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Spain 2011 Election Date:
| Date | Event |
| 26-Sep-11 | The Council of Ministers convenes to approve the decree ordering the Cortes Generales' dissolution and the calling of the general election on the advice of the Prime Minister. Subsequently, the decree is ratified by the King. |
| 27-Sep-11 | The decree enters into force by its publication in the BOE. Parliament is officially dissolved and the general election is called. Official start of the electoral period. |
| 07-Oct-11 | Deadline for parties intending to contest the election in coalition with other parties to communicate it to the appropriate electoral boards. |
| 12–17 October 2011 | Time limit for parties intending to contest the election to submit their candidacies to the Electoral Board. |
| 19-Oct-11 | Submitted candidacies are provisionally published in the BOE. |
| 22-Oct-11 | Deadline for Spanish electors residing abroad to apply for voting. |
| 22–26 October 2011 | Sweepstakes to appoint members of the polling stations. |
| 25-Oct-11 | Candidacies for parties, coalitions and groups of voters standing for election are proclaimed and published in the BOE after a period of notification and amendment of possible irregularities in 20–22 November 2015. |
| 04-Nov-11 | Official start of the electoral campaign at 00:00 CET (UTC+01:00). |
| 10-Nov-11 | Deadline for electors residing in Spain to apply for postal voting. |
| 15–19 Novembe 2011 | Legal ban on opinion polling publication in Spanish territory. |
| 18-Nov-11 | Official end of the electoral campaign at 24:00 CET (UTC+01:00). |
| 19-Nov-11 | Reflection day. |
| 20-Nov-11 | Election Day. Polls open from 09:00 CET to 20:00 CET. Provisional vote count officially starting from 21:00 CET. From this day, the incumbent government assumes caretaker functions until a new government is formed. |
| 13-Dec-11 | The elected Congress and Senate convene. |
| From the Cortes' convening but without a defined term, the King calls for a round of talks with political parties' representatives so that, depending on each other parliamentary representation, nominate a candidate for Prime Minister, which is submitted to Congress for an investiture debate and subsequent vote. | |
| The nominated candidate must muster an absolute majority of votes in the first ballot, or a relative majority in a second ballot to be held 48 hours after the first, in order to be elected. If within two months from the first investiture vote no candidate has obtained the confidence of Congress, the Cortes Generales are dissolved and a new general election called. | |
Party manifestos and slogans
| Party/alliance | Manifesto (external link) | Campaign slogan(s) |
| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | An Electoral Manifesto to Win the Future | "Fight for what you want". |
| People's Party (PP) | What Spain Needs | "Join the change" |
| United Left (IU) | Electoral Proposals | "Rebel!" |
| Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) | My Vote Counts | "Each vote counts" |
| Convergence and Union (CiU) | CiU Electoral Manifesto | "More for Catalonia" |
| Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) | Working for the Basque Country in Madrid | "For the Basque Country" & "The Basque Country cans" |
| Amaiur (Amaiur) | Amaiur Commitments | "Bridging" |
| Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) | The Republic of Yes | "We Want the Republic of Yes |
Opinion polling for the Spanish general election 2011
| Polling firm/Link |
Last date of polling |
PSOE | PP | IU | CIU | PNV | UPYD | ERC |
Margin of error |
Sample size |
Lead |
| General Election | Nov 20, 2011 | 28.8 | 44.6 | 6.9 | 4.2 | 1.3 | 4.7 | 1.1 | 15.8 | ||
| TNS Demoscopia | Nov 20, 2011 | 30.0 | 43.5 | 6.7 | 3.4 | 1.2 | 4.3 | 1.1 | 190,000 | 13.5 | |
| NC Report | Nov 20, 2011 | 31.3 | 45.0 | 7.8 | 3.3 | 1.2 | 2.4 | 0.7 | 771 | 13.7 | |
| Sigma Dos | Nov 16, 2011 | 28.5 | 48.0 | 6.7 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 19.5 | ||||
| Ipsos | Nov 13, 2011 | 31.8 | 44.5 | 6.1 | 3.4 | 1.0 | 4.1 | 1.0 | 12.7 | ||
Results of the Spanish general election, 2011
| Party | Popular vote | Seats | |||
| Votes | % | ±pp | Won | +/− | |
| People's Party (PP) | 1,08,66,566 | 44.63 | 4.52 | 186 | 32 |
| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 70,03,511 | 28.76 | –15.11 | 110 | –59 |
| United Left–The Greens: Plural Left (IU–LV) | 16,86,040 | 6.92 | 3 | 11 | 9 |
| Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) | 11,43,225 | 4.7 | 3.51 | 5 | 4 |
| Convergence and Union (CiU) | 10,15,691 | 4.17 | 1.14 | 16 | 6 |
| Amaiur (Amaiur) | 3,34,498 | 1.37 | 1.05 | 7 | 7 |
| Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) | 3,24,317 | 1.33 | 0.14 | 5 | –1 |
| Republican Left (Esquerra) | 2,56,985 | 1.06 | –0.10 | 3 | ±0 |
| Equo (eQuo) | 2,16,748 | 0.89 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG) | 1,84,037 | 0.76 | –0.07 | 2 | ±0 |
| Canarian Coalition–New Canaries–Canarian Nationalist Party (CC–NC–PNC) | 1,43,881 | 0.59 | –0.24 | 2 | ±0 |
| Commitment Coalition–Equo (Compromís–Q) | 1,25,306 | 0.51 | 0.39 | 1 | 1 |
| Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA) | 1,02,144 | 0.42 | 0.25 | 0 | ±0 |
| Asturias Forum (FAC) | 99,473 | 0.41 | New | 1 | 1 |
| Blank Seats (EB) | 97,673 | 0.4 | 0.38 | 0 | ±0 |
| Andalusian Party (PA) | 76,999 | 0.32 | 0.05 | 0 | ±0 |
| Platform for Catalonia (PxC) | 59,949 | 0.25 | 0.24 | 0 | ±0 |
| Regionalist Party of Cantabria (PRC) | 44,010 | 0.18 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Yes to the Future (GBai) | 42,415 | 0.17 | –0.07 | 1 | ±0 |
| For a Fairer World (PUM+J) | 27,210 | 0.11 | 0.02 | 0 | ±0 |
| Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE) | 26,254 | 0.11 | 0.03 | 0 | ±0 |
| 1,38,493 | 0.57 | — | 0 | ±0 | |
| Blank ballots | 3,33,461 | 1.37 | 0.26 | ||
| Total | 2,43,48,886 | 100 | 350 | ±0 | |
| Valid votes | 2,43,48,886 | 98.71 | –0.65 | ||
| Invalid votes | 3,17,555 | 1.29 | 0.65 | ||
| Votes cast / turnout | 2,46,66,441 | 68.94 | –4.91 | ||
| Abstentions | 1,11,13,050 | 31.06 | 4.91 | ||
| Registered voters | 3,57,79,491 | ||||
| Source: Ministry of the Interior | |||||
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| Vote share | |
| PP | 44.63% |
| PSOE | 28.76% |
| IU–LV | 6.92% |
| UPyD | 4.70% |
| CiU | 4.17% |
| Amaiur | 1.37% |
| EAJ/PNV | 1.33% |
| Esquerra | 1.06% |
| BNG | 0.76% |
| CC–NC–PNC | 0.59% |
| Compromís–Q | 0.51% |
| FAC | 0.41% |
| GBai | 0.17% |
| Others | 3.24% |
| Blank ballots | 1.37% |
| Parliamentary seats | |
| PP | 53.14% |
| PSOE | 31.43% |
| CiU | 4.57% |
| IU–LV | 3.14% |
| Amaiur | 2.00% |
| UPyD | 1.43% |
| EAJ/PNV | 1.43% |
| Esquerra | 0.86% |
| BNG | 0.57% |
| CC–NC–PNC | 0.57% |
| Compromís–Q | 0.29% |
| FAC | 0.29% |
| GBai | 0.29% |
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