Electoral History
| Year |
Seats in Congress |
Seats won |
Seat Change |
Popular vote |
% of popular vote |
Result |
AP/PP leader |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 350 | 16 | +16 | 1,504,771 | 8.2% | UCD minority | Fraga |
| 1979 | 350 | 10 | −6 | 1,088,578 | 6.1% | UCD minority | Fraga |
| 1982 | 350 | 107 | +97 | 5,548,107 | 26.4% | PSOE majority | Fraga |
| 1986 | 350 | 105 | −2 | 5,247,677 | 26.0% | PSOE majority | Fraga |
| 1989 | 350 | 107 | +2 | 5,285,972 | 25.8% | PSOE majority | Aznar |
| 1993 | 350 | 141 | +34 | 8,201,463 | 34.8% | PSOE minority | Aznar |
| 1996 | 350 | 156 | +15 | 9,716,006 | 38.8% | minority gov't | Aznar |
| 2000 | 350 | 183 | +27 | 10,321,178 | 44.5% | Majority gov't | Aznar |
| 2004 | 350 | 148 | −35 | 9,763,144 | 37.7% | PSOE minority | Rajoy |
| 2008 | 350 | 154 | +6 | 10,278,010 | 39.9% | PSOE minority | Rajoy |
| 2011 | 350 | 186 | +32 | 10,866,566 | 44.6% | Majority gov't | Rajoy |
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