Spanish general election, April 2019

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general election snap election

The Spanish general election of April 2019 was a snap national vote that fragmented Spain’s parliament, brought the Socialist Party (PSOE) to power under Pedro Sánchez, and marked the breakthrough of the far-right Vox party into the national legislature.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
14th Cortes Generales	1
April 2019 Spanish general election	1
Spanish general election, 2016	1
Spanish general election, November 2019	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	general election ⓘ snap election ⓘ
calledBy	Pedro Sánchez ⓘ
campaignContext	Catalan independence movement ⓘ surface form: Catalan independence crisis
chamberDissolved	Cortes Generales ⓘ surface form: 13th Cortes Generales
CiudadanosLeader	Albert Rivera NERFINISHED ⓘ
CiudadanosSeatsCongress	57 ⓘ
CiudadanosVoteSharePercentage	15.9 ⓘ
country	Spain ⓘ
date	2019-04-28 ⓘ
electedChamber	Spanish general election, April 2019 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 14th Cortes Generales
fifthLargestParty	Vox ⓘ surface form: Vox (political party)
fourthLargestParty	Unidas Podemos ⓘ
largestPartyInCongress	Spanish Socialist Workers Party ⓘ surface form: PSOE Spanish Socialist Workers Party ⓘ
leadingPartyAfterElection	Spanish Socialist Workers Party ⓘ surface form: PSOE Spanish Socialist Workers Party ⓘ
mainWinner	Spanish Socialist Workers Party ⓘ surface form: PSOE Spanish Socialist Workers Party ⓘ
markedBreakthroughOf	Vox ⓘ surface form: Vox (political party)
nextElection	November 2019 Spanish general election ⓘ surface form: Spanish general election, November 2019
numberOfConstituenciesCongress	52 ⓘ
parliamentElected	Congreso de los Diputados ⓘ surface form: 14th Congress of Deputies of Spain Senate of Spain ⓘ
PPLeader	Pablo Casado NERFINISHED ⓘ
PPSeatsCongress	66 ⓘ
PPVoteSharePercentage	16.7 ⓘ
previousElection	Spanish general election, April 2019 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Spanish general election, 2016
primeMinisterAfterElection	Pedro Sánchez ⓘ
primeMinisterBeforeElection	Pedro Sánchez ⓘ
PSOELeader	Pedro Sánchez ⓘ
PSOESeatsCongress	123 ⓘ
PSOEVoteSharePercentage	28.7 ⓘ
reasonForElection	failure to pass 2019 national budget ⓘ
requiredCoalitionBuilding	true ⓘ
resultedIn	fragmented parliament ⓘ
secondLargestParty	People's Party (Spain) NERFINISHED ⓘ
thirdLargestParty	Citizens (Spanish political party) ⓘ
totalSeatsCongress	350 ⓘ
UnidasPodemosLeader	Pablo Iglesias Turrión NERFINISHED ⓘ
UnidasPodemosSeatsCongress	42 ⓘ
UnidasPodemosVoteSharePercentage	14.3 ⓘ
voterTurnoutPercentage	75.8 ⓘ
votingSystemCongress	d’Hondt method ⓘ surface form: D'Hondt method closed-list proportional representation ⓘ
VoxFirstEntered	national legislature of Spain ⓘ
VoxLeader	Santiago Abascal NERFINISHED ⓘ
VoxSeatsCongress	24 ⓘ
VoxVoteSharePercentage	10.3 ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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Spanish general election, April 2019 → electedChamber → Spanish general election, April 2019 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: 14th Cortes Generales

Pedro Sánchez → election → Spanish general election, April 2019 ⓘ

this entity surface form: April 2019 Spanish general election

Vox → notableElection → Spanish general election, April 2019 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish general election, November 2019

Spanish general election, April 2019 → previousElection → Spanish general election, April 2019 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish general election, 2016