14th Cortes Generales
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| name = 14th {{Lang|es|Cortes Generales|italic=no}}
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| body = {{Lang|es|Cortes Generales|italic=no}}
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| election = 10 November 2019
| government = Sánchez II
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| term_start = {{Start date|2019|12|03|df=yes}}
| term_end = {{End date|2023|05|29|df=yes}}
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| after = 15th
| website = {{URL|cortesgenerales.es}}
| chamber1 = Senate
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| membership1 = 265
| control1 =
| chamber1_leader1_type = President
| chamber1_leader1 = Pilar Llop (PSOE) (2019–2021)
Ander Gil (PSOE) (2021–)
| chamber1_leader2_type = 1st Vice President
| chamber1_leader2 = Cristina Narbona (PSOE)
| chamber1_leader3_type = {{nowrap|2nd Vice President}}
| chamber1_leader3 = Pío García-Escudero (PP)
| chamber2 = Congress of Deputies
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| membership2 = 350
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| chamber2_leader1_type = President
| chamber2_leader1 = Meritxell Batet (PSOE)
| chamber2_leader2_type = 1st Vice President
| chamber2_leader2 = Alfonso Rodríguez (PSOE)
| chamber2_leader3_type = 2nd Vice President
| chamber2_leader3 = Ana Pastor (PP)
| chamber2_leader4_type = 3rd Vice President
| chamber2_leader4 = Gloria Elizo (UP)
| chamber2_leader5_type = 4th Vice President
| chamber2_leader5 = Ignacio Gil (Vox)
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The 14th {{Lang|es|Cortes Generales|italic=no}} was a meeting of the {{Lang|es|Cortes Generales|italic=no}}, the national legislature of Spain, with the membership determined primarily by the results of the general election held on 10 November 2019. The Cortes met for the first time on 3 December 2019, and was dissolved prematurely on 29 May 2023{{cite web|date=29 May 2023|url=https://www.lamoncloa.gob.es/consejodeministros/resumenes/Paginas/2023/290523-cministros.aspx|lang=es|title=El Consejo de Ministros aprueba la disolución de las Cortes y la convocatoria de elecciones generales el 23 de julio|website=lamoncloa.es|access-date=11 November 2023}} after regional and local elections in which the governing PSOE lost control of six autonomous communities and many local councils.
Election
The 14th Spanish general election under the 1978 Constitution was held on 10 November 2019. It saw the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) remaining the largest party in the Senate, the upper house of the {{Lang|es|Cortes Generales|italic=no}}, as well as the largest party in the Congress of Deputies, the lower house of the {{Lang|es|Cortes Generales|italic=no}}, but falling short of a majority.{{cite news |date=11 November 2019 |title=Spanish elections: Socialists win amid far-right surge |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-50367870 |work=BBC News |location=London, U.K. |access-date=7 December 2019}}{{cite news |date=11 November 2019 |title=Socialists win repeat Spanish election, Vox becomes third-biggest force in Congress |url=https://elpais.com/elpais/2019/11/10/inenglish/1573407794_574125.html |newspaper=El País |location=Madrid, Spain |access-date=7 December 2019}}
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| colspan="2" rowspan="2"| Alliance
! colspan="2"| Senate ! colspan="4"| Congress of Deputies | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seats
! +/− ! Votes ! % ! Seats ! +/− | ||||
| style="background:{{party color|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}};"|
| align="left"|PSOE | 93 | style="color:red;"| –30
| 6,792,199 | 28.00 | 120 | style="color:red;"| –3 |
| style="background:{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}};"|
| align="left"|PP | 83 | style="color:green;"| +29
| 5,047,040 | 20.81 | 89 | style="color:green;"| +23 |
| style="background:{{party color|Vox (political party)}};"|
| align="left"| Vox | 2 | style="color:green;"| +2
| 3,656,979 | 15.08 | 52 | style="color:green;"| +28 |
| style="background:{{party color|Unidas Podemos}};"|
| 0 | ±0
| 3,119,364 | 12.86 | 35 | style="color:red;"| –7 |
| style="background:{{party color|Republican Left of Catalonia–Sovereigntists}};"|
| 11 | ±0
| 880,734 | 3.63 | 13 | style="color:red;"| –2 |
| style="background:{{party color|Citizens (Spanish political party)}};"|
| align="left"| Cs | 0 | style="color:red;"| –4
| 1,650,318 | 6.80 | 10 | style="color:red;"| –47 |
| style="background:{{party color|Together for Catalonia (2017)}};"|
| align="left"| JxCat–Junts | 3 | style="color:green;"| +1
| 530,225 | 2.19 | 8 | style="color:green;"| +1 |
| style="background:{{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}};"|
| align="left"| EAJ/PNV | 9 | ±0
| 379,002 | 1.56 | 6 | ±0 |
| style="background:{{party color|EH Bildu}};"|
| align="left"| EH Bildu | 1 | ±0
| 277,621 | 1.14 | 5 | style="color:green;"| +1 |
| style="background:white;"|
| align="left"| Others/blanks | 6 | style="color:green;"| +2
| 1,924,746 | 7.93 | 12 | style="color:green;"| +6 |
| style="font-weight:bold"
| colspan="2" align="left"| Total | 208 | ±0
| 24,258,228 | 100.00 | 350 | ±0 |
History
The new Senate met for the first time on 3 December 2019 and after two rounds of voting Pilar Llop (PSOE) was elected as President of the Senate of Spain.{{cite news |last1=Ruiz Alonso |first1=Germán |title=Pilar Llop, presidenta del Senado por mayoría simple |url=https://elpais.com/politica/2019/12/03/actualidad/1575363766_920528.html |accessdate=21 December 2019 |work=El País |date=3 December 2019 |location=Madrid, Spain |language=es}}{{cite news |title=La socialista Pilar Llop, elegida presidenta del Senado |url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/politica/20191203/472041902973/pilar-llop-presidenta-senado.html |accessdate=27 December 2019 |work=La Vanguardia |agency=EFE |date=3 December 2019 |location=Barcelona, Spain |language=es}}
The new congress also met for the first time on 3 December 2019 and after two rounds of voting Meritxell Batet (PSOE) was elected as President of the Congress of Deputies with the support of the Unidos Podemos–En Comú Podem (UP–ECP) and various nationalist and regionalist parties.{{cite news |title=Catalan Socialist Meritxell Batet, reelected Spanish congress speaker |url=https://www.catalannews.com/politics/item/catalan-socialist-meritxell-batet-reelected-spanish-congress-speaker |accessdate=7 December 2019 |work=Catalan News Agency |date=3 December 2019 |location=Barcelona, Spain}}{{cite news |title=Meritxell Batet y Pilar Llop, presidentas del Congreso y del Senado |url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/politica/20191203/472042508335/meritxell-batet-congreso-pilar-llop-senado.html |accessdate=7 December 2019 |work=La Vanguardia |agency=EFE |date=3 December 2019 |location=Barcelona, Spain |language=es}}
= Government formation =
{{#section-h:November 2019 Spanish general election|Government formation}}
= Dissolution =
On Monday 29 May 2023, the day after the 2023 regional and local elections in Spain in which the PSOE lost control of the governments of six autonomous communities and many cities and towns across the country, Pedro Sánchez called a press conference and confirmed that the Cortes would be dissolved that afternoon, with a general election called for the 23 June 2023.
Members
=Senate=
{{Further|14th Senate of Spain}}
=Congress of Deputies=
{{Further|14th Congress of Deputies}}