Main: 1996 Spanish general election PP PSOE IU CiU EAJ/PNV CC BNG HB ERC Others This article presents the results breakdown of the election to the Congress of Deputies held in Spain on 3 March 1996. The following tables show detailed results in each of the country's 17 autonomous communities and in the autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla, as well as a summary of constituency and regional results.

Nationwide + ← Summary of the 3 March 1996 Congress of Deputies election results → Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats Votes % ±pp Total +/− People's Party (PP)1 9,716,006 38.79 +3.42 156 +14 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 9,425,678 37.63 −1.15 141 −18 United Left (IU) 2,639,774 10.54 +0.99 21 +3 Convergence and Union (CiU) 1,151,633 4.60 −0.34 16 −1 Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) 318,951 1.27 +0.03 5 ±0 Canarian Coalition (CC) 220,418 0.88 ±0.00 4 ±0 Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG) 220,147 0.88 +0.34 2 +2 Popular Unity (HB) 181,304 0.72 −0.16 2 ±0 Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) 167,641 0.67 −0.13 1 ±0 Andalusian Party (PA)2 134,800 0.54 −0.05 0 ±0 Basque Solidarity (EA) 115,861 0.46 −0.09 1 ±0 Valencian Union (UV) 91,575 0.37 −0.11 1 ±0 The European Greens (LVE) 61,689 0.25 −0.54 0 ±0 Aragonese Union (CHA) 49,739 0.20 +0.17 0 ±0 Centrist Union (UC) 44,771 0.18 −1.58 0 ±0 Valencian People's Union–Nationalist Bloc (UPV–BN) 26,777 0.11 −0.06 0 ±0 Nationalists of the Balearic Islands (PSM–ENE) 24,644 0.10 +0.01 0 ±0 The Greens–Green Group (LV–GV) 17,177 0.07 New 0 ±0 Convergence of Democrats of Navarre (CDN) 17,020 0.07 New 0 ±0 Workers' Revolutionary Party (PRT)3 14,854 0.06 −0.07 0 ±0 Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE) 14,513 0.06 +0.02 0 ±0 Humanist Party (PH) 13,482 0.05 +0.01 0 ±0 Asturianist Party (PAS) 12,213 0.05 ±0.00 0 ±0 Authentic Spanish Phalanx (FEA) 12,114 0.05 +0.05 0 ±0 Leonese People's Union (UPL) 12,049 0.05 −0.01 0 ±0 Basque Citizen Initiative (ICV–Gorordo) 11,833 0.05 New 0 ±0 The Greens of Madrid (LVM) 8,483 0.03 New 0 ±0 Extremaduran Coalition (CEx)4 7,312 0.03 −0.03 0 ±0 Majorcan Union (UM) 6,943 0.03 −0.01 0 ±0 Commoners' Land–Castilian Nationalist Party (TC–PNC) 6,206 0.02 ±0.00 0 ±0 Riojan Party (PR) 6,065 0.02 −0.01 0 ±0 Ecologist Party of Catalonia (PEC) 4,305 0.02 −0.02 0 ±0 Regionalist Unity of Castile and León (URCL) 4,061 0.02 +0.01 0 ±0 Andalusian Nation (NA) 3,505 0.01 New 0 ±0 Alliance for National Unity (AUN) 3,397 0.01 New 0 ±0 Salamanca–Zamora–León–PREPAL (PREPAL) 2,762 0.01 ±0.00 0 ±0 SOS Nature (SOS) 2,753 0.01 New 0 ±0 Republican Coalition (CR)5 2,744 0.01 −0.02 0 ±0 Popular Front of the Canary Islands (FREPIC) 2,567 0.01 New 0 ±0 Socialist Party of the People of Ceuta (PSPC) 2,365 0.01 +0.01 0 ±0 Regionalist Party of Castilla–La Mancha (PRCM) 2,279 0.01 New 0 ±0 Galician People's Front (FPG) 2,065 0.01 New 0 ±0 Independent Socialists of Extremadura (SIEx) 1,678 0.01 New 0 ±0 Madrilenian Independent Regional Party (PRIM) 1,671 0.01 ±0.00 0 ±0 Red–Green Party (PRV) 1,656 0.01 New 0 ±0 Independent Spanish Phalanx (FEI) 1,550 0.01 ±0.00 0 ±0 New Region (NR) 1,452 0.01 New 0 ±0 Republican Action (AR) 1,237 0.00 −0.01 0 ±0 Citizen Independent Platform of Catalonia (PICC) 1,229 0.00 New 0 ±0 Valencian Nationalist Left (ENV) 1,023 0.00 −0.01 0 ±0 Party of El Bierzo (PB) 1,000 0.00 −0.01 0 ±0 Nationalist Canarian Party (PCN) 722 0.00 New 0 ±0 Alicantine Provincial Union (UPRA) 651 0.00 ±0.00 0 ±0 Democratic Andalusian Unity (UAD) 627 0.00 New 0 ±0 Citizen Democratic Action (ADEC) 598 0.00 New 0 ±0 Voice of the Andalusian People (VDPA) 529 0.00 New 0 ±0 European Nation State (N) 495 0.00 New 0 ±0 Social and Autonomist Liberal Group (ALAS) 402 0.00 New 0 ±0 Balearic Alliance (ABA) 379 0.00 New 0 ±0 Regionalist Party of Guadalajara (PRGU) 338 0.00 ±0.00 0 ±0 Spanish Autonomous League (LAE) 296 0.00 New 0 ±0 Aragonese Social Dynamic (DSA) 265 0.00 New 0 ±0 Party of The People (LG) 243 0.00 ±0.00 0 ±0 Inter-Zamoran Party (PIZ) 215 0.00 New 0 ±0 Nationalist Party of Melilla (PNM) 200 0.00 New 0 ±0 Centrists of the Valencian Community (CCV) 0 0.00 New 0 ±0 Revolutionary Workers' Party (POR) 0 0.00 −0.03 0 ±0 Party of Self-employed of Spain (PAE) 0 0.00 New 0 ±0 Tenerife Independent Familiar Groups (AFIT) 0 0.00 New 0 ±0 Blank ballots 243,345 0.97 +0.17 Total 25,046,276 350 ±0 Valid votes 25,046,276 99.50 +0.04 Invalid votes 125,782 0.50 −0.04 Votes cast / turnout 25,172,058 77.38 +0.94 Abstentions 7,359,775 22.62 −0.94 Registered voters 32,531,833 Sources

Summary Constituencies

+ Summary of constituency results in the 3 March 1996 Congress of Deputies election Constituency PP PSOE IU CiU PNV CC BNG HB ERC EA UV % S % S % S % S % S % S % S % S % S % S % S Álava 27.3 2 25.4 1 11.7 − 20.2 1 7.5 − 5.6 − Albacete 44.7 2 43.9 2 9.6 − Alicante 45.7 5 40.0 5 10.6 1 0.1 − 0.5 − Almería 40.2 2 47.1 3 9.9 − Asturias 41.0 4 39.9 4 15.5 1 Ávila 58.7 2 30.4 1 7.7 − Badajoz 39.2 3 48.8 3 9.9 − Balearics 45.1 4 36.0 3 7.7 − 0.4 − Barcelona 18.4 6 40.3 13 8.7 2 27.4 9 3.8 1 Biscay 18.4 2 23.8 2 9.7 1 29.2 3 9.9 1 5.2 − Burgos 54.4 3 30.8 1 11.1 − Cáceres 42.0 2 47.9 3 7.3 − Cádiz 35.4 4 43.9 4 13.2 1 Cantabria 50.5 3 35.6 2 11.4 − Castellón 46.5 3 40.0 2 7.6 − 0.3 − 2.0 − Ceuta 53.2 1 35.8 − 2.2 − Ciudad Real 45.0 2 45.2 3 8.2 − Córdoba 33.0 2 44.6 4 18.6 1 Cuenca 50.2 2 42.4 1 5.6 − Girona 12.0 − 36.5 2 3.4 − 41.4 3 5.6 − Granada 38.4 3 46.5 3 12.0 1 Guadalajara 51.9 2 34.9 1 10.7 − Guipúzcoa 14.3 1 22.7 2 7.3 − 19.7 1 18.4 1 14.7 1 Huelva 33.9 2 52.1 3 10.2 − Huesca 45.6 2 41.1 1 7.5 − Jaén 36.9 3 48.7 3 11.7 − La Coruña 47.3 5 33.9 3 4.3 − 12.7 1 La Rioja 49.4 2 36.6 2 8.7 − Las Palmas 42.4 3 25.9 2 5.7 − 24.0 2 León 48.7 3 37.9 2 7.7 − Lleida 17.9 1 33.0 1 3.3 − 39.3 2 5.6 − Lugo 53.5 3 32.5 1 2.6 − 10.0 − Madrid 49.3 17 31.4 11 16.4 6 Málaga 38.5 4 42.0 5 15.2 1 Melilla 50.6 1 43.3 − 3.5 − Murcia 49.9 5 38.0 3 10.5 1 Navarre 37.1 2 30.3 2 12.4 1 1.0 − 8.2 − 3.8 − Orense 48.8 2 36.3 2 1.7 − 12.1 − Palencia 51.3 2 37.9 1 7.9 − Pontevedra 47.1 4 32.5 3 4.1 − 14.6 1 Salamanca 54.1 3 35.0 1 8.1 − Santa Cruz de Tenerife 32.4 2 34.5 3 5.2 − 26.3 2 Segovia 54.8 2 32.2 1 8.9 − Seville 31.4 4 50.1 7 13.4 2 Soria 55.2 2 34.3 1 7.9 − Tarragona 20.1 1 38.1 3 5.1 − 30.8 2 4.9 − Teruel 49.2 2 41.2 1 6.0 − Toledo 48.2 3 41.8 2 8.2 − Valencia 42.0 7 37.0 6 12.1 2 0.1 − 5.6 1 Valladolid 48.9 3 35.8 2 12.6 − Zamora 54.0 2 37.0 1 5.6 − Zaragoza 48.3 4 31.9 3 10.1 − Total 38.8 156 37.6 141 10.5 21 4.6 16 1.3 5 0.9 4 0.9 2 0.7 2 0.7 1 0.5 1 0.4 1

Regions

+ Summary of regional results in the 3 March 1996 Congress of Deputies election Region PP PSOE IU CiU PNV CC BNG HB ERC EA UV % S % S % S % S % S % S % S % S % S % S % S Andalusia 35.4 24 46.7 32 13.5 6 Aragon 47.9 8 34.6 5 9.1 − Asturias 41.0 4 39.9 4 15.5 1 Balearics 45.1 4 36.0 3 7.7 − 0.4 − Basque Country 18.3 5 23.7 5 9.2 1 25.0 5 12.3 2 8.2 1 Canary Islands 37.6 5 30.0 5 5.5 − 25.1 4 Cantabria 50.5 3 35.6 2 11.4 − Castile and León 52.2 22 35.0 11 9.1 − Castilla–La Mancha 47.2 11 42.6 9 8.4 − Catalonia 18.0 8 39.4 19 7.6 2 29.6 16 4.2 1 Ceuta 53.2 1 35.8 − 2.2 − Extremadura 40.3 5 48.4 6 8.9 − Galicia 48.3 14 33.5 9 3.6 − 12.9 2 La Rioja 49.4 2 36.6 2 8.7 − Madrid 49.3 17 31.4 11 16.4 6 Melilla 50.6 1 43.3 − 3.5 − Murcia 49.9 5 38.0 3 10.5 1 Navarre 37.1 2 30.3 2 12.4 1 1.0 − 8.2 − 3.8 − Valencian Community 43.7 15 38.3 13 11.1 3 0.1 – 3.5 1 Total 38.8 156 37.6 141 10.5 21 4.6 16 1.3 5 0.9 4 0.9 2 0.7 2 0.7 1 0.5 1 0.4 1

Autonomous communities Andalusia + ← Summary of the 3 March 1996 Congress of Deputies election results in Andalusia → Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats Votes % ±pp Total +/− Spanish Socialist Workers' Party of Andalusia (PSOE–A) 2,017,857 46.66 −4.79 32 −5 People's Party (PP) 1,530,057 35.38 +5.58 24 +4 United Left/The Greens–Assembly for Andalusia (IULV–CA) 582,970 13.48 +1.40 6 +2 Andalusian Party (PA)1 134,800 3.12 −0.37 0 ±0 Communist Party of the Andalusian People (PCPA) 5,309 0.12 −0.01 0 ±0 Andalusian Nation (NA) 3,505 0.08 New 0 ±0 Authentic Spanish Phalanx (FEA) 3,249 0.08 New 0 ±0 Centrist Union (UC) 3,092 0.07 −0.80 0 ±0 Workers' Revolutionary Party (PRT)2 2,816 0.07 ±0.00 0 ±0 Humanist Party (PH) 2,784 0.06 +0.03 0 ±0 Democratic Andalusian Unity (UAD) 627 0.01 New 0 ±0 Voice of the Andalusian People (VDPA) 529 0.01 New 0 ±0 Alliance for National Unity (AUN) 351 0.01 New 0 ±0 Independent Spanish Phalanx (FEI) 346 0.01 ±0.00 0 ±0 Blank ballots 36,055 0.83 +0.31 Total 4,324,347 62 +1 Valid votes 4,324,347 99.42 −0.15 Invalid votes 25,418 0.58 +0.15 Votes cast / turnout 4,349,765 78.00 +1.80 Abstentions 1,226,813 22.00 −1.80 Registered voters 5,576,578 Sources

Aragon + ← Summary of the 3 March 1996 Congress of Deputies election results in Aragon → Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats Votes % ±pp Total +/− People's Party–Aragonese Party (PP–PAR)1 370,975 47.92 −3.96 8 +3 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 268,189 34.64 +0.31 5 −2 United Left of Aragon (IU) 70,755 9.14 −0.57 0 −1 Aragonese Union (CHA) 49,739 6.42 +5.59 0 ±0 SOS Nature (SOS) 2,753 0.36 New 0 ±0 Workers' Revolutionary Party (PRT)2 710 0.09 −0.13 0 ±0 Authentic Spanish Phalanx (FEA) 613 0.08 New 0 ±0 Centrist Union (UC) 521 0.07 −1.28 0 ±0 Humanist Party (PH) 299 0.04 +0.01 0 ±0 Aragonese Social Dynamics (DSA) 265 0.03 New 0 ±0 Blank ballots 9,359 1.21 +0.49 Total 774,178 13 ±0 Valid votes 774,178 99.51 +0.10 Invalid votes 3,820 0.49 −0.10 Votes cast / turnout 777,998 77.46 −0.70 Abstentions 226,404 22.54 +0.70 Registered voters 1,004,402 Sources

Asturias + ← Summary of the 3 March 1996 Congress of Deputies election results in Asturias → Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats Votes % ±pp Total +/− People's Party (PP) 297,079 41.03 +3.66 4 ±0 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 288,558 39.85 +0.53 4 ±0 United Left (IU) 112,339 15.51 +0.07 1 ±0 Asturianist Party (PAS) 12,213 1.69 +0.09 0 ±0 The Greens of Asturias (Verdes) 3,575 0.49 −0.17 0 ±0 Centrist Union (UC) 1,709 0.24 −3.43 0 ±0 Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE) 813 0.11 −0.15 0 ±0 Workers' Revolutionary Party (PRT)1 497 0.07 −0.26 0 ±0 Authentic Spanish Phalanx (FEA) 487 0.07 New 0 ±0 Blank ballots 6,805 0.94 +0.03 Total 724,075 9 ±0 Valid votes 724,075 99.52 −0.07 Invalid votes 3,492 0.48 +0.07 Votes cast / turnout 727,567 75.91 +0.48 Abstentions 230,845 24.09 −0.48 Registered voters 958,412 Sources

Balearics + ← Summary of the 3 March 1996 Congress of Deputies election results in the Balearics → Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats Votes % ±pp Total +/− People's Party (PP) 194,859 45.13 −1.28 4 ±0 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 155,244 35.95 +1.98 3 ±0 United Left of the Balearic Islands (IU) 33,224 7.69 +1.73 0 ±0 Nationalists of the Balearic Islands (PSM–ENE) 24,644 5.71 +0.83 0 ±0 The Greens of the Balearic Islands (EVIB) 9,539 2.21 +0.04 0 ±0 Majorcan Union (UM) 6,943 1.61 −0.83 0 ±0 Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) 1,802 0.42 −0.27 0 ±0 Centrist Union (UC) 449 0.10 −1.75 0 ±0 Republican Coalition (CR)1 384 0.09 ±0.00 0 ±0 Balearic Alliance (ABA) 379 0.09 New 0 ±0 Blank ballots 4,318 1.00 +0.16 Total 431,785 7 ±0 Valid votes 431,785 99.42 −0.02 Invalid votes 2,503 0.58 +0.02 Votes cast / turnout 434,288 71.63 −0.93 Abstentions 172,041 28.31 +0.93 Registered voters 606,329 Sources

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