Cortes Generales
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Key facts
- Type
- Bicameral
- Houses
- Senate , Congress of Deputies
- President of the senate
- Pedro Manuel Rollán Ojeda ( PP ) , since 17 August 2023
- President of the congress of deputies
- Francesca Lluc Armengol Socias ( PSOE ) , since 17 August 2023
- Seats
- 616 , 266 senators , 350 deputies
- Senate political groups
- Government (92) PSOE (89) Confederal Left group (2) Basque group (1) Supported by (20) Republican group (9) Basque group (5) Confederal Left group (4) BNG (1) CC (1) Opposition (154) PP (145) Junts (4) Vox (3) UPN (1) AHI (1)
- Congress of deputies political groups
- Government (147) PSOE (121) Sumar (26) Supported by (24) ERC (7) EH Bildu (6) EAJ/PNV (5) Podemos (4) BNG (1) Compromís (1) Opposition (179) PP (137) Vox (33) Junts (7) UPN (1) CCa (1)
- First senate election
- 15 June 1977
- First congress of deputies election
- January–September 1810
- Last senate election
- 23 July 2023
- Last congress of deputies election
- 23 July 2023
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The Cortes Generales ( Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkoɾtes xeneˈɾales], lit. 'General Courts'), or the Spanish Parliament, is the bicameral legislature of Spain, consisting of the Congress of Deputies (the lower house) and the Senate (the upper house).
The Congress of Deputies meets in the Palacio de las Cortes. The Senate meets in the Palacio del Senado. Both are in Madrid. The Cortes are elected through universal, free, equal, direct and secret suffrage, with the exception of some senatorial seats, which are elected indirectly by the legislatures of the autonomous communities. The Cortes Generales are composed of 616 members: 350 deputies and 266 senators.