European election : Spain

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European election result: Spain (Full)

SEATS: 54

ELECTORATE: 34563545

RESULTS

		MEPs
	PARTY	+/-	TOTAL
	Partido Socialista Obrero Español	5	25
	Partido Popular	0	23
	Galeusca (Convergencia I Unio, Bloque Nacionalista Gallego & Partido Nacionalista Vasco)	0	3
	Izquierda Unida	-1	2
	Europa de los Pueblos	-1	1
	Coalición Europea	-2	0
	Ex Euskal Herritarrok	-1	0
	Aralar	0	0
	Others (Spain)	0	0

DESCRIPTION: Spain

The governing Socialists repeated their general-election victory, but by a much narrower margin than opinion polls had predicted. Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero's list edged out the Popular Party by only two percentage points, winning 25 seats to the conservative opposition party's 23. Turnout reached a record low of 46% - down from 77% for the general election in March and 63% in the last European elections. A recent opinion poll suggested 62% of Spaniards believe membership of the EU is "a good thing", well above the 48% average for the old 15-member EU (Eurobarometer, Autumn 2003). Spain will have 54 seats in the new parliament, down from 64.

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Spain's results from the BBC's Vote 1999 website