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{{Infobox election
|election_name = 2021 Superian federal election
|election_date = October 7, 2021
|country = Spain
|type = parliamentary 
|ongoing = no 
|previous_election = [[2017 Spanish general election]]
|previous_year = [[2017 Spanish general election|2017]] 
|next_election = 
|next_year = Next
|previous_mps = [[6th National Congress of Spain|outgoing members]]
|elected_mps = [[7th National Congress of Spain|elected members]] 
|seats_for_election = All 366 seats in the [[Congress of Deputies of Spain|Congress of Deputies]] and 10 seats in the [[Federal Senate of Spain|Federal Senate]] 
|majority_seats = 184

|image1 = [[File:Iván Duque Márquez 2019.jpg|150x150px]] 
|leader1 = [[Gabriel Perez]] 
|party1 = Democratic Socialist Party of Spain
|leader_since1 = April 5, 2016
|leaders_seat1 = Western Seville and Camas
|last_election1 = 200 seats
|seats1 = 185
|seat_change1 = {{decrease}} 15
|popular_vote1 = TBD
|percentage1 = TBD%

|image2 = [[File:Albert Rivera 2019 (cropped).jpg|150x150px]]
|leader2 = [[Juan Alberto Rivera]]
|colour2 = 097969
|party2 = [[Democratic Union of Spain|Democratic Union]]
|leader_since2 = April 1, 2020
|leaders_seat2 = Benavento
|last_election2 = 103 seats 
|seats2 = 72
|seat_change2 = {{decrease}} 31 
|popular_vote2 = TBD
|percentage2 = TBD

|image4 = [[File:Gabriel Rufián 2019 (cropped).jpg|150x150px]]
|leader4 = [[Emilio Vasquez]] 
|colour4 = FFFF00
|party4 = [[Leftwards! – Union of the Left in Spain|Leftwards!]]
|leader_since4 = June 7, 2013
|leaders_seat4 = Northern San Fernando 
|last_election4 = 35 seats
|seats_needed4 = {{UP}} 146
|seats4 = 42
|seat_change4 = {{increase}} 7 
|popular_vote4 = TBD
|percentage4 = TBD

|image3 = [[File:Santiago Abascal 2018d (cropped).jpg|150x150px]] 
|leader3 = [[Alejandro Carlo]]
|colour3 = 00008b 
|party3 = [[Spanish National Union]]
|leader_since3 = December 3, 2017
|leaders_seat3 = West Pamplona  
|last_election3 = 17 seats
|seats_needed3 = {{UP}} 164
|seats3 = 48
|seat_change3 = {{increase}} 31 
|popular_vote3 = TBD
|percentage3 = TBD 

|image5 = [[File:A90Q3891 (cropped).jpg|150x150px]]
|leader5 = [[Carmela Rios]]
|colour5 = FF69B4
|party5 = [[Catalonian People's Party]]
|leader_since5 = January 5, 2021 
|leaders_seat5 = Central Barcelona
|last_election5 = 10 seats 
|seats5 = 13
|seat_change5 = {{increase}} 3 
|popular_vote5 = TBD
|percentage5 = TBD

|image6 = [[File:(Ángel Víctor Torres) Foro ‘Dos presidentes. Dos respuestas ante la crisis’ (cropped).jpg|150x150px]]
|leader6 = [[Vittorio Torres]]
|colour6 = 93E9BE
|party6 = [[Canary National Party]]
|leader_since6 = April 5, 2019
|leaders_seat6 = ''None''
|last_election6 = ''New party''
|seats6 = 4
|seat_change6 = {{increase}} 4
|popular_vote6 = TBD
|percentage6 = TBD

|image7 = [[File:Saadeddine Othmani no Brasil.jpg|150x150px]]
|leader7 = [[Omar Talbi Rasheed]]
|colour7 = F7BFA6
|party7 = [[Association Party of Spanish Morocco|Moroccan Association Party]]
|leader_since7 = June 8, 2018
|leaders_seat7 = Jafeb
|last_election7 = 4
|seats7 = 4
|seat_change7 = {{steady}}
|popular_vote7 = TBD
|percentage7 = TBD

| map_image = File:Congress of Deputies parliamentary map.svg
| map_size = 400px
| map_caption = Map of the parliamentary districts of the Congress of Deputies.

|title = [[Prime Minister of Spain|Prime Minister]] 
|before_election = [[Gabriel Perez]] 
|before_party = [[Democratic Socialist Party of Spain|Democratic Socialist]]
|after_election = [[Gabriel Perez]]
|after_party = [[Democratic Socialist Party of Spain|Democratic Socialist]] 
}}
The '''2021 Spanish general election''' was held on October 7, 2021. Originally scheduled for January 2021, the election was rescheduled three separate times by the [[Congress of Deputies of Spain|Congress of Deputies]] due to the ongoing [[COVID-19 pandemic]]. Despite having a controversial tenure, Prime Minister [[Gabriel Perez]] secured secured the required majority needed for a second term. 

All 366 members of the [[Congress of Deputies of Spain|Congress of Deputies]] and ten members of the [[Federal Senate of Spain|Federal Senate]] were elected through a mixed first-past-the-post electoral system and {{w|open list proportional representation system}}. The 2021 general election was originally scheduled to occur sometime in January, however because of the national emergency in response to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] and constitutional loopholes, the government of [[Gabriel Perez]] was able to push back the election two separate times, first to March 6 and then to July 7, which created intense political controversy and social unrest in various parts of Spain. A third attempt to push elections back, this time to December 30, was rejected by the [[Constitutional Court of Spain|Constitutional Court]], who ordered the election to occur in October.

The general election campaign focused on the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], the aftermath of the [[2017 Canary Islands independence crisis]], and the constitutional powers of the central government. On election night, the [[Democratic Socialist Party of Spain|Democratic Socialists]] narrowly retained their majority in the [[Congress of Deputies (Spain)|Congress of Deputies]], losing a net total of fifteen seats. The [[Democratic Union of Spain|Democratic Union]], the leading opposition party, suffered a historical defeat, losing a net total of 31 seats primarily to the [[Spanish National Union]], which itself is considered the biggest winner of the election, doubling its share of seats in the congress. Along with the National Union, the far-left [[Leftwards! - Union of the Left in Spain|Leftwards!]], and the seperatist [[Catalan People's Party]] and [[Canary National Party]] also won seats. In the aftermath of the election, [[2021 Spanish protests|widespread protests and riots occurred across Spain]].
==Background==
===Regional nationalism===
{{Main|Canary Islands independence crisis}} 
===COVID-19 pandemic===
==Parties==
==Campaign==
==Opinion polling==
==Aftermath==
===Protests and riots===
==See also==
*[[Elections in Spain]]
*[[Canary Islands independence crisis]] 
*[[2021 Spanish protests]]
[[Category:General elections in Spain]]
[[Category:2021 elections in Spain]]
[[Category:October 2021 events in Spain]] 
[[Category:2021 in Spanish politics]]
[[Category:2021 elections in Europe]]