2015 Spanish regional elections

2015 Spanish regional elections
804 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	19,954,205 2.7%
Turnout	13,038,399 (65.3%); 2.0 pp
National parties PSOE PP	Regional parties CiU EAJ/PNV CC PRC GBai

The 2015 Spanish regional elections were held on Sunday, 24 May 2015, 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. 804 of 1,198 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.

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

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, Extremadura, Navarre 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 2015 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 and cities. Gains for a party are highlighted in that party's colour.

Region
Autonomous communities
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)
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 24 May 2015 regional election results in Spain →
Parties and alliances		Popular vote		Seats
Parties and alliances		Votes	%	ACm.	ACt.	Total
	People's Party (PP)	3,915,451	30.49	281	25	306
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	3,179,797	24.77	226	7	233
	We Can (Podemos)	1,814,502	14.13	118	0	118
	Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's)	1,275,674	9.94	56	3	59
	United Left–Let's Win (IU–Ganemos)	537,937	4.19	9	0	9
	Commitment Coalition (Compromís)	456,823	3.56	19	0	19
	Agreement of Nationalist Unity (CCa–PNC)	166,979	1.30	18	0	18
	Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)	166,817	1.30	0	0	0
	Regionalist Party of Cantabria (PRC)	97,185	0.76	12	0	12
	New Canaries (NCa)	93,634	0.73	5	0	5
	Navarrese People's Union (UPN)	92,705	0.72	15	0	15
	More for Mallorca (Més)	59,617	0.46	6	0	6
	Yes to the Future (GBai)	53,497	0.42	9	0	9
	Basque Country Gather (EH Bildu)	48,166	0.38	8	0	8
	Aragonese Party (PAR)	45,846	0.36	6	0	6
	Forum of Citizens (FAC)	44,480	0.35	3	0	3
	Proposal for the Isles (El Pi)	34,237	0.27	3	0	3
	Aragonese Union (CHA)	30,618	0.24	2	0	2
	Leonese People's Union (UPL)	19,176	0.15	1	0	1
	Coalition for Melilla (CpM)	8,450	0.07	0	7	7
	More for Menorca (MpM)	6,582	0.05	3	0	3
	Gomera Socialist Group (ASG)	5,090	0.04	3	0	3
	Caballas Coalition (Caballas)	3,881	0.03	0	4	4
	Movement for Dignity and Citizenship (MDyC)	3,265	0.03	0	3	3
	People for Formentera+PSOE (GxF+PSOE)	2,006	0.02	1	0	1
	Populars in Freedom Party (PPL)	1,734	0.01	0	1	1
	Others	471,950	3.68	0	0	0
Blank ballots		203,781	1.59

Total		12,839,880		804	50	854

Valid votes		12,839,880	98.48
Invalid votes		198,519	1.52
Votes cast / turnout		13,038,399	65.34
Registered voters		19,954,205

Popular vote

PP			30.49%
PSOE			24.77%
Podemos			14.13%
C's			9.94%
IU–G			4.19%
Compromís			3.56%
CCa–PNC			1.30%
UPyD			1.30%
PRC			0.76%
NCa			0.73%
UPN			0.72%
Others			6.53%
Blank ballots			1.59%

Summary by region

Aragon

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	+/−
	PP	183,654	27.50	–12.19	21	–9
	PSOE	143,096	21.43	–7.59	18	–4
	Podemos	137,325	20.56	New	14	+14
	C's	62,907	9.42	New	5	+5
	PAR	45,846	6.86	–2.29	6	–1
	CHA	30,618	4.58	–3.65	2	–2
	IU	28,184	4.22	–1.94	1	–3
	Others	23,004	3.44		0	±0
Blank ballots		13,224	1.98	–1.21

Valid votes		667,858	98.70	+0.20
Invalid votes		8,796	1.30	–0.20
Votes cast / turnout		676,654	66.33	–1.57
Registered voters		1,020,106

Asturias

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp^[a]	Seats	+/−^[a]
	PSOE	143,851	26.48	–5.62	14	–3
	PP	117,319	21.59	+0.06	11	+1
	Podemos	103,571	19.06	New	9	+9
	IU/IX	64,868	11.94	–1.83	5	±0
	FAC	44,480	8.19	–16.61	3	–9
	C's	38,687	7.12	New	3	+3
	UPyD	4,358	0.80	–2.94	0	–1
	Others	15,940	2.93		0	±0
Blank ballots		10,271	1.89	+0.46

Valid votes		543,345	98.58	–0.57
Invalid votes		7,847	1.42	+0.57
Votes cast / turnout		551,192	55.79	+4.64
Registered voters		988,057

Balearic Islands

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	+/−
	PP	123,183	28.52	–18.16	20	–15
	PSIB–PSOE	81,798	18.94	–5.50	14	–4
	Podemos/Podem	63,489	14.70	New	10	+10
	Més	59,617	13.80	+5.19	6	+2
	El Pi	34,237	7.93	+1.95	3	+3
	C's	25,651	5.94	+5.74	2	+2
	Guanyem	8,740	2.02	–1.49	0	±0
	MpM	6,582	1.52	+0.48	3	+2
	GxF+PSOE	2,006	0.46	+0.01	1	±0
	Others	18,476	4.28		0	±0
Blank ballots		8,080	1.87	–1.05

Valid votes		431,859	98.63	+0.22
Invalid votes		5,979	1.37	–0.22
Votes cast / turnout		437,838	57.13	–1.67
Registered voters		766,383

Canary Islands

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	+/−
	PSOE	182,006	19.89	–1.09	15	±0
	PP	170,129	18.59	–13.35	12	–9
	CCa–PNC	166,979	18.25	–6.69	18	–3
	Podemos	133,044	14.54	New	7	+7
	NCa	93,634	10.23	+1.81	5	+3
	C's	54,375	5.94	New	0	±0
	Unidos	32,868	3.59	+1.66	0	–1
	IUC–LV–UP–ALTER	20,155	2.20	–0.76	0	±0
	PACMA	11,296	1.23	+0.93	0	±0
	ASG	5,090	0.56	New	3	+3
	Others	28,761	3.14		0	±0
Blank ballots		16,769	1.83	–0.93

Valid votes		915,106	98.20	+0.89
Invalid votes		16,770	1.80	–0.89
Votes cast / turnout		931,876	56.09	–2.82
Registered voters		1,661,272

Cantabria

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	+/−
	PP	105,944	32.58	–13.51	13	–7
	PRC	97,185	29.89	+0.77	12	±0
	PSOE	45,653	14.04	–2.32	5	–2
	Podemos	28,895	8.89	New	3	+3
	C's	22,552	6.94	New	2	+2
	IU	8,246	2.54	–0.78	0	±0
	Others	11,633	3.58		0	±0
Blank ballots		5,025	1.55	–0.61

Valid votes		325,133	98.27	–0.03
Invalid votes		5,735	1.73	+0.03
Votes cast / turnout		330,868	66.23	–3.56
Registered voters		499,596

Castile and León

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	+/−
	PP	514,301	37.73	–13.82	42	–11
	PSOE	353,575	25.94	–3.74	25	–4
	Podemos	165,475	12.14	New	10	+10
	C's	139,954	10.27	+10.01	5	+5
	IU–Equo	56,516	4.15	–0.72	1	±0
	UPyD	19,597	1.44	–1.84	0	±0
	UPL	19,176	1.41	–0.45	1	±0
	Others	61,187	4.49		0	±0
Blank ballots		33,274	2.44	–0.84

Valid votes		1,363,055	97.93	–0.16
Invalid votes		28,742	2.07	+0.16
Votes cast / turnout		1,391,797	64.67	–2.83
Registered voters		2,151,993

Castilla–La Mancha

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	+/−
	PP	413,349	37.49	–10.62	16	–9
	PSOE	398,104	36.11	–7.29	15	–9
	Podemos	107,463	9.75	New	2	+2
	C's	95,230	8.64	New	0	±0
	Ganemos–LV–IU	34,230	3.10	–0.67	0	±0
	Others	34,896	3.17		0	±0
Blank ballots		19,256	1.75	+0.08

Valid votes		1,102,528	97.82	–0.87
Invalid votes		24,619	2.18	+0.87
Votes cast / turnout		1,127,147	71.50	–4.46
Registered voters		1,576,351

Extremadura

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	+/−
	PSOE–SIEx	265,015	41.50	–1.95	30	±0
	PP	236,266	37.00	–9.13	28	–4
	Podemos	51,216	8.02	New	6	+6
	C's	28,010	4.39	New	1	+1
	Ganemos–IU–LV	27,122	4.25	–1.47	0	–3
	eX	9,305	1.46	New	0	±0
	Others	13,145	2.06		0	±0
Blank ballots		8,561	1.34	–0.07

Valid votes		638,640	98.14	–0.51
Invalid votes		12,134	1.86	+0.51
Votes cast / turnout		650,774	71.40	–3.25
Registered voters		911,433

La Rioja

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	+/−
	PP	63,094	38.62	–13.36	15	–5
	PSOE	43,689	26.74	–3.59	10	–1
	Podemos	18,319	11.21	New	4	+4
	C's	17,042	10.43	New	4	+4
	PR+	7,277	4.45	–0.98	0	–2
	CR–IU–Equo	6,797	4.16	+0.46	0	±0
	UPyD	2,005	1.23	–2.33	0	±0
	Others	2,211	1.35		0	±0
Blank ballots		2,933	1.80	–0.92

Valid votes		163,367	98.03	+0.05
Invalid votes		3,282	1.97	–0.05
Votes cast / turnout		166,649	67.29	–2.47
Registered voters		247,663

Madrid

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	+/−
	PP	1,050,256	33.08	–18.65	48	–24
	PSOE	807,385	25.43	–0.84	37	+1
	Podemos	591,697	18.64	New	27	+27
	C's	385,836	12.15	+11.99	17	+17
	IUCM–LV	132,207	4.16	–5.47	0	–13
	UPyD	64,643	2.04	–4.28	0	–8
	Vox	37,491	1.18	New	0	±0
	PACMA	32,228	1.02	+0.49	0	±0
	Others	38,115	1.20		0	±0
Blank ballots		34,856	1.10	–1.29

Valid votes		3,174,714	99.03	+0.71
Invalid votes		31,217	0.97	–0.71
Votes cast / turnout		3,205,931	65.69	–0.17
Registered voters		4,880,495

Murcia

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	+/−
	PP	239,011	37.35	–21.44	22	–11
	PSOE	153,231	23.95	+0.07	13	+2
	Podemos	84,577	13.22	New	6	+6
	C's	80,459	12.57	New	4	+4
	GRM (IU–V–RM–CLI–AS)	30,761	4.81	–3.02	0	–1
	UPyD	10,422	1.63	–2.87	0	±0
	MCC	8,793	1.37	New	0	±0
	CCD	6,772	1.06	New	0	±0
	Others	15,809	2.47		0	±0
Blank ballots		10,057	1.57	–0.59

Valid votes		639,892	98.00	–0.37
Invalid votes		13,087	2.00	+0.37
Votes cast / turnout		652,979	63.57	–4.34
Registered voters		1,027,213

Navarre

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	+/−
	UPN	92,705	27.44	–7.04	15	–4
	GBai	53,497	15.83	+0.42	9	+1
	EH Bildu	48,166	14.25	+0.97	8	+1
	Podemos	46,207	13.67	New	7	+7
	PSN–PSOE	45,164	13.37	–2.48	7	–2
	PP	13,289	3.93	–3.36	2	–2
	I–E	12,482	3.69	–2.02	2	–1
	C's	9,993	2.96	New	0	±0
	Others	9,782	2.89		0	±0
Blank ballots		6,610	1.96	–0.56

Valid votes		337,895	98.75	–0.02
Invalid votes		4,278	1.25	+0.02
Votes cast / turnout		342,173	68.26	+0.83
Registered voters		501,267

Valencian Community

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	+/−
	PP	658,612	26.61	–22.81	31	–24
	PSPV–PSOE	509,098	20.57	–7.47	23	–10
	Compromís	456,823	18.46	+11.27	19	+13
	C's	309,121	12.49	New	13	+13
	Podemos	282,389	11.41	New	13	+13
	AC (EUPV–EV–ERPV–AS)	106,917	4.32	–3.33	0	–5
	UPyD	28,754	1.16	–1.32	0	±0
	Others	89,461	3.61		0	±0
Blank ballots		34,083	1.38	–1.10

Valid votes		2,475,258	98.60	+0.23
Invalid votes		35,201	1.40	–0.23
Votes cast / turnout		2,510,459	69.56	–0.63
Registered voters		3,609,265

Autonomous cities

Ceuta

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	+/−
	PP	13,372	45.74	–19.42	13	–5
	PSOE	4,104	14.04	+2.34	4	+1
	Caballas	3,881	13.27	–1.05	4	±0
	MDyC	3,265	11.17	New	3	+3
	C's	1,758	6.01	New	1	+1
	PDSC	531	1.82	–0.52	0	±0
	LV–GV	511	1.75	–0.10	0	±0
	IU	461	1.58	New	0	±0
	Vox	356	1.22	New	0	±0
	UPyD	329	1.13	–1.53	0	±0
	PLCeutí	200	0.68	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		468	1.60	+0.08

Valid votes		29,236	98.53	–0.74
Invalid votes		435	1.47	+0.74
Votes cast / turnout		29,671	48.03	–3.34
Registered voters		61,782

Melilla

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	+/−
	PP	13,672	42.73	–11.18	12	–3
	CpM	8,450	26.41	+2.75	7	+1
	PSOE	4,028	12.59	+4.01	3	+1
	C's	2,161	6.75	New	2	+2
	PPL	1,734	5.42	–1.39	1	–1
	Podemos	835	2.61	New	0	±0
	UPyD	353	1.10	–1.04	0	±0
	Others	447	1.40		0	±0
Blank ballots		314	0.98	–0.24

Valid votes		31,994	98.77	–0.18
Invalid votes		399	1.23	+0.18
Votes cast / turnout		32,393	56.15	–2.04
Registered voters		57,694

Notes

^ ^a ^b The preceding Asturian regional election was held on 25 March 2012.

References

^ General Electoral System Organic Law of 1985. Official State Gazette (Organic Law 5) (in Spanish). 19 June 1985. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
^ "Representation of the people Institutional Act". juntaelectoralcentral.es. Central Electoral Commission. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
^ "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 (PDF) on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2017.

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

[Ast2012-4] The preceding Asturian regional election was held on 25 March 2012.

[SpaELaw-1] General Electoral System Organic Law of 1985. Official State Gazette (Organic Law 5) (in Spanish). 19 June 1985. Retrieved 28 December 2016.

[LOREGeng-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 (PDF) on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2017.

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