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- Turnout in 2023, at 66.6%, is the third lowest in a general election since 1977In the 16 general elections since 1977, turnout has ranged from 80.0% in 1982 to 66.2% in November 2019. By region, in 2023 there were 14.8 points between Castile-La Mancha and the Canary Islands, and part of the gap comes from voters who live abroad.
- Adjusted for inflation, the average wage is 3.7% below 2008 and the minimum wage 43.9% aboveBetween 2008 and 2025 the average wage rises 32.0% and prices 37.1%. The minimum wage almost doubles and goes from 38.9% to 58.1% of the average wage.
- Andalusia, Catalonia and Madrid elect 146 of the 350 deputies: who governs where and how much each region weighsOn 29 November, 350 seats are allocated by province. Three regions elect 41.7% of Congress, the PP holds the presidency of 11 of the 17, and a deputy from Castile and León represents fewer than half as many people as one from Madrid.
- Fifteen years in Congress: from an absolute majority to decrees that fallWe have analysed every roll-call vote in the plenary since 2012. With an absolute majority, the PP won them all; the PSOE has gone from winning 99% in 2021 to 76% in 2026, and this parliament accounts for 13 of the 16 decree-laws struck down since 2011.