The Spanish electoral cycle of 2019

A Tale of Two Countries

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6405818
AutoresToni Rodon (0000-0002-0546-4475, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, autor de correspondencia)
Año2020
Volumen43
Número7
Páginas1490-1512
Fecha de publicación2020-11-09
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaWest European Politics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0140-2382 • E-ISSN: 1743-9655
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01402382.2020.1761689
OpenAlexW3025201851
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas28
Referencias citadas32

In 2019 alone, Spanish citizens went to the polls at least four times – two general elections, European elections, local elections and, for some, regional elections. Moreover, in the 2016–19 legislature, the country witnessed a successful vote of no confidence that replaced a Conservative prime minister with a Socialist one; experienced an important constitutional crisis over the 2017 referendum on Catalan independence; observed the emergence for the first time of a viable far-right party; and ended with the first coalition government in the modern democratic history. The November 2019 election, the last in this long electoral cycle, left a fragmented and polarized political landscape and a left-wing cabinet – PSOE and Podemos – that does not have a majority in the chamber. This article presents the background, the results of the different elections and discusses how and why Spanish politics experienced a radical transformation likely to have an impact in the next years

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