14th Cortes Generales

The 14th Cortes Generales was a meeting of the Cortes Generales, the national legislature of Spain, with the membership determined primarily by the results of the general election held on 10 November 2019. The Cortes met for the first time on 3 December 2019, and was dissolved prematurely on 29 May 2023^[1] after regional and local elections in which the governing PSOE lost control of six autonomous communities and many local councils.

14th Cortes Generales
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Overview
Legislative body	Cortes Generales
Term	3 December 2019 (2019-12-03) – 29 May 2023 (2023-05-29)
Election	10 November 2019
Government	Sánchez II
Website	cortesgenerales.es
Senate
Members	265
President	Pilar Llop (PSOE) (2019–2021) Ander Gil (PSOE) (2021–)
1st Vice President	Cristina Narbona (PSOE)
2nd Vice President	Pío García-Escudero (PP)
Congress of Deputies
Members	350
President	Meritxell Batet (PSOE)
1st Vice President	Alfonso Rodríguez (PSOE)
2nd Vice President	Ana Pastor (PP)
3rd Vice President	Gloria Elizo (UP)
4th Vice President	Ignacio Gil (Vox)

Election

The 14th Spanish general election under the 1978 Constitution was held on 10 November 2019. It saw the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) remaining the largest party in the Senate, the upper house of the Cortes Generales, as well as the largest party in the Congress of Deputies, the lower house of the Cortes Generales, but falling short of a majority.^[2][3]

Alliance		Senate		Congress of Deputies
		Seats	+/−	Votes	%	Seats	+/−
	PSOE	93	–30	6,792,199	28.00	120	–3
	PP	83	+29	5,047,040	20.81	89	+23
	Vox	2	+2	3,656,979	15.08	52	+28
	UP–ECP–EC	0	±0	3,119,364	12.86	35	–7
	ERC–Sob–ERPV	11	±0	880,734	3.63	13	–2
	Cs	0	–4	1,650,318	6.80	10	–47
	JxCat–Junts	3	+1	530,225	2.19	8	+1
	EAJ/PNV	9	±0	379,002	1.56	6	±0
	EH Bildu	1	±0	277,621	1.14	5	+1
	Others/blanks	6	+2	1,924,746	7.93	12	+6
Total		208	±0	24,258,228	100.00	350	±0

History

The new Senate met for the first time on 3 December 2019 and after two rounds of voting Pilar Llop (PSOE) was elected as President of the Senate of Spain.^[4][5]

The new congress also 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.^[6][7]

Government formation

Further information: 2019–2020 Spanish government formation § Second formation round (November 2019 – January 2020), and Second government of Pedro Sánchez

On 7 January 2020, Pedro Sánchez was confirmed as prime minister by the Congress of Deputies.^[8]

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) • UPN (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[9][10]

Dissolution

On Monday 29 May 2023, the day after the 2023 regional and local elections in Spain in which the PSOE lost control of the governments of six autonomous communities and many cities and towns across the country, Pedro Sánchez called a press conference and confirmed that the Cortes would be dissolved that afternoon, with a general election called for the 23 June 2023.

Members

Senate

Further information: 14th Senate of Spain

Congress of Deputies

Further information: 14th Congress of Deputies

References

1. "El Consejo de Ministros aprueba la disolución de las Cortes y la convocatoria de elecciones generales el 23 de julio". lamoncloa.es (in Spanish). 29 May 2023. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
2. "Spanish elections: Socialists win amid far-right surge". BBC News. London, U.K. 11 November 2019. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
3. "Socialists win repeat Spanish election, Vox becomes third-biggest force in Congress". El País. Madrid, Spain. 11 November 2019. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
4. Ruiz Alonso, Germán (3 December 2019). "Pilar Llop, presidenta del Senado por mayoría simple". El País (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
5. "La socialista Pilar Llop, elegida presidenta del Senado". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Barcelona, Spain. EFE. 3 December 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
6. "Catalan Socialist Meritxell Batet, reelected Spanish congress speaker". Catalan News Agency. Barcelona, Spain. 3 December 2019. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
7. "Meritxell Batet y Pilar Llop, presidentas del Congreso y del Senado". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Barcelona, Spain. EFE. 3 December 2019. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
8. "Spain's Sánchez narrowly wins vote to govern in coalition". BBC. 7 January 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
9. Díez, Anabel; Marcos, José (5 January 2020). "Sánchez no logra la confianza del Congreso en la primera votación". El País (in Spanish). Madrid. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
10. Casqueiro, Javier; J. Pérez, Fernando (7 January 2020). "Pedro Sánchez logra la investidura y formará el primer Gobierno de coalición de la democracia". El País (in Spanish). Madrid. Retrieved 7 January 2020.