14th Congress of Deputies

The 14th Spanish general election was held on 10 November 2019. At the election the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) remained the largest party in the Congress of Deputies but fell short of a majority again.[1][2]

Alliance		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party	6,792,199	28.00%	120	3
	People's Party	5,047,040	20.81%	89	23
	Vox	3,656,979	15.08%	52	28
	Unidos Podemos–En Comú Podem	3,119,364	12.86%	35	7
	Republican Left of Catalonia–Sovereigntists– Republican Left of the Valencian Country	880,734	3.63%	13	2
	Citizens	1,650,318	6.80%	10	47
	Together for Catalonia	530,225	2.19%	8	1
	Basque Nationalist Party	379,002	1.56%	6
	EH Bildu	277,621	1.14%	5	1
	Others/blanks	1,924,746	7.93%	12	6
Total		24,258,228	100.00%	350

The new congress met for the first time on 3 December 2019 and after two rounds of voting Meritxell Batet (PSOE) was elected as President of the Congress of Deputies with the support of the Unidos Podemos–En Comú Podem (UP–ECP) and various nationalist and regionalist parties.[3][4]

Other members of the Bureau of the Congress of Deputies were also elected on 21 May 2019: Alfonso Rodríguez (PSOE), First Vice-President; Ana Pastor (PP), Second Vice-President; Gloria Elizo (UP), Third Vice-President; Ignacio Gil (Vox), Fourth Vice-President; Gerardo Pisarello (ECP), First Secretary; Sofía Hernanz (PSOE), Second Secretary; Javier Sánchez (UP), Third Secretary; and Adolfo Suárez (PP), Fourth Secretary.[5][6]

Shortly after the election the PSOE and UP–ECP agreed to form a coalition government, the first in Spain since the restoration of democracy.[12][13] Caretaker Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez (POSE) was re-elected narrowly in January 2020 with the support of the UP–ECP and various nationalist and regionalist parties.[14][15]

Investiture Pedro Sánchez (PSOE)
Ballot →		5 January 2020	7 January 2020
Required majority →		176 out of 350 N	Simple Y
	Yes • PSOE (120) • UP–ECP–GeC (35) (34 on 5 Jan) • PNV (6) • Más País (2) • Compromís (1) • NCa (1) • BNG (1) • TE (1)	166 / 350	167 / 350
	No • PP (88) • Vox (52) • Cs (10) • JxCat (8) • CUP (2) • NA+ (2) • CCa (1) • PRC (1) • FAC (1)	165 / 350	165 / 350
	Abstentions • ERC (13) • EH Bildu (5)	18 / 350	18 / 350
	Absentees • UP–ECP–GeC (1) (on 5 Jan)	1 / 350	0 / 350
Sources[16][17]

The 14th congress has seen the following deaths and resignations:

• 13 January 2020 – Beatriz Corredor (PSOE) resigned for personal reasons.[18] She was replaced by Isaura Leal (PSOE) on 4 February 2020.[19]
• 15 January 2020 – Dolores Delgado (PSOE) resigned after being appointed Attorney General of Spain.[20] She was replaced by Omar Anguita (PSOE) on 4 February 2020.[19]
• 21 January 2020 – Héctor Illueca (UP) and Francisco Salazar (PSOE) resigned after being appointed Director of the Labour Inspesctorate and deputy chief of staff of the government respectively.[20] They were replaced by Rosa Medel (UP) and José Losada (PSOE) respectively on 4 February 2020.[19]
• 22 January 2020 – Elena Máñez (PSOE) resigned after being appointed Minister of Economy, Research and Employment of the Canary Islands.[20] She was replaced by Juan Fuentes (PSOE) on 4 February 2020.[19]
• 27 January 2020 – Francisco Polo (PSOE) resigned after being appointed High Commissioner for a Entrepreneurial Nation. He was replaced by Sonia Guerra (PSOE) on 4 February 2020.[19]
• 29 January 2020 – José Guirao (PSOE) resigned to return to cultural management and María Rosell (UP) resigned after being appointed government delegate against gender violence. They were replaced by Indalecio Gutiérrez (PSOE) and Meri Pita (UP) respectively on 4 February 2020.[19]
• 11 February 2020 – José Manuel Franco (PSOE), José Izquierdoz (PSOE) and María Marrodán (PSOE) resigned after being appointed government delegates in the Community of Madrid, Castile and León and La Rioja respectively. They will be replaced by Rafael Vélez (PSOE), Julio del Valle (PSOE) and Raquel Pedraja (PSOE) respectively.