14 December 2016, in the Senate

Motion urging the Government to repeal the current wording of Article 23 of Organic Law 6/1985, of 1 July, on the Judiciary, relating to universal jurisdiction.

More votes against 47 yes · 203 no

More votes against: 203 no and 47 yes, a margin of 156.

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 1003 of sitting 7· updated 10 Nov

The chamber

Who voted how?

47 in favour, 203 against. 2 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 Esquerra, Vasco, Mixto and Podemos. Against, most of Socialista and Popular.

Result by parliamentary group
Group	Seats	How it voted
Esquerra	12	12 in favour
Socialista	60	60 against
Vasco	6	6 in favour
Mixto	14	12 in favour · 2 against
Podemos	17	17 in favour
Popular	141	141 against

Sources

Where does all this come from?

Official wording of what was voted on: Moción por la que se insta al Gobierno a la derogación de la actual redacción del artículo 23 de la Ley Orgánica 6/1985, de 1 de julio, del Poder Judicial, relativo a la justicia universal.

Senate, vote 1003 of sitting 7
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 urging the Government to repeal the current wording of Article 23 of Organic Law 6/1985, of 1 July, on the Judiciary, relating to universal jurisdiction. 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 urging the Government to repeal the current wording of Article 23 of Organic Law 6/1985, of 1 July, on the Judiciary, relating to universal jurisdiction.