14th Congress of Deputies explained

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14th Congress of Deputies
Body:Congress of Deputies
Meeting Place:Palacio de las Cortes
Election:10 November 2019
Government:Sánchez II
Before:13th
After:15th
Chamber1:Deputies
Chamber1 Image:Congreso de los Diputados de la XIV legislatura de España.svg
Membership1:350
Chamber1 Leader1 Type:President
Chamber1 Leader1:Meritxell Batet (PSOE)
Chamber1 Leader2 Type:First Vice-President
Chamber1 Leader2:Alfonso Rodríguez (PSOE)
Chamber1 Leader3 Type:Second Vice-President
Chamber1 Leader3:Ana Pastor (PP)
Chamber1 Leader4 Type:Third Vice-President
Chamber1 Leader4:Gloria Elizo (UP)
Chamber1 Leader5 Type:Fourth Vice-President
Chamber1 Leader5:Ignacio Gil (Vox)
Chamber1 Leader6 Type:First Secretary
Chamber1 Leader6:Gerardo Pisarello (ECP)
Chamber2 Leader1 Type:Second Secretary
Chamber2 Leader1:Sofía Hernanz (PSOE)
Chamber2 Leader2 Type:Third Secretary
Chamber2 Leader2:Javier Sánchez (UP)
Chamber2 Leader3 Type:Fourth Secretary
Chamber2 Leader3:Adolfo Suárez (PP)

The 14th Congress of Deputies was a meeting of the Congress of Deputies, the lower house of the Spanish, with the membership determined by the results of the general election held on 10 November 2019. The congress met for the first time on 3 December 2019, and was dissolved on 30 May 2023.[1]

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 Congress of Deputies, but falling short of a majority.[2] [3]

AllianceVotes%Seats+/−
PSOE6,792,199 28.00 120 –3
PP5,047,040 20.81 89 +23
Vox3,656,979 15.08 52 +28
UPECPEC3,119,364 12.86 35 –7
ERC–SobERPV880,734 3.63 13 –2
Cs1,650,318 6.80 10 –47
JxCat–Junts530,225 2.19 8 +1
EAJ/PNV379,002 1.56 6 ±0
EH Bildu277,621 1.14 5 +1
Others/blanks1,924,746 7.93 12 +6
Total24,258,228 100.00 350 ±0

History

The new congress 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.[4] [5]

Other members of the Bureau of the Congress of Deputies were also elected on 21 May 2019: Alfonso Rodríguez (PSOE), First Vice-President; Ana Pastor (PP), Second Vice-President; Gloria Elizo (UP), Third Vice-President; Ignacio Gil (Vox), Fourth Vice-President; Gerardo Pisarello (ECP), First Secretary; Sofía Hernanz (PSOE), Second Secretary; Javier Sánchez (UP), Third Secretary; and Adolfo Suárez (PP), Fourth Secretary.[6] [7]

President[8] [9]
CandidateVotes
Round 1Round 2
Meritxell BatetPSOE167 166
Ana PastorPP91 140
Macarena OlonaVox52
align=left colspan="3"Blank ballots11 11
align=left colspan="3"Invalid ballots28 29
align=left colspan="3"Absentees1 4
align=left colspan="3"Total350 350
Vice-President[10]
CandidateVotes
Alfonso RodríguezPSOE108
Ana PastorPP101
Gloria ElizoUP77
Ignacio GilVox52
align=left colspan="3"Blank ballots1
align=left colspan="3"Invalid ballots9
align=left colspan="3"Absentees2
align=left colspan="3"Total350
Secretary[11] [12]
CandidateVotes
Gerardo PisarelloECP67 91
Sofía HernanzPSOE67 87
Javier SánchezUP60
Adolfo SuárezPP58
José FigaredoVox52
José María Espejo-SaavedraCs43
align=left colspan="3"Blank ballots1 0
align=left colspan="3"Invalid ballots0 0
align=left colspan="3"Absentees2 53
align=left colspan="3"Total350 231

Government

Shortly after the election the PSOE and Unidas PodemosEn Comú Podem agreed to form a coalition government, the first in Spain since the restoration of democracy.[13] [14] Caretaker Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez (PSOE) was re-elected narrowly in January 2020 with the support of the UP–ECP and various nationalist and regionalist parties.[15] [16]

Investiture
Pedro Sánchez (PSOE)
Ballot →5 January 20207 January 2020
Required majority →176 out of 350 Simple
Sources[17] [18]

Deaths, resignations and expulsions

The 14th congress has seen the following deaths, resignations and expulsions:[19]

Members

scope=colNamescope=colConstituencyscope=colNo.scope=col colspan="2"Partyscope=col colspan="2"Alliancescope=colGroupscope=colTook officescope=colLeft officescope=col width="200"Notes
1 Socialists
1 Vox
1 Socialists
1 Basque
2 Vox
1 EH Bildu
1 Vox
1 Socialists
3 People's
1 People's
1 Socialists
3 Plural Aligned to CNxR.[27]
1 People's
1 People's
7 Socialists
4 Socialists
12 Socialists Replaces Dolores Delgado.
2 People's
1 Socialists
9 People's
6 Socialists
2 Socialists
1 Citizens
1 Vox
1 UP–ECP–GEC
4 Citizens Replaces Albert Rivera.
1 Plural
2 Basque
3 People's
1 Republican
1 Socialists President.
1 Plural
1 UP–ECP–GEC
7 People's
2 Socialists
1 People's
2 People's
2 Socialists
4 Plural
1 Plural
7 Vox
2 People's
2 Socialists
2 Mixed
2 Socialists
5 Socialists
2 Socialists
1 People's
2 People's
2 Socialists
1 Vox
1 Citizens
3 Socialists
1 Plural
2 Socialists
1 Socialists
2 Vox
9 Socialists
7 Republican
2 People's
2 Socialists
3 Socialists
1 People's
1 Socialists
1 People's
1 UP–ECP–GEC
1 People's
2 People's
1 Socialists
1 Socialists
2 Socialists
1 Vox
1 People's
2 Vox
8 Socialists Replaced by Isaura Leal.
1 UP–ECP–GEC
3 People's
2 Socialists
2 People's
2 Socialists
4 Republican
2 Vox
2 People's
5 Socialists Replaced by Omar Anguita.
2 People's
1 Vox
3 Socialists Replaces José Izquierdoz.
1 Vox
1 People's
2 Citizens
1 Citizens
1 PCEUP–ECP–GEC
2 Socialists
1 Socialists
3 Socialists
1 People's
1 UP–ECP–GEC
4 UP–ECP–GEC Third Vice-President.
1 Socialists
1 Republican
1 Plural
2 People's
3 Citizens Replaces Fernando de Páramo.
3 Vox
1 Basque
2 Vox
1 Socialists
1 Socialists
1 Socialists
2 Socialists
1 Vox
1 Vox
1 Vox
2 Vox
2 Socialists
1 Vox
2 UP–ECP–GEC
3 Socialists Replaced by Rafael Vélez.
4 Socialists Replaces Elena Máñez.
2 People's
1 People's
4 People's
1 People's
1 People's
2 Mixed
4 People's
2 People's
3 UP–ECP–GEC
3 Socialists
2 Socialists
3 Socialists
1 People's
1 Socialists
1 People's
1 UP–ECP–GEC
1 Vox
1 UP–ECP–GEC
1 People's
3 Vox
1 Vox Fourth Vice-President.
3 Citizens
1 Socialists
1 UP–ECP–GEC
8 People's
3 Socialists
1 Socialists
2 People's Replaces José González.
1 People's
1 Socialists
1 Vox
3 Basque
1 Socialists
2 Republican
2 Socialists
9 Socialists Replaces Francisco Polo.
2 Socialists
1 UP–ECP–GEC
5 Socialists
1 Socialists Replaced by Indalecio Gutiérrez.
1 Plural
1 People's
3 Socialists Replaces José Guirao.
1 Socialists
2 Socialists Second Secretary.
1 People's
2 People's
1 UP–ECP–GEC
1 People's
1 UP–ECP–GEC 26 March 2021Replaced by Mercedes Pérez Merino.
1 Plural Aligned to CNxR.
1 UP–ECP–GEC Replaced by Rosa Medel.
2 EH Bildu
1 Socialists Replaced by Julio del Valle.
2 People's
1 People's
1 Vox
1 People's
1 UP–ECP–GEC
1 Socialists
1 Socialists
11 Socialists Replaces Beatriz Corredor.
2 People's
1 Basque
2 Socialists
1 Vox
2 Socialists
1 Socialists
1 UP–ECP–GEC
1 UP–ECP–GEC
1 Vox
1 Socialists
1 People's
6 Socialists Replaces Francisco Salazar.
2 UP–ECP–GEC
1 Socialists Replaced by Juan Fuentes.
2 Vox
1 People's
10 People's
2 Republican
2 Socialists
1 People's
1 Vox
6 Socialists
1 UP–ECP–GEC
3 Socialists
1 Socialists Replaced by Raquel Pedraja.
1 Citizens
2 Mixed
1 Citizens
1 Socialists
3 People's
2 People's
2 PPCyLPeople's
1 EH Bildu
5 UP–ECP–GEC
1 Plural
4 UP–ECP–GEC Replaces Héctor Illueca.
2 Socialists
5 UP–ECP–GEC
1 Vox
2 People's
1 Vox
1 Socialists
2 Plural
1 People's
2 UP–ECP–GEC
1 Socialists
2 People's
1 People's
1 Socialists
2 People's
2 People's
1 People's
2 UP–ECP–GEC
1 Citizens
4 Socialists
1 Socialists
1 People's
2 People's
1 Vox
2 Plural Aligned to CNxR.[28]
3 Republican
1 Vox
1 Plural
2 Vox
1 Socialists
2 People's
2 Socialists
2 People's
2 People's Second Vice-President.
3 Socialists Replaces María Marrodán.
3 People's
1 Socialists
3 Socialists
2 Socialists
2 People's
Madrid6PodemosUPUP–ECP–GEC13 April 2021Replaces Pablo Iglesias.
1 People's
4 UP–ECP–GEC First Secretary.
2 UP–ECP–GEC Replaces María Rosell.
1 Socialists
2 Socialists Replaced by Sonia Guerra.
1 Socialists
1 People's
1 EH Bildu
1 Socialists
1 People's
2 Republican
1 Plural
1 People's
8 Socialists
1 Vox
2 Socialists
2 Socialists
2 Socialists
2 Socialists
2 People's
1 Plural
2 Socialists
1 Vox
1 People's
4 Socialists
2 People's
2 Vox
1 Socialists
1 UP–ECP–GEC
2 Socialists First Vice-President.
2 Vox Replaces José Vázquez.
5 People's
3 Socialists
3 Socialists
1 People's
1 People's
1 People's
1 Vox
1 Socialists
1 UP–ECP–GEC Replaced by Meri Pita.
1 Vox
6 Republican
1 Vox
1 Republican
3 Vox
1 Socialists
4 Vox
1 EH Bildu
1 UP–ECP–GEC
3 Plural Replaces Marta Higueras.
1 Vox
2 Basque
1 Socialists
4 Socialists Replaced by José Losada.
1 Vox
1 Republican
1 People's
1 UP–ECP–GEC Third Secretary.
2 Vox
3 Socialists
2 Socialists
1 Socialists
1 Vox
2 Socialists
1 Socialists
3 People's
3 UP–ECP–GEC
3 Socialists
1 Socialists
1 Mixed
1 Socialists
3 Socialists
4 Socialists
1 Socialists
7 Socialists
3 Socialists
3 Socialists
6 Vox
3 People's Fourth Secretary.
1 People's
1 Socialists
2 Republican
1 People's
5 Vox
1 Vox
6 People's
1 UP–ECP–GEC
3 Vox
1 Socialists
5 Republican
1 People's
1 Vox
1 Mixed
1 UP–ECP–GEC
1 People's
13 Socialists 18 February 2020Replaces José Manuel Franco.
1 UP–ECP–GEC
10 Socialists
2 UP–ECP–GEC
2 Socialists
3 Socialists
2 Socialists
2 Vox
4 Socialists
1 People's

See also

References

Notes and References

  1. News: 2023-05-30 . Spanish PM calls snap elections in bold move . en . Le Monde.fr . 2023-11-10.
  2. News: 11 November 2019 . Spanish elections: Socialists win amid far-right surge . . London, U.K. . 7 December 2019.
  3. News: 11 November 2019 . Socialists win repeat Spanish election, Vox becomes third-biggest force in Congress . . Madrid, Spain . 7 December 2019.
  4. News: Catalan Socialist Meritxell Batet, reelected Spanish congress speaker . 7 December 2019 . . 3 December 2019 . Barcelona, Spain.
  5. News: Meritxell Batet y Pilar Llop, presidentas del Congreso y del Senado . 7 December 2019 . . . 3 December 2019 . Barcelona, Spain . es.
  6. News: Far-right Vox gets seat on Spanish Congress's governing Bureau . 7 December 2019 . El Nacional . . 3 December 2019 . Barcelona, Spain.
  7. News: Santos . Pilar . Rodríguez . Miguel Ángel . Vox obtiene una vicepresidencia en la Mesa del Congreso . 7 December 2019 . . 3 December 2019 . Barcelona, Spain . es.
  8. Sesión Constitutiva . Diario de Sesiones del Congreso de los Diputados – Pleno y Diputación Permanente . 3 December 2019 . XIV . 1 . 3–14 . 7 December 2019 . . Madrid, Spain . es.
  9. News: Santos . Pilar . Rodríguez . Miguel Ángel . Batet sigue como presidenta del Congreso . 7 December 2019 . El Correo de Burgos . 3 December 2019 . Burgos, Spain . es.
  10. News: Vox logra entrar en la Mesa del Congreso gracias a sus 52 diputados . 7 December 2019 . . . 3 December 2019 . Barcelona, Spain . es.
  11. News: Sánchez . Ana I. . Ruiz de Almirón . Víctor . Casillas Bayo . Juan . La izquierda logra seis puestos en la Mesa del Congreso al rechazar Vox el pacto con PP y Cs . 7 December 2019 . . 4 December 2019 . Madrid, Spain . es.
  12. News: ECP s'alça amb la Secretaria Primera del Congrés en el desempat i el PSOE es queda amb la segona . 7 December 2019 . Aldia.cat . . 3 December 2019 . Barcelona, Spain . Catalan.
  13. News: Jones . Sam . Spain's ruling socialists strike coalition deal with Podemos . 2 February 2020 . . 12 November 2019 . London, U.K..
  14. News: Spain's Socialists reach coalition deal with far-left Podemos party . 2 February 2020 . . . 13 November 2019 . Hong Kong.
  15. News: Spain's Sánchez narrowly wins vote to govern in coalition . 2 February 2020 . . 7 January 2020 . London, U.K..
  16. News: Minder . Raphael . The New York Times . 2 February 2020 . 7 January 2020 . New York, U.S..
  17. News: 5 January 2020 . Sánchez no logra la confianza del Congreso en la primera votación . es . El País . 5 January 2020.
  18. News: 7 January 2020 . Pedro Sánchez logra la investidura y formará el primer Gobierno de coalición de la democracia . es . El País . 7 January 2020.
  19. https://www.congreso.es/web/guest/opendata/diputados Deputies
  20. Serie D: General – Composición y organización de la Cámara – Pleno . Boletín Oficial de las Cortes Generales . 20 January 2020 . XIV . 15 . 2 . 2 February 2020 . . Madrid, Spain . es.
  21. Serie D: General – Composición y organización de la Cámara – Pleno . Boletín Oficial de las Cortes Generales . 11 February 2020 . XIV . 30 . 3 . 16 February 2020 . . Madrid, Spain . es.
  22. Serie D: General – Composición y organización de la Cámara – Pleno . Boletín Oficial de las Cortes Generales . 30 January 2020 . XIV . 22 . 2 . 2 February 2020 . . Madrid, Spain . es.
  23. Web site: Periódico. El. 2021-04-09. Joan Josep Nuet, inhabilitado 8 meses por desobediencia al Constitucional. 2021-10-11. elperiodico. es.
  24. Web site: Periódico. El. 2021-10-22. Batet ejecuta la sentencia del Supremo y quita la condición de diputado a Alberto Rodríguez. 2022-04-27. elperiodico. es.
  25. Web site: El diputado Bustamante (IU) renuncia a su escaño en el Congreso y asegura que la acusación de maltrato es "falsa". 2022-11-01. Europa Press. 2022-10-31. www.europapress.es.
  26. Web site: Qué es el caso Mediador y quién está implicado en la trama: del 'Tito Berni' al resto de implicados. 2023-03-12. Díaz, María del Pilar. 2023-03-01. elconfidencial.com. es.
  27. News: 27 June 2020 . Un manifiesto reclama hacer de JxCAT una organización, liderada por Puigdemont . es . El Nacional . 14 July 2020.
  28. News: 2 July 2020 . Puigdemont anuncia la creación de un nuevo partido para liderar el espacio posconvergente . es . El País . 14 July 2020.