2007 Spanish regional elections

The 2007 Spanish regional elections were held on Sunday, 27 May 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—, not including Andalusia, the Basque Country, Catalonia and Galicia, which had separate electoral cycles. 812 of 1,206 seats in the regional parliaments were up for election, as well as the 50 seats in the regional assemblies of Ceuta and Melilla. The elections were held simultaneously with local elections all throughout Spain.

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
Registered	19,023,546 1.6%
Turnout	12,999,215 (68.3%) 0.4 pp
Regional administrations after the 2007 regional elections National parties   PSOE   PP Regional parties   PSC   EAJ/PNV   CC   UPN   PRC

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

Region	Previous control		New control
Autonomous communities
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
Ceuta		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Melilla		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)

Overall results

← Summary of the 27 May 2007 regional election results in Spain →

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote		Seats
		Votes	%	ACm.	ACt.	Total
	People's Party (PP)	5,863,675	45.46	366	34	400
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	4,753,789	36.86	321	7	328
	United Left (IU)	540,054	4.19	19	0	19
	Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CC–PNC)	225,878	1.75	19	0	19
	Commitment for the Valencian Country (Compromís PV)	195,116	1.51	7	0	7
	Navarrese People's Union (UPN)	139,132	1.08	22	0	22
	Regionalist Party of Cantabria (PRC)	99,159	0.77	12	0	12
	Aragonese Party (PAR)	81,135	0.63	9	0	9
	Navarre Yes (NaBai)	77,872	0.60	12	0	12
	Aragonese Union (CHA)	54,752	0.42	4	0	4
	Leonese People's Union–United Zamora (UPL–UZ)	41,519	0.32	2	0	2
	Bloc for Mallorca (PSM–EN, EU–EV, ERC)	37,572	0.29	4	0	4
	Majorcan Union (UM)	28,178	0.22	3	0	3
	PSOE–Ibiza for Change (PSOE–ExC)	19,094	0.15	6	0	6
	Convergence of Democrats of Navarre (CDN)	14,412	0.11	2	0	2
	Riojan Party (PR)	10,369	0.08	2	0	2
	Coalition for Melilla (CpM)	6,245	0.05	0	5	5
	Ceutan Democratic Union–United Left of Ceuta (UDCE–IU)	5,659	0.04	0	4	4
	PSM–Nationalist Agreement–The Greens of Menorca (PSM–EN, EV–Me)	3,292	0.03	1	0	1
	Independent Popular Council of Formentera (AIPF)	1,795	0.01	1	0	1
	Others	487,325	3.78	0	0	0
Blank ballots		212,162	1.64
Total		12,898,184		812	50	862
Valid votes		12,898,184	99.22
Invalid votes		101,031	0.78
Votes cast / turnout		12,999,215	68.33
Registered voters		19,023,546

Popular vote PP   45.46% PSOE   36.86% IU   4.19% CC–PNC   1.75% CPV   1.51% UPN   1.08% PRC   0.77% PAR   0.63% NaBai   0.60% Others   5.51% Blank ballots   1.64%

Summary by region

Aragon

Main article: 2007 Aragonese regional election

Parties and coalitions		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 coalitions		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 coalitions		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
	EM–EU	1,728	0.41	±0.00	0	±0
	PSOE+GxF	1,456	0.35	+0.05	0	±0
	Others	8,662	2.07		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 coalitions		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
	PNC	244	0.03	–0.02	0	±0
	Others	33,167	3.55		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 coalitions		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 coalitions		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 coalitions		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 coalitions		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 coalitions		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 coalitions		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 coalitions		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

Navarre

Main article: 2007 Navarrese regional election

Parties and coalitions		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 coalitions		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 coalitions		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 coalitions		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

References

1. "General Electoral System Organic Law of 1985". Organic Law No. 5 of 19 June 1985. Official State Gazette (in Spanish). 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.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)

External links

• www.juntaelectoralcentral.es (in Spanish). Central Electoral Commission – Regional elections
• www.argos.gva.es (in Spanish). Argos Information Portal – Electoral Historical Archive
• www.historiaelectoral.com (in Spanish and Catalan). Electoral History – Regional elections since 1980