2014 European Parliament election in Spain
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{{Infobox election
| election_name = 2014 European Parliament election in Spain
| country = Spain
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 2009 European Parliament election in Spain
| previous_year = 2009
| next_election = 2019 European Parliament election in Spain
| next_year = 2019
| outgoing_members = List of members of the European Parliament for Spain, 2009–14
| elected_members = List of members of the European Parliament for Spain, 2014–19
| seats_for_election = All 54 Spanish seats in the European Parliament
| opinion_polls = #Opinion polls
| registered = 36,514,084 File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg2.9%
| turnout = 15,998,141 (43.8%)
File:Red Arrow Down.svg1.1 pp
| election_date = 25 May 2014
| image1 = 170x170px
| leader1 = Miguel Arias Cañete
| party1 = People's Party (Spain)
| alliance1 = European People's Party group
| leader_since1 = 9 April 2014
| leaders_seat1 = Spain
| last_election1 = 24 seats, 42.1%
| seats1 = 16
| seat_change1 = File:Red Arrow Down.svg8
| popular_vote1 = 4,098,339
| percentage1 = 26.1%
| swing1 = File:Red Arrow Down.svg16.0 pp
| image2 = 170x170px
| leader2 = Elena Valenciano
| party2 = Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
| alliance2 = Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats
| leader_since2 = 10 February 2014
| leaders_seat2 = Spain
| last_election2 = 23 seats, 38.8%
| seats2 = 14
| seat_change2 = File:Red Arrow Down.svg9
| popular_vote2 = 3,614,232
| percentage2 = 23.0%
| swing2 = File:Red Arrow Down.svg15.8 pp
| image3 = 170x170px
| leader3 = Willy Meyer
| party3 = Plural Left (Spain, 2014)
| alliance3 = GUE/NGL
Greens/EFA
| leader_since3 = 8 May 2004
| leaders_seat3 = Spain
| last_election3 = 2 seats, 3.7%
| seats3 = 6
| seat_change3 = File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg4
| popular_vote3 = 1,575,308
| percentage3 = 10.0%
| swing3 = File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg6.3 pp
| image4 = 170x170px
| leader4 = Pablo Iglesias
| party4 = Podemos (Spanish political party)
| alliance4 = European United Left–Nordic Green Left
| leader_since4 = 3 April 2014
| leaders_seat4 = Spain
| last_election4 = Did not contest
| seats4 = 5
| seat_change4 = File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg5
| popular_vote4 = 1,253,837
| percentage4 = 8.0%
| swing4 = New party
| image5 = 170x170px
| leader5 = Francisco Sosa Wagner
| party5 = Union, Progress and Democracy
| alliance5 = Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Group
| leader_since5 = 3 September 2008
| leaders_seat5 = Spain
| last_election5 = 1 seat, 2.9%
| seats5 = 4
| seat_change5 = File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg3
| popular_vote5 = 1,022,232
| percentage5 = 6.5%
| swing5 = File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg3.6 pp
| image6 = 170x170px
| leader6 = Ramon Tremosa
| party6 = CEU
| leader_since6 = 24 January 2009
| leaders_seat6 = Spain
| last_election6 = 3 seats, 4.8%{{efn|name="CEU"|Results for CEU in the 2009 election, not including Andalusia and the Valencian Community.}}
| seats6 = 3
| seat_change6 = File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg0
| popular_vote6 = 851,971
| percentage6 = 5.4%
| swing6 = File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg0.6 pp
| map = {{Switcher
| x315px
| Vote winner strength by province
| x315px
| Vote winner strength by autonomous community
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The 2014 European Parliament election in Spain was held on Sunday, 25 May 2014, as part of the EU-wide election to elect the 8th European Parliament. All 54 seats allocated to Spain as per the Treaty of Lisbon were up for election.
The People's Party (PP) emerged as the largest party overall, albeit with its worst nationwide election result in 25 years with a mere 26.1% of the share and 16 seats, losing 2.6 million votes and 8 seats from its 2009 result. The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) lost 9 seats and 2.5 million votes, obtaining just 23% of the total party vote and 14 seats. This would represent the party's worst election result in recent history until the 2015 general election, in which it scored a new low. Up to 8 additional political forces obtained representation. Pablo Iglesias' newly formed Podemos party (Spanish for "We can") turned into the election night surprise by winning 5 seats and 1,253,837 votes (7.98% of the share), an unprecedented result for a party only 4 months old and contesting an election for the first time. Podemos's surge and the extent of PP and PSOE collapse were not foreseen by opinion polls during the campaign, which had predicted higher support for the two dominant parties and a weaker performance of Podemos.
United Left's Plural Left coalition and Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) obtained some of their best historical results, with 10.0% and 6.5% of the vote and 6 and 4 seats, respectively. However, this was far from the major election breakthrough that polls had predicted throughout 2013 and in early 2014. From this point onwards both parties would lose support in opinion polls and in successive regional and local elections. The Citizens (C's) party of Albert Rivera, then marginalised as a Catalonia-only party and after several failed attempts to jump into national politics, managed to obtain 3.16% of the share and 2 seats. Just as Podemos, it would grow in support in the run up to the next general election and become a major political actor by 2015.
Electoral system
54 members of the European Parliament were allocated to Spain as per the Treaty of Lisbon.{{harvp|Lisbon|2007|loc=art.1, introducing art. 9A of the Treaty on European Union}}.{{harvp|EUCO Dec. 2013/312|2013|loc=art. 3}}. Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals and resident non-national European citizens over 18 years of age and in full enjoyment of their political rights.{{harvp|LOREG|1985|loc=tit. VI, ch. I, art. 210}}.{{harvp|Lisbon|2007|loc=art. 2, amending art. 17 of the Treaty establishing the European Community (Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union)}}. Amendments to the electoral law in 2011 required for Spaniards abroad to apply for voting before being permitted to vote, a system known as "begged" or expat vote ({{langx|es|Voto rogado}}).{{harvp|LOREG|1985|loc=tit. I, ch. VI, art. 75}}.{{cite web |last=Reig Pellicer |first=Naiara |date=16 December 2015 |url=http://www.cafebabel.co.uk/politics/article/spanish-elections-begging-for-the-right-to-vote.html |title=Spanish elections: Begging for the right to vote |website=cafebabel.co.uk |access-date=17 July 2017}}
All seats were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with no electoral threshold being applied in order to be entitled to enter seat distribution. Seats were allocated to a single multi-member constituency comprising the entire national territory.{{harvp|LOREG|1985|loc=tit. VI, ch. IV, art. 214–216}}. The use of the electoral method resulted in an effective threshold based on the district magnitude and the distribution of votes among candidacies.{{cite web |last=Gallagher |first=Michael |date=30 July 2012 |url=http://www.tcd.ie/Political_Science/staff/michael_gallagher/ElSystems/Docts/effthresh.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170730092518/http://www.tcd.ie/Political_Science/staff/michael_gallagher/ElSystems/Docts/effthresh.php |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 July 2017 |title=Effective threshold in electoral systems |publisher=Trinity College, Dublin |access-date=22 July 2017}}
Outgoing delegation
{{Main|List of members of the European Parliament for Spain, 2009–2014}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left;"
|+ Outgoing delegation in April 2014{{cite web |url=https://www.historiaelectoral.com/europaesp.html |title=Parlamento Europeo: Distribución de los Eurodiputados españoles en grupos parlamentarios |language=es |website=Historia Electoral.com |access-date=21 October 2021}} |
| rowspan="2" colspan="2"| Groups
! rowspan="2" colspan="2"| Parties ! colspan="2"| MEPs |
|---|
| Seats
! Total |
| rowspan="2" width="1" bgcolor="{{party color|European People's Party}}"|
| rowspan="2"| European People's Party | width="1" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}"| | PP | 24 | rowspan="2"| 25 |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Democratic Union of Catalonia}}"|
| UDC | 1 |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats}}"|
| Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"| | PSOE | 23 | 23 |
| rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Group}}"|
| rowspan="2"| Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Democratic Convergence of Catalonia}}"| | CDC | 1 | rowspan="2"| 2 |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}"|
| EAJ/PNV | 1 |
| rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Greens–European Free Alliance}}"|
| rowspan="2"| Greens–European Free Alliance | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Initiative for Catalonia Greens}}"| | ICV | 1 | rowspan="2"| 2 |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Aralar (Basque political party)}}"|
| Aralar | 1 |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|European United Left–Nordic Green Left}}"|
| European United Left–Nordic Green Left | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|United Left (Spain)}}"| | IU | 1 | 1 |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Non-Inscrits}}"|
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Union, Progress and Democracy}}"| | UPyD | 1 | 1 |
Parties and candidates
The electoral law allowed for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, coalitions and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form a coalition ahead of an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election call. In order to be entitled to run, parties, federations, coalitions and groupings of electors needed to secure the signature of at least 15,000 registered electors; this requirement could be lifted and replaced through the signature of at least 50 elected officials—deputies, senators, MEPs or members from the legislative assemblies of autonomous communities or from local city councils. Electors and elected officials were disallowed from signing for more than one list of candidates.{{harvp|LOREG|1985|loc=tit. VI, ch. VI, art. 220}}.
Below is a list of the main parties and electoral alliances which contested the election:
| class="wikitable" style="line-height:1.35em; text-align:left;" |
| colspan="2" rowspan="2"| Candidacy
! rowspan="2"| Parties and ! colspan="2" rowspan="2"| Leading candidate ! rowspan="2"| Ideology ! colspan="2"| Previous result ! rowspan="2"| {{abbr|Ref.|References}} |
|---|
| Vote %
! Seats |
| width="1" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}"|
| align="center"| PP | {{Collapsible list | title = List | bullets = on | People's Party (PP) }} | 50px | Conservatism | align="center"| 42.12% | {{big|24}} |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"|
| align="center"| PSOE | {{Collapsible list | title = List | bullets = on | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC) }} | 50px | align="center"| 38.78% | {{big|23}} |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Coalition for Europe (2014)}}"|
| align="center"| CEU | {{Collapsible list | title = List | bullets = on | Convergence and Union (CiU) | Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) | Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CCa–PNC) | Commitment to Galicia (CxG) | Independence Rally (RI.cat) }} | 50px | align="center"| | {{big|3}} |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Plural Left (Spain, 2014)}}"|
| align="center"| IP | {{Collapsible list | title = List | bullets = on | United Left (IU) | Initiative for Catalonia Greens–United and Alternative Left (ICV–EUiA) | Galician Left Alternative (AGE) | Left (I–E) | The Greens (LV) | Building the Left–Socialist Alternative (CLI–AS) | Left Initiative–Awake (EKI–Iratzarri) }} | 50px | align="center"| 3.71% | {{big|2}} |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Union, Progress and Democracy}}"|
| align="center"| UPyD | {{Collapsible list | title = List | bullets = on | Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) }} | 50px | Social liberalism | align="center"| 2.85% | {{big|1}} |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|The Peoples Decide}}"|
| align="center"| LPD | {{Collapsible list | title = List | bullets = on | Basque Country Gather (EH Bildu) | Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG) | Andecha Astur (AA) | Puyalón de Cuchas (Puyalón) | Unity of the People (UP) | Canarian Nationalist Alternative (ANC) }} | 50px | Josu Juaristi | Left-wing nationalism | align="center"| | {{big|0}} |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|The Left for the Right to Decide}}"|
| align="center"| EPDD | {{Collapsible list | title = List | bullets = on | Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) | New Catalan Left (NEC) | Catalonia Yes (CatSí) }} | 50px | Catalan independence | align="center"| | {{big|1}} |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|European Spring (Spanish electoral alliance)}}"|
| align="center"| PE | {{Collapsible list | title = List | bullets = on | Commitment Coalition (Compromís) | Equo (Equo) | Aragonese Union (CHA) | Participatory Democracy (Participa) | Castilian Party (PCAS) | For a Fairer World (PUM+J) | Independent Socialists of Extremadura (SIEx) | Caballas Coalition (Caballas) }} | 50px | Green politics | align="center"| | {{big|0}} |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Citizens (Spanish political party)}}"|
| align="center"| C's | {{Collapsible list | title = List | bullets = on | Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's) }} | 50px | align="center"| | {{big|0}} | |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Vox (political party)}}"|
| align="center"| Vox | {{Collapsible list | title = List | bullets = on | Vox (Vox) }} | 50px | Social conservatism | colspan="2" {{n/a}} | {{cite news |last1=Quintero |first1=L.F. |last2=Alonso |first2=Mariano |date=14 January 2014 |url=http://www.libertaddigital.com/espana/politica/2014-01-14/nace-el-partido-politico-de-abascal-y-ortega-lara-1276508230/ |title=Nace Vox, el partido político de Santiago Abascal y Ortega Lara |language=es |newspaper=Libertad Digital |access-date=2 November 2020}} |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Podemos (Spanish political party)}}"|
| align="center"| Podemos | {{Collapsible list | title = List | bullets = on | We Can (Podemos) }} | 50px | Left-wing populism | colspan="2" {{n/a}} | {{cite news |last1=Sánchez |first1=Juan Luis |last2=Gil |first2=Andrés |date=14 January 2014 |title=Pablo Iglesias prepara su candidatura a las europeas: "Me han pedido que dé el paso" |url=https://www.eldiario.es/politica/pablo-iglesias-juan-carlos-monedero-candidato-europeas-podemos_1_5085192.html |language=es |newspaper=eldiario,es |access-date=2 November 2020}} |
Campaign
=Party slogans=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left;" |
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"| {{nowrap|Party or alliance}}
! Original slogan ! English translation ! {{abbr|Ref.|References}} |
|---|
| width="1" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}"|
| PP | « Lo que está en juego es el futuro » | "What is at stake is the future" |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"|
| PSOE | « Tú mueves Europa » | "You move Europe" |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Coalition for Europe (2014)}}"|
| CEU | {{underline|CiU–RI.cat}}: « Guanyem-nos Europa » | {{underline|CiU–RI.cat}}: "Let us win Europe for us" |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Plural Left (Spain, 2014)}}"|
| IP | « El poder de la gente » | "The power of people" |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Union, Progress and Democracy}}"|
| UPyD | « La unión hace la fuerza » | "In the union lies the strength" | |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|The Peoples Decide}}"|
| LPD | {{underline|EH Bildu}}: « Herriek erabaki » / « Los pueblos deciden » | {{underline|EH Bildu}}: "The peoples decide" | {{cite news |date=24 April 2014 |url=http://www.europapress.es/galicia/noticia-bng-no-suscribira-creditos-renuncia-subvencion-realizar-envios-propaganda-20140424121315.html |title=El BNG no suscribirá créditos y renuncia a la subvención y a enviar propaganda |language=es |publisher=Europa Press |access-date=22 January 2019}} |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|The Left for the Right to Decide}}"|
| EPDD | « Comencem el nou país. Ara a Europa » | "Let us begin the new country. Now in Europe" |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|European Spring (Spanish electoral alliance)}}"|
| PE | « La Europa de las personas » | "The Europe of people" | |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Citizens (Spanish political party)}}"|
| C's | « La fuerza de la unión » | "Strength lies in the union" |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Vox (political party)}}"|
| Vox | « La solución es cambiar » | "The solution is to change" |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Podemos (Spanish political party)}}"|
| Podemos | « ¿Cuándo fue la última vez que votaste con ilusión? » | "When was the last time you voted with hope?" |
=Development=
The electoral campaign started at 12:00 am on 9 May. However, a traffic accident in Badajoz the previous night resulting in the deaths of five people—one adult and four children—and 12 injured forced the suspension of the start of the campaign in Extremadura.{{cite news |agency=EFE |date=8 May 2014 |url=https://www.abc.es/local-extremadura/20140508/abci-extremadura-suspende-arranque-electoral-201405082354.html |title=El inicio de la campaña electoral en Extremadura queda suspendido |language=es |newspaper=ABC |access-date=12 July 2024}}
On Monday 12 May, Isabel Carrasco, president of the provincial government of Leon and member of the PP, was shot dead in the street.{{cite news |agency=EFE |date=12 May 2014 |url=https://www.elmundo.es/espana/2014/05/12/5370fad6e2704ea82e8b457d.html |title=Matan a tiros a la presidenta de la Diputación y del PP de León, Isabel Carrasco |language=es |newspaper=El Mundo |location=León / Madrid |access-date=12 July 2024}} Policial investigation concluded that the crime's motive was score-settling, since the two women arrested for committing the crime, wife and daughter of the police chief inspector in the nearby town of Astorga, were PP members;{{cite news |date=12 May 2014 |url=https://www.libertaddigital.com/espana/2014-05-12/las-detenidas-por-el-asesinato-de-isabel-carrasco-son-mujer-e-hija-de-un-inspector-jefe-de-la-policia-nacional-de-astorga-1276518367/ |title=Las detenidas por el asesinato de Isabel Carrasco son militantes del PP |language=es |publisher=Libertad Digital |access-date=12 July 2024}}{{cite news |last=Calleja |first=José María |date=13 May 2014 |url=https://www.eldiario.es/opinion/zona-critica/militantes-pp-asesinan-presuntamente-dirigente_129_4881542.html |title=Dos militantes del PP asesinan presuntamente a una dirigente del PP |language=es |newspaper=eldiario.es |access-date=12 July 2024}} one of them having been previously fired from the provincial deputation presided by Carrasco.{{cite news |agency=Agencia ICAL |date=12 May 2014 |url=https://ileon.eldiario.es/actualidad/interior-confirma-apunta-venganza-personal_1_9379066.html |title=Interior confirma “que todo apunta a una venganza personal” |language=es |newspaper=iLeón |access-date=12 July 2024}} This event forced another suspension of the campaign for 24 hours by most major political parties, except for some minoritary parties—such as EH Bildu and the Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG)—which chose not to stop their campaigns.{{cite news |location=Agencias |date=12 May 2014 |url=http://www.rtve.es/noticias/20140512/pp-psoe-suspenden-actos-campana-tras-asesinato-presidenta-leon/938163.shtml |title= Los partidos suspenden sus actos de campaña tras el asesinato de Isabel Carrasco en León |language=es |publisher=RTVE |access-date=12 July 2024}}{{cite news |url=http://www.abc.es/elecciones-europeas/20140512/abci-suspenso-campana-electoral-201405122106.html |title=Bildu y BNG no suspenden la campaña tras el asesinato de Isabel Carrasco |language=es |newspaper=ABC |date=13 May 2014 |access-date=14 July 2014 |archive-date=13 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140513061706/http://www.abc.es/elecciones-europeas/20140512/abci-suspenso-campana-electoral-201405122106.html |url-status=dead}}
=Election debates=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+ 2014 European Parliament election debates in Spain |
| rowspan="3"| Date
! rowspan="3"| Organisers ! rowspan="3"| Moderator(s) ! colspan="8"| {{small| }} {{Colors|black|#90FF90| P }} {{small|Present{{efn|Denotes a main invitee attending the event.}} }} {{Colors|black|#D0F0C0| S }} {{small|Surrogate{{efn|Denotes a main invitee not attending the event, sending a surrogate in their place.}} }} {{Colors|black|#A2B2C2| NI }} {{small|Not invited }} {{Colors|black|#FF9090| A }} {{small|Absent invitee }} |
|---|
| scope="col" style="width:5em;"| PP
! scope="col" style="width:5em;"| PSOE ! scope="col" style="width:5em;"| CEU ! scope="col" style="width:5em;"| IP ! scope="col" style="width:5em;"| UPyD ! scope="col" style="width:5em;"| EPDD ! rowspan="2" scope="col" style="width:5em;"| Audience ! rowspan="2"| Refs |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}};"|
! style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}};"| ! style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Coalition for Europe (2009)}};"| ! style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Plural Left (Spain, 2014)}};"| ! style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Union, Progress and Democracy}};"| ! style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|The Left for the Right to Decide}};"| |
| style="white-space:nowrap; text-align:left;"| 15 May
| style="white-space:nowrap; text-align:left;"| RTVE | style="white-space:nowrap; text-align:left;"| María Casado | {{Yes|P | {{Yes|P | style="background:#A2B2C2;"| NI | style="background:#A2B2C2;"| NI | style="background:#A2B2C2;"| NI | style="background:#A2B2C2;"| NI | 12.7% | {{cite news |date=11 May 2014 |url=https://www.europapress.es/nacional/noticia-maria-casado-sera-presentadora-debate-televisado-valenciano-canete-20140511164635.html |title=María Casado será la presentadora del debate televisado entre Valenciano y Cañete |language=es |publisher=Europa Press |location=Madrid |access-date=23 January 2019}} |
| style="white-space:nowrap; text-align:left;"| 19 May
| style="white-space:nowrap; text-align:left;"| RTVE | style="white-space:nowrap; text-align:left;"| María Casado | style="background:#D0F0C0;"| S | style="background:#D0F0C0;"| S | {{Yes|P | {{Yes|P | {{Yes|P | {{Yes|P | 4.2% |
Opinion polls
The tables below list opinion polling results in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first and using the dates when the survey fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. Where the fieldwork dates are unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed with its background shaded in the leading party's colour. If a tie ensues, this is applied to the figures with the highest percentages. The "Lead" column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the parties with the highest percentages in a poll.
=Voting intention estimates=
The table below lists weighted voting intention estimates. Refusals are generally excluded from the party vote percentages, while question wording and the treatment of "don't know" responses and those not intending to vote may vary between polling organisations. When available, seat projections determined by the polling organisations are displayed below (or in place of) the percentages in a smaller font.
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| style="height:42px;"
! style="width:250px;" rowspan="2"| Polling firm/Commissioner ! style="width:125px;" rowspan="2"| Fieldwork date ! style="width:50px;" rowspan="2"| Sample size ! style="width:45px;" rowspan="2"| Turnout ! style="width:35px;"| File:People's Party (Spain) Logo (2008-2015).svg ! style="width:35px;"| File:Logotipo del PSOE.svg ! style="width:35px;"| File:Coalición por Europa (CEU).svg ! style="width:35px;"| File:IU500PNG.png ! style="width:35px;"| File:Logo de UPyD.png ! style="width:35px;"| File:Logo ERC.png ! style="width:35px;"| File:Los Pueblos Deciden (LPD).svg ! style="width:35px;"| File:Ciudadanos-icono.svg ! style="width:35px;"| File:Logo Primavera Europea.svg ! style="width:35px;"| File:VOX logo.svg ! style="width:35px;"| File:Podemos logo círculos.svg ! style="width:30px;" rowspan="2"| Lead |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}};"|
! style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}};"| ! style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Coalition for Europe (2014)}};"| ! style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Plural Left (Spain, 2014)}};"| ! style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Union, Progress and Democracy}};"| ! style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|The Left for the Right to Decide}};"| ! style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|The Peoples Decide}};"| ! style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Citizens (Spanish political party)}};"| ! style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|European Spring (Spanish electoral alliance)}};"| ! style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Vox (political party)}};"| ! style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Podemos (Spanish political party)}};"| |
|---|
| colspan="16" style="background:#A0A0A0"| |
| style="background:#EFEFEF;"
| 25 May 2014 | {{N/A}} | 43.8 | {{Party shading/PP}}| 26.1 | 23.0 | 5.4 | 10.0 | 6.5 | 4.0 | 2.1 | 3.2 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 8.0 | style="background:{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}; color:white;"| 3.1 |
| colspan="16" style="background:#A0A0A0"| |
| style="background:#EAFFEA;"
| 25 May 2014 |? |? | {{Party shading/PP}}| 32.3 | 30.8 | 4.4 | 9.7 | 5.4 | 3.3 | 1.5 | 2.7 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 2.5 | style="background:{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}; color:white;"| 1.5 |
| style="background:#EAFFEA;"
| TNS Demoscopia{{cite web |title=Sondeos a pie de urna |url=https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BogRT4XIgAA-nfg.jpg |language=es |work=Twitter |date=25 May 2014}} | 25 May 2014 |? |? | {{Party shading/PP}}|? |? |? |? |? |? |? |? |? |? |? | style="background:{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}; color:white;"|? |
| style="background:#EAFFEA;"
| 25 May 2014 |? |? | {{Party shading/PP}}|? |? |? |? |? |? |? |? |? |? |? | style="background:{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}; color:white;"|? |
| style="background:#FFEAEA;"
| 23 May 2014 |? | 44.0 | {{Party shading/PP}}|? |? |? |? |? |? |? |? |? |? |? | style="background:{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}; color:white;"|? |
| DYM/Libertad Digital{{cite web |title=El PP saca 8 puntos al PSOE y Vox alcanza un escaño |url=http://www.libertaddigital.com/espana/2014-05-18/el-pp-ganara-las-europeas-por-ocho-puntos-y-vox-sacara-un-escano-1276518883/ |language=es |work=Libertad Digital |date=18 May 2014}}
| 18 May 2014 |? | 45 | {{Party shading/PP}}| 33.5 | 25.7 | 7.9 | 12.2 | 7.0 | 3.5 |? | 1.7 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 2.4 | style="background:{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}; color:white;"| 7.8 |
| NC Report/La Razón{{cite web |title=El PP aventaja al PSOE en 2,8 puntos en la recta final |url=http://www.larazon.es/espana/el-pp-aventaja-al-psoe-en-2-8-puntos-en-la-recta-final-YK6396133 |language=es |work=La Razón |date=19 May 2014}}{{cite web |title=Encuesta mayo 2014 |url=http://www.larazon.es/documents/10165/0/video%288021%29.pdf |language=es |work=La Razón |date=19 May 2014}}
| 8–17 May 2014 | 900 | 43.2 | {{Party shading/PP}}| 32.5 | 29.7 | 4.5 | 11.8 | 6.1 |? |? |? |? |? |? | style="background:{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}; color:white;"| 2.8 |
| Celeste-Tel/eldiario.es{{cite web |title=Se confirma la previsión de abstención récord y el desgaste de PP y PSOE |url=http://www.eldiario.es/europeas_2014/prevision-abstencion-desgaste-PP-PSOE_0_261774065.html |language=es |work=eldiario.es |date=19 May 2014}}{{cite web |title=Barómetro Parlamento Europeo. Mes de mayo de 2014–Segunda oleada |url=http://www.celeste-tel.es/images/UEBarometroelectoralmayo2014oleada2.pdf |language=es |work=Celeste-Tel |date=19 May 2014}}
| 12–16 May 2014 | 1,100 | 39.7 | {{Party shading/PP}}| 31.5 | 30.5 | 4.2 | 9.9 | 6.0 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 3.5 | 2.3 | 1.4 | 2.1 | style="background:{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}; color:white;"| 1.0 |
| Invymark/laSexta{{cite web |title=El PP triunfaría en las elecciones europeas con casi siete puntos de ventaja sobre el PSOE |url=http://www.lasexta.com/noticias/nacional/triunfaria-elecciones-europeas-casi-siete-puntos-ventaja-psoe_201405195726720e4beb28d446020d82.html |language=es |work=laSexta |date=19 May 2014}}
| 12–16 May 2014 |? |? | {{Party shading/PP}}| 35.4 | 28.6 | 5.6 | 10.2 | 6.9 | 4.1 | 2.0 |? |? |? | 1.5 | style="background:{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}; color:white;"| 6.8 |
| GAD3/ABC{{cite web |title=La recuperación económica impulsa el voto del PP y hunde más al PSOE |url=http://hemeroteca.abc.es/nav/Navigate.exe/hemeroteca/madrid/abc/2014/05/18/018.html |language=es |work=ABC |date=18 May 2014}}{{cite web |title=Encuesta elecciones europeas de GAD3 para ABC- 16 de mayo |url=https://www.slideshare.net/GAD3_com/encuesta-elecciones-europeas-16-de-mayo |language=es |work=GAD3 |date=16 May 2014}}
| 12–16 May 2014 | 1,200 | 41.0 | {{Party shading/PP}}| 33.8 | 27.9 | 5.0 | 8.9 | 5.3 | 3.2 | 1.8 | 2.9 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 3.5 | style="background:{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}; color:white;"| 5.9 |
| Sigma Dos/El Mundo{{cite web |title=El auge de los minoritarios lastra al PSOE y a su líder |url=http://www.elmundo.es/album/espana/2014/05/19/537908a8e2704ecb7a8b4573.html |language=es |work=El Mundo |date=19 May 2014}}
| 13–15 May 2014 | 1,111 |? | {{Party shading/PP}}| 33.8 | 25.7 | 5.2 | 10.3 | 6.2 | 2.8 | 1.6 | 2.9 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 3.1 | style="background:{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}; color:white;"| 8.1 |
| Metroscopia/El País{{cite web |title=Abstención récord y resultado ajustado |url=https://politica.elpais.com/politica/2014/05/17/actualidad/1400354645_373918.html |language=es |work=El País |date=17 May 2014}}
| 8–13 May 2014 | 1,200 | 43 | {{Party shading/PP}}| 32.6 | 31.1 | 4.3 | 11.0 | 4.5 | 5.6 |? | 2.3 | 1.7 |? | 2.4 | style="background:{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}; color:white;"| 1.5 |
| GESOCLAB{{cite web |title=GESOCLAB |url=https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc1/t1.0-9/1939453_759414537412551_2073806727737457024_n.png |language=es |date=11 May 2014 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140512224240/https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc1/t1.0-9/1939453_759414537412551_2073806727737457024_n.png |archive-date=12 May 2014 }}
| 11 May 2014 |? |? | {{Party shading/PP}}| 31.0 | 28.8 | 5.4 | 10.5 | 6.3 | 4.4 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 1.5 | style="background:{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}; color:white;"| 2.2 |
| NC Report/La Razón{{cite web |title=El PP ganaría las europeas al PSOE con casi tres puntos de ventaja |url=http://www.larazon.es/espana/el-pp-ganaria-las-europeas-al-psoe-con-casi-tres-puntos-de-ventaja-JG6329319 |language=es |work=La Razón |date=11 May 2014}}
| 11 May 2014 |? |? | {{Party shading/PP}}| 32.8 | 29.9 |? | 11.9 | 6.2 |? |? |? |? |? |? | style="background:{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}; color:white;"| 2.9 |
| Celeste-Tel/eldiario.es{{cite web |title=PP y PSOE perderán uno de cada tres votos en las europeas |url=http://www.eldiario.es/europeas_2014/PP-PSOE-perderan-votos-europeas_0_259674852.html |language=es |work=eldiario.es |date=13 May 2014}}{{cite web |title=Barómetro Parlamento Europeo. Mes de mayo de 2014 |url=http://www.celeste-tel.es/images/UEBarometroelectoralmayo2014_Informe_final.pdf |language=es |work=Celeste-Tel |date=13 May 2014}}
| 2–8 May 2014 | 1,100 | 39.9 | {{Party shading/PP}}| 31.7 | 30.8 | 4.2 | 10.1 | 6.1 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 1.6 | 2.0 | style="background:{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}; color:white;"| 0.9 |
| Feedback/La Vanguardia{{cite web |title=El PP cae 9 puntos pero arranca la campaña con ventaja sobre el PSOE |url=http://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/preview/2014/05/11/pagina-14/93836394/pdf.html |language=es |work=La Vanguardia |date=11 May 2014}}
| 30 Apr–8 May 2014 | 1,500 | 48.5 | {{Party shading/PP}}| 33.1 | 29.8 | 5.6 | 10.3 | 6.3 | 3.4 | 1.8 | 2.9 |? |? |? | style="background:{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}; color:white;"| 3.3 |
| Sigma Dos/El Mundo{{cite web |title=El PP se dispara con 6,5 puntos sobre el PSOE |url=http://www.elmundo.es/espana/2014/05/11/536e852c268e3e6a428b4573.html |language=es |work=El Mundo |date=11 May 2014}}
| 28 Apr–8 May 2014 | 1,000 |? | {{Party shading/PP}}| 34.9 | 28.4 | 5.5 | 8.8 | 5.6 |? | 1.6 | 2.3 |? |? | 1.8 | style="background:{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}; color:white;"| 6.5 |
| Sigma Dos/El Mundo{{cite web |title=El PP mantiene la tendencia al alza y aventaja ya al PSOE en 4,6 puntos |url=http://www.elmundo.es/espana/2014/05/03/536542bb22601d35458b4576.html |language=es |work=El Mundo |date=3 May 2014}}
| 22–30 Apr 2014 | 1,000 |? | {{Party shading/PP}}| 34.3 | 29.7 | 4.9 | 8.5 | 5.9 | 2.8 |? | 1.7 |? |? | 1.6 | style="background:{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}; color:white;"| 4.6 |
| Demoscopia Servicios/esRadio{{cite web |title=Sin Complejos completo 03/05/2014 |url=http://esradio.libertaddigital.com/fonoteca/2014-05-03/sin-complejos-completo-03052014-73339.html |language=es |work=esRadio |date=3 May 2014}}{{cite web |title=SPAIN (EP 2014), April 2014. Demoscopia y Servicios |url=http://www.electograph.com/2014/05/spain-ep-2014-april-2014-demoscopia.html |language=es |work=Electograph |date=3 May 2014}}
| 22–30 Apr 2014 | 1,800 |? | {{Party shading/PP}}| 32.7 | 30.5 | 4.5 | 12.4 | 7.8 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 1.9 | <1.0 | 1.8 | <1.0 | style="background:{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}; color:white;"| 2.2 |
| Sondea/Público{{cite web |title=Un sondeo acentúa la caída de los dos grandes partidos españoles |url=http://www.publico.es/politica/sondeo-acentua-caida-grandes-partidos.html |language=es |work=Público |date=13 May 2014}}{{cite web |title=Intención de voto, estimación de resultados e interés por la campaña |url=http://sondeainvestigacionsocial.com/elecciones-al-parlamento-europeo/intencion-de-voto-y-estimacion-de-resultados/ |language=es |work=Sondea Investigación Social |date=13 May 2014 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517133111/http://sondeainvestigacionsocial.com/elecciones-al-parlamento-europeo/intencion-de-voto-y-estimacion-de-resultados/ |archive-date=17 May 2014 }}
| 9–30 Apr 2014 | 1,995 | 45 | {{Party shading/PP}}| 28.7 | 24.8 | 3.9 | 13.5 | 7.6 | 4.1 | 1.2 | 3.6 | 2.2 | 1.0 | 4.7 | style="background:{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}; color:white;"| 3.9 |
| rowspan="2"| Random EOMS/IU{{cite web |title=Sondeo preelectoral sobre las elecciones europeas |url=https://es.scribd.com/document/223109530/SondeoPreelectoralIU-europeas |language=es |work=IU |date=28 April 2014}}
| rowspan="2"| 22–28 Apr 2014 | rowspan="2"| 1,000 | High | {{Party shading/PP}}| 29.5 | 23.6 | 5.6 | 13.6 | 9.2 | 3.7 | 1.5 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 1.3 | 2.9 | style="background:{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}; color:white;"| 5.9 |
| Low
| {{Party shading/PP}}| 32.2 | 29.9 | 4.0 | 12.0 | 6.5 | 3.8 | 0.9 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 2.5 | style="background:{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}; color:white;"| 2.3 |
| CIS{{cite web |title=Preelectoral Elecciones al Parlamento Europeo 2014 (Estudio nº 3022. Abril 2014) |url=http://datos.cis.es/pdf/Es3022mar_A.pdf |language=es |work=CIS |date=8 May 2014}}
| 7–26 Apr 2014 | 4,737 |? | {{Party shading/PP}}| 33.7 | 31.0 | 5.5 | 9.3 | 5.3 | 3.7 | 2.1 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 1.8 | style="background:{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}; color:white;"| 2.7 |
| GAD3/ABC{{cite web |title=El PP recupera confianza y supera por tres escaños a un PSOE abatido |url=http://hemeroteca.abc.es/nav/Navigate.exe/hemeroteca/madrid/abc/2014/04/27/044.html |language=es |work=ABC |date=27 April 2014}}{{cite web |title=Encuesta de GAD3 para ABC: Elecciones Europeas 25 de mayo |url=https://www.slideshare.net/GAD3_com/encuesta-gad3-abc-europeas |language=es |work=GAD3 |date=26 April 2014}}
| 21–25 Apr 2014 | 1,007 | 41.2 | {{Party shading/PP}}| 33.2 | 28.6 | 4.9 | 10.7 | 6.7 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 1.0 | style="background:{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}; color:white;"| 4.6 |
| Metroscopia/El País{{cite web |title=Los sondeos dan un empate entre el PP y el PSOE con una abstención altísima |url=https://politica.elpais.com/politica/2014/04/25/actualidad/1398454628_995709.html |language=es |work=El País |date=27 April 2014}}{{cite web |title=Elecciones europeas. Barómetro preelectoral: abril 2014 |url=http://metroscopia.org/elecciones-europeas-barometro-preelectoral-abril-2014/ |language=es |work=Metroscopia |date=28 April 2014}}
| 21–24 Apr 2014 | 1,200 | 43 | {{Party shading/PP}}| 32.6 | 32.2 | 4.7 | 12.0 | 4.6 | 4.2 |? | 2.1 | 1.8 |? |? | style="background:{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}; color:white;"| 0.4 |
| Sigma Dos/El Mundo{{cite web |title=El PP ajusta al alza su ventaja |url=http://www.elmundo.es/espana/2014/04/27/535cda1f268e3e627a8b456d.html |language=es |work=El Mundo |date=27 April 2014}}
| 10–24 Apr 2014 | 1,000 |? | {{Party shading/PP}}| 33.8 | 30.3 |? | 9.6 | 7.0 | 3.0 |? |? |? |? |? | style="background:{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}; color:white;"| 3.5 |
| Sigma Dos/El Mundo{{cite web |title=PP y PSOE perderían más de 17 puntos en las europeas |url=http://www.elmundo.es/espana/2014/04/20/5352d73122601d18548b456f.html |language=es |work=El Mundo |date=20 April 2014}}
| 10–15 Apr 2014 | 1,000 |? | {{Party shading/PP}}| 33.1 | 30.2 | 4.2 | 10.4 | 7.2 | 3.2 | 1.3 | 2.3 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.2 | style="background:{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}; color:white;"| 2.9 |
| Invymark/laSexta{{cite web |title=El voto en las europeas está fragmentado y de momento no se perfila ganador claro |url=http://www.lasexta.com/noticias/nacional/voto-europeas-esta-fragmentado-momento-perfila-ganador-claro_20140412572693b74beb28d446022066.html |language=es |work=laSexta |date=12 April 2014}}
| 7–11 Apr 2014 |? |? | {{Party shading/PP}}| 32.8 | 30.4 | – | 13.0 | 9.0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | style="background:{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}; color:white;"| 2.4 |
| NC Report/La Razón{{cite web |title=Encuesta abril 2014 |url=http://www.larazon.es/documents/10165/0/video(7502).pdf |language=es |work=La Razón |date=2 April 2014}}
| 17–22 Mar 2014 | 900 | 42.0 | {{Party shading/PP}}| 30.4 | 28.3 | 4.5 | 12.1 | 7.3 | 3.9 | – | 2.8 | 3.2 | 2.2 | – | style="background:{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}; color:white;"| 2.1 |
| Invymark/laSexta{{cite web |title=Al 85% de los españoles no les preocupa no conocer al candidato popular para las europeas |url=http://www.lasexta.com/noticias/nacional/espanoles-les-preocupa-conocer-candidato-popular-europeas_201403225726aaf56584a81fd8846256.html |language=es |work=laSexta |date=22 March 2014}}
| 17–21 Mar 2014 |? |? | {{Party shading/PP}}| 32.6 | 30.9 | – | 13.2 | 9.2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | style="background:{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}; color:white;"| 1.7 |
| Metroscopia/El País{{cite web |title=El PSOE arranca la movilización de sus electores para el 25-M |url=https://politica.elpais.com/politica/2014/03/22/actualidad/1395514840_833257.html |language=es |work=El País |date=22 March 2014}}{{cite web |title=Elecciones europeas. Barómetro preelectoral: marzo 2014 |url=http://metroscopia.org/elecciones-europeas-barometro-preelectoral-marzo-2014/ |language=es |work=Metroscopia |date=24 March 2014}}
| 11–19 Mar 2014 | 1,600 | 40 | 25.7 | {{Party shading/PSOE}}| 29.0 | 4.0 | 14.1 | 8.4 | 4.5 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.8 | style="background:{{party color|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}; color:white;"| 3.3 |
| Metroscopia/El País{{cite web |title=Valenciano mantiene la mínima ventaja del PSOE frente al PP en las europeas |url=https://politica.elpais.com/politica/2014/02/22/actualidad/1393091219_042308.html |language=es |work=El País |date=22 February 2014}}{{cite web |title=Elecciones europeas. Barómetro preelectoral: febrero 2014 |url=http://metroscopia.org/elecciones-europeas-barometro-preelectoral-febrero-2014/ |language=es |work=Metroscopia |date=24 February 2014}}
| 12–20 Feb 2014 | 1,200 | 46 | 26.3 | {{Party shading/PSOE}}| 28.1 | 5.1 | 14.5 | 8.1 | 3.3 | – | 1.7 | – | – | – | style="background:{{party color|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}; color:white;"| 1.8 |
| Sondeos R.A.{{cite web |title=ENCUESTA-TRACK ELECTORAL Elecciones Europeas en España (I) |url=http://sondeosraesp.blogspot.com.es/2014/02/encuesta-track-electoral-elecciones.html |language=es |work=Sondeos R.A. España |date=17 February 2014 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140216231254/http://sondeosraesp.blogspot.com.es/2014/02/encuesta-track-electoral-elecciones.html |archive-date=16 February 2014 }}
| 13–15 Feb 2014 | 400 | 48.5 | 28.3 | {{Party shading/PSOE}}| 29.0 | 5.0 | 12.6 | 8.7 | 3.2 | – | 3.5 | – | – | – | style="background:{{party color|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}; color:white;"| 0.7 |
| GAD3/ABC{{cite web |title=El PP ganaría hoy las elecciones europeas con 20 escaños frente a 18 del PSOE |url=http://hemeroteca.abc.es/nav/Navigate.exe/hemeroteca/sevilla/abc.sevilla/2014/02/17/062.html |language=es |work=ABC Sevilla |date=17 February 2014}}
| 5–13 Feb 2014 | 1,000 | 41.0 | {{Party shading/PP}}| 31.2 | 29.2 | 5.1 | 11.1 | 7.7 | 3.4 | – | 1.3 | – | 1.4 | – | style="background:{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}; color:white;"| 2.0 |
| DYM/El Confidencial{{cite web |title=El PSOE ganaría las europeas: 19 escaños frente a 17 del PP, 'mordido' por VOX y C'S |url=http://www.elconfidencial.com/espana/2014-02-14/el-psoe-ganaria-las-europeas-19-escanos-frente-a-17-del-pp-mordido-por-vox-y-c-s_89017/ |language=es |work=El Confidencial |date=14 February 2014}}
| 27 Jan–10 Feb 2014 | 1,165 | 50 | 28.2 | {{Party shading/PSOE}}| 30.3 | 3.0 | 13.5 | 6.3 | 4.8 | – | – | – | – | – | style="background:{{party color|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}; color:white;"| 2.1 |
| Demoscopia Servicios/esRadio{{cite web |title=Tertulia de Luis del Pino: Las estrategias judiciales de la Infanta |url=http://esradio.libertaddigital.com/fonoteca/2014-02-09/tertulia-de-luis-del-pino-las-estrategias-judiciales-de-la-infanta-69730.html |language=es |work=esRadio |date=9 February 2014}}
| 9 Feb 2014 |? |? | {{Party shading/PP}}| 30.1 | 27.3 | – | 13.7 |? | – | – |? | – | 3.8 | – | style="background:{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}; color:white;"| 2.8 |
| Invymark/laSexta
| 3–7 Feb 2014 |? |? | {{Party shading/PP}}| 33.3 | 30.0 | – | 12.7 | 9.4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | style="background:{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}; color:white;"| 3.3 |
| NC Report/La Razón{{cite web |title=El PP ganaría las elecciones europeas |url=http://www.larazon.es/espana/el-pp-ganaria-las-elecciones-europeas-LC5352409 |language=es |work=La Razón |date=3 February 2014}}{{cite web |title=Encuesta enero 2014 |url=http://www.larazon.es/documents/10165/0/video%286882%29.pdf |language=es |work=La Razón |date=3 February 2014}}
| 27–31 Jan 2014 | 900 | 41.6 | {{Party shading/PP}}| 30.1 | 28.1 | 4.6 | 12.4 | 7.7 | 4.2 | – | 2.7 | 3.1 | 2.2 | – | style="background:{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}; color:white;"| 2.0 |
| GESOP/El Periódico{{cite web |title=El PP sigue en cabeza para las europeas aunque pierde apoyos |url=http://archivo.elperiodico.com/ed/20140203/pag_004.html |language=es |work=El Periódico de Catalunya |date=3 February 2014}}
| 20–23 Jan 2014 | 1,000 |? | {{Party shading/PP}}| 31.6 | 28.0 | 5.2 | 11.5 | 9.3 | 3.4 | – | 3.1 | – | – | – | style="background:{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}; color:white;"| 3.6 |
| Metroscopia/El País{{cite web |title=El PSOE aventaja al PP en las europeas |url=https://politica.elpais.com/politica/2014/01/25/actualidad/1390650525_866006.html |language=es |work=El País |date=25 January 2014}}{{cite web |title=Elecciones al Parlamento Europeo 2014: estimación de voto |url=http://metroscopia.org/elecciones-al-parlamento-europeo-2014-estimacion-de-voto/ |language=es |work=Metroscopia |date=29 January 2014}}
| 17–23 Jan 2014 | 1,200 | 46 | 26.4 | {{Party shading/PSOE}}| 28.0 | 5.3 | 14.5 | 8.0 | 5.1 | – | 2.0 | – | – | – | style="background:{{party color|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}; color:white;"| 1.6 |
| Invymark/laSexta{{cite web |title=El PP ganaría las elecciones europeas según el barómetro de laSexta |url=http://www.lasexta.com/noticias/noticias/ganaria-elecciones-europeas-segun-barometro-lasexta_201312295729c1806584a80f945f8e6e.html |language=es |work=laSexta |date=29 December 2013}}
| 16–20 Dec 2013 |? | 42.4 | {{Party shading/PP}}| 34.5 | 31.7 | – | 12.4 | 9.0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | style="background:{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}; color:white;"| 2.8 |
| GESOP/El Periódico{{cite web |title=Unas europeas poco atractivas |url=http://archivo.elperiodico.com/ed/20131206/pag_004.html |language=es |work=El Periódico de Catalunya |date=6 December 2013}}
| 25–28 Nov 2013 | 1,000 |? | {{Party shading/PP}}| 32.4 | 27.9 | 4.8 | 9.9 | 8.3 | 4.8 | – | 3.5 | – | – | – | style="background:{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}; color:white;"| 4.5 |
| Metroscopia/El País{{cite web |title=PP y PSOE empatarían en las elecciones a la Eurocámara de mayo |url=https://politica.elpais.com/politica/2013/11/17/actualidad/1384689350_655953.html |language=es |work=El País |date=17 November 2013}}{{cite web |title=El clima político de cara a las Europeas de 2014: un reflejo del nacional |url=http://metroscopia.org/el-clima-politico-de-cara-a-las-europeas-de-2014-un-reflejo-del-nacional/ |language=es |work=Metroscopia |date=19 November 2013}}
| 7 Oct–14 Nov 2013 | 3,600 | 46 | {{Party shading/PP}}| 29.0 | 27.9 | 4.3 | 14.3 | 8.2 | 5.5 | – | – | – | – | – | style="background:{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}; color:white;"| 1.1 |
| NC Report/La Razón{{cite web |title=El PP aventaja en 4,1 puntos al PSOE a seis meses de las elecciones europeas |url=http://www.larazon.es/espana/el-pp-aventaja-en-4-1-puntos-al-psoe-a-seis-meses-de-las-elecciones-europeas-HC4217845 |language=es |work=La Razón |date=4 November 2013}}
| 28–31 Oct 2013 |? | 41.5 | {{Party shading/PP}}| 32.0 | 27.9 | 5.0 | 12.7 | 8.9 | 4.8 | – | – | 2.8 | – | – | style="background:{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}; color:white;"| 4.1 |
| GESOP/El Periódico{{cite web |title=Las europeas solo motivan a uno de cada cinco españoles |url=http://archivo.elperiodico.com/ed/20130705/pag_004.html |language=es |work=El Periódico de Catalunya |date=5 July 2013}}
| 25–28 Jun 2013 | 1,000 |? | {{Party shading/PP}}| 32.1 | 28.5 | 3.5 | 12.4 | 9.0 | 4.0 | – | – | – | – | – | style="background:{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}; color:white;"| 3.6 |
| DYM/ZoomNews{{cite web |title=La fidelidad de voto del PP se derrumba ante las elecciones al Parlamento Europeo |url=http://www.zoomnews.es/67981/actualidad/espana/fidelidad-voto-del-pp-se-derrumba-las-elecciones-al-parlamento-europeo |language=es |work=ZoomNews |date=8 July 2013 |access-date=2 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130713132524/http://www.zoomnews.es/67981/actualidad/espana/fidelidad-voto-del-pp-se-derrumba-las-elecciones-al-parlamento-europeo |archive-date=13 July 2013 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}
| 12–25 Jun 2013 | 1,051 |? | {{Party shading/PP}}| 31.6 | 27.9 | 6.0 | 18.1 | 5.5 | 5.9 | – | – | – | – | – | style="background:{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}; color:white;"| 3.7 |
| Simple Lógica{{cite web |title=Índices de Opinión Pública. Parlamento Europeo |url=http://www.simplelogica.com/iop/iop13009.asp |language=es |work=Simple Lógica |date=11 June 2013 |access-date=2 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131210173804/http://www.simplelogica.com/iop/iop13009.asp |archive-date=10 December 2013 |url-status=dead }}
| 3–11 Jun 2013 | 1,018 | 41.6 | {{Party shading/PP}}| 33.6 | 25.9 | 5.5 | 11.6 | 11.1 | 4.4 | – | – | – | – | – | style="background:{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}; color:white;"| 7.7 |
| Metroscopia/El País{{cite web |title=Intención de voto |url=https://elpais.com/elpais/2013/06/08/media/1370700948_080534.html |language=es |work=El País |date=8 June 2013}}{{cite web |title=Clima Social de España (48ª oleada. Junio 2013) |url=http://metroscopia.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/informe-clima-social-48-junio-2013.pdf |language=es |work=Metroscopia |date=7 June 2013 |access-date=15 July 2017 |archive-date=1 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201031701/http://metroscopia.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/informe-clima-social-48-junio-2013.pdf |url-status=dead }}
| 5–6 Jun 2013 | 1,000 | 50–52 | {{Party shading/PP}}| 27.2 | 26.0 | 4.8 | 14.7 | 10.3 | 5.1 | – | – | – | – | – | style="background:{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}; color:white;"| 1.2 |
| JM&A/La Voz de Galicia{{cite web |title=Las elecciones europeas preocupan a los políticos |url=http://www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/opinion/2013/04/19/elecciones-europeas-preocupan-politicos/0003_201304G19P14995.htm |language=es |work=La Voz de Galicia |date=19 April 2013 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130423014324/http://www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/opinion/2013/04/19/elecciones-europeas-preocupan-politicos/0003_201304G19P14995.htm |archive-date=23 April 2013 }}
| 19 Apr 2013 |? | 37.4 | {{Party shading/PP}}| 29.6 | 26.7 | – | 11.0 | 9.0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | style="background:{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}; color:white;"| 2.9 |
| colspan="16" style="background:#A0A0A0"| |
| style="background:#EFEFEF;"
| 7 Jun 2009 | {{N/A}} | 44.9 | {{Party shading/PP}}| 42.1 | 38.8 | 5.1 | 3.7 | 2.9 | 2.5 | 1.1 | 0.1 | – | – | – | style="background:{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}; color:white;"| 3.3 |
| colspan="16" style="background:#A0A0A0"| |
=Voting preferences=
The table below lists raw, unweighted voting preferences.
| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%; line-height:14px;" |
| style="height:42px;"
! style="width:250px;" rowspan="2"| Polling firm/Commissioner ! style="width:125px;" rowspan="2"| Fieldwork date ! style="width:50px;" rowspan="2"| Sample size ! style="width:35px;"| File:People's Party (Spain) Logo (2008-2015).svg ! style="width:35px;"| File:Logotipo del PSOE.svg ! style="width:35px;"| File:Coalición por Europa (CEU).svg ! style="width:35px;"| File:IU500PNG.png ! style="width:35px;"| File:Logo de UPyD.png ! style="width:35px;"| File:Logo ERC.png ! style="width:35px;"| File:Los Pueblos Deciden (LPD).svg ! style="width:35px;"| File:Ciudadanos-icono.svg ! style="width:35px;"| File:Logo Primavera Europea.svg ! style="width:35px;"| File:VOX logo.svg ! style="width:35px;"| File:Podemos logo círculos.svg ! style="width:35px;" rowspan="2"| {{Qmark}} ! style="width:35px;" rowspan="2"| {{cross}} ! style="width:30px;" rowspan="2"| Lead |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}};"|
! style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}};"| ! style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Coalition for Europe (2014)}};"| ! style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Plural Left (Spain, 2014)}};"| ! style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Union, Progress and Democracy}};"| ! style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|The Left for the Right to Decide}};"| ! style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|The Peoples Decide}};"| ! style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Citizens (Spanish political party)}};"| ! style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|European Spring (Spanish electoral alliance)}};"| ! style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Vox (political party)}};"| ! style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Podemos (Spanish political party)}};"| |
|---|
| colspan="17" style="background:#A0A0A0"| |
| style="background:#EFEFEF;"
| 25 May 2014 | {{N/A}} | {{Party shading/PP}}| 11.7 | 10.4 | 2.4 | 4.5 | 2.9 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 3.6 | {{N/A}} | 54.2 | style="background:{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}; color:white;"| 1.3 |
| colspan="17" style="background:#A0A0A0"| |
| Metroscopia/El País{{cite web |title=Elecciones Europeas 2014: último sondeo preelectoral |url=https://blogs.elpais.com/metroscopia/2014/05/elecciones-europeas-2014-ultimo-sondeo-preelectoral.html |language=es |work=Metroscopia |date=20 May 2014}}
| 8–13 May 2014 | 1,200 | {{Party shading/PP}}| 12.6 | 12.3 | 1.8 | 7.6 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 32.1 | 15.1 | style="background:{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}; color:white;"| 0.3 |
| Random EOMS/IU
| 22–28 Apr 2014 | 1,000 | {{Party shading/PP}}| 15.7 | 12.1 | – | 9.1 | 6.1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | style="background:{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}; color:white;"| 3.6 |
| CIS
| 7–26 Apr 2014 | 4,737 | {{Party shading/PP}}| 14.2 | 14.1 | 2.6 | 5.2 | 3.0 | 2.4 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 25.9 | 23.8 | style="background:{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}; color:white;"| 0.1 |
| Metroscopia/El País
| 21–24 Apr 2014 | 1,200 | {{Party shading/PP}}| 15.8 | 12.1 | 1.9 | 6.7 | 3.3 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 34.2 | 12.1 | style="background:{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}; color:white;"| 3.7 |
| Metroscopia/El País
| 11–19 Mar 2014 | 1,600 | 11.6 | {{Party shading/PSOE}}| 13.2 | 1.7 | 6.4 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 39.3 | 12.3 | style="background:{{party color|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}; color:white;"| 1.6 |
| Metroscopia/El País
| 12–20 Feb 2014 | 1,200 | 11.6 | {{Party shading/PSOE}}| 12.8 | 2.4 | 8.3 | 4.1 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 34.3 | 15.8 | style="background:{{party color|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}; color:white;"| 1.2 |
| GESOP/El Periódico{{cite web |title=Barómetro político de España. Enero de 2014 |url=https://www.elperiodico.com/es/ext_resources/gesop/EP_BarometroEspana_Ene2014_Tabulaciones.pdf |language=es |work=GESOP |date=3 February 2014}}
| 20–23 Jan 2014 | 1,000 | {{Party shading/PP}}| 15.5 | 13.8 | 2.7 | 6.3 | 4.6 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 0.3 | – | – | 32.9 | 13.6 | style="background:{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}; color:white;"| 1.7 |
| Metroscopia/El País
| 17–23 Jan 2014 | 1,200 | {{Party shading/PP}}| 11.3 | {{Party shading/PSOE}}| 11.3 | 2.8 | 6.2 | 3.0 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 38.8 | 16.3 | style="background:gray; color:white;"| Tie |
| GESOP/El Periódico{{cite web |title=Barómetro político de España. Noviembre de 2013 |url=https://www.elperiodico.com/es/ext_resources/gesop/EP_BarometroEspana_Nov2013_Tabulaciones.pdf |language=es |work=GESOP |date=6 December 2013}}
| 25–28 Nov 2013 | 1,000 | 13.7 | {{Party shading/PSOE}}| 15.4 | 1.8 | 6.5 | 3.9 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 0.6 | – | – | 29.7 | 15.7 | style="background:{{party color|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}; color:white;"| 1.7 |
| Metroscopia/El País
| 7 Oct–14 Nov 2013 | 3,600 | {{Party shading/PP}}| 12.5 | 11.2 | 1.4 | 6.5 | 3.2 | 2.2 | – | – | – | – | – | 40.1 | 14.2 | style="background:{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}; color:white;"| 1.3 |
| GESOP/El Periódico{{cite web |title=Barómetro político de España. Junio de 2013 |url=https://www.elperiodico.com/es/ext_resources/gesop/EP_BarometreEspanya_Juny2013_Tabulacions.pdf |language=es |work=GESOP |date=5 July 2013}}
| 25–28 Jun 2013 | 1,000 | 14.0 | {{Party shading/PSOE}}| 14.4 | 1.2 | 6.0 | 3.8 | 1.2 | 0.6 | – | 0.4 | – | – | 30.3 | 18.8 | style="background:{{party color|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}; color:white;"| 0.4 |
| Simple Lógica
| 3–11 Jun 2013 | 1,018 | {{Party shading/PP}}| 12.2 | 8.3 | 2.3 | 5.4 | 4.2 | 2.2 | – | – | – | – | – | 24.1 | 36.5 | style="background:{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}; color:white;"| 3.9 |
| colspan="17" style="background:#A0A0A0"| |
| style="background:#EFEFEF;"
| 7 Jun 2009 | {{N/A}} | {{Party shading/PP}}| 19.3 | 17.6 | 2.3 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.1 | – | – | – | {{N/A}} | 54.0 | style="background:{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}; color:white;"| 1.7 |
| colspan="17" style="background:#A0A0A0"| |
=Victory preferences=
The table below lists opinion polling on the victory preferences for each party in the event of a European Parliament election taking place.
| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%; line-height:14px;" |
| style="height:42px;"
! style="width:250px;" rowspan="2"| Polling firm/Commissioner ! style="width:125px;" rowspan="2"| Fieldwork date ! style="width:50px;" rowspan="2"| Sample size ! style="width:35px;"| File:People's Party (Spain) Logo (2008-2015).svg ! style="width:35px;"| File:Logotipo del PSOE.svg ! style="width:35px;" rowspan="2"| Other/ ! style="width:35px;" rowspan="2"| {{Qmark}} ! style="width:30px;" rowspan="2"| Lead |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}};"|
! style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}};"| |
|---|
| Feedback/La Vanguardia
| 30 Apr–8 May 2014 | 1,500 | 25.1 | {{Party shading/PSOE}}| 37.4 | 26.9 | 10.6 | style="background:{{party color|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}; color:white;"| 12.3 |
| Metroscopia/El País
| 11–19 Mar 2014 | 1,600 | 20.0 | {{Party shading/PSOE}}| 38.0 | 21.0 | 21.0 | style="background:{{party color|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}; color:white;"| 18.0 |
=Victory likelihood=
The table below lists opinion polling on the perceived likelihood of victory for each party in the event of a European Parliament election taking place.
| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%; line-height:14px;" |
| style="height:42px;"
! style="width:250px;" rowspan="2"| Polling firm/Commissioner ! style="width:125px;" rowspan="2"| Fieldwork date ! style="width:50px;" rowspan="2"| Sample size ! style="width:35px;"| File:People's Party (Spain) Logo (2008-2015).svg ! style="width:35px;"| File:Logotipo del PSOE.svg ! style="width:35px;"| File:Coalición por Europa (CEU).svg ! style="width:35px;"| File:IU500PNG.png ! style="width:35px;"| File:Logo de UPyD.png ! style="width:35px;"| File:Logo ERC.png ! style="width:35px;"| File:Los Pueblos Deciden (LPD).svg ! style="width:35px;"| File:Ciudadanos-icono.svg ! style="width:35px;"| File:Logo Primavera Europea.svg ! style="width:35px;"| File:VOX logo.svg ! style="width:35px;"| File:Podemos logo círculos.svg ! style="width:35px;" rowspan="2"| Other/ ! style="width:35px;" rowspan="2"| {{Qmark}} ! style="width:30px;" rowspan="2"| Lead |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}};"|
! style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}};"| ! style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Coalition for Europe (2014)}};"| ! style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Plural Left (Spain, 2014)}};"| ! style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Union, Progress and Democracy}};"| ! style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|The Left for the Right to Decide}};"| ! style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|The Peoples Decide}};"| ! style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Citizens (Spanish political party)}};"| ! style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|European Spring (Spanish electoral alliance)}};"| ! style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Vox (political party)}};"| ! style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Podemos (Spanish political party)}};"| |
|---|
| Feedback/La Vanguardia
| 30 Apr–8 May 2014 | 1,500 | {{Party shading/PP}}| 54.8 | 19.1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3.9 | 22.2 | style="background:{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}; color:white;"| 35.7 |
| CIS
| 7–26 Apr 2014 | 4,737 | {{Party shading/PP}}| 45.3 | 13.7 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 37.9 | style="background:{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}; color:white;"| 31.6 |
Results
=Overall=
{{For|results by autonomous community/constituency|Results breakdown of the 2014 European Parliament election in Spain}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"
|+ ← Summary of the 25 May 2014 European Parliament election results in Spain → | |||
| colspan="7"| File:SpainEuropeanParliamentDiagram2014.svg | |||
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2" colspan="2" width="525"| Parties and alliances
! colspan="3"| Popular vote ! colspan="2"| Seats | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| width="75"| Votes
! width="45"| % ! width="45"| ±pp ! width="35"| Total ! width="35"| +/− | |||
| width="1" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}"|
| align="left"| People's Party (PP) | 4,098,339 | 26.09 | style="color:red;"| –16.03
| 16 | style="color:red;"| –8 |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"|
| align="left"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 3,614,232 | 23.01 | style="color:red;"| –15.77
| 14 | style="color:red;"| –9 |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Plural Left (Spain, 2014)}}"|
| align="left"| Plural Left (IP)1 | 1,575,308 | 10.03 | style="color:green;"| +6.32
| 6 | style="color:green;"| +4 |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Podemos (Spanish political party)}}"|
| align="left"| We Can (Podemos) | 1,253,837 | 7.98 | New
| 5 | style="color:green;"| +5 |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Union, Progress and Democracy}}"|
| align="left"| Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) | 1,022,232 | 6.51 | style="color:green;"| +3.66
| 4 | style="color:green;"| +3 |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Coalition for Europe (2014)}}"|
| align="left"| Coalition for Europe (CEU)2 | 851,971 | 5.42 | style="color:green;"| +0.60
| 3 | ±0 |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|The Left for the Right to Decide}}"|
| align="left"| The Left for the Right to Decide (EPDD)3 | 630,072 | 4.01 | style="color:green;"| +2.60
| 2 | style="color:green;"| +1 |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Citizens (Spanish political party)}}"|
| align="left"| Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's)4 | 497,146 | 3.16 | style="color:green;"| +3.02
| 2 | style="color:green;"| +2 |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|The Peoples Decide}}"|
| align="left"| The Peoples Decide (LPD)5 | 326,464 | 2.08 | style="color:red;"| –0.06
| 1 | style="color:green;"| +1 |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|European Spring (Spanish electoral alliance)}}"|
| align="left"| European Spring (PE)6 | 302,266 | 1.92 | style="color:green;"| +1.56
| 1 | style="color:green;"| +1 |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Vox (political party)}}"|
| align="left"| Vox (Vox) | 246,833 | 1.57 | New
| 0 | ±0 |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals}}"|
| align="left"| Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA) | 177,499 | 1.13 | style="color:green;"| +0.87
| 0 | ±0 |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Blank Seats}}"|
| align="left"| Blank Seats (EB) | 115,682 | 0.74 | New
| 0 | ±0 |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Citizens' Democratic Renewal Movement}}"|
| align="left"| Citizens' Democratic Renewal Movement (RED) | 105,666 | 0.67 | New
| 0 | ±0 |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|X Party}}"|
| align="left"| X Party, Party of the Future (Partido X) | 100,561 | 0.64 | New
| 0 | ±0 |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Andalusian Party}}"|
| align="left"| Andalusian Party (PA)7 | 49,523 | 0.32 | style="color:green;"| +0.15
| 0 | ±0 |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Pirate Party (Spain)}}"|
| align="left"| Pirate Confederation–European Pirates (Piratas) | 38,690 | 0.25 | New
| 0 | ±0 |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Asturias Forum}}"|
| align="left"| Asturias Forum (FAC) | 32,962 | 0.21 | New
| 0 | ±0 |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Electors' Group for the Disabled and Rare Diseases}}"|
| align="left"| Electors' Group for the Disabled and Rare Diseases (DER) | 32,833 | 0.21 | New
| 0 | ±0 |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Zero Cuts}}"|
| align="left"| Zero Cuts (Recortes Cero) | 30,827 | 0.20 | New
| 0 | ±0 |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain}}"|
| align="left"| Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE) | 29,324 | 0.19 | style="color:green;"| +0.09
| 0 | ±0 |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Feminist Initiative (Spain)}}"|
| align="left"| Feminist Initiative (IFem) | 23,140 | 0.15 | style="color:green;"| +0.09
| 0 | ±0 |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Falange Española de las JONS (1976)}}"|
| align="left"| Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS) | 21,687 | 0.14 | style="color:green;"| +0.08
| 0 | ±0 |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|United Free Citizens}}"|
| align="left"| United Free Citizens (CILUS) | 18,287 | 0.12 | New
| 0 | ±0 |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Social Impulse (Spain)}}"|
| align="left"| Social Impulse (Impulso Social)8 | 17,879 | 0.11 | style="color:red;"| –0.08
| 0 | ±0 |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|La España en Marcha}}"|
| align="left"| Spain on the Move (LEM) | 17,035 | 0.11 | New
| 0 | ±0 |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Humanist Party (Spain)}}"|
| align="left"| Humanist Party (PH) | 14,896 | 0.09 | style="color:green;"| +0.05
| 0 | ±0 |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Democracy (Spain)}}"|
| align="left"| National Democracy (DN) | 13,079 | 0.08 | style="color:green;"| +0.02
| 0 | ±0 |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Europe Project (Spain)}}"|
| align="left"| Europe Project (ACNV–BAR–PRAO–REPO–UNIO) | 11,502 | 0.07 | New
| 0 | ±0 |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Land Party}}"|
| align="left"| Land Party (PT) | 9,940 | 0.06 | New
| 0 | ±0 |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Individual Freedom Party}}"|
| align="left"| Individual Freedom Party (P–LIB) | 9,670 | 0.06 | New
| 0 | ±0 |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Republican Social Movement}}"|
| align="left"| Republican Social Movement (MSR) | 8,909 | 0.06 | style="color:green;"| +0.02
| 0 | ±0 |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|United Extremadura}}"|
| align="left"| United Extremadura (EU) | 8,821 | 0.06 | style="color:green;"| +0.03
| 0 | ±0 |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Republican Alternative (Spain)}}"|
| align="left"| Republican Alternative (ALTER) | 8,593 | 0.05 | New
| 0 | ±0 |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Internationalist Socialist Workers' Party}}"|
| align="left"| For the Republic, for the Rupture with the European Union (RRUE)9 | 8,309 | 0.05 | style="color:red;"| –0.03
| 0 | ±0 |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Internationalist Solidarity and Self-Management}}"|
| align="left"| Internationalist Solidarity and Self-Management (SAIn) | 6,929 | 0.04 | ±0.00
| 0 | ±0 |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Regionalist Party of the Leonese Country}}"|
| align="left"| Regionalist Party of the Leonese Country (PREPAL) | 6,759 | 0.04 | style="color:green;"| +0.01
| 0 | ±0 |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Extremaduran Coalition}}"|
| align="left"| Extremadurans for Europe (IPEx–PREx–CREx) | 5,967 | 0.04 | New
| 0 | ±0 |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Red Current}}"|
| align="left"| Red Current Movement (MCR) | 4,980 | 0.03 | New
| 0 | ±0 |
| align="left" colspan="2"| Blank ballots
| 361,567 | 2.30 | style="color:green;"| +0.91
| bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2"| | |
| colspan="7" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"| | |||
| style="font-weight:bold;"
| align="left" colspan="2"| Total | 15,710,216 | bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2"|
| 54 | ±0 | |
| colspan="7" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"| | |||
| align="left" colspan="2"| Valid votes
| 15,710,216 | 98.20 | style="color:red;"| –1.18
| bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2" rowspan="5"| | |
| align="left" colspan="2"| Invalid votes
| 287,925 | 1.80 | style="color:green;"| +1.18 | |
| style="font-weight:bold;"
| align="left" colspan="2"| Votes cast / turnout | 15,998,141 | 43.81 | style="color:red;"| –1.09 | |
| align="left" colspan="2"| Abstentions
| 20,515,943 | 56.19 | style="color:green;"| +1.09 | |
| style="font-weight:bold;"
| align="left" colspan="2"| Registered voters | 36,514,084 | bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2"| | ||
| colspan="7" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"| | |||
| align="left" colspan="7"| Sources{{cite web |url=https://infoelectoral.interior.gob.es/opencms/es/elecciones-celebradas/resultados-electorales/ |title=Elecciones celebradas. Resultados electorales |language=es |publisher=Ministry of the Interior |access-date=15 April 2022}}{{cite web |url=https://www.historiaelectoral.com/eu2014.html |title=Elecciones Europeas 25 de mayo de 2014 |language=es |website=Historia Electoral.com |access-date=21 October 2021}} | |||
| colspan="7" style="text-align:left; max-width:790px;"| {{hidden|ta1=left|title=Footnotes:|content={{ubl
| 1 Plural Left results are compared to United Left–Initiative for Catalonia Greens: The Left totals in the 2009 election. | 2 Coalition for Europe (2014) results are compared to Coalition for Europe (2009) totals in the 2009 election, not including results in Andalusia and the Valencian Community. | 3 The Left for the Right to Decide results are compared to Europe of the Peoples–Greens totals in the 2009 election, not including results in Aragon, the Basque Country, Galicia and Navarre. | 4 Citizens–Party of the Citizenry results are compared to Libertas–Citizens of Spain totals in the 2009 election. | 5 The Peoples Decide results are compared to the combined totals of Internationalist Initiative–Solidarity among Peoples, Europe of the Peoples–Greens in the Basque Country, Galicia and Navarre and Andecha Astur in the 2009 election. | 6 European Spring results are compared to the combined totals of Coalition for Europe in the Valencian Community, Europe of the Peoples–Greens in Aragon, and For a Fairer World in the 2009 election. | 7 Andalusian Party results are compared to Coalition for Europe totals in Andalusia in the 2009 election. | 8 Social Impulse results are compared to the combined totals of Spanish Alternative and Family and Life Party in the 2009 election. | 9 For the Republic, for the Rupture with the European Union results are compared to Internationalist Socialist Workers' Party totals in the 2009 election.}}}} |
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{{bar percent|Podemos|{{party color|Podemos (Spanish political party)}}|7.98}}
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=Maps=
File:2014 European election in Spain - Vote Strength.svg|Vote winner strength by province.
File:2014 European election in Spain - AC results.svg|Vote winner strength by autonomous community.
=Distribution by European group=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"
|+ Summary of political group distribution in the 8th European Parliament (2014–2019) |
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" width="375"| Groups
! style="text-align:left;" width="350"| Parties ! width="35"| Seats ! width="35"| Total ! width="45"| % |
|---|
| style="background:#DFEFFF;"
| width="1" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|European People's Party}}"| | align="left"| European People's Party (EPP) | align="left"|
| 16 | 17 | 31.48 |
| style="background:#FFDFE3;"
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats}}"| | align="left"| Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) | align="left"| | 14 | 14 | 25.93 |
| style="background:#FFE3DF;"
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|European United Left–Nordic Green Left}}"| | align="left"| European United Left–Nordic Green Left (GUE/NGL) | align="left"|
| 5 | 11 | 20.37 |
| style="background:#FFFBDF;"
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Group}}"| | align="left"| Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) | align="left"|
| 4 | 8 | 14.81 |
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Greens–European Free Alliance}}"| | align="left"| Greens–European Free Alliance (Greens/EFA) | align="left"|
| 1 | 4 | 7.41 |
| colspan="6"| |
| style="background:#E4E4E4; font-weight:bold;"
| align="left" colspan="3"| Total | 54 | 54 | 100.00 |
=Elected legislators=
The following table lists the elected legislators:{{Smallcaps|Junta Electoral Central}}: {{Cite journal|issn=0212-033X |issue=142|date=12 June 2014|url=http://www.boe.es/boe/dias/2014/06/12/pdfs/BOE-A-2014-6234.pdf|title=Acuerdo de 11 de junio de 2014, de la Junta Electoral Central, por el que se procede a la proclamación de Diputados electos al Parlamento Europeo en las elecciones celebradas el 25 de mayo de 2014|journal=Boletín Oficial del Estado|pages=44717–44718}}
| class="wikitable sortable collapsible collapsed" | |||
| background-color:#E9E9E9"
! colspan="4"| Elected legislators | |||
| background-color:#E9E9E9"
! width="10px"| # ! width="280px"| Name ! width="80px" colspan="2"| List | |||
| 1 | Miguel Arias Cañete | width="1" bgcolor="{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}"| | PP |
| 2 | Elena Valenciano Martínez-Orozco | bgcolor="{{party color|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"| | PSOE |
| 3 | Esteban González Pons | width="1" bgcolor="{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}"| | PP |
| 4 | Ramón Jáuregui Atondo | bgcolor="{{party color|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"| | PSOE |
| 5 | Willy Enrique Meyer Pleite | bgcolor="{{party color|Plural Left (Spain, 2014)}}"| | IP |
| 6 | María Teresa Jiménez Becerril Barrio | width="1" bgcolor="{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}"| | PP |
| 7 | Pablo Iglesias Turrión | bgcolor="{{party color|Podemos (Spanish political party)}}"| | Podemos |
| 8 | Soledad Cabezón Ruiz | bgcolor="{{party color|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"| | PSOE |
| 9 | Luis de Grandes Pascual | width="1" bgcolor="{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}"| | PP |
| 10 | Francisco Sosa Wagner | bgcolor="{{party color|Union, Progress and Democracy}}"| | UPyD |
| 11 | Juan Fernando López Aguilar | bgcolor="{{party color|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"| | PSOE |
| 12 | Ramón Tremosa i Balcells | bgcolor="{{party color|Coalition for Europe (2014)}}"| | CEU |
| 13 | Pilar del Castillo Vera | width="1" bgcolor="{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}"| | PP |
| 14 | Paloma López Bermejo | bgcolor="{{party color|Plural Left (Spain, 2014)}}"| | IP |
| 15 | Iratxe García Pérez | bgcolor="{{party color|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"| | PSOE |
| 16 | Ramón Luis Valcárcel Siso | width="1" bgcolor="{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}"| | PP |
| 17 | Josep Maria Terricabras i Nogueras | bgcolor="{{party color|The Left for the Right to Decide}}" | | EPDD |
| 18 | María Teresa Rodríguez-Rubio Vázquez | bgcolor="{{party color|Podemos (Spanish political party)}}"| | Podemos |
| 19 | Javier López Fernández | bgcolor="{{party color|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"| | PSOE |
| 20 | María Rosa Estarás Ferragut | width="1" bgcolor="{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}"| | PP |
| 21 | Ernest Urtasun Domenech | bgcolor="{{party color|Plural Left (Spain, 2014)}}"| | IP |
| 22 | Inmaculada Rodríguez-Piñero Fernández | bgcolor="{{party color|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"| | PSOE |
| 23 | Francisco José Millán Mon | width="1" bgcolor="{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}"| | PP |
| 24 | María Teresa Pagazaurtundúa Ruiz | bgcolor="{{party color|Union, Progress and Democracy}}"| | UPyD |
| 25 | Javier Nart Peñalver | bgcolor="{{party color|Citizens (Spanish political party)}}" | | C's |
| 26 | Pablo Zalba Bidegain | width="1" bgcolor="{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}"| | PP |
| 27 | Enrique Guerrero Salom | bgcolor="{{party color|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"| | PSOE |
| 28 | Izaskun Bilbao Barandica | bgcolor="{{party color|Coalition for Europe (2014)}}"| | CEU |
| 29 | Carlos Jiménez Villarejo | bgcolor="{{party color|Podemos (Spanish political party)}}"| | Podemos |
| 30 | Verónica Lope Fontagne | width="1" bgcolor="{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}"| | PP |
| 31 | Eider Gardiazábal Rubial | bgcolor="{{party color|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"| | PSOE |
| 32 | Marina Albiol Guzmán | bgcolor="{{party color|Plural Left (Spain, 2014)}}"| | IP |
| 33 | Antonio López-Istúriz White | width="1" bgcolor="{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}"| | PP |
| 34 | José Blanco López | bgcolor="{{party color|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"| | PSOE |
| 35 | Santiago Fisas Ayxelà | width="1" bgcolor="{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}"| | PP |
| 36 | Fernando Maura Barandiarán | bgcolor="{{party color|Union, Progress and Democracy}}"| | UPyD |
| 37 | Clara Eugenia Aguilera García | bgcolor="{{party color|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"| | PSOE |
| 38 | Iosu Mirena Juaristi Abaunz | bgcolor="{{party color|The Peoples Decide}}" | | LPD |
| 39 | Gabriel Mato Adrover | width="1" bgcolor="{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}"| | PP |
| 40 | Ernest Maragall i Mira | bgcolor="{{party color|The Left for the Right to Decide}}" | | EPDD |
| 41 | Maria Lidia Senra Rodríguez | bgcolor="{{party color|Plural Left (Spain, 2014)}}"| | IP |
| 42 | María Dolores "Lola" Sánchez Caldentey | bgcolor="{{party color|Podemos (Spanish political party)}}"| | Podemos |
| 43 | Jordi Sebastià Talavera | bgcolor="{{party color|European Spring (Spanish electoral alliance)}}" | | PE |
| 44 | Sergio Gutiérrez Prieto | bgcolor="{{party color|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"| | PSOE |
| 45 | María del Pilar Ayuso González | width="1" bgcolor="{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}"| | PP |
| 46 | Francesc de Paula Gambús i Millet | bgcolor="{{party color|Coalition for Europe (2014)}}"| | CEU |
| 47 | Inés Ayala Sender | bgcolor="{{party color|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"| | PSOE |
| 48 | María Esther Herranz García | width="1" bgcolor="{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}"| | PP |
| 49 | Ángela Rosa Vallina de la Noval | bgcolor="{{party color|Plural Left (Spain, 2014)}}"| | IP |
| 50 | Jonás Fernández Álvarez | bgcolor="{{party color|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"| | PSOE |
| 51 | Agustín Díaz de Mera García Consuegra | width="1" bgcolor="{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}"| | PP |
| 52 | Beatriz Becerra Basterrechea | bgcolor="{{party color|Union, Progress and Democracy}}"| | UPyD |
| 53 | Pablo Echenique Robba | bgcolor="{{party color|Podemos (Spanish political party)}}"| | Podemos |
| 54 | Juan Carlos Girauta Vidal | bgcolor="{{party color|Citizens (Spanish political party)}}" | | C's |
Aftermath
=Outcome=
The election resulted in a massive loss of support for the two main political parties of Spain, which together fell from a combined total of 80.9% in the previous European election to a record-low 49.1% of the vote (a net total of −31.8 pp, about −16.0 each one).{{cite news |last=Elordi Cué |first=Carlos |date=26 May 2014 |url=https://elpais.com/politica/2014/05/25/actualidad/1401029782_739281.html |title=Pierde el bipartidismo tras el fuerte castigo de los electores a PP y PSOE |newspaper=El País |location=Madrid |access-date=12 July 2024}} Podemos, a party founded four months previously running on an anti-austerity platform, won an unprecedented 8.0% of the vote and 5 out of 54 seats to the European Parliament; the best result ever scored in Spain by a newly created party in its first electoral test.{{cite news |last1=Jiménez Gálvez |first1=José María |last2=Kadner López |first2=Marien |date=26 May 2014 |url=https://elpais.com/politica/2014/05/25/actualidad/1401009854_060215.html |title=Podemos se convierte en la sorpresa y logra cinco escaños en Estrasburgo |language=es |newspaper=El País |location=Madrid |access-date=12 July 2024}}
The People's Party (PP) came out on top in most autonomous communities except in Andalusia, Asturias and Extremadura, where the PSOE won; the Basque Country, where the PNV prevailed; and Catalonia, where ERC scored first place for the first time in 80 years. In these last two communities the PP polled in fourth and fifth places, respectively. Significant were, however, their results in Madrid, Valencian Community and Murcia; in the first two it polled below the 30% mark for the first time in 25 years, while in the latter it experienced a spectacular drop in support, falling from the 60% mark it had maintained since the 2000 general election to below 40% of the vote. Also, except for the autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla, it didn't surpass the 40% mark in any region, not even its strongholds of Galicia (where it polled a mere 35%), Castile and León or Castile-La Mancha (38% in both of them).
The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), except for those communities where it won, experienced a significant drop in support. It suffered most notably in Catalonia and the Basque Country (where it finished in third place). In Catalonia in particular, the PSOE's sister party, the Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC), had previously won all general and European elections held in the region—except for those of 1994 and 2011, where it polled second just behind Convergence and Union.
Other parties benefiting from the collapse in support for the PP and PSOE parties were United Left-led Plural Left (IP) coalition, which with a 10.0% obtained its best results nationally since 1996, and Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD), whose 6.5% would remain the highest the party would win in a nationwide election before their decline throughout 2015. The Citizens party (C's) entered the European Parliament with 2 seats and 3.2% of the vote.{{cite news |last=Gutiérrez-Franco |first=Vera |date=25 May 2014 |url=https://elpais.com/politica/2014/05/25/actualidad/1401010654_800348.html |title=IU y UPyD confirman su subida y se postulan como bisagras para 2015 |language=es |newspaper=El País |location=Madrid |access-date=12 July 2024}}
=Bipartisanship crisis=
The election backlash had immediate consequences on the Socialist party (PSOE), which scored its worst result ever in an election held at a nationwide scale: a bare 23.0% of the vote, compared to the already disappointing results the party had obtained in the general election of 2011, with 28.8%. Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba, which had won the party's leadership on a 2012 party federal congress, announced his intention to resign from his post after his party holds an extraordinary federal congress on 19–20 July to elect a new leadership.{{cite news |last=Garea |first=Fernando |date=26 May 2014 |url=https://elpais.com/politica/2014/05/26/actualidad/1401102768_248408.html |title=Rubalcaba tira la toalla y convoca en julio un congreso extraordinario tras la debacle |language=es |newspaper=El País |location=Madrid |access-date=12 July 2024}} Rubalcaba also announced his intention not to run in the primaries that would elect the party's candidate for the next general election.{{cite news |last=Garat |first=Ketty |date=25 May 2014 |url=https://www.libertaddigital.com/espana/politica/2014-05-26/valenciano-no-descarta-que-rubalcaba-dimita-manana-1276519599/ |title=Rubalcaba anunciará este lunes que no se presenta a las primarias |language=es |newspaper=Libertad Digital |access-date=12 July 2024}} Several regional party leaders followed suit and announced their intention to hold regional extraordinary party congresses as well.{{cite news |last=Gorospe |first=Pedro |date=27 May 2014 |url=https://elpais.com/politica/2014/05/27/actualidad/1401180642_767165.html |title=Patxi López también se va y pide “una revolución” |language=es |newspaper=El País |location=Bilbao |access-date=12 July 2024}}
On the other hand, People's Party (PP) leaders refused to publicly acknowledge the negative results of the party in the election, despite losing 40% of its 2009 vote and scoring the worst result the party has obtained in a national election since 1989, instead opting to highlight the fact that "they had won the election".{{cite news |author=J.G.M. |date=25 May 2014 |url=https://www.abc.es/elecciones-europeas/20140525/abci-canete-cospedal-reaccion-201405252337.html |title=Cospedal destaca que ha ganado el partido que apoya al Gobierno |language=es |newspaper=ABC |access-date=12 July 2024}} Despite this, the party had to cancel the victory celebration that was to be held in their national headquarters in Madrid due to the poor affluence of party supporters which went to the place, an evidence of worser than expected election results.{{cite news |last=Muñoz |first=F. |date=26 May 2014 |url=https://www.abc.es/elecciones-europeas/20140526/abci-celebraciones-noche-electoral-201405260019.html |title=Sin balcón en Génova ni ovación en Ferraz, así ha terminado la noche electoral más fría |language=es |newspaper=ABC |access-date=12 July 2024}}{{cite news |date=26 May 2014 |url=https://www.lasexta.com/noticias/nacional/cancela-celebracion-genova-pese-anunciar-victoria-electoral_20140526572649a04beb28d44601f7d4.html |title=El PP cancela la celebración en Génova |language=es |publisher=laSexta |access-date=12 July 2024}} Concerns arose among party regional leaders on the prospects of such electoral results being displayed at the local and regional level in the May 2015 elections, something which could potentially force the PP out from the government of party strongholds' such as Madrid and Valencia.{{cite news |agency=Europa Press |date=26 May 2014 |url=https://www.elconfidencial.com/espana/2014-05-26/aguirre-y-fabra-preocupados-por-los-resultados-apuestan-por-hacer-muchas-reflexiones_136909/ |title=Aguirre y Fabra, preocupados por los resultados del PP, llaman a la reflexión |language=es |newspaper=El Confidencial |access-date=12 July 2024}}
On 26 May El País ran the headline "Harsh punishment to PP and PSOE",{{cite news |date=26 May 2014 |url=https://elpais.com/hemeroteca/elpais/2014/05/26/m/portada.html |title=Fuerte castigo a PP y PSOE |language=es |newspaper=El País |access-date=12 July 2024}} whilst El Mundo declared that "bipartisanship crumbles".{{cite news |date=26 May 2014 |url=https://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/hemeroteca/2014/05/26/m/index.html |title=El bipartidismo se desmorona |language=es |newspaper=El Mundo |access-date=12 July 2024}} International media focused instead on the rise of Podemos party, with the BBC headlining that "Spain's 'we can' party proves it can" or "Spain's Podemos party challenges system",{{cite news |last=Burridge |first=Tom |date=26 May 2014 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-eu-27579898 |title=Spain's 'we can' party proves it can |publisher=BBC News |location=Madrid |access-date=12 July 2024}}{{cite news |date=26 May 2014 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-27572663 |title=Spain's Podemos party challenges system |publisher=BBC News |access-date=12 July 2024}} while others stated how the final election results "stunned analysts and pollsters".{{cite news |last=LoGiurato |first=Brett |date=26 May 2014 |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/spains-podemos-party-wins-european-elections-2014-5 |title=Spain's new left-wing party scored one of the most stunning victories in the European elections |publisher=Business Insider |access-date=12 July 2024}}{{cite news |date=26 May 2014 |url=https://www.ft.com/content/cd0d26b6-e4b5-11e3-9b2b-00144feabdc0 |title=Spain's new leftwing party stuns pollsters |newspaper=Financial Times |access-date=12 July 2024}}
=Abdication of King Juan Carlos I=
{{Main|Juan Carlos I of Spain#Abdication}}
One week after the election, Spanish King Juan Carlos I announced his intention to abdicate in favour of his son, Felipe.{{cite news |last1=Junquera |first1=Natalia |last2=Elordi Cué |first2=Carlos |date=2 June 2014 |url=https://elpais.com/politica/2014/06/02/actualidad/1401697005_470180.html |title=El Rey abdica |newspaper=El País |location=Madrid |access-date=12 July 2024}} Allegedly, the election results had no influence in the King's abdication. Rather, the elderly monarch had taken the decision the day of his 76th birthday in January and had spoken about it with Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy on 31 March and with opposition leader Rubalcaba three days later, but it was not until after the election that he announced it in order not to affect the electoral process.{{cite news |last=Junquera |first=Natalia |date=2 June 2014 |url=https://elpais.com/politica/2014/06/02/actualidad/1401732939_673840.html |title=El Rey tomó la decisión en enero y encargó un informe del proceso |language=es |newspaper=El País |location=Madrid |access-date=12 July 2024}}{{cite news |date=5 June 2014 |url=http://www.estrelladigital.es/articulo/actualidad/resultado-elecciones-no-ha-influido-abdicacion-rey/20140605191246199107.html |title=El resultado de las elecciones no ha influido en la abdicación del Rey |language=es |publisher=Estrella Digital |access-date=12 July 2024}} However, abdication was not regulated under the Spanish Constitution of 1978 and thus required the approval of an Organic Law on the matter.{{cite news |date=2 June 2014 |url=http://www.lavanguardia.com/politica/20140602/54408591870/gobierno-prepara-ley-organica-cenida-regular-abdicacion-juan-carlos.html |title=El Gobierno prepara una ley orgánica ceñida a regular la abdicación de Don Juan Carlos |language=es |newspaper=La Vanguardia |access-date=12 July 2024}}{{cite news |date=2 June 2014 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-27662301 |title=King Juan Carlos of Spain abdicates |publisher=BBC News |access-date=12 July 2024}} PP, PSOE, UPyD, Canarian Coalition (CC), Asturias Forum (FAC) and the Navarrese People's Union (UPN) all pledged their support to the law's approval.{{cite news |date=3 June 2014 |last1=Garea |first1=Fernando |last2=Elordi Cué |first2=Carlos |url=https://elpais.com/politica/2014/06/03/actualidad/1401792317_438032.html |title=La sucesión tendrá casi el 90% de síes |language=es |newspaper=El País |location=Madrid |access-date=12 July 2024}} Attention then turned to the PSOE leader Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba as rumours spread about him not resigning right away the day after the election to keep controlling the party so as to ensure the affirmative vote of its parliamentary group on the law.{{cite news |date=2 June 2014 |url=https://www.eldiario.es/politica/rubalcaba-dimitio-controlar-psoe-abdicacion_1_4843493.html |title=Rubalcaba no dimitió para controlar al PSOE en el proceso de abdicación |language=es |newspaper=eldiario.es |access-date=12 July 2024}} This was received with criticism from several of the party's regional federations but also from its members and the Socialist Youth, openly republican, who demanded the party ask for a referendum on the monarchy issue.{{cite news |author=E.B. |date=2 June 2014 |url=https://www.elboletin.com/nacional-99344-abdicacion-rey-cisma-filas-psoe-html/ |title=La renuncia del Rey desata otro cisma en las filas del PSOE |language=es |newspaper=El Boletín |access-date=12 July 2024}}{{cite news |date=2 June 2014 |url=https://www.eldiario.es/politica/rajoy-rubalcaba-pactaron-garantizarle-tranquilo_1_4843582.html |title=Rajoy, Rubalcaba y Casa Real pactaron el relevo tranquilo de Juan Carlos I |language=es |newspaper=eldiario.es |access-date=12 July 2024}}
Furthermore, there was speculation on the opportunity of the King abdicating at the time he did. In fact, due to the crisis of the bipartisanship self-evidenced by the European election results, the idea of the King announcing his decision before the 2015 general election, when the election results could translate into PP and PSOE losing a host of seats in the Congress of Deputies, making the building of large majorities more difficult, became extended among public opinion.{{cite news |last=Zarzalejos |first=José Antonio |date=2 June 2014 |url=https://blogs.elconfidencial.com/espana/notebook/2014-06-02/el-rey-abdica-para-salvar-a-la-monarquia-de-la-crisis-institucional_139610/ |title=El Rey abdica para salvar a la Monarquía de la crisis institucional |language=es |newspaper=El Confidencial |access-date=12 July 2024}} The fact that the future of the PSOE's position on the monarchy, as well as the future of the party itself, looked uncertain after the debacle in the European election and Rubalcaba's resignation seemed to have also played a key part in precipitating the King's decision.{{cite news |date=9 June 2014 |url=https://www.vozpopuli.com/espana/don_juan_carlos_i_de_espana-abdicacion_del_rey-partido_socialista_obrero_espanol_psoe_0_704329563.html |title=El Rey confía a sus amigos que la caída de Rubalcaba fue lo que precipitó la abdicación |language=es |newspaper=VozPópuli |access-date=12 July 2024}} Prime Minister Rajoy said, on the day the King announced he would abdicate, that "This is the best time [for it to happen], within a short time the Prince shall be proclaimed King".{{cite news |last=Elordi Cué |first=Carlos |date=2 June 2014 |url=https://elpais.com/politica/2014/06/02/actualidad/1401702157_721435.html |title=Rajoy: "This is the best time, within a short time the Prince shall be proclaimed King" |language=es |newspaper=El País |location=Madrid |access-date=12 July 2024}}
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