2007 Basque foral elections

The 2007 Basque foral elections were held on Sunday, 27 May 2007, to elect the 8th Juntas Generales of Álava, Biscay and Gipuzkoa. All 153 seats in the three Juntas Generales were up for election. The elections were held simultaneously with regional elections in thirteen autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.

Overall

← Summary of the 27 May 2007 Basque Juntas Generales election results →

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)^1	320,087	34.05	n/a	53	+1
	Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE–EE (PSOE))	245,996	26.17	+4.60	44	+9
	People's Party (PP)	159,645	16.98	–2.62	29	–5
	United Left–Greens–Aralar (EB–B–Aralar)^2	88,112	9.37	–1.89	12	+2
	Basque Solidarity (EA)^1	69,945	7.44	n/a	10	–11
	Basque Nationalist Action (EAE/ANV)	28,227	3.00	New	5	+5
	The Greens (B/LV)	4,895	0.52	New	0	±0
	We, the Women of the Plaza (Plazandreok)	1,533	0.16	+0.07	0	±0
	Humanist Party (PH)	1,068	0.11	+0.03	0	±0
	Carlist Party of the Basque Country–Carlist Party (EKA–PC)	464	0.05	±0.00	0	±0
	Democratic Innovation (InnDe)	136	0.01	New	0	±0
	Alavese Unity (UA)	n/a	n/a	–0.56	0	–1
Blank ballots		19,810	2.11	+0.65
Total		939,918			153	±0
Valid votes		939,918	87.47	–2.11
Invalid votes		134,604	12.53	+2.11
Votes cast / turnout		1,074,522	60.65	–9.32
Abstentions		697,250	39.35	+9.32
Registered voters		1,771,772
Sources[1][2]

Popular vote EAJ/PNV   34.05% PSE–EE (PSOE)   26.17% PP   16.98% EB–B–Aralar   9.37% EA   7.44% EAE/ANV   3.00% Others   0.86% Blank ballots   2.11%

Foral deputation control

The following table lists party control in the foral deputations.[2] Gains for a party are displayed with the cell's background shaded in that party's colour.

Deputation	Previous control		New control
Álava		People's Party (PP)		Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)
Biscay		Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)		Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)
Gipuzkoa		Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)		Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)

Historical territories

Álava

← Summary of the 27 May 2007 Álava Juntas Generales election results →

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	People's Party (PP)	39,765	25.93	–2.55	15	–1
	Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE–EE (PSOE))	39,596	25.82	+4.32	14	+2
	Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)^1	39,055	25.46	n/a	14	±0
	Basque Nationalist Action (EAE/ANV)	13,151	8.57	New	4	+4
	United Left–Greens–Aralar (EB–B–Aralar)^2	10,201	6.65	–2.66	2	–1
	Basque Solidarity (EA)^1	8,692	5.67	n/a	2	–3
	Democratic Innovation (InnDe)	136	0.09	New	0	±0
	Alavese Unity (UA)	n/a	n/a	–3.83	0	–1
Blank ballots		2,772	1.81	+0.46
Total		153,368			51	±0
Valid votes		153,368	96.99	+3.43
Invalid votes		4,756	3.01	–3.43
Votes cast / turnout		158,124	63.82	–8.20
Abstentions		89,634	36.18	+8.20
Registered voters		247,758
Sources[1][2]

Biscay

← Summary of the 27 May 2007 Biscay Juntas Generales election results →

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)^1	209,237	40.08	n/a	23	+1
	Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE–EE (PSOE))	129,532	24.81	+4.30	14	+3
	People's Party (PP)	84,863	16.26	–3.36	8	–2
	United Left–Greens–Aralar (EB–B–Aralar)^2	41,122	7.88	–3.21	4	+1
	Basque Solidarity (EA)^1	27,104	5.19	n/a	1	–4
	Basque Nationalist Action (EAE/ANV)	15,076	2.89	New	1	+1
	The Greens (B/LV)	3,881	0.74	New	0	±0
	Humanist Party (PH)	1,068	0.20	+0.06	0	±0
	Carlist Party of the Basque Country–Carlist Party (EKA–PC)	464	0.09	+0.03	0	±0
Blank ballots		9,704	1.86	+0.39
Total		522,051			51	±0
Valid votes		522,051	90.17	–1.65
Invalid votes		56,885	9.83	+1.65
Votes cast / turnout		578,936	60.35	–10.06
Abstentions		380,339	39.65	+10.06
Registered voters		959,275
Sources[1][2]

Gipuzkoa

← Summary of the 27 May 2007 Gipuzkoa Juntas Generales election results →

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE–EE (PSOE))	76,868	29.06	+5.46	16	+4
	Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)^1	71,795	27.14	n/a	16	±0
	United Left–Greens–Aralar (EB–B–Aralar)^2	36,789	13.91	+1.35	6	+2
	People's Party (PP)	35,017	13.24	–1.87	6	–2
	Basque Solidarity (EA)^1	34,149	12.91	n/a	7	–4
	We, the Women of the Plaza (Plazandreok)	1,533	0.58	+0.29	0	±0
	The Greens (B/LV)	1,014	0.38	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		7,334	2.77	+1.26
Total		264,499			51	±0
Valid votes		264,499	78.59	–5.33
Invalid votes		72,063	21.41	+5.33
Votes cast / turnout		336,562	59.60	–8.75
Abstentions		228,177	40.40	+8.75
Registered voters		564,739
Sources[1][2]

References

1. "Election Results Archive". euskadi.eus (in Spanish). Basque Government. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
2. "Juntas Generales elections since 1979". historiaelectoral.com (in Spanish). Electoral History. Retrieved 23 February 2020.