An election was held in Spain on 9 June 2024 as part of the concurrent EU-wide election to the 10th European Parliament. All 61 seats allocated to the Spanish constituency as per the Treaty of Lisbon and the 2023 Council Decision establishing the composition of the European Parliament were up for election.
The election resulted in a victory for the opposition People's Party (PP), albeit short of the landslide victory that opinion polls had predicted a few weeks before the vote. At 34.2% and 22 seats, this was an increase of 14 percentage points and 9 seats from its 2019 performance. The ruling Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), with third deputy prime minister Teresa Ribera as its lead candidate, held its own by scoring 30.2% and 20 seats, a drop of less than three points and one seat to its 2019 result. Far-right Vox increased its count by three points and two seats to just below 10% and 6, whereas the left-wing vote split between Yolanda Díaz's Sumar alliance and former minister Irene Montero's Podemos. The election was notable for the surprise performance of social media polemicist Alvise Pérez's right-wing Se Acabó La Fiesta (Spanish for "The Party is Over"), which scored in sixth place just below Sumar. Left-wing nationalist Ahora Repúblicas roughly maintained its share and seats from the 2019 election, whereas Carles Puigdemont's Together and Free for Europe (Junts UE) and the peripheral nationalist Coalition for a Solidary Europe (CEUS) saw large drops in support. The vote for liberal Citizens (Cs), which had peaked at 12.2% and 8 seats in the previous election, collapsed to 0.7%, losing all of its parliamentary representation.
The aftermath of the election saw the resignation of Yolanda Díaz as Sumar's leader over her alliance's disappointing results and in Vox leaving the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) to join Viktor Orbán's new Patriots for Europe grouping.
Overview Electoral system Voting for the European Parliament in Spain was based on universal suffrage, which comprised all Spanish nationals and resident non-national European citizens over 18 years of age with full political rights, provided that they had not been deprived of the right to vote by a final sentence.; . Amendments in 2022 abolished the "begged" voting system (), under which non-resident citizens were required to apply for voting.. The begged vote system was attributed responsibility for a major decrease in the turnout of Spaniards abroad during the years it was in force.
61 European Parliament seats were allocated to Spain as per the Treaty of Lisbon and subsequent acts.; ; . All were elected in a single multi-member constituency—comprising the entire national territory—using the D'Hondt method and closed-list proportional voting, with no electoral threshold.. The use of this electoral method resulted in an effective threshold depending on district magnitude and vote distribution.
The law did not provide for by-elections to fill vacant seats; instead, any vacancies arising after the proclamation of candidates and during the legislative term were filled by the next candidates on the party lists or, when required, by designated substitutes..
Outgoing delegation
The table below shows the composition of the Spanish delegation in the chamber at the time of the election call.
+ Delegation composition in May 2024 Groups Parties MEPs Seats Total Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats PSOE 21 21 European People's Party PP 13 13 Renew Europe Cs 7 9 EAJ/PNV 1 INDEP 1 The Left in the European Parliament – GUE/NGL Podemos 3 6 SMR 1 IU 1 Anticap. 1 European Conservatives and Reformists Vox 4 4 Greens–European Free Alliance ERC 2 3 BNG 1 Non-Inscrits Junts 3 3
Parties and candidates The electoral law allowed for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, alliances and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form an alliance were required to inform the relevant electoral commission within 10 days of the election call. In order to be entitled to run, parties, federations, alliances and groupings of electors needed to secure the signature of at least 15,000 registered electors; this requirement could be lifted and replaced through the signature of at least 50 elected officials—deputies, senators, MEPs or members from the legislative assemblies of autonomous communities or from local city councils. Electors and elected officials were disallowed from signing for more than one list.. Additionally, a balanced composition of men and women was required in the electoral lists, so that candidates of either sex made up at least 40 percent of the total composition..
Below is a list of the main parties and alliances which contested the election:
Candidacy Parties andalliances Leading candidate Ideology Previous result Vote % Seats PSOE Teresa Ribera Social democracy 32.9% PP Dolors Montserrat ConservatismChristian democracy 20.2% Cs Jordi Cañas Liberalism 12.2% Sumar Estrella Galán ProgressivismGreen politicsDemocratic socialism 11.4% Podemos Irene Montero Left-wing populismDemocratic socialism Vox Jorge Buxadé Right-wing populismUltranationalismNational conservatism 6.2% AhoraRepúblicas Diana Riba SecessionismLeft-wing nationalism 5.6% Junts UE Toni Comín Catalan independencePopulism 4.5% CEUS Oihane Agirregoitia Peripheral nationalism 2.8% SALF Alvise Pérez Right-wing populismAnti-establishment colspan="2"
Campaign Party slogans Party or alliance Original slogan English translation PSOE « Más Europa » "More Europe" PP « Tu voto es la respuesta » "Your vote is the answer" Cs « Equipo España » "Team Spain" Vox « Nos van a oír » "They will hear us" Sumar « Marca el rumbo » "Set the course" Podemos « Así es la vida » "That is life" Ahora Repúblicas ERC EH Bildu BNG Ara Més : « Europa Republicana »: « Nazioa gara. Orain Euskal Herria »: « A voz galega en Europa »: « La veu de les Illes a Europa » : "Republican Europe": « We are a nation. Basque Country Now »: « The Galician voice in Europe »: « The voice of the Islands in Europe » Junts UE « Per seguir guanyant a Europa » "To keep winning in Europe" CEUS EAJ/PNV CCa GBai El Pi : « Indar Berria Europan. Tu voz importa »: « El poder de nuestro acento »: « Nafarroa Europan. Tu voz importa »: « Que Europa es banyi » : "New force in Europe. Your voice matters": "The power of our accent/language": "Navarre in Europe. Your voice matters": "Let Europe take a risk"
Debates + 2024 European Parliament election debates in Spain Date Organizer(s) Moderator(s) PSOE PP Cs Vox Sumar Podemos AR Junts CEUS Audience Refs 18 May La Nueva España Borja Ruisánchez S S NI NI NI NI NI NI NI — 22 May laSexta(El Objetivo) Ana Pastor NI NI NI NI NI NI NI 3.9% 27 May CRTVG Alberto Varela S S S NI S NI S NI NI — 28 May EITB Odei Esnaola S S NI NI S S S NI 29 May El Comercio Eduardo Paneque S S NI NI NI NI NI NI NI — 3 June Prisa Àngels BarcelóCarlos de Vega NI NI NI 3 June Cadena SER Eva Domaika S S NI A S S S NI 4 June CCMA Xavi Coral S S S S S NI 4 June EITB Xabier Ormazabal S S NI NI S S S NI 4 June IB3 Sílvia PolMartina Ramis S S S S S S S S S 6 June RTVE Xabier Fortes S 5.6%
Opinion polls The tables below list opinion polling results in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first and using the dates when the survey fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. Where the fieldwork dates are unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed with its background shaded in the leading party's colour. If a tie ensues, this is applied to the figures with the highest percentages. The "Lead" column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the parties with the highest percentages in a poll.
Voting intention estimates The table below lists weighted voting intention estimates. Refusals are generally excluded from the party vote percentages, while question wording and the treatment of "don't know" responses and those not intending to vote may vary between polling organisations. When available, seat projections determined by the polling organisations are displayed below (or in place of) the percentages in a smaller font.