Spain repeated elections after six months without forming a government – Telesur TV

Six months after Spain goes back to the polls, after the political parties will fail to form a government. The day of elections this June 26 started at 0900 (local time) to define who the parliament (350 deputies and 208 senators) to choose the next prime minister.

For these general election a total of 557 thousand 526 polling stations spread over 22 thousand 953 polling stations were set up state territory. 210 000 polls and 58 thousand booths approximately opened to ensure the secrecy of the vote.

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A total of 517 thousand 734 people were called to be board members (and alternates), of which 172 000 578 are chairpersons and members of the tables, while 345 000 156 have been requested as a replacement against eventualities.

Each polling station consists of three people: a president and two members responsible for carrying out a provisional count of the votes, the so-called ‘screening’. President extract all the ballots one by one and read aloud the name of the application. the valid nominations and cast blank votes are then counted and not those that have been declared as null counted.

Since the adoption of the Constitution, there have been 11 general elections. 1979, 1982, 1986, 1989, 1993, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2011 and 2015

spaces cast votes are polling stations that have been identified in the census card previously sent by the electoral Census Office from May 30 to June 7.

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To ensure calm and security of the day in Spain, about 90 thousand security agents, of them, 44,000 were deployed will be civil guards, 30,000 are members the National Police Agency, 12,000 local police and around four thousand (regional) regional police, especially from the Basque Country, Navarra and Catalonia.

The cities with the highest number of voters are Palma 290 000 993, Vila (Ibiza) with 32 000 461 and 28 000 223. Calvia with less census The town is Escorca 191.

the day ends at eight p.m. on Sunday, at which the president of the electoral board announces the end of the vote. However, if there is still someone inside the polling station, the chairman of the board be allowed to vote.

This election day are the second elections in six months, following those held in December 2015, when no political party won enough to govern majority, which added that the various formations not agreed to govern in coalition.

context

The Spanish system is a parliamentary monarchy. Voters vote for their representatives in the Congress of Deputies and the Senate; 350 congressional seats and 208 seats direct election of the Senate are renewed and once the new parliament is constituted, the head of state, King Philip VI, proposes a candidate for the presidency of the government, after consultation with the representatives of political parties, who is usually the party’s candidate who received more votes.

After an investiture debate in Congress in which the candidate presents his program and sought the confidence of the chamber, lawmakers vote for or against his investiture, and if not win in their first ballot, which requires an absolute majority of 176 seats, will vote a second 48 hours later by a simple majority, more votes in favor than negative.