27 September 2016, in the Senate

Motion by which the Senate calls for overcoming the situation of blockage in which our institutional system finds itself and allowing the investiture of a new Government to avoid the holding of new general elections.

More votes in favour 142 yes · 77 no · 25 abst.

More votes in favour: 142 yes and 77 no, a margin of 65. 25 abstentions and 2 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 1000 of sitting 2· updated 10 Nov

The chamber

Who voted how?

142 in favour, 77 against. 25 abstentions and 2 did not vote. 10 voted differently from their group.

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Your province

How did the senators from your province vote?

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The groups

How did each group vote?

In favour, most of Popular. Against, most of Esquerra, Socialista and Vasco.

Result by parliamentary group
Group	Seats	How it voted
Esquerra	12	12 against
Socialista	54	53 against · 1 did not vote
Vasco	5	5 against
Mixto	16	3 in favour · 6 against · 7 abst.
Podemos	20	1 against · 18 abst. · 1 did not vote
Popular	139	139 in favour

Sources

Where does all this come from?

Official wording of what was voted on: Moción por la que el Senado hace un llamamiento para que se supere la situación de bloqueo en la que se encuentra nuestro sistema institucional y se permita la investidura de un nuevo Gobierno que evite la celebración de unas nuevas elecciones generales.

Senate, vote 1000 of sitting 2
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 calls for overcoming the situation of blockage in which our institutional system finds itself and allowing the investiture of a new Government to avoid the holding of new general elections. Automatic translation · See the Spanish original

Who voted how?

How did the senators from your province vote?

How did each group vote?

Where does all this come from?

Motion by which the Senate calls for overcoming the situation of blockage in which our institutional system finds itself and allowing the investiture of a new Government to avoid the holding of new general elections.