2015 Spanish 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, as well as the 50 seats in the regional assemblies of Ceuta and Melilla. The elections were held simultaneously with local elections all throughout Spain.

For the local elections held concurrently, see 2015 Spanish local elections.
2015 Spanish regional elections
24 May 2015
804 seats in the regional parliaments of Aragon, Asturias, Balearic Islands, Canary Islands, Cantabria, Castile and León, Castilla–La Mancha, Extremadura, La Rioja, Madrid, Murcia, Navarre and Valencian Community
50 seats in the regional assemblies of Ceuta and Melilla
Registered19,954,205 2.7%
Turnout13,038,399 (65.3%)
2.0 pp
Regional administrations after the 2015 regional elections

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, Extremadura, 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 and cities. Gains for a party are highlighted in that party's colour.

Region Previous control New control
Autonomous communities
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)
Autonomous cities
Ceuta People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Melilla People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)

Overall results
← Summary of the 24 May 2015 regional election results in Spain →
Parties and coalitions Popular vote Seats
Votes % ACm. ACt. Total
People's Party (PP) 3,915,45130.49 28125306
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 3,179,79724.77 2267233
We Can (Podemos) 1,814,50214.13 1180118
Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's) 1,275,6749.94 56359
United Left–Let's Win (IU–Ganemos) 537,9374.19 909
Commitment Coalition (Compromís) 456,8233.56 19019
Agreement of Nationalist Unity (CCa–PNC) 166,9791.30 18018
Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) 166,8171.30 000
Regionalist Party of Cantabria (PRC) 97,1850.76 12012
New Canaries (NCa) 93,6340.73 505
Navarrese People's Union (UPN) 92,7050.72 15015
More for Mallorca (Més) 59,6170.46 606
Yes to the Future (GBai) 53,4970.42 909
Basque Country Unite (EH Bildu) 48,1660.38 808
Aragonese Party (PAR) 45,8460.36 606
Forum of Citizens (FAC) 44,4800.35 303
Proposal for the Isles (El Pi) 34,2370.27 303
Aragonese Union (CHA) 30,6180.24 202
Leonese People's Union (UPL) 19,1760.15 101
Coalition for Melilla (CpM) 8,4500.07 077
More for Menorca (MpM) 6,5820.05 303
Gomera Socialist Group (ASG) 5,0900.04 303
Caballas Coalition (Caballas) 3,8810.03 044
Movement for Dignity and Citizenship (MDyC) 3,2650.03 033
People for Formentera+PSOE (GxF+PSOE) 2,0060.02 101
Populars in Freedom Party (PPL) 1,7340.01 011
Others 471,9503.68 000
Blank ballots 203,7811.59
Total 12,839,880 80450854
Valid votes 12,839,88098.48
Invalid votes 198,5191.52
Votes cast / turnout 13,038,39965.34
Registered voters 19,954,205
Popular vote
PP
 
 30.49%
PSOE
 
 24.77%
Podemos
 
 14.13%
C's
 
 9.94%
IU–G
 
 4.19%
Compromís
 
 3.56%
CCa–PNC
 
 1.30%
UPyD
 
 1.30%
PRC
 
 0.76%
NCa
 
 0.73%
UPN
 
 0.72%
Others
 
 6.53%
Blank ballots
 
 1.59%

Summary by region

Aragon
Main article: 2015 Aragonese regional election
Parties and coalitions Votes % ±pp Seats +/−
PP 183,65427.50–12.19 21–9
PSOE 143,09621.43–7.59 18–4
Podemos 137,32520.56New 14+14
C's 62,9079.42New 5+5
PAR 45,8466.86–2.29 6–1
CHA 30,6184.58–3.65 2–2
IU 28,1844.22–1.94 1–3
Others 23,0043.44 0±0
Blank ballots 13,2241.98–1.21
Valid votes 667,85898.70+0.20
Invalid votes 8,7961.30–0.20
Votes cast / turnout 676,65466.33–1.57
Registered voters 1,020,106

Asturias
Main article: 2015 Asturian regional election
Parties and coalitions Votes % ±pp[lower-alpha 1] Seats +/−[lower-alpha 1]
PSOE 143,85126.48–5.62 14–3
PP 117,31921.59+0.06 11+1
Podemos 103,57119.06New 9+9
IU/IX 64,86811.94–1.83 5±0
FAC 44,4808.19–16.61 3–9
C's 38,6877.12New 3+3
UPyD 4,3580.80–2.94 0–1
Others 15,9402.93 0±0
Blank ballots 10,2711.89+0.46
Valid votes 543,34598.58–0.57
Invalid votes 7,8471.42+0.57
Votes cast / turnout 551,19255.79+4.64
Registered voters 988,057

Balearic Islands
Main article: 2015 Balearic regional election
Parties and coalitions Votes % ±pp Seats +/−
PP 123,18328.52–18.16 20–15
PSIB–PSOE 81,79818.94–5.50 14–4
Podemos/Podem 63,48914.70New 10+10
Més 59,61713.80+5.19 6+2
El Pi 34,2377.93+1.95 3+3
C's 25,6515.94+5.74 2+2
Guanyem 8,7402.02–1.49 0±0
MpM 6,5821.52+0.48 3+2
GxF+PSOE 2,0060.46+0.01 1±0
CMe–UPCM 1,9380.45+0.33 0±0
Others 16,5383.83 0±0
Blank ballots 8,0801.87–1.05
Valid votes 431,85998.63+0.22
Invalid votes 5,9791.37–0.22
Votes cast / turnout 437,83857.13–1.67
Registered voters 766,383

Canary Islands
Main article: 2015 Canarian regional election
Parties and coalitions Votes % ±pp Seats +/−
PSOE 182,00619.89–1.09 15±0
PP 170,12918.59–13.35 12–9
CCa–PNC 166,97918.25–6.69 18–3
Podemos 133,04414.54New 7+7
NCa 93,63410.23+1.81 5+3
C's 54,3755.94New 0±0
Unidos 32,8683.59+1.66 0–1
IUC–LV–UP–ALTER 20,1552.20–0.76 0±0
PACMA 11,2961.23+0.93 0±0
ASG 5,0900.56New 3+3
Others 28,7613.14 0±0
Blank ballots 16,7691.83–0.93
Valid votes 915,10698.20+0.89
Invalid votes 16,7701.80–0.89
Votes cast / turnout 931,87656.09–2.82
Registered voters 1,661,272

Cantabria
Main article: 2015 Cantabrian regional election
Parties and coalitions Votes % ±pp Seats +/−
PP 105,94432.58–13.51 13–7
PRC 97,18529.89+0.77 12±0
PSOE 45,65314.04–2.32 5–2
Podemos 28,8958.89New 3+3
C's 22,5526.94New 2+2
IU 8,2462.54–0.78 0±0
Others 11,6333.58 0±0
Blank ballots 5,0251.55–0.61
Valid votes 325,13398.27–0.03
Invalid votes 5,7351.73+0.03
Votes cast / turnout 330,86866.23–3.56
Registered voters 499,596

Castile and León
Main article: 2015 Castilian-Leonese regional election
Parties and coalitions Votes % ±pp Seats +/−
PP 514,30137.73–13.82 42–11
PSOE 353,57525.94–3.74 25–4
Podemos 165,47512.14New 10+10
C's 139,95410.27+10.01 5+5
IU–Equo 56,5164.15–0.72 1±0
UPyD 19,5971.44–1.84 0±0
UPL 19,1761.41–0.45 1±0
Others 61,1874.49 0±0
Blank ballots 33,2742.44–0.84
Valid votes 1,363,05597.93–0.16
Invalid votes 28,7422.07+0.16
Votes cast / turnout 1,391,79764.67–2.83
Registered voters 2,151,993

Castilla–La Mancha
Main article: 2015 Castilian-Manchegan regional election
Parties and coalitions Votes % ±pp Seats +/−
PP 413,34937.49–10.62 16–9
PSOE 398,10436.11–7.29 15–9
Podemos 107,4639.75New 2+2
C's 95,2308.64New 0±0
Ganemos–LV–IU 34,2303.10–0.67 0±0
Others 34,8963.17 0±0
Blank ballots 19,2561.75+0.08
Valid votes 1,102,52897.82–0.87
Invalid votes 24,6192.18+0.87
Votes cast / turnout 1,127,14771.50–4.46
Registered voters 1,576,351

Extremadura
Main article: 2015 Extremaduran regional election
Parties and coalitions Votes % ±pp Seats +/−
PSOE–SIEx 265,01541.50–1.95 30±0
PP 236,26637.00–9.13 28–4
Podemos 51,2168.02New 6+6
C's 28,0104.39New 1+1
Ganemos–IU–LV 27,1224.25–1.47 0–3
eX 9,3051.46New 0±0
Others 13,1452.06 0±0
Blank ballots 8,5611.34–0.07
Valid votes 638,64098.14–0.51
Invalid votes 12,1341.86+0.51
Votes cast / turnout 650,77471.40–3.25
Registered voters 911,433

La Rioja
Main article: 2015 Riojan regional election
Parties and coalitions Votes % ±pp Seats +/−
PP 63,09438.62–13.36 15–5
PSOE 43,68926.74–3.59 10–1
Podemos 18,31911.21New 4+4
C's 17,04210.43New 4+4
PR+ 7,2774.45–0.98 0–2
CR–IU–Equo 6,7974.16+0.46 0±0
UPyD 2,0051.23–2.33 0±0
Others 2,2111.35 0±0
Blank ballots 2,9331.80–0.92
Valid votes 163,36798.03+0.05
Invalid votes 3,2821.97–0.05
Votes cast / turnout 166,64967.29–2.47
Registered voters 247,663

Madrid
Main article: 2015 Madrilenian regional election
Parties and coalitions Votes % ±pp Seats +/−
PP 1,050,25633.08–18.65 48–24
PSOE 807,38525.43–0.84 37+1
Podemos 591,69718.64New 27+27
C's 385,83612.15+11.99 17+17
IUCM–LV 132,2074.16–5.47 0–13
UPyD 64,6432.04–4.28 0–8
Vox 37,4911.18New 0±0
PACMA 32,2281.02+0.49 0±0
Others 38,1151.20 0±0
Blank ballots 34,8561.10–1.29
Valid votes 3,174,71499.03+0.71
Invalid votes 31,2170.97–0.71
Votes cast / turnout 3,205,93165.69–0.17
Registered voters 4,880,495

Murcia
Main article: 2015 Murcian regional election
Parties and coalitions Votes % ±pp Seats +/−
PP 239,01137.35–21.44 22–11
PSOE 153,23123.95+0.07 13+2
Podemos 84,57713.22New 6+6
C's 80,45912.57New 4+4
GRM (IU–V–RM–CLI–AS) 30,7614.81–3.02 0–1
UPyD 10,4221.63–2.87 0±0
MCC 8,7931.37New 0±0
CCD 6,7721.06New 0±0
Others 15,8092.47 0±0
Blank ballots 10,0571.57–0.59
Valid votes 639,89298.00–0.37
Invalid votes 13,0872.00+0.37
Votes cast / turnout 652,97963.57–4.34
Registered voters 1,027,213
Main article: 2015 Navarrese regional election
Parties and coalitions Votes % ±pp Seats +/−
UPN 92,70527.44–7.04 15–4
GBai 53,49715.83+0.42 9+1
EH Bildu 48,16614.25+0.97 8+1
Podemos 46,20713.67New 7+7
PSN–PSOE 45,16413.37–2.48 7–2
PP 13,2893.93–3.36 2–2
I–E 12,4823.69–2.02 2–1
C's 9,9932.96New 0±0
Others 9,7822.89 0±0
Blank ballots 6,6101.96–0.56
Valid votes 337,89598.75–0.02
Invalid votes 4,2781.25+0.02
Votes cast / turnout 342,17368.26+0.83
Registered voters 501,267

Valencian Community
Main article: 2015 Valencian regional election
Parties and coalitions Votes % ±pp Seats +/−
PP 658,61226.61–22.81 31–24
PSPV–PSOE 509,09820.57–7.47 23–10
Compromís 456,82318.46+11.27 19+13
C's 309,12112.49New 13+13
Podemos 282,38911.41New 13+13
AC (EUPV–EV–ERPV–AS) 106,9174.32–3.33 0–5
UPyD 28,7541.16–1.32 0±0
Others 89,4613.61 0±0
Blank ballots 34,0831.38–1.10
Valid votes 2,475,25898.60+0.23
Invalid votes 35,2011.40–0.23
Votes cast / turnout 2,510,45969.56–0.63
Registered voters 3,609,265

Autonomous cities

Ceuta
Main article: 2015 Ceuta Assembly election
Parties and coalitions Votes % ±pp Seats +/−
PP 13,37245.74–19.42 13–5
PSOE 4,10414.04+2.34 4+1
Caballas 3,88113.27–1.05 4±0
MDyC 3,26511.17New 3+3
C's 1,7586.01New 1+1
PDSC 5311.82–0.52 0±0
LV–GV 5111.75–0.10 0±0
IU 4611.58New 0±0
Vox 3561.22New 0±0
UPyD 3291.13–1.53 0±0
PLCeutí 2000.68New 0±0
Blank ballots 4681.60+0.08
Valid votes 29,23698.53–0.74
Invalid votes 4351.47+0.74
Votes cast / turnout 29,67148.03–3.34
Registered voters 61,782

Melilla
Main article: 2015 Melilla Assembly election
Parties and coalitions Votes % ±pp Seats +/−
PP 13,67242.73–11.18 12–3
CpM 8,45026.41+2.75 7+1
PSOE 4,02812.59+4.01 3+1
C's 2,1616.75New 2+2
PPL 1,7345.42–1.39 1–1
Podemos 8352.61New 0±0
UPyD 3531.10–1.04 0±0
IU 2510.78New 0±0
Equo 1960.61New 0±0
Blank ballots 3140.98–0.24
Valid votes 31,99498.77–0.18
Invalid votes 3991.23+0.18
Votes cast / turnout 32,39356.15–2.04
Registered voters 57,694

Notes
  1. The preceding Asturian regional election was held on 25 March 2012.

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.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
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