 216. 27 abstentions and 3 did not vote.

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: Senate, vote 1001 of sitting 15· updated 10 Nov

The chamber

Who voted how?

218 in favour, 2 against. 27 abstentions and 3 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 Socialista, Vasco, Mixto and Popular.

Result by parliamentary group
Group	Seats	How it voted
Esquerra	8	8 abst.
Socialista	57	56 in favour · 1 did not vote
Vasco	6	6 in favour
Mixto	16	12 in favour · 2 abst. · 2 did not vote
Podemos	19	2 against · 17 abst.
Popular	144	144 in favour

Sources

Where does all this come from?

Official wording of what was voted on: Moción por la que el Senado insta al Gobierno a exigir al Gobierno de Venezuela la liberación de todos los presos políticos y a demandar la restitución de las competencias que su Constitución atribuye a la Asamblea Nacional.

Senate, vote 1001 of sitting 15
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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Motion by which the Senate urges the Government to demand that the Government of Venezuela release all political prisoners and to call for the restoration of the powers that its Constitution attributes to the National Assembly. Automatic translation · See the Spanish original

Who voted how?

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How did each group vote?

Where does all this come from?

Motion by which the Senate urges the Government to demand that the Government of Venezuela release all political prisoners and to call for the restoration of the powers that its Constitution attributes to the National Assembly.