2005 Galician regional election

2005 Galician regional election
19 June 2005
All 75 seats in the Parliament of Galicia
38 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered2,616,811 Increase 1.9%
Turnout1,680,202 (64.2%)
Increase 4.0 pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Manuel Fraga Emilio Pérez Touriño Anxo Quintana
Party PP PSdeG–PSOE BNG
Leader since 1989 10 October 1998 23 November 2003
Leader's seat Lugo Pontevedra Ourense
Last election 41 seats, 51.6% 17 seats, 21.8% 17 seats, 22.6%
Seats won 37 25 13
Seat change Decrease 4 Increase 8 Decrease 4
Popular vote 756,562 555,603 311,954
Percentage 45.2% 33.2% 18.7%
Swing Decrease 6.4 pp Increase 11.4 pp Decrease 3.9 pp
Constituency results map for the Parliament of Galicia
President before election

Manuel Fraga
PP

 President after election

Emilio Pérez Touriño
PSdeG–PSOE

A regional election was held in Galicia on 19 June 2005 to elect the 7th Parliament of the autonomous community. All 75 seats in the Parliament were up for election.

Overview

Under the 1981 Statute of Autonomy, the Parliament of Galicia was the unicameral legislature of the homonymous autonomous community, having legislative power in devolved matters, as well as the ability to grant or withdraw confidence from a regional president.[1] The electoral and procedural rules were supplemented by national law provisions.[2]

Date

The term of the Parliament of Galicia expired four years after the date of its previous election, unless it was dissolved earlier. The election decree was required to be issued no later than 25 days before the scheduled expiration date of parliament and published on the following day in the Official Journal of Galicia (DOG), with election day taking place 54 days after the decree's publication.[3] The previous election was held on 21 October 2001, which meant that the chamber's term would have expired on 21 October 2005. The election decree was required to be published in the DOG no later than 27 September 2005, setting the latest possible date for election day on 20 November 2005.

The regional president had the prerogative to dissolve the Parliament of Galicia at any given time and call a snap election, provided that it did not occur before one year after a previous one under this procedure. In the event of an investiture process failing to elect a regional president within a two-month period from the first ballot, the Parliament was to be automatically dissolved and a fresh election called.[4]

The Parliament of Galicia was officially dissolved on 26 April 2005 with the publication of the corresponding decree in the DOG, setting election day for 19 June and scheduling for the chamber to reconvene on 18 July.[5]

Electoral system

Voting for the Parliament is based on universal suffrage, comprising all Spanish nationals over 18 years of age, registered in Galicia and with full political rights, provided that they have not been deprived of the right to vote by a final sentence, nor were legally incapacitated.[6]

The Parliament of Galicia had a minimum of 60 and a maximum of 80 seats, with electoral provisions fixing its size at 75. All were elected in four multi-member constituencies—corresponding to the provinces of A Coruña, Lugo, Ourense and Pontevedra, each of which was assigned an initial minimum of 10 seats and the remaining 35 distributed in proportion to population—using the D'Hondt method and closed-list proportional voting, with a five percent-threshold of valid votes (including blank ballots) in each constituency.[7] The use of this electoral method resulted in a higher effective threshold depending on district magnitude and vote distribution.[8]

As a result of the aforementioned allocation, each Parliament constituency was entitled the following seats:[9]

Seats Constituencies
24 A Coruña
22 Pontevedra
15 Lugo
14 Ourense

The law did not provide for by-elections to fill vacant seats; instead, any vacancies arising after the proclamation of candidates and during the legislative term were filled by the next candidates on the party lists or, when required, by designated substitutes.[10]

Outgoing parliament

The table below shows the composition of the parliamentary groups in the chamber at the time of dissolution.[11][12]

Parliamentary composition in April 2005
Groups Parties Legislators
Seats Total
People's Parliamentary Group of Galicia PP 41 41
Galician Nationalist Bloc's Parliamentary Group BNG 17 17
Socialists of Galicia's Parliamentary Group PSdeG–PSOE 17 17

Parties and candidates

The electoral law allowed for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, alliances and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form an alliance were required to inform the relevant electoral commission within 10 days of the election call, whereas groupings of electors needed to secure the signature of at least one percent of the electorate in the constituencies for which they sought election, disallowing electors from signing for more than one list.[13]

Below is a list of the main parties and alliances which contested the election:

Candidacy Parties and
alliances		 Leading candidate Ideology Previous result Gov. Ref.
Vote % Seats
PP
List
 Manuel Fraga Conservatism
Christian democracy		 51.6% 41 Yes
BNG Anxo Quintana Galician nationalism
Left-wing nationalism
Socialism		 22.6% 17 No
PSdeG–
PSOE
List
 Emilio Pérez Touriño Social democracy 21.8% 17 No

Opinion polls

The tables below list opinion polling results in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first and using the dates when the survey fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. Where the fieldwork dates are unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed with its background shaded in the leading party's colour. If a tie ensues, this is applied to the figures with the highest percentages. The "Lead" column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the parties with the highest percentages in a poll.

Voting intention estimates

The table below lists weighted voting intention estimates. Refusals are generally excluded from the party vote percentages, while question wording and the treatment of "don't know" responses and those not intending to vote may vary between polling organisations. When available, seat projections determined by the polling organisations are displayed below (or in place of) the percentages in a smaller font; 38 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Parliament of Galicia.

Color key:

  Poll conducted after legal ban on opinion polls   Exit poll

Voting preferences

The table below lists raw, unweighted voting preferences.

Victory preferences

The table below lists opinion polling on the victory preferences for each party in the event of a regional election taking place.

Victory likelihood

The table below lists opinion polling on the perceived likelihood of victory for each party in the event of a regional election taking place.

Preferred President

The table below lists opinion polling on leader preferences to become president of the Regional Government of Galicia.

Predicted President

The table below lists opinion polling on the perceived likelihood for each leader to become president of the Regional Government of Galicia.

Results

Overall

← Summary of the 19 June 2005 Parliament of Galicia election results →
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
People's Party (PP) 756,56245.23−6.39 37−4
Socialists' Party of Galicia (PSdeG–PSOE) 555,60333.22+11.39 25+8
Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG) 311,95418.65−3.93 13−4
United Left (EU–IU) 12,4190.74+0.06 0±0
Galician People's Front (FPG) 2,9820.18−0.03 0±0
Party of Self-employed and Professionals (AUTONOMO) 2,8400.17−0.12 0±0
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) 2,4120.14New 0±0
We–People's Unity (Nós–UP) 1,7490.10New 0±0
Humanist Party (PH) 1,4290.09−0.18 0±0
Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS) 1,0810.06New 0±0
Ourensan Democracy (DO) 6230.04New 0±0
National Democracy (DN) 5500.03New 0±0
People's Spanish Social Party (PSEP) 4200.03New 0±0
Republican Left–Galician Republican Left (IR–ERG) 4050.02New 0±0
Galician Identity (IG) 3760.02New 0±0
Social Democratic Party of Law (SDD) 2390.01−0.03 0±0
Blank ballots 20,9121.25−0.44
Total 1,672,556 75±0
Valid votes 1,672,55699.54+0.24
Invalid votes 7,6460.46−0.24
Votes cast / turnout 1,680,20264.21+4.05
Abstentions 936,60935.79−4.05
Registered voters 2,616,811
Sources[11][14]
Popular vote
PP
 
 45.23%
PSdeG–PSOE
 
 33.22%
BNG
 
 18.65%
Others
 
 1.65%
Blank ballots
 
 1.25%
Seats
PP
 
 49.33%
PSdeG–PSOE
 
 33.33%
BNG
 
 17.33%

Distribution by constituency

Constituency PP PSdeG BNG
% S % S % S
A Coruña 42.9 11 33.2 8 20.5 5
Lugo 48.9 8 34.5 5 14.5 2
Ourense 50.8 8 30.9 4 16.3 2
Pontevedra 44.1 10 33.6 8 19.2 4
Total 45.2 37 33.2 25 18.7 13
Sources[11][14]

Aftermath

Government formation

Investiture
Nomination of Emilio Pérez Touriño (PSdeG)
Ballot → 29 July 2005
Required majority → 38 out of 75 check
Yes
38 / 75
No
  • • PP (37)
37 / 75
Abstentions
0 / 75
Absentees
0 / 75
Sources[11]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 Undecided and/or abstentionists excluded.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Does not include non-resident citizens.

References

Opinion poll sources

  1. 1 2 3 "LOS SONDEOS: Fallan con Fraga y Quintana; aciertan con Touriño". Libertad Digital (in Spanish). 19 June 2005.
  2. ↑ "PP gana elecciones pero pierde mayoría absoluta, según sondeos". Nación.com (in Spanish). 19 June 2005.
  3. ↑ "El PP pierde la mayoría absoluta en Galicia, con el 97,2% de los votos escrutados". ABC (in Spanish). 19 June 2005.
  4. ↑ "El voto de la emigración decidirá si Fraga recupera la mayoría o pierde el poder". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 19 June 2005.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Elecciones Autonómicas 2005" (PDF). Infortécnica (in Spanish). 13 June 2005.
  6. 1 2 3 "Las encuestas publicadas este domingo en la prensa de Galicia mantienen la incertidumbre sobre si el PP obtendrá la mayoría absoluta (38 escaños), necesaria para continuar en el Gobierno". El Confidencial (in Spanish). 12 June 2005.
  7. 1 2 "Las encuestas ponen a Fraga al límite de la mayoría absoluta". 20 minutos (in Spanish). 12 June 2005.
  8. ↑ "El PP de Fraga afronta la última semana de campaña sin mayoría absoluta". Cadena SER (in Spanish). 13 June 2005.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Intención de voto elecciones autonómicas 2005. Total Galicia (Pulsómetro 13/06/2005)". Cadena SER (in Spanish). 13 June 2005. Archived from the original on 15 June 2005. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  10. ↑ "Pulsómetro / El PP sigue sin alcanzar la mayoría absoluta". Cadena SER (in Spanish). 12 June 2005.
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Barómetro diario. Elecciones Gallegas 2005". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 13 June 2005. Archived from the original on 2005-06-13.
  12. ↑ "Pulsómetro / El PP perdería hoy la mayoría absoluta con claridad". Cadena SER (in Spanish). 11 June 2005.
  13. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 "Intención de voto elecciones autonómicas 2005. Total Galicia (Pulsómetro 11/06/2005)". Cadena SER (in Spanish). 11 June 2005. Archived from the original on 13 June 2005. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  14. ↑ "El PP, con 35 escaños, perdería su actual mayoría absoluta en las elecciones gallegas". ABC (in Spanish). 12 June 2005.
  15. ↑ "El PP no asegura la mayoría absoluta ante el ascenso del PSdeG y el leve retroceso del BNG". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 12 June 2005.
  16. ↑ "Fraga se situaría cuatro escaños por debajo de la mayoría absoluta". Diario de León (in Spanish). 11 June 2005.
  17. ↑ "Fraga sigue al borde de la mayoría absoluta". La Razón (in Spanish). 12 June 2005. Archived from the original on 2005-06-13.
  18. ↑ "Fraga se aleja de la mayoría absoluta en la recta final del 19-J". El País (in Spanish). 12 June 2005.
  19. ↑ "El PP se aleja de la mayoría absoluta". El País (in Spanish). 12 June 2005.
  20. ↑ "Las encuestas no se ponen de acuerdo en los resultados y dan a Fraga entre 34 y 39 escaños". Libertad Digital (in Spanish). 12 June 2005.
  21. ↑ "El PP aún puede conservar Galicia, pero el 70% quería otro candidato". El Mundo (in Spanish). 12 June 2005.
  22. ↑ "El PSdG supera por primera vez en intención de voto al PP en la provincia de A Coruña". Cadena SER (in Spanish). 8 June 2005.
  23. ↑ "Fraga revalidaría la mayoría absoluta con un ajustado triunfo sobre la alianza PSdG-BNG". Libertad Digital (in Spanish). 11 June 2005.
  24. ↑ Díaz de Rada Igúzquiza, Vidal (2010). Comparación entre los resultados proporcionados por encuestas telefónicas y personales: el caso de un estudio electoral. CIS. p. 128. ISBN 9788474764956.
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  26. 1 2 3 4 5 "Preelectoral de Galicia. Elecciones autonómicas 2005 (Estudio nº 2608. Mayo-Junio 2005)". CIS (in Spanish). 10 June 2005.
  27. ↑ "Estimación de voto (Estudio nº 2608. Mayo-Junio 2005)". CIS (in Spanish). 10 June 2005.
  28. ↑ "Estudio CIS nº 2608. Ficha técnica". CIS (in Spanish). 10 June 2005.
  29. ↑ "El CIS pronostica que a Fraga le faltarán entre 2 y 4 escaños para la mayoría absoluta". ABC (in Spanish). 11 June 2005.
  30. ↑ "El PP recupera posiciones y el PSOE frena su ascenso, según el tercer Pulsómetro". Cadena SER (in Spanish). 5 June 2005.
  31. ↑ "El Pulsómetro de la SER elaborado por el Instituto Opina da al PPdeG entre 35 y 35 diputados en las elecciones del 19-J, lo que implica una ligera recuperación respecto a los datos del CIS. El Barómetro de La Voz de Galicia da una bajada al PPdeG de los actuales 41 escaños a 36". Galicia Digital (in Spanish). 5 June 2005.
  32. ↑ "El PP arranca la campaña gallega sin mayoría absoluta". Cadena SER (in Spanish). 3 June 2005.
  33. 1 2 3 "Intención de voto elecciones autonómicas 2005. Total Galicia (Pulsómetro 03/06/2005)". Cadena SER (in Spanish). 3 June 2005. Archived from the original on 4 June 2005. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
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  35. ↑ "El PP perdería hoy la mayoría absoluta en el Parlamento por dos escaños". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 20 May 2005.
  36. 1 2 3 4 5 "Situación política y social de Galicia, IX (Estudio nº 2603. Abril-Mayo 2005)". CIS (in Spanish). 31 May 2005.
  37. ↑ "Estudio CIS nº 2603. Ficha técnica". CIS (in Spanish). 31 May 2005.
  38. ↑ "El CIS deja en minoría a Fraga y pregunta si el PP tenía que haberlo sustituido". ABC (in Spanish). 1 June 2005.
  39. ↑ "Los sondeos mantienen al PP muy cerca de la mayoría absoluta en Galicia". Libertad Digital (in Spanish). 8 May 2005.
  40. ↑ "Fraga se queda al borde de la mayoría absoluta". El País (in Spanish). 8 May 2005.
  41. ↑ "Fraga visita Uruguay y Argentina". LaRed21 (in Spanish). 11 May 2005.
  42. ↑ "Fraga tiene "casi asegurada" la mayoría absoluta en las elecciones del 19 de junio". Libertad Digital (in Spanish). 23 April 2005.
  43. ↑ "Fraga aprovecha la confusión territorial del Gobierno para adelantar las gallegas al 19 de junio". ABC (in Spanish). 22 April 2005.
  44. ↑ "Barómetro gallego, noviembre-diciembre 2004. Actitudes, valores y cultura política de los gallegos". USC (in Spanish). 27 January 2005. hdl:10347/8245.
  45. ↑ "El barómetro de la Universidad de Santiago vaticina la pérdida de la mayoría absoluta del PP en Galicia". ABC (in Spanish). 27 January 2005.
  46. ↑ "Confírmanse as expectativas de cambio político en Galiza". Vieiros (in Galician). 28 January 2005.
  47. ↑ "Fraga perderá la mayoría absoluta, según un 'barómetro' electoral". El País (in Spanish). 28 January 2005.
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  49. ↑ "El efecto Zapatero pierde fuelle y dispara el recelo de los gallegos". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 12 December 2004. Archived from the original on 21 December 2004. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
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  51. ↑ "La crisis del "Prestige" situaría a día de hoy al PP fuera del Gobierno gallego". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 21 February 2003.
  52. ↑ "Nunca Máis desplaza 1.200 autocares a la protesta de Madrid". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 23 February 2003.
  53. ↑ "El PP frena su caída en intención de voto y logra una leve recuperación". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 19 October 2002.
  54. 1 2 "Instituciones y autonomías, II. CA de Galicia (Estudio nº 2455. Septiembre-Octubre 2002)". CIS (in Spanish). 19 November 2002.
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  56. ↑ "El PP ganaría las autonómicas en diez Comunidades y el PSOE en cuatro, según el CIS". ABC (in Spanish). 20 November 2002.
  57. ↑ "El PP baja cuatro puntos en intención de voto y se queda en mínimos históricos". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 14 July 2002.
  58. ↑ "Los gallegos aprueban al Gobierno Fraga y están satisfechos con la mejora de la economía". El Correo Galego (in Spanish). 3 May 2002. Archived from the original on 2002-06-19.
  59. ↑ "PP y Bloque perderían un escaño en favor del PSdeG de haber elecciones". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 2 May 2002.
  60. 1 2 "El PSOE adelanta al BNG en intención de voto ante unas elecciones autonómicas". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 7 April 2002.
  61. ↑ "La ciudadanía gallega cree que Manuel Fraga debe nombrar ahora a su sucesor". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 12 January 2002.

Other

  1. ↑ Statute (1981), arts. 10 & 13.
  2. ↑ LEG (1985), final prov. 1.
  3. ↑ Statute (1981), art. 11; LEG (1985), art. 12 (suppl. by LOREG (1985), art. 42).
  4. ↑ LJP (1983), arts. 17 & 24.
  5. ↑ Decree 77/2005 (2005), arts. 1–2 & 5.
  6. ↑ Statute (1981), art. 11; LEG (1985), art. 2 (suppl. by LOREG (1985), arts. 2–3).
  7. ↑ Statute (1981), art. 11; LEG (1985), arts. 8–10.
  8. ↑ Gallagher, Michael (30 July 2012). "Effective threshold in electoral systems". Dublin: Trinity College Dublin. Archived from the original on 30 July 2017. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  9. ↑ Decree 77/2005 (2005), art. 3.
  10. ↑ LEG (1985), art. 11 (suppl. by LOREG (1985), arts. 46 & 48).
  11. 1 2 3 4 Lozano, Carles. "Elecciones al Parlamento de Galicia (desde 1981)". Historia Electoral.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 May 2026.
  12. ↑ "Parlamento de Galicia. VI Lexislatura (20-11-01 ó 26-04-05)" (PDF) (in Galician). Parliament of Galicia. Retrieved 17 May 2026.
  13. ↑ LEG (1985), art. 21 (suppl. by LOREG (1985), art. 44).
  14. 1 2 "Resolución de 11 de julio de 2005 por la que se hacen públicos los resultados generales y por circunscripciones y la relación de diputados y diputadas proclamados electos en las elecciones al Parlamento de Galicia celebradas el día 19 de junio de 2005" (PDF). Official Journal of Galicia (in Spanish) (134): 12507–12509. 13 July 2005. ISSN 1130-9229. Retrieved 17 May 2026.

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