7 February 2018, in the Senate
Government bill to adopt urgent measures to mitigate the effects produced by the drought in certain river basins and to amend the consolidated text of the Water Law, approved by Royal Legislative Decree 1/2001, of July 20 (originating from Royal Decree-Law 10/2017, of June 9).
More votes against 67 yes · 144 no · 40 abst.More votes against: 144 no and 67 yes, a margin of 77. 40 abstentions.
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 1016 of sitting 30· updated 10 Nov
The chamber
Who voted how?
67 in favour, 144 against. 40 abstentions. 3 voted differently from their group.
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Your province
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- A Coruña More votes against 1 yes · 3 no
- Albacete More votes against 1 yes · 2 no
- Alicante/Alacant More votes against 0 yes · 1 no · 1 abst.
- Almería More votes against 0 yes · 2 no
- Araba/Álava More votes against 0 yes · 1 no · 3 abst.
- Asturias More votes against 1 yes · 2 no · 1 abst.
- Ávila More votes against 1 yes · 2 no
- Badajoz More votes against 1 yes · 3 no
- Barcelona Tie 0 yes · 0 no · 3 abst.
- Bizkaia Tie 0 yes · 0 no · 2 abst.
- Burgos More votes against 0 yes · 2 no
- Cáceres More votes against 1 yes · 2 no
- Cádiz More votes against 1 yes · 2 no
- Cantabria More votes against 1 yes · 3 no
- Castellón/Castelló More votes against 1 yes · 2 no
- Ceuta More votes against 0 yes · 2 no
- Ciudad Real More votes against 0 yes · 3 no
- Córdoba More votes against 0 yes · 1 no
- Cuenca More votes against 1 yes · 3 no
- Gipuzkoa Tie 0 yes · 0 no · 4 abst.
- Girona Tie 0 yes · 0 no · 1 abst.
- Granada More votes against 1 yes · 3 no
- Guadalajara More votes against 0 yes · 3 no
- Huelva More votes in favour 2 yes · 1 no
- Huesca Tie 2 yes · 2 no
- Illes Balears More votes against 0 yes · 4 no · 1 abst.
- Jaén More votes in favour 3 yes · 0 no
- La Rioja More votes against 1 yes · 3 no
- Las Palmas More votes against 1 yes · 4 no
- León More votes against 1 yes · 3 no
- Lleida Tie 0 yes · 0 no · 2 abst.
- Lugo More votes against 1 yes · 2 no
- Madrid More votes against 1 yes · 2 no
- Málaga More votes against 1 yes · 2 no
- Melilla No data
- Murcia More votes against 1 yes · 3 no
- Navarra More votes against 0 yes · 2 no · 2 abst.
- Ourense Tie 1 yes · 1 no
- Palencia More votes against 0 yes · 3 no
- Pontevedra More votes against 0 yes · 1 no · 1 abst.
- Salamanca More votes in favour 1 yes · 0 no
- Santa Cruz de Tenerife More votes against 0 yes · 2 no
- Segovia More votes against 1 yes · 2 no
- Sevilla More votes in favour 3 yes · 0 no
- Soria More votes against 0 yes · 1 no
- Tarragona Tie 0 yes · 0 no · 1 abst.
- Teruel More votes against 0 yes · 2 no
- Toledo More votes against 0 yes · 2 no
- Valencia/València More votes against 0 yes · 3 no · 1 abst.
- Valladolid More votes against 1 yes · 2 no
- Zamora More votes against 0 yes · 2 no
- Zaragoza Tie 2 yes · 2 no
The groups
How did each group vote?
In favour, most of Socialista and GPN. Against, most of Popular.
| Group | Seats | How it voted |
|---|---|---|
| Esquerra | 10 | 10 abst. |
| Socialista | 57 | 57 in favour |
| Vasco | 6 | 6 abst. |
| Mixto | 11 | 4 in favour · 3 against · 4 abst. |
| GPN | 5 | 4 in favour · 1 abst. |
| Podemos | 19 | 19 abst. |
| Popular | 143 | 2 in favour · 141 against |
Sources
Where does all this come from?
Official wording of what was voted on: Proyecto de Ley por la que se adoptan medidas urgentes para paliar los efectos producidos por la sequía en determinadas cuencas hidrográficas y se modifica el texto refundido de la Ley de Aguas, aprobado por Real Decreto Legislativo 1/2001, de 20 de julio (procedente del Real Decreto-Ley 10/2017, de 9 de junio).
- Senate, vote 1016 of sitting 30
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.