Franco's Dictatorship and Democracy

 

In the general elections of 1977, Adolfo Suáres won with his political party called UCD (Unión de Centro Democrático). In 1978 was approved a new Constitution.

The Constitution of 1978 is one of about a dozen of other historical Spanish constitutions and constitution-like documents; however, it is one of two fully democratic constitutions. 

The promulgation of the constitution marked the culmination of the Spanish transition to democracy after the death of general Francisco Franco, on 20 November 1975, who ruled over Spain as a military dictator for nearly 40 years. This led to the country undergoing a series of political, social and historical changes that transformed the Franco's regime into a democratic state.