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Spain's Prime Minister calls an early election

6 October 2026 · ⏱ 2 ನಿಮಿಷ · GS2 International Relations: Europe

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ಸುದ್ದಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಏಕೆ?

Spain's snap election over housing: how early dissolution differs from India's Article 85 Lok Sabha route

Spain heads for an early general election.

Why it matters: factual, Prelims-type

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What you need to know

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Spain's Prime Minister has called an early general election after a defeat over the housing crisis.

The defeat angered protesters, who object to the country's increasingly expensive housing market.

ಮೂಲಗಳು: Topper IAS editorial (PIB / The Hindu / Indian Express)

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ಮುಖ್ಯ ಅಂಶಗಳು

Remember these

  • Spain's Prime Minister has called an early general election after a defeat over the housing crisis.
  • Protesters object to Spain's increasingly expensive housing market.
  • Spain is a parliamentary constitutional monarchy with Madrid as its capital.
  • Spain's parliament is the Cortes Generales, with the Congress of Deputies (350 seats) as the lower house and the Senate as the upper house.
  • Spain is a member of the European Union and uses the euro.
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ಪ್ರಿಲಿಮ್ಸ್ · ಮೇನ್ಸ್

How the exam will ask it

ಪ್ರಿಲಿಮ್ಸ್

  • In a parliamentary system, the executive is collectively responsible to the lower house, and an early general election can follow the loss of its confidence or a political defeat.
  • Spain's Cortes Generales is bicameral, consisting of the Congress of Deputies and the Senate.
  • In India, the President can dissolve the Lok Sabha under Article 85(2)(b), acting on the advice of the Council of Ministers.

ಮೇನ್ಸ್

GS2 (International Relations: Europe; comparative polity). Housing affordability has turned into a political flashpoint in Spain, pushing the government to seek a fresh mandate through an early election instead of governing after a legislative defeat. Aspirants can contrast parliamentary dissolution in Spain with India's Article 85 and, for the way forward, link it to stable and affordable urban housing policy and its implications for EU politics and India-EU ties.

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Quick recall

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ಈ ವರ್ಷ ಐಚಿ-ನಗೋಯಾದಲ್ಲಿ ನಡೆದ ಏಷ್ಯನ್ ಕ್ರೀಡಾಕೂಟವನ್ನು ಯಾರ ಅಧಿಕಾರದಡಿ ನಡೆಸಲಾಗುತ್ತದೆ?

  1. ಅಂತರರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ ಒಲಿಂಪಿಕ್ ಸಮಿತಿ
  2. ಏಷ್ಯನ್ ಅಥ್ಲೆಟಿಕ್ಸ್ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆ
  3. ಒಲಿಂಪಿಕ್ ಕೌನ್ಸಿಲ್ ಆಫ್ ಏಷ್ಯಾ
  4. ಕಾಮನ್‌ವೆಲ್ತ್ ಗೇಮ್ಸ್ ಫೆಡರೇಶನ್
ಉತ್ತರ ನೋಡಿ

ಉತ್ತರ: C — ಸರಿಯಾದ ಉತ್ತರ: ಒಲಿಂಪಿಕ್ ಕೌನ್ಸಿಲ್ ಆಫ್ ಏಷ್ಯಾ — ಒಲಿಂಪಿಕ್ ಕೌನ್ಸಿಲ್ ಆಫ್ ಏಷ್ಯಾ ಏಷ್ಯನ್ ಕ್ರೀಡಾಕೂಟವನ್ನು ನಡೆಸುವ ಖಂಡೀಯ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆ. • ಅಂತರರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ ಒಲಿಂಪಿಕ್ ಸಮಿತಿ — ತಪ್ಪು: ಅಂತರರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ ಒಲಿಂಪಿಕ್ ಸಮಿತಿ ಒಲಿಂಪಿಕ್ ಕ್ರೀಡಾಕೂಟವನ್ನು ನಿರ್ವಹಿಸುತ್ತದೆ; ಏಷ್ಯನ್ ಕ್ರೀಡಾಕೂಟವನ್ನು ಖಂಡೀಯ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆ ನಡೆಸುತ್ತದೆ. • ಏಷ್ಯನ್ ಅಥ್ಲೆಟಿಕ್ಸ್ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆ — ತಪ್ಪು: ಏಷ್ಯನ್ ಅಥ್ಲೆಟಿಕ್ಸ್ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆ ಅಥ್ಲೆಟಿಕ್ಸ್ ಎಂಬ ಒಂದೇ ಕ್ರೀಡೆಯನ್ನು ನಿರ್ವಹಿಸುತ್ತದೆ, ಬಹು-ಕ್ರೀಡಾ ಏಷ್ಯನ್ ಕ್ರೀಡಾಕೂಟವನ್ನಲ್ಲ. • ಕಾಮನ್‌ವೆಲ್ತ್ ಗೇಮ್ಸ್ ಫೆಡರೇಶನ್ — ತಪ್ಪು: ಕಾಮನ್‌ವೆಲ್ತ್ ಗೇಮ್ಸ್ ಫೆಡರೇಶನ್ ಕಾಮನ್‌ವೆಲ್ತ್ ಕ್ರೀಡಾಕೂಟವನ್ನು ನೋಡಿಕೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತದೆ, ಏಷ್ಯನ್ ಕ್ರೀಡಾಕೂಟವನ್ನಲ್ಲ.

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