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handle is hein.crs/govzoc0001 and id is 1 raw text is: A Congressional ____ *a Research Service Informing the Iegisative debate since 1914. Spain's 2019 Election May 2, 2019 Many U.S. officials and Members of Congress consider Spain to be an important U.S. ally and one of the closest U.S. partners in Europe. Spain's April 2019 election returned a fragmented result, but most seated parties favor the continuation of close U.S.-Spain relations. Socialist Party Wins, But No Majority The center-left Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), led by incumbent Prime Minister Pedro Sdinchez, came in first place in Spain's general election held on April 28, 2019. The PSOE won 123 out of the 350 seats in Spain's Congress of Deputies (lower house of parliament), with nearly 29% of the vote. The center- right Popular Party (PP) came in second place with 66 seats. The election was Spain's third general election in three and a half years. General elections in 2015 and 2016 did not produce a majority government; no single party won a majority of seats, and no combination of parties adding up to a majority was able to agree on forming a coalition government. After a 10-month political deadlock, the PP formed a minority government in late 2016. To form a minority government, a party holding less than half of the seats in parliament negotiates with one or more other parties for their support in reaching the majority threshold needed to win a parliamentary vote of confidence, in return for certain policy concessions. Support for ensuing legislation is typically determined on a case-by-case basis. The PP was subsequently damaged by a corruption scandal, and Sinchez became prime minister in June 2018 after a parliamentary vote of no confidence defeated the PP-led government. After leading a minority government holding less than one-quarter of the seats in the Congress of Deputies (85 out of 350), Sinchez called an early election when he was unable to secure enough votes to pass the 2019 budget. Sinchez has indicated that the PSOE could run another minority government. In order to win a parliamentary vote of confidence, the most likely scenario appears to be that Sinchez would seek support from Podemos, a far-left, anti-establishment party that won 42 seats in the election, as well as from an array of smaller, regional parties. Reliance on Catalan separatist parties, two of which won a combined 22 seats, would likely prove contentious and raise concerns about what concessions those parties might demand in return for their support. Congressional Research Service https://crsreports.congress.gov IN11111 CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress

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