What is the minimum number of signatures for a popular legislative initiative?
Sources: 1 link, read on 21 October 2026.
Spanish Constitution, article 87 (BOE, consolidated text), read on 21 October 2026.
Answer: 500,000. Article 87.3 says no fewer than 500,000 certified signatures are required.
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Constitution · article 87.3
The question in Spanish
¿Cuál es el número mínimo de firmas para una iniciativa legislativa popular?
The options
- A100,000100.000
- B250,000250.000
- C500,000500.000Correct
What the Constitution says
«3. Una ley orgánica regulará las formas de ejercicio y requisitos de la iniciativa popular para la presentación de proposiciones de ley. En todo caso se exigirán no menos de 500.000 firmas acreditadas. No procederá dicha iniciativa en materias propias de ley orgánica, tributarias o de carácter internacional, ni en lo relativo a la prerrogativa de gracia.»
Spanish Constitution of 1978, article 87 (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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