2016 Spanish general election
The 2016 Spanish general election was held on Sunday, 26 June 2016, to elect the 12th Cortes Generales of the Kingdom of Spain. All 350 seats in the Congress of Deputies were up for election, as well as 208 of 266 seats in the Senate.
Image: Mariano Rajoy 2016m (cropped)
Image: Pablo Iglesias 2016b (cropped)
Image: Albert Rivera 2016a (cropped)
Image: Gabriel Rufián (election)
The Congress of Deputies is the lower house of the Cortes Generales, Spain's legislative branch, the upper house being the Senate. The Congress meets in the Palace of the Parliament in Madrid.
Congress of Deputies
Congreso de los Diputados (built 1850): Palacio de las Cortes. Seat of the Spanish Parliament in Madrid (2016)
The allegorical front of the building