Spanish regional elections, 2007

Spanish regional elections, 2007
27 May 2007
Regional assemblies of Aragon, Asturias, the Balearic Islands, the Canary Islands, Cantabria, Castile and León, Castilla–La Mancha, Extremadura, La Rioja, Madrid, Murcia, Navarre and the Valencian Community
Registered 18,915,813 1.6%
Turnout 12,935,588 (68.4%)
0.3 pp

Regional administrations after the 2007 regional elections

The 2007 Spanish regional elections were held on Sunday, 27 May 2007, to elect the regional parliaments of thirteen of the seventeen autonomous communities—Aragon, Asturias, the Balearic Islands, the Canary Islands, Cantabria, Castile and León, Castilla–La Mancha, Extremadura, La Rioja, Madrid, Murcia, Navarre and the Valencian Community—, not including Andalusia, the Basque Country, Catalonia and Galicia, which had separate electoral cycles. 812 of 1,206 seats in the regional parliaments were up for election. The elections were held simultaneously with local elections all throughout Spain.

The results saw few changes overall, with most incumbent governments remaining in power. The only exception was the People's Party (PP) government in the Balearic Islands, which was replaced by a coalition led by the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE).

Election date

Determination of election day varied depending on the autonomous community, with each one having competency to establish its own regulations. Typically, thirteen out of the seventeen autonomous communities—all but Andalusia, the Basque Country, Catalonia and Galicia—had their elections fixed for the fourth Sunday of May every four years, to be held together with nationwide local elections.[1][2]

In some cases, regional presidents had the prerogative to dissolve the regional parliament and call for extra elections at a different time, but newly elected assemblies were restricted to serving out what remained of their previous four year-terms without altering the period to their next ordinary election. In other cases—namely, Aragon, the Balearic Islands, Castile and León and the Valencian Community—, the law granted presidents the power to call a snap election resulting in a fresh four year-parliamentary term.[3] By the time of the 2007 regional elections, however, this prerogative had not yet been exercised by any of these communities.

Regional governments

The following table lists party control in autonomous communities. Gains for a party are highlighted in that party's colour.

Autonomous community Previous control New control
Aragon Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Asturias Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Balearic Islands People's Party (PP) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Canary Islands Canarian Coalition (CC) Canarian Coalition (CC)
Cantabria Regionalist Party of Cantabria (PRC) Regionalist Party of Cantabria (PRC)
Castile and León People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Castilla–La Mancha Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Extremadura Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
La Rioja People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Madrid People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Murcia People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Navarre Navarrese People's Union (UPN) Navarrese People's Union (UPN)
Valencian Community People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)

Overall results

← Summary of the 27 May 2007 regional election results in Spain →
Parties and coalitions Votes % Seats
People's Party and allies (PP–UPN) 5,966,01646.48389
People's Party (PP) 5,826,88445.40367
Navarrese People's Union (UPN) 139,1321.0822
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 4,766,10837.13327
United Left and allies (IU–CPV) 735,1705.7326
United Left (IU) 540,0544.2119
Commitment for the Valencian Country (Compromís PV) 195,1161.527
Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CC–PNC) 226,1221.7619
Regionalist Party of Cantabria (PRC) 99,1590.7712
Aragonese Party (PAR) 81,1350.639
Navarre Yes (NaBai) 77,8720.6112
Aragonese Union (CHA) 54,7520.434
Leonese People's Union–United Zamora (UPL–UZ) 41,5190.322
Bloc–Agreement–The Greens (Bloc–PSM–EN–EV) 40,8640.325
Majorcan Union (UM) 28,1780.223
Convergence of Democrats of Navarre (CDN) 14,4120.112
Riojan Party (PR) 10,3690.082
Others 481,7013.750
Blank ballots 211,5401.65
Valid votes 12,834,91799.22
Invalid votes 100,6710.78
Votes cast / turnout 12,935,58868.39
Registered voters 18,915,813
Popular vote
PP–UPN
 
 46.48%
PSOE
 
 37.13%
IU–CPV
 
 5.73%
CC–PNC
 
 1.76%
PRC
 
 0.77%
PAR
 
 0.63%
NaBai
 
 0.61%
Others
 
 5.23%
Blank ballots
 
 1.65%

Summary by region

Aragon

Cortes of Aragon after the election.
List Votes % Seats
PSOE 276,41541.14
30
PP 208,64231.06
23
PAR 81,13512.08
9
CHA 54,7528.15
4
IU 27,4404.08
1
Others 8,5621.27
0
Blank ballots 14,8902.22
Valid votes 671,83699.31
Invalid votes 4,6550.69
Votes cast / turnout 676,49166.51
Registered voters 1,017,085

Asturias

General Junta of Asturias after the election.
List Votes % Seats
PSOE 252,20142.04
21
PP 248,90741.50
20
IU–BA–LV 58,1149.69
4
Others 26,1584.36
0
Blank ballots 14,4582.41
Valid votes 599,83899.20
Invalid votes 4,8440.80
Votes cast / turnout 604,68261.59
Registered voters 981,802

Balearic Islands

Parliament of the Balearic Islands after the election.
List Votes % Seats
PP–AIPF 194,37246.45
29
PSOE–ExC–GxF 136,02732.51
22
Bloc–EN–EV 40,8649.77
5
UM 28,1786.73
3
Others 10,3902.48
0
Blank ballots 8,6132.06
Valid votes 418,44499.41
Invalid votes 2,4970.59
Votes cast / turnout 420,94160.14
Registered voters 699,947

Canary Islands

Parliament of the Canary Islands after the election.
List Votes % Seats
PSOE 322,83334.51
26
CC–PNC 226,12224.17
19
PP 224,88324.04
15
Others 148,38515.86
0
Blank ballots 13,2371.42
Valid votes 935,46099.43
Invalid votes 5,3920.57
Votes cast / turnout 940,85261.21
Registered voters 1,537,139

Cantabria

Parliament of Cantabria after the election.
List Votes % Seats
PP 143,61041.48
17
PRC 99,15928.64
12
PSOE 84,98224.54
10
Others 12,5703.63
0
Blank ballots 5,9231.71
Valid votes 346,24499.06
Invalid votes 3,2760.94
Votes cast / turnout 349,52071.97
Registered voters 485,624

Castile and León

Cortes of Castile and León after the election.
List Votes % Seats
PP 748,74649.17
48
PSOE 574,59637.73
33
UPL–UZ 41,5192.73
2
Others 127,7308.39
0
Blank ballots 30,2001.98
Valid votes 1,522,79199.20
Invalid votes 12,3050.80
Votes cast / turnout 1,535,09670.70
Registered voters 2,171,192

Castilla–La Mancha

Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha after the election.
List Votes % Seats
PSOE 572,84951.96
26
PP 467,31942.38
21
Others 48,3154.38
0
Blank ballots 14,0801.28
Valid votes 1,102,56399.25
Invalid votes 8,3220.75
Votes cast / turnout 1,110,88573.71
Registered voters 1,506,504

Extremadura

Assembly of Extremadura after the election.
List Votes % Seats
PSOE–r 352,34253.00
38
PP–EU 257,39238.71
27
Others 47,1947.10
0
Blank ballots 7,9261.19
Valid votes 664,85499.27
Invalid votes 4,8980.73
Votes cast / turnout 669,75274.95
Registered voters 893,547

La Rioja

Parliament of La Rioja after the election.
List Votes % Seats
PP 84,38248.81
17
PSOE 69,85840.41
14
PR 10,3696.00
2
Others 5,2923.06
0
Blank ballots 2,9771.72
Valid votes 172,87899.21
Invalid votes 1,3790.79
Votes cast / turnout 174,25773.30
Registered voters 237,745

Madrid

Assembly of Madrid after the election.
List Votes % Seats
PP 1,592,16253.29
67
PSOE 1,002,86233.57
42
IUCM 264,7828.86
11
Others 76,2752.55
0
Blank ballots 51,6651.73
Valid votes 2,987,74699.55
Invalid votes 13,4540.45
Votes cast / turnout 3,001,20067.31
Registered voters 4,458,989

Murcia

Regional Assembly of Murcia after the election.
List Votes % Seats
PP 379,01158.30
29
PSOE 207,99832.00
15
IU–LV–RM 40,6336.25
1
Others 13,7872.12
0
Blank ballots 8,6421.33
Valid votes 650,07199.24
Invalid votes 4,9720.76
Votes cast / turnout 655,04368.01
Registered voters 963,221
Parliament of Navarre after the election.
List Votes % Seats
UPN 139,13242.19
22
NaBai 77,87223.62
12
PSN–PSOE 74,15822.49
12
CDN 14,4124.37
2
IUN/NEB 14,3374.35
2
Others 5,2461.59
0
Blank ballots 4,5811.39
Valid votes 329,73894.74
Invalid votes 18,3015.26
Votes cast / turnout 348,03973.79
Registered voters 471,653

Valencian Community

Corts Valencianes after the election.
List Votes % Seats
PP 1,277,45852.52
54
PSPV–PSOE 838,98734.49
38
Compromís PV 195,1168.02
7
Others 86,5453.56
0
Blank ballots 34,3481.41
Valid votes 2,432,45499.33
Invalid votes 16,3760.67
Votes cast / turnout 2,448,83070.14
Registered voters 3,491,365

References

  1. ↑ "General Electoral System Organic Law of 1985". Organic Law No. 5 of 19 June 1985. Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  2. ↑ "Representation of the people Institutional Act". juntaelectoralcentral.es. Central Electoral Commission. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  3. ↑ "Un paso más hacia la ruptura de la homogeneidad del calendario electoral de las comunidades autónomas: la reforma de la Ley Orgánica 13/1982, de 10 de agosto, de Reintegración y Amejoramiento del Régimen Foral de Navarra" [A further step towards breaking the homogeneity of the electoral calendar of the autonomous communities: the reform of the Organic Law 13/1982, of August 10, on Reintegration and Improvement of the Foral Regime of Navarre] (PDF). gencat.cat (in Spanish). Institut d'Estudis Autonòmics. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
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