Spain
- Spanish general election, 1982: The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party won 48.11% of the popular vote and 202 out of the 350 seats, nearly doubling the second party, the People's Alliance (26.36% of vote and 107 seats). The until then governing party, Union of the Democratic Centre, lost 157 seats. This is the most overwhelming victory in Spanish democratic era in a general election.
- Spanish general election, 1986: The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party renewed its mandate with 44.06% of the popular vote, albeit with a reduced (but still sizeable) majority of 184 seats (out of 350), over the 105 seats won by the second party.
- Spanish general election, 2000: The People's Party won 44.52% of the popular vote and 183 out of the 350 seats, with the second party, the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party obtaining just 34.16% of the popular vote and 125 seats.
- Spanish general election, 2011: The People's Party won 44.63% of the popular vote and 186 out of the 350 seats, a 76 seat-lead over the second party, the until then governing Spanish Socialist Workers' Party, which lost 59 seats over those won in the previous election and obtained just 28.76% of the popular vote.
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