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The Spanish Congress of Deputies (Spanish: Congreso de los Diputados) is the lower house of the Cortes Generales, Spain's legislative branch.

It has 350 members, elected by popular vote on block lists by proportional representation in constituencies matching the Spanish provinces using the D'Hondt method. Deputies serve four-year terms.

	PSOE	PP	CiU	ERC	PNV	IU	Other	Total
Outgoing	125	183	15	1	7	8	11	350
Incoming	164	148	10	8	7	5	8	350
Change	+39	-35	-5	+7	0	-3	-3	0

(Absolute majority is 176 seats. Bold: majority. Italic: plurality)

1 History:

The building, Congreso de los Diputados, has a neoclassical style was constructed between 1843 and 1850, and architected by Narcisco Pascual and Colomer . It sits by the Carrera de San Jerónimo, in Madrid.

2 See also:

3 External links:

Congreso de los Diputados - official website (Spanish)

National lower houses Spanish politics

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