2021 Spanish regional elections
14 February 2021
4 May 2021 | |
271 seats in the regional parliaments of Catalonia and Madrid | |
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Regional elections were held in Spain during 2021 to elect the regional parliaments of two of the seventeen autonomous communities: Catalonia and Madrid. 271 of 1,212 seats in the regional parliaments were up for election. The elections were held on 14 February in Catalonia, and on 4 May in Madrid.
Election date
Determination of election day varied depending on the autonomous community. Typically, most autonomous communities held their elections on the fourth Sunday of May every four years, concurrently with nationwide local elections, while others had their own, separate electoral cycles. In some cases, regional presidents had the prerogative to dissolve 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—Andalusia (since 1994), Aragon (2007), the Balearic Islands (2007), the Basque Country (1981), the Canary Islands (2018), Castile and León (2007), Catalonia (1985), Extremadura (2011), Galicia (1985), Navarre (2010) and the Valencian Community (2006)—the law granted regional presidents the power to call snap elections resulting in fresh four-year parliamentary terms.[2][3][4]
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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 February | Catalonia | Together for Catalonia (JxCat) | Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) | ||
| 4 May | Madrid | People's Party (PP) | People's Party (PP) | ||
Summary by region
February (Catalonia)
| Parties and alliances | Votes | % | ±pp | Seats | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSC–PSOE | 654,766 | 23.03 | +9.17 | 33 | +16 | |
| ERC | 605,581 | 21.30 | −0.08 | 33 | +1 | |
| JxCat | 570,539 | 20.07 | n/a | 32 | +12 | |
| Vox | 218,121 | 7.67 | New | 11 | +11 | |
| ECP–PEC | 195,345 | 6.87 | −0.59 | 8 | ±0 | |
| CUP–G | 189,924 | 6.68 | +2.22 | 9 | +5 | |
| Cs | 158,606 | 5.58 | −19.77 | 6 | −30 | |
| PP | 109,453 | 3.85 | −0.39 | 3 | −1 | |
| PDeCAT | 77,229 | 2.72 | n/a | 0 | −14 | |
| Others | 39,764 | 1.40 | 0 | ±0 | ||
| Blank ballots | 24,087 | 0.85 | +0.41 | |||
| Valid votes | 2,843,415 | 98.56 | –1.07 | |||
| Invalid votes | 41,430 | 1.41 | +1.07 | |||
| Votes cast / turnout | 2,884,845 | 51.29 | –27.80 | |||
| Registered voters | 5,624,067 | |||||
May (Madrid)
| Parties and alliances | Votes | % | ±pp | Seats | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PP | 1,631,608 | 44.76 | +22.53 | 65 | +35 | |
| Más Madrid | 619,215 | 16.99 | +2.30 | 24 | +4 | |
| PSOE | 612,622 | 16.80 | −10.51 | 24 | −13 | |
| Vox | 333,403 | 9.15 | +0.27 | 13 | +1 | |
| Podemos–IU | 263,871 | 7.24 | +1.64 | 10 | +3 | |
| Cs | 130,237 | 3.57 | −15.89 | 0 | −26 | |
| Others | 35,334 | 0.97 | 0 | ±0 | ||
| Blank ballots | 19,269 | 0.53 | +0.07 | |||
| Valid votes | 3,645,559 | 99.39 | –0.19 | |||
| Invalid votes | 22,247 | 0.61 | +0.19 | |||
| Votes cast / turnout | 3,667,806 | 71.74 | +7.47 | |||
| Registered voters | 5,112,813 | |||||
Notes
- ^ In April 2021, Mayor-President of Melilla Eduardo de Castro was expelled from Citizens (Cs), but remained at the helm of the local government.[1]
References
- ^ Carvajal, Álvaro (2 April 2021). "Ciudadanos expulsa al presidente de Melilla por ocultar que estaba imputado". El Mundo (in Spanish). Madrid. Retrieved 10 December 2025.
- ^ LOREG (1985), art. 42.
- ^ "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). Institute of Regional Studies (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "El Senado aprueba definitivamente el Estatuto canario con el voto en contra de Podemos" (in Spanish). Madrid: Europa Press. 24 October 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2025.
Bibliography
- Ley Orgánica 5/1985, de 19 de junio, del Régimen Electoral General (Organic Law 5/1985). Official State Gazette (in Spanish). 19 June 1985 [version as of 25 June 2019]. BOE-A-1985-11672. Retrieved 5 October 2025.
External links
- Central Electoral Commission – Regional elections (in Spanish).
- Historia Electoral.com – Regional elections since 1980 (in Spanish and Catalan).