Congress of Deputies (Spain)

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The Spanish Congress of Deputies (Spanish: Congreso de los Diputados) is the lower house of the Cortes Generales Spain’s legislative branch. It has 350 members elected by popular vote on block lists by proportional representation in constituencies matching the Spanish provinces using the D’Hondt method. Congressmen serve four-year terms.

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election date leader

2011-12-13

last election date

2011-11-20

leader

Jes%C3%BAs_Posada

legislative period name

10th Legislature

location

Spain, Madrid, Community of Madrid

number of members

350

political party in legislature

Opposition (parliamentary), People's Party (Spain), Convergence and Union, Union Progress and Democracy, Spanish Socialist Workers' Party, United Left (Spain), Basque Nationalist Party, Government of Spain

political party of leader

People's Party (Spain)

latitude

40.4158

longitude

-3.69667