2014 European Parliament election in Spain

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All 54 Spanish seats in theEuropean Parliament
Opinion polls
Registered	36,514,084 2.9%
Turnout	15,998,141 (43.8%) 1.1pp
First party Second party Third party   Leader Miguel Arias Cañete Elena Valenciano Willy Meyer Party PP PSOE IP Alliance EPP S&D GUE/NGL Greens/EFA Leader since 9 April 2014 10 February 2014 8 May 2004 Leader's seat Spain Spain Spain Last election 24 seats, 42.1% 23 seats, 38.8% 2 seats, 3.7% Seats won 16 14 6 Seat change 8 9 4 Popular vote 4,098,339 3,614,232 1,575,308 Percentage 26.1% 23.0% 10.0% Swing 16.0pp 15.8pp 6.3pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Pablo Iglesias Francisco Sosa Wagner Ramon Tremosa Party Podemos UPyD CEU Alliance GUE/NGL ALDE ALDE EPP Leader since 3 April 2014 3 September 2008 24 January 2009 Leader's seat Spain Spain Spain Last election Did not contest 1 seat, 2.9% 3 seats, 4.8%[a] Seats won 5 4 3 Seat change 5 3 0 Popular vote 1,253,837 1,022,232 851,971 Percentage 8.0% 6.5% 5.4% Swing New party 3.6pp 0.6pp
Vote winner strength by province Vote winner strength by autonomous community

An election was held inSpain on Sunday, 25 May 2014, as part of theEU-wide election to elect the8thEuropean Parliament. All 54 seats allocated to theSpanish constituency as per theTreaty of Lisbon were up for election.

ThePeople's Party (PP) emerged as the largest party overall, albeit with its worst nationwide election resultin 25 years with a mere 26.1% of the share and 16 seats, losing 2.6 million votes and 8 seats from its 2009 result. TheSpanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) lost 9 seats and 2.5 million votes, obtaining just 23% of the total party vote and 14 seats. This would represent the party's worst election result in recent history until the2015 general election, in which it scored a new low. Up to 8 additional political forces obtained representation.Pablo Iglesias' newly formedPodemos party (Spanish for "We can") turned into the election night surprise by winning 5 seats and 1,253,837 votes (8.0% of the share), an unprecedented result for a party only 4 months old and contesting an election for the first time. Podemos's surge and the extent of PP and PSOE collapse were not foreseen by opinion polls during the campaign, which had predicted higher support for the two dominant parties and a weaker performance of Podemos.

United Left'sPlural Left coalition andUnion, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) obtained some of their best historical results, with 10.0% and 6.5% of the vote and 6 and 4 seats, respectively. However, this was far from the major election breakthrough that polls had predicted throughout 2013 and in early 2014. From this point onwards both parties would lose support in opinion polls and in successive regional and local elections. TheCitizens (C's) party ofAlbert Rivera, then marginalised as aCatalonia-only party and after several failed attempts to jump into national politics, managed to obtain 3.2% of the share and 2 seats. Just as Podemos, it would grow in support in the run up to the next general election and become a major political actor by 2015.

54 members of theEuropean Parliament were allocated to Spain as per theTreaty of Lisbon.^[1][2] Voting was on the basis ofuniversal suffrage, which comprised all nationals and resident non-nationalEuropean citizens over 18 years of age and in full enjoyment of their political rights.^[3][4] Amendments to the electoral law in 2011 required forSpaniards abroad toapply for voting before being permitted to vote, a system known as "begged" or expat vote (Spanish:Voto rogado).^[5][6]

All seats were elected in a single multi-member constituency—comprising the entirenational territory—using theD'Hondt method and aclosed listproportional voting system, with noelectoral threshold being applied in order to be entitled to enter seat distribution.^[7] The use of the electoral method resulted in aneffective threshold based on thedistrict magnitude and the distribution of votes among candidacies.^[8]

The law did not provide forby-elections to fill vacated seats; instead, any vacancies that occurred after the proclamation of candidates and into the legislative term were to be covered by the successive candidates in the list and, when required, by the designatedsubstitutes.^[9]

The electoral law allowed forparties andfederations registered in theinterior ministry,coalitions andgroupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form a coalition ahead of an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election call. In order to be entitled to run, parties, federations, coalitions 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 ofautonomous communities or fromlocal city councils. Electors and elected officials were disallowed from signing for more than one list of candidates.^[11]

Below is a list of the main parties and electoral alliances which contested the election:

Candidacy		Parties and alliances	Leading candidate		Ideology	Previous result		Ref.
						Vote %	Seats
	PP	List People's Party (PP)		Miguel Arias Cañete	Conservatism Christian democracy	42.1%	24	[12]
	PSOE	List Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC)		Elena Valenciano	Social democracy	38.8%	23	[13]
	CEU	List Convergence and Union (CiU) Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CCa–PNC) Commitment to Galicia (CxG) Independence Rally (RI.cat)		Ramon Tremosa	Peripheral nationalism	4.8% [a]	3	[14]
	IP	List United Left (IU) Initiative for Catalonia Greens–United and Alternative Left (ICV–EUiA) Galician Left Alternative (AGE) Left (I–E) The Greens (LV) Building the Left–Socialist Alternative (CLI–AS) Left Initiative–Awake (EKI–Iratzarri)		Willy Meyer	Socialism Communism	3.7%	2	[15]
	UPyD	List Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)		Francisco Sosa Wagner	Social liberalism Radical centrism	2.9%	1	[16]
	LPD	List Basque Country Gather (EH Bildu) Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG) Andecha Astur (AA) Puyalón de Cuchas (Puyalón) Unity of the People (UP) Canarian Nationalist Alternative (ANC)		Josu Juaristi	Left-wing nationalism Socialism	2.1% [b]	0	[17]
	EPDD	List Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) New Catalan Left (NEC) Catalonia Yes (CatSí)		Josep Maria Terricabras	Catalan independence Social democracy	1.4% [c]	1	[18]
	PE	List Commitment Coalition (Compromís) Equo (Equo) Aragonese Union (CHA) Participatory Democracy (Participa) Castilian Party (PCAS) For a Fairer World (PUM+J) Independent Socialists of Extremadura (SIEx) Caballas Coalition (Caballas)		Jordi Sebastià	Green politics Ecologism Eco-socialism	0.3% [d]	0	[19]
	C's	List Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's)		Javier Nart	Social liberalism	0.1% [e]	0
	Vox	List Vox (Vox)		Alejo Vidal-Quadras	Social conservatism Neoconservatism	—		[20] [21]
	Podemos	List We Can (Podemos)		Pablo Iglesias	Left-wing populism Democratic socialism	—		[22] [23] [24]

The electoral campaign started at 12:00 am on 9 May. However, a traffic accident inBadajoz the previous night resulting in the deaths of five people—one adult and four children—and 12 injured forced the suspension of the start of the campaign inExtremadura.^[33]

On Monday 12 May,Isabel Carrasco, president of the provincial government ofLeon and member of thePP, was shot dead in the street.^[34] Policial investigation concluded that the crime's motive was score-settling, since the two women arrested for committing the crime, wife and daughter of the police chief inspector in the nearby town ofAstorga, were PP members;^[35][36] one of them having been previously fired from the provincial deputation presided by Carrasco.^[37] This event forced another suspension of the campaign for 24 hours by most major political parties, except for some minoritary parties—such asEH Bildu and theGalician Nationalist Bloc (BNG)—which chose not to stop their campaigns.^[38][39]

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.

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.

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  Poll conducted after legal ban on opinion polls  Exit poll

Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size	Turnout												Lead
2014 EP election	25 May 2014	—	43.8	26.1 16	23.0 14	5.4 3	10.0 6	6.5 4	4.0 2	2.1 1	3.2 2	1.9 1	1.6 0	8.0 5	3.1
La Gaceta[p 1]	25 May 2014	?	?	32.3 19/20	30.8 18/19	4.4 3	9.7 5/6	5.4 3/4	3.3 2	1.5 0/1	2.7 1/2	0.9 0	1.4 1	2.5 1/2	1.5
TNS Demoscopia[p 2]	25 May 2014	?	?	? 18/20	? 15/17	? 1/2	? 7/8	? 3/4	? 2/3	? 0/1	? 1/2	? 0/1	? 0	? 1/2	?
COPE[p 2]	25 May 2014	?	?	? 18/19	? 15/16	? 2	? 5	? 4/5	? 2	? 0	? 1	? 1	? 0/1	? 2/3	?
GAD3/ABC[p 3]	23 May 2014	?	44.0	? 18/19	? 15	? 3	? 5	? 4	? 2	? 1	? 1/2	? 1	? 0/1	? 2/3	?
DYM/Libertad Digital[p 4]	18 May 2014	?	45	33.5 19	25.7 15/16	7.9 3/4	12.2 6/7	7.0 3/4	3.5 2	? 0	1.7 0/1	0.3 0	2.0 1	2.4 1/2	7.8
NC Report/La Razón[p 5][p 6]	8–17 May 2014	900	43.2	32.5 19/20	29.7 18/19	4.5 2	11.8 6/7	6.1 3	? 1/2	? 0/1	? 1	? 1	? 0	? 0/1	2.8
Celeste-Tel/eldiario.es[p 7][p 8]	12–16 May 2014	1,100	39.7	31.5 19	30.5 18	4.2 2	9.9 6	6.0 3	2.7 1	2.1 1	3.5 2	2.3 1	1.4 0	2.1 1	1.0
Invymark/laSexta[p 9]	12–16 May 2014	?	?	35.4 21/22	28.6 16/17	5.6 3	10.2 5/6	6.9 3/4	4.1 2	2.0 1	? 0	? 0	? 0	1.5 0/1	6.8
GAD3/ABC[p 10][p 11]	12–16 May 2014	1,200	41.0	33.8 21/22	27.9 17/18	5.0 3	8.9 5	5.3 3	3.2 1/2	1.8 1	2.9 1/2	1.4 0/1	0.9 0	3.5 1/2	5.9
Sigma Dos/El Mundo[p 12]	13–15 May 2014	1,111	?	33.8 21/22	25.7 15/16	5.2 3	10.3 6	6.2 3/4	2.8 1	1.6 0/1	2.9 1	1.5 0/1	1.3 0	3.1 1/2	8.1
Metroscopia/El País[p 13]	8–13 May 2014	1,200	43	32.6 19	31.1 19	4.3 2	11.0 6	4.5 2	5.6 3	? 0	2.3 1	1.7 1	? 0	2.4 1	1.5
GESOCLAB[p 14]	11 May 2014	?	?	31.0 20	28.8 19	5.4 3	10.5 5	6.3 4	4.4 2	1.5 1	1.3 0	1.1 0	0.6 0	1.5 0	2.2
NC Report/La Razón[p 15]	11 May 2014	?	?	32.8 19/20	29.9 17/18	? 2/3	11.9 7/8	6.2 3/4	? 1/2	? 1	? 1	? 1	? 0	? 0/1	2.9
Celeste-Tel/eldiario.es[p 16][p 17]	2–8 May 2014	1,100	39.9	31.7 19/20	30.8 18/19	4.2 2	10.1 6	6.1 3/4	2.5 1	2.0 1	2.8 1	2.5 1	1.6 0/1	2.0 1	0.9
Feedback/La Vanguardia[p 18]	30 Apr–8 May 2014	1,500	48.5	33.1 20	29.8 18	5.6 3	10.3 6	6.3 3	3.4 2	1.8 1	2.9 1	? 0	? 0	? 0	3.3
Sigma Dos/El Mundo[p 19]	28 Apr–8 May 2014	1,000	?	34.9 21/22	28.4 17/18	5.5 3	8.8 5	5.6 3	? 1	1.6 1	2.3 1	? 0	? 0	1.8 1	6.5
Sigma Dos/El Mundo[p 20]	22–30 Apr 2014	1,000	?	34.3 21/22	29.7 18/19	4.9 3	8.5 5	5.9 3	2.8 1	? 0	1.7 1	? 0	? 0	1.6 1	4.6
Demoscopia Servicios/esRadio[p 21][p 22]	22–30 Apr 2014	1,800	?	32.7 19	30.5 18	4.5 2	12.4 7	7.8 4	2.3 1	1.8 1	1.9 1	<1.0 0	1.8 1	<1.0 0	2.2
Sondea/Público[p 23][p 24]	9–30 Apr 2014	1,995	45	28.7 17/19	24.8 14/16	3.9 1/2	13.5 8/9	7.6 4/5	4.1 2/3	1.2 0/1	3.6 1/2	2.2 0/1	1.0 0	4.7 2/3	3.9
Random EOMS/IU[p 25]	22–28 Apr 2014	1,000	High	29.5 18/19	23.6 14/15	5.6 3	13.6 8/9	9.2 5	3.7 2	1.5 0	2.4 1	2.3 1	1.3 0	2.9 1	5.9
			Low	32.2 18/19	29.9 17/18	4.0 2	12.0 7/8	6.5 3	3.8 2	0.9 0	2.1 1	1.7 1	0.9 0	2.5 1	2.3
CIS[p 26]	7–26 Apr 2014	4,737	?	33.7 20/21	31.0 18/19	5.5 3	9.3 5	5.3 3	3.7 2	2.1 1	1.2 0	1.2 0	0.5 0	1.8 1	2.7
GAD3/ABC[p 27][p 28]	21–25 Apr 2014	1,007	41.2	33.2 21	28.6 18	4.9 3	10.7 6	6.7 4	2.3 1	2.2 1	1.4 0/1	1.3 0/1	0.7 0	1.0 0	4.6
Metroscopia/El País[p 29][p 30]	21–24 Apr 2014	1,200	43	32.6 20	32.2 19	4.7 2	12.0 7	4.6 2	4.2 2	? 0	2.1 1	1.8 1	? 0	? 0	0.4
Sigma Dos/El Mundo[p 31]	10–24 Apr 2014	1,000	?	33.8 21/22	30.3 18/19	? 2	9.6 6	7.0 4	3.0 1	? 0	? 1	? 0	? 0	? 0	3.5
Sigma Dos/El Mundo[p 32]	10–15 Apr 2014	1,000	?	33.1 20/21	30.2 18/19	4.2 2	10.4 6	7.2 4	3.2 2	1.3 0	2.3 1	1.1 0	1.1 0	1.2 0	2.9
Invymark/laSexta[p 33]	7–11 Apr 2014	?	?	32.8	30.4	–	13.0	9.0	–	–	–	–	–	–	2.4
NC Report/La Razón[p 34]	17–22 Mar 2014	900	42.0	30.4 18/19	28.3 16/17	4.5 2/3	12.1 7/8	7.3 4/5	3.9 2	–	2.8 1	3.2 1/2	2.2 1	–	2.1
Invymark/laSexta[p 35]	17–21 Mar 2014	?	?	32.6	30.9	–	13.2	9.2	–	–	–	–	–	–	1.7
Metroscopia/El País[p 36][p 37]	11–19 Mar 2014	1,600	40	25.7 16	29.0 18	4.0 2	14.1 9	8.4 5	4.5 2	1.8 1	2.0 1	1.2 0	0.9 0	0.8 0	3.3
Metroscopia/El País[p 38][p 39]	12–20 Feb 2014	1,200	46	26.3 16	28.1 18	5.1 3	14.5 9	8.1 5	3.3 2	–	1.7 1	–	–	–	1.8
Sondeos R.A.[p 40]	13–15 Feb 2014	400	48.5	28.3 17/18	29.0 18/19	5.0 2/3	12.6 7/8	8.7 4/5	3.2 1/2	–	3.5 0/2	–	–	–	0.7
GAD3/ABC[p 41]	5–13 Feb 2014	1,000	41.0	31.2 20	29.2 18	5.1 3	11.1 7	7.7 4	3.4 2	–	1.3 0	–	1.4 0	–	2.0
DYM/El Confidencial[p 42]	27 Jan–10 Feb 2014	1,165	50	28.2 17	30.3 19	3.0 1	13.5 7	6.3 3	4.8 2	–	–	–	–	–	2.1
Demoscopia Servicios/esRadio[p 43]	9 Feb 2014	?	?	30.1 19	27.3 17	–	13.7 8	? 4	–	–	? 1	–	3.8 1/2	–	2.8
Invymark/laSexta[p 35]	3–7 Feb 2014	?	?	33.3	30.0	–	12.7	9.4	–	–	–	–	–	–	3.3
NC Report/La Razón[p 44][p 45]	27–31 Jan 2014	900	41.6	30.1 18/19	28.1 17/18	4.6 2/3	12.4 7/8	7.7 4/5	4.2 2	–	2.7 1	3.1 1/2	2.2 1	–	2.0
GESOP/El Periódico[p 46]	20–23 Jan 2014	1,000	?	31.6 19	28.0 17	5.2 3	11.5 7	9.3 5	3.4 2	–	3.1 1	–	–	–	3.6
Metroscopia/El País[p 47][p 48]	17–23 Jan 2014	1,200	46	26.4 16	28.0 17	5.3 3	14.5 9	8.0 5	5.1 3	–	2.0 1	–	–	–	1.6
Invymark/laSexta[p 49]	16–20 Dec 2013	?	42.4	34.5	31.7	–	12.4	9.0	–	–	–	–	–	–	2.8
GESOP/El Periódico[p 50]	25–28 Nov 2013	1,000	?	32.4 20/21	27.9 17/18	4.8 2	9.9 6/7	8.3 4/5	4.8 2	–	3.5 1/2	–	–	–	4.5
Metroscopia/El País[p 51][p 52]	7 Oct–14 Nov 2013	3,600	46	29.0 18	27.9 17	4.3 2	14.3 9	8.2 5	5.5 3	–	–	–	–	–	1.1
NC Report/La Razón[p 53]	28–31 Oct 2013	?	41.5	32.0 19/20	27.9 16/17	5.0 2/3	12.7 7/8	8.9 5/6	4.8 2/3	–	–	2.8 1/2	–	–	4.1
GESOP/El Periódico[p 54]	25–28 Jun 2013	1,000	?	32.1 20/21	28.5 17/18	3.5 1/2	12.4 7/8	9.0 5/6	4.0 2	–	–	–	–	–	3.6
DYM/ZoomNews[p 55]	12–25 Jun 2013	1,051	?	31.6 19	27.9 16	6.0 3	18.1 10	5.5 3	5.9 3	–	–	–	–	–	3.7
Simple Lógica[p 56]	3–11 Jun 2013	1,018	41.6	33.6	25.9	5.5	11.6	11.1	4.4	–	–	–	–	–	7.7
Metroscopia/El País[p 57][p 58]	5–6 Jun 2013	1,000	50–52	27.2 17	26.0 16	4.8 3	14.7 9	10.3 6	5.1 3	–	–	–	–	–	1.2
JM&A/La Voz de Galicia[p 59]	19 Apr 2013	?	37.4	29.6 17	26.7 16	–	11.0 6	9.0 5	–	–	–	–	–	–	2.9
2009 EP election	7 Jun 2009	—	44.9	42.1 24	38.8 23	5.1 3	3.7 2	2.9 1	2.5 1	1.1 0	0.1 0	–	–	–	3.3

The table below lists raw, unweighted voting preferences.

Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size												?	N	Lead
2014 EP election	25 May 2014	—	11.7	10.4	2.4	4.5	2.9	1.8	0.9	1.4	0.9	0.7	3.6	—	54.2	1.3
Metroscopia/El País[p 60]	8–13 May 2014	1,200	12.6	12.3	1.8	7.6	3.1	2.7	0.9	1.4	1.0	0.7	1.2	32.1	15.1	0.3
Random EOMS/IU[p 25]	22–28 Apr 2014	1,000	15.7	12.1	–	9.1	6.1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3.6
CIS[p 26]	7–26 Apr 2014	4,737	14.2	14.1	2.6	5.2	3.0	2.4	1.0	0.6	0.6	0.3	0.8	25.9	23.8	0.1
Metroscopia/El País[p 30]	21–24 Apr 2014	1,200	15.8	12.1	1.9	6.7	3.3	1.7	0.8	1.0	1.2	0.3	1.1	34.2	12.1	3.7
Metroscopia/El País[p 37]	11–19 Mar 2014	1,600	11.6	13.2	1.7	6.4	4.0	2.0	0.8	0.7	0.5	0.6	0.3	39.3	12.3	1.6
Metroscopia/El País[p 39]	12–20 Feb 2014	1,200	11.6	12.8	2.4	8.3	4.1	1.7	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.4	34.3	15.8	1.2
GESOP/El Periódico[43]	20–23 Jan 2014	1,000	15.5	13.8	2.7	6.3	4.6	1.1	0.5	1.5	0.3	–	–	32.9	13.6	1.7
Metroscopia/El País[p 48]	17–23 Jan 2014	1,200	11.3	11.3	2.8	6.2	3.0	1.8	0.5	0.7	0.6	0.2	0.2	38.8	16.3	Tie
GESOP/El Periódico[44]	25–28 Nov 2013	1,000	13.7	15.4	1.8	6.5	3.9	1.6	0.7	1.8	0.6	–	–	29.7	15.7	1.7
Metroscopia/El País[p 52]	7 Oct–14 Nov 2013	3,600	12.5	11.2	1.4	6.5	3.2	2.2	–	–	–	–	–	40.1	14.2	1.3
GESOP/El Periódico[45]	25–28 Jun 2013	1,000	14.0	14.4	1.2	6.0	3.8	1.2	0.6	–	0.4	–	–	30.3	18.8	0.4
Simple Lógica[p 56]	3–11 Jun 2013	1,018	12.2	8.3	2.3	5.4	4.2	2.2	–	–	–	–	–	24.1	36.5	3.9
2009 EP election	7 Jun 2009	—	19.3	17.6	2.3	1.7	1.3	1.1	0.5	0.1	–	–	–	—	54.0	1.7

The table below lists opinion polling on the victory preferences for each party in the event of a European Parliament election taking place.

Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size			Other/ None	?	Lead
Feedback/La Vanguardia[p 18]	30 Apr–8 May 2014	1,500	25.1	37.4	26.9	10.6	12.3
Metroscopia/El País[p 37]	11–19 Mar 2014	1,600	20.0	38.0	21.0	21.0	18.0

The table below lists opinion polling on the perceived likelihood of victory for each party in the event of a European Parliament election taking place.

Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size												Other/ None	?	Lead
Sigma Dos/El Mundo[p 12]	13–15 May 2014	1,111	53.2	13.5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	33.2	39.7
Feedback/La Vanguardia[p 18]	30 Apr–8 May 2014	1,500	54.8	19.1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3.9	22.2	35.7
CIS[p 26]	7–26 Apr 2014	4,737	45.3	13.7	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.1	1.5	37.9	31.6

← Summary of the 25 May 2014European Parliament election results in Spain→

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	People's Party (PP)	4,098,339	26.09	−16.03	16	−8
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	3,614,232	23.01	−15.77	14	−9
	Plural Left (IP)1	1,575,308	10.03	+6.32	6	+4
	We Can (Podemos)	1,253,837	7.98	New	5	+5
	Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)	1,022,232	6.51	+3.66	4	+3
	Coalition for Europe (CEU)2	851,971	5.42	+0.60	3	±0
	The Left for the Right to Decide (EPDD)3	630,072	4.01	+2.60	2	+1
	Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's)4	497,146	3.16	+3.02	2	+2
	The Peoples Decide (LPD)5	326,464	2.08	−0.06	1	+1
	European Spring (PE)6	302,266	1.92	+1.56	1	+1
	Vox (Vox)	246,833	1.57	New	0	±0
	Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA)	177,499	1.13	+0.87	0	±0
	Blank Seats (EB)	115,682	0.74	New	0	±0
	Citizens' Democratic Renewal Movement (RED)	105,666	0.67	New	0	±0
	X Party, Party of the Future (Partido X)	100,561	0.64	New	0	±0
	Andalusian Party (PA)7	49,523	0.32	+0.15	0	±0
	Pirate Confederation–European Pirates (Piratas)	38,690	0.25	New	0	±0
	Asturias Forum (FAC)	32,962	0.21	New	0	±0
	Electors' Group for the Disabled and Rare Diseases (DER)	32,833	0.21	New	0	±0
	Zero Cuts (Recortes Cero)	30,827	0.20	New	0	±0
	Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE)	29,324	0.19	+0.09	0	±0
	Feminist Initiative (IFem)	23,140	0.15	+0.09	0	±0
	Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS)	21,687	0.14	+0.08	0	±0
	United Free Citizens (CILUS)	18,287	0.12	New	0	±0
	Social Impulse (Impulso Social)8	17,879	0.11	−0.08	0	±0
	Spain on the Move (LEM)	17,035	0.11	New	0	±0
	Humanist Party (PH)	14,896	0.09	+0.05	0	±0
	National Democracy (DN)	13,079	0.08	+0.02	0	±0
	Europe Project (ACNV–BAR–PRAO–REPO–UNIO)	11,502	0.07	New	0	±0
	Land Party (PT)	9,940	0.06	New	0	±0
	Individual Freedom Party (P–LIB)	9,670	0.06	New	0	±0
	Republican Social Movement (MSR)	8,909	0.06	+0.02	0	±0
	United Extremadura (EU)	8,821	0.06	+0.03	0	±0
	Republican Alternative (ALTER)	8,593	0.05	New	0	±0
	For the Republic, for the Rupture with the European Union (RRUE)9	8,309	0.05	−0.03	0	±0
	Internationalist Solidarity and Self-Management (SAIn)	6,929	0.04	±0.00	0	±0
	Regionalist Party of the Leonese Country (PREPAL)	6,759	0.04	+0.01	0	±0
	Extremadurans for Europe (IPEx–PREx–CREx)	5,967	0.04	New	0	±0
	Red Current Movement (MCR)	4,980	0.03	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		361,567	2.30	+0.91
Total		15,710,216			54	±0
Valid votes		15,710,216	98.20	−1.18
Invalid votes		287,925	1.80	+1.18
Votes cast / turnout		15,998,141	43.81	−1.09
Abstentions		20,515,943	56.19	+1.09
Registered voters		36,514,084
Sources[46][47]
Footnotes: 1Plural Left results are compared toUnited Left–Initiative for Catalonia Greens:The Left totals in the 2009 election. 2Coalition for Europe (2014) results are compared toCoalition for Europe (2009) totals in the 2009 election, not including results in Andalusia and the Valencian Community. 3The Left for the Right to Decide results are compared toEurope of the Peoples–Greens totals in the 2009 election, not including results in Aragon, the Basque Country, Galicia and Navarre. 4Citizens–Party of the Citizenry results are compared toLibertas–Citizens of Spain totals in the 2009 election. 5The Peoples Decide results are compared to the combined totals ofInternationalist Initiative–Solidarity among Peoples, Europe of the Peoples–Greens in the Basque Country, Galicia and Navarre andAndecha Astur in the 2009 election. 6European Spring results are compared to the combined totals of Coalition for Europe in the Valencian Community, Europe of the Peoples–Greens in Aragon, andFor a Fairer World in the 2009 election. 7Andalusian Party results are compared to Coalition for Europe totals in Andalusia in the 2009 election. 8 Social Impulse results are compared to the combined totals ofSpanish Alternative and Family and Life Party in the 2009 election. 9 For the Republic, for the Rupture with the European Union results are compared toInternationalist Socialist Workers' Party totals in the 2009 election.

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  Vote winner strength by province.
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  Vote winner strength by autonomous community.

The following table lists the elected legislators:^[48]

The election resulted in a massive loss of support for the two main political parties of Spain, which together fell from a combined total of 80.9% in the previous European election to a record-low 49.1% of the vote (a net total of −31.8pp, about −16.0 each one).^[49]Podemos, a party founded four months previously running on ananti-austerity platform, won an unprecedented 8.0% of the vote and 5 out of 54 seats to theEuropean Parliament; the best result ever scored in Spain by a newly created party in its first electoral test.^[50]

ThePeople's Party (PP) came out on top in most autonomous communities except inAndalusia, Asturias andExtremadura, where the PSOE won; theBasque Country, where the PNV prevailed; andCatalonia, where ERC scored first place for the first time in 80 years. In these last two communities the PP polled in fourth and fifth places, respectively. Significant were, however, their results inMadrid, Valencian Community andMurcia; in the first two it polled below the 30% mark for the first time in 25 years, while in the latter it experienced a spectacular drop in support, falling from the 60% mark it had maintained since the2000 general election to below 40% of the vote. Also, except for the autonomous cities ofCeuta andMelilla, it didn't surpass the 40% mark in any region, not even its strongholds ofGalicia (where it polled a mere 35%),Castile and León orCastile-La Mancha (38% in both of them).

TheSpanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), except for those communities where it won, experienced a significant drop in support. It suffered most notably in Catalonia and the Basque Country (where it finished in third place). In Catalonia in particular, the PSOE's sister party, theSocialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC), had previously won all general and European elections held in the region—except for those of1994 and2011, where it polled second just behindConvergence and Union.

Other parties benefiting from the collapse in support for the PP and PSOE parties wereUnited Left-ledPlural Left (IP) coalition, which with a 10.0% obtained its best results nationally since1996, andUnion, Progress and Democracy (UPyD), whose 6.5% would remain the highest the party would win in a nationwide election before their decline throughout 2015. TheCitizens party (C's) entered the European Parliament with 2 seats and 3.2% of the vote.^[51]

The election backlash had immediate consequences on the Socialist party (PSOE), which scored its worst result ever in an election held at a nationwide scale: a bare 23.0% of the vote, compared to the already disappointing results the party had obtained inthe general election of 2011, with 28.8%.Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba, which had won the party's leadership on a2012 party federal congress, announced his intention to resign from his post after his party holdsan extraordinary federal congress on 19–20 July to elect a new leadership.^[52] Rubalcaba also announced his intention not to run in the primaries that would elect the party's candidate for the next general election.^[53] Several regional party leaders followed suit and announced their intention to hold regional extraordinary party congresses as well.^[54]

On the other hand, People's Party (PP) leaders refused to publicly acknowledge the negative results of the party in the election, despite losing 40% of its 2009 vote and scoring the worst result the party has obtained in a national election since1989, instead opting to highlight the fact that "they had won the election".^[55] Despite this, the party had to cancel the victory celebration that was to be held in their national headquarters inMadrid due to the poor affluence of party supporters which went to the place, an evidence of worse than expected election results.^[56][57] Concerns arose among party regional leaders on the prospects of such electoral results being displayed at the local and regional level in the May 2015 elections, something which could potentially force the PP out from the government of party strongholds' such as Madrid and Valencia.^[58]

On 26 MayEl País ran the headline "Harsh punishment to PP and PSOE",^[59] whilstEl Mundo declared that "bipartisanship crumbles".^[60] International media focused instead on the rise of Podemos party, with theBBC headlining that "Spain's 'we can' party proves it can" or "Spain's Podemos party challenges system",^[61][62] while others stated how the final election results "stunned analysts and pollsters".^[63][64]

One week after the election,Spanish KingJuan Carlos I announced his intention to abdicate in favour of his son,Felipe.^[65] Allegedly, the election results had no influence in the King's abdication. Rather, the elderly monarch had taken the decision the day of his 76th birthday in January and had spoken about it with Prime MinisterMariano Rajoy on 31 March and with opposition leader Rubalcaba three days later, but it was not until after the election that he announced it in order not to affect the electoral process.^[66][67] However, abdication was not regulated under theSpanish Constitution of 1978 and thus required the approval of an Organic Law on the matter.^[68][69] PP, PSOE, UPyD,Canarian Coalition (CC),Asturias Forum (FAC) and theNavarrese People's Union (UPN) all pledged their support to the law's approval.^[70] Attention then turned to the PSOE leader Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba as rumours spread about him not resigning right away the day after the election to keep controlling the party so as to ensure the affirmative vote of its parliamentary group on the law.^[71] This was received with criticism from several of the party's regional federations but also from its members and the Socialist Youth, openly republican, who demanded the party ask for a referendum on the monarchy issue.^[72][73]

Furthermore, there was speculation on the opportunity of the King abdicating at the time he did. In fact, due to the crisis of the bipartisanship self-evidenced by the European election results, the idea of the King announcing his decision before the2015 general election, when the election results could translate into PP and PSOE losing a host of seats in theCongress of Deputies, making the building of large majorities more difficult, became extended among public opinion.^[74] The fact that the future of the PSOE's position on the monarchy, as well as the future of the party itself, looked uncertain after the debacle in the European election and Rubalcaba's resignation seemed to have also played a key part in precipitating the King's decision.^[75] Prime Minister Rajoy said, on the day the King announced he would abdicate, that "This is the best time [for it to happen], within a short time the Prince shall be proclaimed King".^[76]

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