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SPAIN
Population
Total population in Spain is 46,528,024 by 1st January 2017. 12.95% of the population is foreign born (Eurostat). The median age of Spanish is 40.99 which is slightly more than the European average of 40.36 (UN Data).
Political Parties
The most recent parliamentary election was held in June 2016. The prominent parties, vote shares in this election and their orientations are as follows (Parlgov):
|
Party Name |
Vote Share |
Ideological Orientation |
|
People's Alliance-Party |
33.03 |
Conservative |
|
Spanish Socialist Workers Party |
22.66 |
Social democracy |
|
We Can |
13.37 |
Communist/Socialist |
|
Citizens -- Party of the Citizenry |
13.05 |
Liberal |
|
In Common We Can |
3.55 |
Communist/Socialist |
|
Compromise | A la valenciana |
2.74 |
Communist/Socialist |
|
Republican Left of Catalonia |
2.63 |
Special issue |
|
Democratic Convergence of Catalonia |
2.01 |
Conservative |
|
In Tide |
1.44 |
Communist/Socialist |
|
Basque Nationalist Party |
1.2 |
Christian democracy |
Electoral System
The system used in Spain is Close List PR with in which parties make lists of candidates to be elected, and seats get distributed to each party in proportion to the number of votes the party receives (idea.int). The voter turnout in 2016 election was 69.84% (idea.int).
Quality of Democracy
Spain is a parliamentary democracy. Quality of democracy score by Freedom House is 1 out of 7 where 1 is most free and 7 is least free. According to Transparency International, Spain is ranked 42nd least corrupted among 180 countries with a score of 57 out of 100.
Gender Equality
39% of the parliamentarians are women currently. The Electoral Law promotes at least %40 representation of both sexes (idea.int).