In the investiture vote, the candidate does not get the absolute majority. When is the new vote held?
Sources: 1 link, read on 21 October 2026.
Spanish Constitution, article 99 (BOE, consolidated text), read on 21 October 2026.
Answer: Forty-eight hours later. Article 99.3 says a simple majority is then enough.
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Constitution · article 99.3
The question in Spanish
En la votación de investidura, el candidato no obtiene la mayoría absoluta. ¿Cuándo se celebra la nueva votación?
The options
- AForty-eight hours laterCuarenta y ocho horas despuésCorrect
- BOne week laterUna semana después
- COne month laterUn mes después
What the Constitution says
«3. Si el Congreso de los Diputados, por el voto de la mayoría absoluta de sus miembros, otorgare su confianza a dicho candidato, el Rey le nombrará Presidente. De no alcanzarse dicha mayoría, se someterá la misma propuesta a nueva votación cuarenta y ocho horas después de la anterior, y la confianza se entenderá otorgada si obtuviere la mayoría simple.»
Spanish Constitution of 1978, article 99 (paragraph 3, consolidated text at the BOE), read on 21 October 2026. The quotation is in Spanish, as the BOE prints it; the English wording of the answer is ours. Laws carry no copyright (Ley de Propiedad Intelectual, art. 13), so we quote the text as it stands.
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