European Parliament elections in Spain

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The European Parliament elections in Spain are periodic nationwide votes in which Spanish citizens choose their representatives to the European Union’s legislative body.

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European Parliament elections in Spain canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf election
ballotType party list
category Elections in Spain
European Parliament elections by country
Spain and the European Union
citizensEligibleToVote Spanish citizens residing abroad
Spanish citizens residing in Spain
resident EU citizens in Spain
constituencyType single nationwide constituency
country Spain
electoralFormula D'Hondt method
linked to: d’Hondt method
electoralSystem proportional representation
elects Members of the European Parliament
Spanish Members of the European Parliament
firstHeld 1979
frequency periodic
geopoliticalContext member state of the European Union
governingLaw European Union treaties
linked to: EU Treaties

Spanish electoral law for European elections
heldEvery 5 years
languageOfBallots Spanish
co-official regional languages where applicable
legislativeBody European Parliament
levelOfElection supranational
mainPoliticalActors Spanish political parties
electoral coalitions
organizedBy Spanish government
partOf European Parliament elections
purpose to choose Spain's representatives in the European Parliament
regulatedBy European electoral law
Spanish Constitution
relatedTo European Union politics
elections in Spain
politics of Spain
resultDetermines number of Spanish seats in the European Parliament
scope nationwide
suffrage universal adult suffrage
supervisingAuthority Junta Electoral Central
Spanish electoral commission
territorialCoverage Kingdom of Spain
typeOfFranchise direct universal suffrage
votingAge 18
votingIs direct
secret ballot
votingMethod party-list proportional representation
votingSystem closed-list proportional representation

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PP participatesIn European Parliament elections in Spain
president of Vox relevantTo European Parliament elections in Spain
Spanish general elections relatedTo European Parliament elections in Spain
People's Alliance (Spain) participatedIn European Parliament elections in Spain
subject linked to: People's Alliance