All 350 seats in the Congress of Deputies and 207 (of 248) seats in the Senate 176 seats needed for a majority in the Congress of Deputies
Opinion polls
Registered
23,583,762
Turnout
18,590,130 (78.8%)
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Adolfo Suárez
Felipe González
Santiago Carrillo
Party
UCD
PSOE
PCE
Leader since
3 May 1977
13 October 1974
3 July 1960
Leader's seat
Madrid
Madrid
Madrid
Seats won
165
118
20
Popular vote
6,310,391
5,371,866
1,709,890
Percentage
34.4%
29.3%
9.3%
Fourth party
Fifth party
Sixth party
Leader
Manuel Fraga
Jordi Pujol
Xabier Arzalluz
Party
AP
PDC
EAJ/PNV
Leader since
9 October 1976
17 November 1974
1977
Leader's seat
Madrid
Barcelona
Guipúzcoa
Seats won
16
11
8
Popular vote
1,526,671
514,647
296,193
Percentage
8.3%
2.8%
1.6%
Election results by Congress of Deputies constituency
Prime Minister before election
Adolfo Suárez
UCD
Prime Minister after election
Adolfo Suárez
UCD
The 1977 Spanish general election was held on Wednesday, 15 June 1977, to elect the Spanish Cortes of the Kingdom of Spain. All 350 seats in the Congress of Deputies were up for election, as well as all 207 seats in the Senate.
It was the first free election held in Spain since 1936, prior to the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War. It was called by Prime Minister Adolfo Suárez as part of the political reform of the Francoist regime, ongoing since shortly after Francisco Franco's death in 1975 and promoted by his successor, King Juan Carlos I. Its aim was to elect a Constituent Cortes that was to draft a new constitution, which would ultimately lead to the repealing of the Fundamental Laws of the Realm and the culmination of the country's transition to democracy.
The Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD), the electoral coalition created to serve as Suárez's political platform in government, emerged as the largest party overall, albeit 11 seats short of an absolute majority. The election surprise was the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) of Felipe González, which—supported by the German SPD and running a campaign intended to highlight González's youth and charisma—won 118 seats and became the main left-of-centre party by a wide margin. The Communist Party of Spain (PCE), which had been the main opposition force to the dictatorship, and the right-wing People's Alliance (AP) of former Francoist minister Manuel Fraga, performed below expectations. Turnout was high at 78.8%, the second highest for any nationwide election held ever since.[1][2]
^"15-J. Elecciones en libertad y sin ira". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 15 June 2012. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
^Julve, Rafa (15 June 2017). "Curiosidades de las primeras elecciones tras la dictadura franquista en el 40º aniversario". El Periódico de Catalunya (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 July 2017.
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