2015 Spanish regional elections

2015 Spanish regional elections
22 March 2015
24 May 2015
27 September 2015
1,048 seats in the regional parliaments of Andalusia, Aragon, Asturias, Balearic Islands, Canary Islands, Cantabria, Castile and León, Castilla–La Mancha, Catalonia, Extremadura, La Rioja, Madrid, Murcia, Navarre and Valencian Community
Regional administrations by leading party in 2015

Regional elections were held in Spain during 2015 to elect the regional parliaments of fourteen of the seventeen autonomous communities: Andalusia, Aragon, Asturias, the Balearic Islands, the Canary Islands, Cantabria, Castile and León, Castilla–La Mancha, Catalonia, Extremadura, La Rioja, Madrid, Murcia, Navarre and the Valencian Community. 1,048 of 1,198 seats in the regional parliaments were up for election. The elections were held on 24 May for most regions (concurrently with local elections all across the country), on 22 March in Andalusia and on 27 September in Catalonia.

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 the Parliament of Catalonia elections. Podemos obtained a strong third place, close to the two main parties in several regions and entering all regional parliaments—a first for any party aside from PP and PSOE—while C's placed fourth in most regions, being left out of regional assemblies in the Canary Islands, Castilla–La Mancha and Navarre.

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), 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.[1][2]

Regional governments

The following table lists party control in autonomous communities. Gains for a party are highlighted in that party's colour.

Election day Region Previous control New control
22 March Andalusia Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
24 May 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)
27 September Catalonia Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (CDC) Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (CDC)

Summary by region

March (Andalusia)

Parties and alliances Votes % ±pp Seats +/−
PSOE–A 1,411,27835.41−4.15 47±0
PP 1,065,68526.74−13.93 33−17
Podemos 592,13314.86New 15+15
C's 369,8969.28New 9+9
IULV–CA 274,4266.89−4.46 5−7
UPyD 76,8391.93−1.42 0±0
PA 60,6451.52−0.99 0±0
Others 89,5142.25 0±0
Blank ballots 54,7171.37+0.46
Valid votes 3,985,13398.98−0.44
Invalid votes 41,1491.02+0.44
Votes cast / turnout 4,026,28262.30+1.52
Registered voters 6,462,627

May (13 regions)

Aragon

Parties and alliances 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

Parties and alliances Votes % ±pp[a] Seats +/−[a]
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

Parties and alliances 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
Others 18,4764.28 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

Parties and alliances 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 931,87656.09−2.81
Registered voters 1,661,494

Cantabria

Parties and alliances 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

Parties and alliances 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

Parties and alliances 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

Parties and alliances 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

Parties and alliances 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

Parties and alliances 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

Parties and alliances 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
Parties and alliances 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

Parties and alliances 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

September (Catalonia)

Parties and alliances Votes % ±pp Seats +/−
JxSí 1,628,71439.59−4.82 62−9
C's 736,36417.90+10.33 25+16
PSC–PSOE 523,28312.72−1.67 16−4
CatSíqueesPot 367,6138.94−0.96 11−2
PP 349,1938.49−4.49 11−8
CUP 337,7948.21+4.73 10+7
unio.cat 103,2932.51New 0±0
Others 46,0951.12 0±0
Blank ballots 21,8950.53−0.93
Valid votes 4,114,24499.61+0.51
Invalid votes 15,9520.39−0.51
Votes cast / turnout 4,130,19674.95+7.19
Registered voters 5,510,853

Notes

  1. 1 2 The preceding Asturian regional election was held on 25 March 2012.

References

  1. ↑ LOREG (1985), art. 42.
  2. ↑ "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)

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