2007 Spanish regional elections

For the local elections held concurrently, see 2007 Spanish local elections.
2007 Spanish regional elections
27 May 2007
812 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
Regional administrations by leading party in 2007

Regional elections were held in Spain during 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; and the two autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla. 812 of 1,206 seats in the regional parliaments were up for election, as well as the 50 seats in the regional assemblies of the autonomous cities. The elections were held on 27 May (concurrently with local elections all across the country).

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

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

Summary by region

May (13 regions)

Aragon

Main article: 2007 Aragonese regional election
Parties and alliances Votes % ±pp Seats +/−
PSOE 276,415 41.14 +3.20 30 +3
PP 208,642 31.06 +0.33 23 +1
PAR 81,135 12.08 +0.90 9 +1
CHA 54,752 8.15 −5.56 4 −5
IU 27,440 4.08 +1.02 1 ±0
Others 8,562 1.27 0 ±0
Blank ballots 14,890 2.22 +0.13
Valid votes 671,836 99.31 −0.05
Invalid votes 4,655 0.69 +0.05
Votes cast / turnout 676,491 66.51 −3.85
Registered voters 1,017,085

Asturias

Main article: 2007 Asturian regional election
Parties and alliances Votes % ±pp Seats +/−
PSOE 252,201 42.04 +1.56 21 −1
PP 248,907 41.50 +2.32 20 +1
IU–BA–LV 58,114 9.69 −2.42 4 ±0
URAS–PAS 13,314 2.22 −2.46 0 ±0
Others 12,844 2.14 0 ±0
Blank ballots 14,458 2.41 +0.12
Valid votes 599,838 99.20 −0.09
Invalid votes 4,844 0.80 +0.09
Votes cast / turnout 604,682 61.59 −2.25
Registered voters 981,802

Balearic Islands

Main article: 2007 Balearic regional election
Parties and alliances Votes % ±pp Seats +/−
PP 192,577 46.02 +1.32 28 −1
PSIB–PSOE 115,477 27.60 +3.06 16 +1
Bloc 37,572 8.98 −3.14 4 −1
UM 28,178 6.73 −0.72 3 ±0
PSOE–ExC 19,094 4.56 +0.61 6 +1
PSM–EN 3,292 0.79 +0.10 1 ±0
AIPF 1,795 0.43 +0.05 1 ±0
Others 11,846 2.83 0 ±0
Blank ballots 8,613 2.06 +0.40
Valid votes 418,444 99.41 +0.06
Invalid votes 2,497 0.59 −0.06
Votes cast / turnout 420,941 60.14 −2.70
Registered voters 699,947

Canary Islands

Main article: 2007 Canarian regional election
Parties and alliances Votes % ±pp Seats +/−
PSOE 322,833 34.51 +9.09 26 +9
CC–PNC 225,878 24.15 −12.12 19 −4
PP 224,883 24.04 −6.57 15 −2
NC 50,749 5.43 New 0 ±0
CCN 46,676 4.99 +3.58 0 −3
LV 17,793 1.90 −0.08 0 ±0
Others 33,411 3.57 0 ±0
Blank ballots 13,237 1.42 +0.14
Valid votes 935,460 99.43 −0.01
Invalid votes 5,392 0.57 +0.01
Votes cast / turnout 940,852 61.27 −3.35
Registered voters 1,537,139

Cantabria

Main article: 2007 Cantabrian regional election
Parties and alliances Votes % ±pp Seats +/−
PP 143,610 41.48 −1.01 17 −1
PRC 99,159 28.64 +9.40 12 +4
PSOE 84,982 24.54 −5.45 10 −3
IU–BR 6,511 1.88 −1.82 0 ±0
Others 6,059 1.75 0 ±0
Blank ballots 5,923 1.71 −0.37
Valid votes 346,244 99.06 −0.12
Invalid votes 3,276 0.94 +0.12
Votes cast / turnout 349,520 71.97 −1.08
Registered voters 485,624

Castile and León

Main article: 2007 Castilian-Leonese regional election
Parties and alliances Votes % ±pp Seats +/−
PP 748,746 49.17 +0.68 48 ±0
PSOE 574,596 37.73 +0.96 33 +1
IU–LV–CyL 46,878 3.08 −0.37 0 ±0
UPL–UZ 41,519 2.73 −1.28 2 ±0
ACAL 17,496 1.15 −0.19 0 ±0
CI–PCL 16,435 1.08 +0.37 0 ±0
Others 46,921 3.08 0 ±0
Blank ballots 30,200 1.98 −0.32
Valid votes 1,522,791 99.20 +0.06
Invalid votes 12,305 0.80 −0.06
Votes cast / turnout 1,535,096 70.70 −1.96
Registered voters 2,171,192

Castilla–La Mancha

Main article: 2007 Castilian-Manchegan regional election
Parties and alliances Votes % ±pp Seats +/−
PSOE 572,849 51.96 −5.87 26 −3
PP 467,319 42.38 +5.72 21 +3
IU–ICAM 37,753 3.42 +0.37 0 ±0
Others 10,562 0.96 0 ±0
Blank ballots 14,080 1.28 −0.05
Valid votes 1,102,563 99.25 −0.07
Invalid votes 8,322 0.75 +0.07
Votes cast / turnout 1,110,885 73.74 −2.50
Registered voters 1,506,504

Extremadura

Main article: 2007 Extremaduran regional election
Parties and alliances Votes % ±pp Seats +/−
PSOE–r 352,342 53.00 +1.34 38 +2
PP–EU 257,392 38.71 −1.83 27 +1
IU–SIEx 30,028 4.52 −1.75 0 −3
IPEx 8,389 1.26 New 0 ±0
Others 8,777 1.32 0 ±0
Blank ballots 7,926 1.19 −0.18
Valid votes 664,854 99.27 +0.08
Invalid votes 4,898 0.73 −0.08
Votes cast / turnout 669,752 74.95 −0.68
Registered voters 893,547

La Rioja

Main article: 2007 Riojan regional election
Parties and alliances Votes % ±pp Seats +/−
PP 84,382 48.81 +0.21 17 ±0
PSOE 69,858 40.41 +2.23 14 ±0
PR 10,369 6.00 +0.81 2 ±0
IZQ 5,292 3.06 −1.30 0 ±0
Blank ballots 2,977 1.72 −0.18
Valid votes 172,878 99.21 +0.04
Invalid votes 1,379 0.79 −0.04
Votes cast / turnout 174,257 73.30 −1.80
Registered voters 237,745

Madrid

Main article: 2007 Madrilenian regional election
Parties and alliances Votes % ±pp Seats +/−
PP 1,592,162 53.29 +4.81 67 +10
PSOE 1,002,862 33.57 −5.43 42 −3
IUCM 264,782 8.86 +0.36 11 +2
LV, LVM, LVCM, LV–GV 33,044 1.11 +0.14 0 ±0
Others 43,231 1.45 0 ±0
Blank ballots 51,665 1.73 −0.01
Valid votes 2,987,746 99.55 −0.06
Invalid votes 13,454 0.45 +0.06
Votes cast / turnout 3,001,200 67.31 +4.73
Registered voters 4,458,989

Murcia

Main article: 2007 Murcian regional election
Parties and alliances Votes % ±pp Seats +/−
PP 379,011 58.30 +1.64 29 +1
PSOE 207,998 32.00 −2.11 15 −1
IU–LV–RM 40,633 6.25 −0.98 1 ±0
CCR 8,139 1.25 New 0 ±0
Others 5,648 0.87 0 ±0
Blank ballots 8,642 1.33 −0.20
Valid votes 650,071 99.24 +0.04
Invalid votes 4,972 0.76 −0.04
Votes cast / turnout 655,043 68.01 −1.97
Registered voters 963,221
Main article: 2007 Navarrese regional election
Parties and alliances Votes % ±pp Seats +/−
UPN 139,132 42.19 +0.71 22 −1
NaBai 77,872 23.62 +5.80 12 +4
PSN–PSOE 74,158 22.49 +1.34 12 +1
CDN 14,412 4.37 −3.28 2 −2
IUN/NEB 14,337 4.35 −4.43 2 −2
RCN/NOK 4,705 1.43 New 0 ±0
PC 541 0.16 −0.17 0 ±0
Blank ballots 4,581 1.39 −0.99
Valid votes 329,738 94.74 +1.22
Invalid votes 18,301 5.26 −1.22
Votes cast / turnout 348,039 73.79 +3.09
Registered voters 471,653

Valencian Community

Main article: 2007 Valencian regional election
Parties and alliances Votes % ±pp Seats +/−
PP 1,277,458 52.52 +5.35 54 +6
PSPV–PSOE 838,987 34.49 −1.47 38 +3
Compromís PV 195,116 8.02 −3.02 7 +1
Others 86,545 3.56 0 ±0
Blank ballots 34,348 1.41 −0.14
Valid votes 2,432,454 99.33 −0.02
Invalid votes 16,376 0.67 +0.02
Votes cast / turnout 2,448,830 70.14 −1.37
Registered voters 3,491,365

Autonomous cities

Ceuta

Main article: 2007 Ceuta Assembly election
Parties and alliances Votes % ±pp Seats +/−
PP 22,484 65.18 +2.63 19 ±0
UDCE–IU 5,659 16.41 +4.71 4 +1
PSOE 2,985 8.65 −0.05 2 ±0
PSPC 1,557 4.51 +0.31 0 ±0
PDSC 1,258 3.65 −1.50 0 −1
LV–GV 326 0.95 New 0 ±0
Blank ballots 226 0.66 −0.09
Valid votes 34,495 99.43 −0.13
Invalid votes 198 0.57 +0.13
Votes cast / turnout 34,693 60.29 +1.06
Registered voters 57,540

Melilla

Main article: 2007 Melilla Assembly election
Parties and alliances Votes % ±pp Seats +/−
PP 16,102 55.96 +0.96 15 ±0
CpM 6,245 21.71 −4.62 5 −2
PSOE 5,246 18.23 +6.24 5 +2
CM 783 2.72 −7.67 0 ±0
Blank ballots 396 1.38 +0.26
Valid votes 28,772 99.44 −0.01
Invalid votes 162 0.56 +0.01
Votes cast / turnout 28,934 57.65 +0.26
Registered voters 50,193

Notes

  1. ^ PSOE's sister party in Catalonia.
  2. ^ PP's sister party in Navarre.

References

  1. ^ General Electoral System Organic Law of 1985. Official State Gazette (Organic Law 5) (in Spanish). 19 June 1985. 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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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