The Spanish 2023 general elections: unexpected snap elections to survive in power
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- dc.contributor.author Vall i Prat, Pau
- dc.contributor.author Rodon i Casarramona, Antoni
- dc.date.accessioned 2025-01-14T11:35:04Z
- dc.date.available 2025-01-14T11:35:04Z
- dc.date.embargoEnd info:eu-repo/date/embargoEnd/2025-09-04
- dc.date.issued 2024
- dc.description Includes supplementary materials for the online appendix.
- dc.description.abstract The 2023 Spanish general election was a snap election called unexpectedly by the PM Pedro Sánchez the day after the local and regional elections in May 2023. Turnout was higher than expected (66.6%) and the result confirmed the high degree of multi-dimensional polarisation in Spanish society. Right-wing parties improved their position: the mainstream conservative PP increased its support mainly at the expense of Ciudadanos and the far-right VOX. Yet, parties on the left, especially the incumbent PSOE, performed better than predicted by polls and, together with the seats won by regional parties, were able to keep a dominant position in Congress. A left-wing minority coalition cabinet was ultimately formed with two parties in government (PSOE and Sumar) and the parliamentary support of several regional parties. Parliamentary support was reached after an agreement that includes decentralisation measures and an amnesty to repair the judiciary consequences of the 2017 independence referendum in Catalonia, which showcases the multilevel and multidimensional complexity of Spanish politics.en
- dc.embargo.liftdate 2025-09-04
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- dc.identifier.citation Vall-Prat P, Rodon T. The Spanish 2023 general elections: unexpected snap elections to survive in power. West Eur Polit. 2024;47(6):1419-34. DOI: 10.1080/01402382.2024.2317679
- dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01402382.2024.2317679
- dc.identifier.issn 0140-2382
- dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/69112
- dc.language.iso eng
- dc.publisher Taylor & Francis
- dc.relation.ispartof West European Politics. 2024;47(6):1419-34
- dc.relation.isreferencedby http://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.25334781.v1
- dc.rights © This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in West European Politics on 4 Mar 2024, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/01402382.2024.2317679
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- dc.subject.keyword General electionsen
- dc.subject.keyword Spainen
- dc.subject.keyword Coalitionen
- dc.subject.keyword Polarisationen
- dc.subject.keyword Cataloniaen
- dc.title The Spanish 2023 general elections: unexpected snap elections to survive in power
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