Spanish regional elections, 2011

Spanish regional elections, 2011
22 May 2011
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 19,319,332 2.1%
Turnout 13,025,799 (67.4%)
1.0 pp

Regional administrations after the 2011 regional elections

The 2011 Spanish regional elections were held on Sunday, 22 May 2011, 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. 824 of 1,218 seats in the regional parliaments were up for election. The elections were held simultaneously with local elections all throughout Spain.

The week before the elections came dominated under the scope of the 15-M protests which had been held in different cities across Spain. The opposition People's Party (PP) won the elections in a landslide as the ruling Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) lost all regional governments at stake—including Extremadura and Castilla–La Mancha, which it had held since 1983. The PP won outright majorities in eight out of the thirteen communities holding elections, and was able to gain power in a further two either through agreements with other parties.

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, Navarre 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 2011 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) People's Party (PP)
Asturias Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Asturias Forum (FAC) (PSOE in 2012)
Balearic Islands Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) People's Party (PP)
Canary Islands Canarian Coalition (CC) Canarian Coalition (CC)
Cantabria Regionalist Party of Cantabria (PRC) People's Party (PP)
Castile and León People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Castilla–La Mancha Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) People's Party (PP)
Extremadura Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) People's Party (PP)
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 22 May 2011 regional election results in Spain →
Parties and coalitions Votes % Seats
People's Party (PP) 5,895,83646.04410
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 3,682,91628.76261
United Left–The Greens (IU–LV) 795,2426.2134
Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) 415,8903.258
Canarian Coalition–Nationalist Party–Canarian Centre (CC–PNC–CCN) 225,9481.7621
Asturias Forum (FAC) 178,0311.3916
Commitment Coalition (Compromís) 176,2131.386
Navarrese People's Union (UPN) 111,4740.8719
Regionalist Party of Cantabria (PRC) 98,8870.7712
New Canaries (NC) 82,1480.643
Aragonese Party (PAR) 62,1930.497
Aragonese Union (CHA) 55,9320.444
Navarre Yes 2011 (NaBai 2011) 49,8270.398
Unite–Basque Solidarity–Progress Alternative (B–EA/AE–EA) 42,9160.347
PSM–Initiative Greens–Agreement (PSM–IV–ExM) 40,4720.325
Leonese People's Union (UPL) 26,6600.211
Riojan Party (PR) 8,9830.072
Others 539,7224.210
Blank ballots 316,8072.47
Valid votes 12,806,09798.31
Invalid votes 219,7021.69
Votes cast / turnout 13,025,79967.42
Registered voters 19,319,332
Popular vote
PP
 
 46.04%
PSOE
 
 28.76%
IU–LV
 
 6.21%
UPyD
 
 3.25%
CC–PNC–CCN
 
 1.76%
FAC
 
 1.39%
Compromís
 
 1.38%
UPN
 
 0.87%
PRC
 
 0.77%
NC
 
 0.64%
Others
 
 6.46%
Blank ballots
 
 2.47%

Summary by region

Aragon

Cortes of Aragon after the election.
List Votes % Seats
PP 269,72939.69
30
PSOE 197,18929.02
22
PAR 62,1939.15
7
CHA 55,9328.23
4
IU 41,8746.16
4
Others 30,9344.55
0
Blank ballots 21,6783.19
Valid votes 679,52998.50
Invalid votes 10,3751.50
Votes cast / turnout 689,90467.90
Registered voters 1,016,021

Asturias

General Junta of Asturias after the election.
List Votes % Seats
PSOE 179,61929.92
15
FAC 178,03129.66
16
PP 119,76719.95
10
IU–LV 61,70310.28
4
Others 45,5437.59
0
Blank ballots 15,6112.60
Valid votes 600,27498.56
Invalid votes 8,7981.44
Votes cast / turnout 609,07261.69
Registered voters 987,305

Balearic Islands

Parliament of the Balearic Islands after the election.
List Votes % Seats
PP–Sa Unió 196,21446.68
35
PSOE–GxF 104,62824.89
19
PSM–IV–ExM 40,4729.63
5
Others 66,71115.87
0
Blank ballots 12,2932.92
Valid votes 420,31898.41
Invalid votes 6,7751.59
Votes cast / turnout 427,09358.80
Registered voters 726,287

Canary Islands

Parliament of the Canary Islands after the election.
List Votes % Seats
PP 289,38131.94
21
CC–PNC–CCN 225,94824.94
21
PSOE 190,02820.98
15
NC 82,1489.07
3
Others 93,43710.31
0
Blank ballots 25,0172.76
Valid votes 905,95997.31
Invalid votes 25,0512.69
Votes cast / turnout 931,01058.91
Registered voters 1,580,359

Cantabria

Parliament of Cantabria after the election.
List Votes % Seats
PP 156,49946.09
20
PRC 98,88729.12
12
PSOE 55,54116.36
7
Others 21,2976.27
0
Blank ballots 7,3282.16
Valid votes 339,55298.30
Invalid votes 5,8871.70
Votes cast / turnout 345,43969.79
Registered voters 494,955

Castile and León

Cortes of Castile and León after the election.
List Votes % Seats
PP 739,50251.55
53
PSOE 425,77729.68
29
IUCyL 69,8724.87
1
UPL 26,6601.86
1
Others 125,5938.76
0
Blank ballots 47,0083.28
Valid votes 1,434,41298.09
Invalid votes 27,9851.91
Votes cast / turnout 1,462,39767.50
Registered voters 2,166,385

Castilla–La Mancha

Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha after the election.
List Votes % Seats
PP 564,95448.11
25
PSOE 509,73843.40
24
Others 80,0816.82
0
Blank ballots 19,6431.67
Valid votes 1,174,41698.69
Invalid votes 15,5701.31
Votes cast / turnout 1,189,98675.96
Registered voters 1,566,641

Extremadura

Assembly of Extremadura after the election.
List Votes % Seats
PP–EU 307,97546.13
32
PSOE–r 290,04543.45
30
IU–SIEx 38,1575.72
3
Others 22,0283.30
0
Blank ballots 9,3941.41
Valid votes 667,59998.65
Invalid votes 9,1691.35
Votes cast / turnout 676,76874.65
Registered voters 906,551

La Rioja

Parliament of La Rioja after the election.
List Votes % Seats
PP 85,97551.98
20
PSOE 50,16930.33
11
PR 8,9835.43
2
Others 15,7929.55
0
Blank ballots 4,4962.72
Valid votes 165,41597.98
Invalid votes 3,4112.02
Votes cast / turnout 168,82669.76
Registered voters 242,007

Madrid

Assembly of Madrid after the election.
List Votes % Seats
PP 1,548,30651.73
72
PSOE 786,29726.27
36
IUCM–LV 287,7079.61
13
UPyD 189,0556.32
8
Others 110,4133.69
0
Blank ballots 71,4582.39
Valid votes 2,993,23698.32
Invalid votes 51,1131.68
Votes cast / turnout 3,044,34965.86
Registered voters 4,622,750

Murcia

Regional Assembly of Murcia after the election.
List Votes % Seats
PP 382,87158.79
33
PSOE 155,50623.88
11
IU–V–RM 50,9887.83
1
Others 47,8467.35
0
Blank ballots 14,0502.16
Valid votes 651,26198.37
Invalid votes 10,8251.63
Votes cast / turnout 662,08667.91
Registered voters 974,998
Parliament of Navarre after the election.
List Votes % Seats
UPN 111,47434.48
19
PSN–PSOE 51,23815.85
9
NaBai 2011 49,82715.41
8
B–EA/AE–EA 42,91613.28
7
PP 23,5517.29
4
I–E 18,4575.71
3
Others 17,6305.45
0
Blank ballots 8,1612.52
Valid votes 323,25498.77
Invalid votes 4,0271.23
Votes cast / turnout 327,28167.43
Registered voters 485,386

Valencian Community

Corts Valencianes after the election.
List Votes % Seats
PP 1,211,11249.42
55
PSPV–PSOE 687,14128.04
33
Compromís 176,2137.19
6
EUPV 144,7035.90
5
Others 171,0336.98
0
Blank ballots 60,6702.48
Valid votes 2,450,87298.37
Invalid votes 40,7161.63
Votes cast / turnout 2,491,58870.19
Registered voters 3,549,687

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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