Spanish regional elections, 2015

Spanish regional elections, 2015
24 May 2015
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 19,834,729 2.7%
Turnout 12,976,335 (65.4%)
2.0 pp

Regional administrations after the 2015 regional elections

The 2015 Spanish regional elections were held on Sunday, 24 May 2015, 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. 804 of 1,198 seats in the regional parliaments were up for election. The elections were held simultaneously with local elections all throughout Spain.

The ruling People's Party (PP) suffered one of the harshest loss of votes for any party in the quadrennial regional elections, losing all of its absolute majorities and most of the regional administrations at stake, including notable PP strongholds such as the Valencian Community which it had held continuously since 1995. The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) was unable to capitalize on the PP backlash and kept losing votes from 2011. However, through post-election agreements with other left-wing parties it was able to recapture all of the regional governments it had lost four years previously, as well as gain the Valencian regional government.

The novelty of these elections was the irruption of two new parties: Podemos (Spanish: We can), a party founded in 2014 before the May European Parliament election, and Citizens (C's), a Catalan unionist party created in 2006 to run in Parliament of Catalonia elections. Podemos obtained a strong third place, close to the two main parties in several regions and entering in all regional parliaments—a first for any party aside from PP and PSOE—, while C's placed fourth in most regions, being left out from regional assemblies in the Canary Islands, Castilla–La Mancha and Navarre.

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 2015 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 People's Party (PP) 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 People's Party (PP) Regionalist Party of Cantabria (PRC)
Castile and León People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Castilla–La Mancha People's Party (PP) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Extremadura People's Party (PP) 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) Geroa Bai (GBai)
Valencian Community People's Party (PP) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)

Overall results

← Summary of the 24 May 2015 regional election results in Spain →
Parties and coalitions Votes % Seats
People's Party (PP) 3,888,40730.43281
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 3,173,67124.84227
We Can (Podemos) 1,813,66714.19118
Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's) 1,271,7559.9556
United Left–Let's Win (IU–G) 537,2254.209
Commitment Coalition (Compromís) 456,8233.5719
Canarian Coalition–Nationalist Party (CCa–PNC) 166,9791.3118
Regionalist Party of Cantabria (PRC) 97,1850.7612
New Canaries (NCa) 93,6340.735
Navarrese People's Union (UPN) 92,7050.7315
More (Més–MpM) 66,1990.529
Yes to the Future (GBai) 53,4970.429
Basque Country Unite (EH Bildu) 48,1660.388
Aragonese Party (PAR) 45,8460.366
Asturias Forum (FAC) 44,4800.353
Proposal for the Isles (El Pi) 34,2370.273
Aragonese Union (CHA) 30,6180.242
Leonese People's Union (UPL) 19,1760.151
Gomera Socialist Group (ASG) 5,0900.043
Others 636,2914.980
Blank ballots 202,9991.59
Valid votes 12,778,65098.48
Invalid votes 197,6851.52
Votes cast / turnout 12,976,33565.42
Registered voters 19,834,729
Popular vote
PP
 
 30.43%
PSOE
 
 24.84%
Podemos
 
 14.19%
C's
 
 9.95%
IU–G
 
 4.20%
Compromís
 
 3.57%
CCa–PNC
 
 1.31%
PRC
 
 0.76%
NC
 
 0.73%
UPN
 
 0.73%
Més–MpM
 
 0.52%
Others
 
 7.18%
Blank ballots
 
 1.59%

Summary by region

Aragon

Cortes of Aragon after the election.
List Votes % Seats
PP 183,65427.50
21
PSOE 143,09621.43
18
Podemos 137,32520.56
14
C's 62,9079.42
5
PAR 45,8466.86
6
CHA 30,6184.58
2
IU 28,1844.22
1
Others 23,0043.44
0
Blank ballots 13,2241.98
Valid votes 667,85898.70
Invalid votes 8,7961.30
Votes cast / turnout 676,65466.33
Registered voters 1,020,106

Asturias

General Junta of Asturias after the election.
List Votes % Seats
PSOE 143,85126.48
14
PP 117,31921.59
11
Podemos 103,57119.06
9
IU/IX 64,86811.94
5
FAC 44,4808.19
3
C's 38,6877.12
3
Others 20,2983.74
0
Blank ballots 10,2711.89
Valid votes 543,34598.58
Invalid votes 7,8471.42
Votes cast / turnout 551,19255.79
Registered voters 988,057

Balearic Islands

Parliament of the Balearic Islands after the election.
List Votes % Seats
PP 123,18328.52
20
PSOE–GxF 83,80419.41
15
Més–MpM 66,19915.32
9
Podemos/Podem 63,48914.70
10
El Pi 34,2377.93
3
C's–UPCM 27,5896.39
2
Others 24,2365.61
0
Blank ballots 8,0801.87
Valid votes 431,85998.63
Invalid votes 5,9791.37
Votes cast / turnout 437,83857.13
Registered voters 766,383

Canary Islands

Parliament of the Canary Islands after the election.
List Votes % Seats
PSOE 182,00619.89
15
PP 170,12918.59
12
CCa–PNC 166,97918.25
18
Podemos 133,04414.54
7
NCa 93,63410.23
5
ASG 5,0900.56
3
Others 147,45516.11
0
Blank ballots 16,7691.83
Valid votes 915,10698.20
Invalid votes 16,7701.80
Votes cast / turnout 931,87656.09
Registered voters 1,661,272

Cantabria

Parliament of Cantabria after the election.
List Votes % Seats
PP 105,94432.58
13
PRC 97,18529.89
12
PSOE 45,65314.04
5
Podemos 28,8958.89
3
C's 22,5526.94
2
Others 19,8796.11
0
Blank ballots 5,0251.55
Valid votes 325,13398.27
Invalid votes 5,7351.73
Votes cast / turnout 330,86866.23
Registered voters 499,596

Castile and León

Cortes of Castile and León after the election.
List Votes % Seats
PP 514,30137.73
42
PSOE 353,57525.94
25
Podemos 165,47512.14
10
C's 139,95410.27
5
IU–eQuo 56,5164.15
1
UPL 19,1761.41
1
Others 80,7845.93
0
Blank ballots 33,2742.44
Valid votes 1,363,05597.93
Invalid votes 28,7422.07
Votes cast / turnout 1,391,79764.87
Registered voters 2,145,628

Castilla–La Mancha

Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha after the election.
List Votes % Seats
PP 413,34937.49
16
PSOE 398,10436.11
15
Podemos 107,4639.75
2
Others 164,35614.91
0
Blank ballots 19,2561.75
Valid votes 1,102,52897.82
Invalid votes 24,6192.18
Votes cast / turnout 1,127,14771.50
Registered voters 1,576,351

Extremadura

Assembly of Extremadura after the election.
List Votes % Seats
PSOE–SIEx 265,01541.50
30
PP 236,26637.00
28
Podemos 51,2168.02
6
C's 28,0104.39
1
Others 49,5727.76
0
Blank ballots 8,5611.34
Valid votes 638,64098.14
Invalid votes 12,1341.86
Votes cast / turnout 650,77471.40
Registered voters 911,433

La Rioja

Parliament of La Rioja after the election.
List Votes % Seats
PP 63,09438.62
15
PSOE 43,68926.74
10
Podemos 18,31911.21
4
C's 17,04210.43
4
Others 18,29011.20
0
Blank ballots 2,9331.80
Valid votes 163,36798.03
Invalid votes 3,2821.97
Votes cast / turnout 166,64967.29
Registered voters 247,663

Madrid

Assembly of Madrid after the election.
List Votes % Seats
PP 1,050,25633.08
48
PSOE 807,38525.43
37
Podemos 591,69718.64
27
C's 385,83612.15
17
Others 304,6849.60
0
Blank ballots 34,8561.10
Valid votes 3,174,71499.03
Invalid votes 31,2170.97
Votes cast / turnout 3,205,93165.69
Registered voters 4,880,495

Murcia

Regional Assembly of Murcia after the election.
List Votes % Seats
PP 239,01137.35
22
PSOE 153,23123.95
13
Podemos 84,57713.22
6
C's 80,45912.57
4
Others 72,55711.34
0
Blank ballots 10,0571.57
Valid votes 639,89298.00
Invalid votes 13,0872.00
Votes cast / turnout 652,97763.57
Registered voters 1,027,213
Parliament of Navarre after the election.
List Votes % Seats
UPN 92,70527.44
15
GBai 53,49715.83
9
EH Bildu 48,16614.25
8
Podemos 46,20713.67
7
PSN–PSOE 45,16413.37
7
PP 13,2893.93
2
I–E 12,4823.69
2
Others 19,7755.85
0
Blank ballots 6,6101.96
Valid votes 337,89598.75
Invalid votes 4,2781.25
Votes cast / turnout 342,17368.26
Registered voters 501,267

Valencian Community

Corts Valencianes after the election.
List Votes % Seats
PP 658,61226.61
31
PSPV–PSOE 509,09820.57
23
Compromís 456,82318.46
19
C's 309,12112.49
13
Podemos 282,38911.41
13
Others 225,1329.10
0
Blank ballots 34,0831.38
Valid votes 2,475,25898.60
Invalid votes 35,2011.40
Votes cast / turnout 2,510,45969.56
Registered voters 3,609,265

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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