Spanish legislative election, 2000

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Legislative elections were held in Spain on March 12, 2000. The incumbent People's Party of Prime Minister José María Aznar was elected to a second term in office, converting its plurality of seats in the Congress of Deputies into a majority, and increasing its lead over the opposition Spanish Socialist Workers' Party.

National summary of votes and seats

Registered voters:            33,045,318
Votes cast:                   23,125,773  70.0
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Party                          Votes      %     from 1996   Seats
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Andalusian Party                 205,733  00.9  +00.4        1   +1
Aragonist Front                   75,234  00.3  +00.1        1   +1
Basque Nationalist Party         351,816  01.5  +00.2        7   +2
Basque Solidarity                100,570  00.4  -00.1        1
Canary Islands Coalition         243,489  01.1  +00.2        4
Convergence and Unity            964,990  04.2  -00.4       15   -1
Galician Nationalist Bloc        302,726  01.3  +00.4        3   +1
People's Party                10,230,345  44.5  +05.8      183  +27
Republican Left of Catalonia     193,629  00.8  +00.1        1
Socialist Party (PSOE)         7,829,210  34.1  -07.3      125  -16
United Left                    1,253,859  05.5  -05.0        8  -13
others                           851,399  03.7               1   -2
blank                            366,137  01.6
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Total                         22,969,753                   350
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Source: Adam Carr's Electoral Archive