Practice question · Put in order
Arrange the steps of a Spanish investiture in order.
- The King consults the parliamentary groups
- A general election returns a new Congress
- The King proposes a candidate for President
- The candidate seeks an absolute majority at the first vote
- A simple majority suffices at a second vote forty-eight hours later
Hints
- The King's role follows the election and precedes the vote.
- The threshold falls at the second vote, not the first.
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- A general election returns a new Congress
- The King consults the parliamentary groups
- The King proposes a candidate for President
- The candidate seeks an absolute majority at the first vote
- A simple majority suffices at a second vote forty-eight hours later
Why
The falling threshold is the part worth understanding: an absolute majority first, a simple majority two days later. It is what allows a minority government to be invested with more abstentions than votes against, which is how most recent Spanish governments have taken office.
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