1993 Spanish general election

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A general election was held in Spain on 6 June 1993 to elect the members of the 5th Cortes Generales under the Spanish Constitution of 1978. All 350 seats in the Congress of Deputies were up for election, as well as 208 of 256 seats in the Senate. The outcome of the 1989 election—amid accusations of irregularities and a re-run in Melilla—had seen the ruling Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) under Prime Minister Felipe González forming a de facto majority government, thanks to Herri Batasuna's policy of abstentionism. His third term saw Spain's participation in the Gulf War, the completion of major infrastructure works such as the Madrid–Seville high-speed rail line, the hosting of events such as the Seville Expo '92 and the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, and the signing of the Maastricht Treaty (which led to the adoption of an austerity agenda to meet the euro convergence criteria). This period also saw the unveiling of scandals affecting the ruling PSOE: the Juan Guerra affair (which led...

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