2011 Spanish regional elections

2011 Spanish regional elections
	22 May 2011
824 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
National parties PP PSOE	Regional parties CiU CC FAC UPN

The 2011 Spanish regional elections were held on Sunday, 22 May 2011, 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. 824 of 1,218 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 week before the elections came dominated under the scope of the 15-M protests which had been held in different cities across Spain. The opposition People's Party (PP) won the elections in a landslide as the ruling Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) lost all regional governments at stake—including Extremadura and Castilla–La Mancha, which it had held since 1983. The PP won outright majorities in eight out of the thirteen communities holding elections, and was able to gain power in a further two either through agreements with other parties.

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 2011 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.

Election day	Region
Autonomous communities
22 May	Aragon	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	People's Party (PP)
	Asturias	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	Asturias Forum (FAC)
	Balearic Islands	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	People's Party (PP)
	Canary Islands	Canarian Coalition (CC)	Canarian Coalition (CC)
	Cantabria	Regionalist Party of Cantabria (PRC)	People's Party (PP)
	Castile and León	People's Party (PP)	People's Party (PP)
	Castilla–La Mancha	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	People's Party (PP)
	Extremadura	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	People's Party (PP)
	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
22 May	Ceuta	People's Party (PP)	People's Party (PP)
22 May	Melilla	People's Party (PP)	People's Party (PP)

22 May

Aragon

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	+/−
	PP	269,729	39.69	+8.63	30	+7
	PSOE	197,189	29.02	–12.12	22	–8
	PAR	62,193	9.15	–2.93	7	–2
	CHA	55,932	8.23	+0.08	4	±0
	IU	41,874	6.16	+2.08	4	+3
	UPyD	15,667	2.31	New	0	±0
	Others	15,267	2.25		0	±0
Blank ballots		21,678	3.19	+0.97

Valid votes		679,529	98.50	–0.81
Invalid votes		10,375	1.50	+0.81
Votes cast / turnout		689,904	67.90	+1.39
Registered voters		1,016,021

Asturias

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	+/−
	PSOE	179,619	29.92	–12.12	15	–6
	FAC	178,031	29.66	New	16	+16
	PP	119,767	19.95	–21.55	10	–10
	IU–LV	61,703	10.28	+0.59	4	±0
	UPyD	14,640	2.44	New	0	±0
	IDEAS	6,380	1.06	New	0	±0
	BA–UNA: CxA	6,191	1.03	New	0	±0
	Others	18,332	3.05		0	±0
Blank ballots		15,611	2.60	+0.19

Valid votes		600,274	98.56	–0.64
Invalid votes		8,798	1.44	+0.64
Votes cast / turnout		609,072	61.69	+0.10
Registered voters		987,305

Balearic Islands

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	+/−
	PP	194,861	46.36	+0.34	35	+7
	PSIB–PSOE	102,724	24.44	–7.72	18	–3
	PSM–IV–ExM	36,181	8.61	n/a	4	+1
	EUIB	13,270	3.15	n/a	0	–2
	IB–Lliga	12,294	2.92	New	0	±0
	CxI	11,913	2.83	–3.90	0	–3
	UPyD	8,731	2.08	New	0	±0
	esquerra	5,325	1.27	n/a	0	±0
	PSM–EN	3,723	0.89	+0.10	1	±0
	GxF+PSOE	1,904	0.45	+0.10	1	+1
	Sa Unió	1,353	0.32	–0.11	0	–1
	Others	15,756	3.75		0	±0
Blank ballots		12,293	2.92	+0.86

Valid votes		420,318	98.41	–1.00
Invalid votes		6,775	1.59	+1.00
Votes cast / turnout		427,093	58.80	–1.34
Registered voters		726,287

Canary Islands

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	+/−
	PP	289,381	31.94	+7.90	21	+6
	CC–PNC–CCN	225,948	24.94	–3.16	21	+2
	PSOE	190,028	20.98	–13.53	15	–11
	NC	82,148	9.07	+2.60	3	+3
	ACSSP	19,020	2.10	+1.58	0	±0
	LV	18,831	2.08	+0.18	0	±0
	UPyD	9,069	1.00	New	0	±0
	Others	46,517	5.13		0	±0
Blank ballots		25,017	2.76	+1.34

Valid votes		905,959	97.31	–2.12
Invalid votes		25,051	2.69	+2.12
Votes cast / turnout		931,010	58.91	–2.36
Registered voters		1,580,359

Cantabria

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	+/−
	PP	156,499	46.09	+4.61	20	+3
	PRC	98,887	29.12	+0.48	12	±0
	PSOE	55,541	16.36	–8.18	7	–3
	IU–IA	11,277	3.32	+1.44	0	±0
	UPyD	5,835	1.72	New	0	±0
	Others	4,185	1.23		0	±0
Blank ballots		7,328	2.16	+0.45

Valid votes		339,552	98.30	–0.76
InValid votes		5,887	1.70	+0.76
Votes cast / turnout		345,439	69.79	–2.18
Registered voters		494,955

Castile and León

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	+/−
	PP	739,502	51.55	+2.38	53	+5
	PSOE	425,777	29.68	–8.05	29	–4
	IUCyL	69,872	4.87	+1.79	1	+1
	UPyD	47,040	3.28	New	0	±0
	UPL	26,660	1.86	–0.87	1	–1
	Others	78,553	5.48		0	±0
Blank ballots		47,008	3.28	+1.30

Valid votes		1,434,412	98.09	–1.11
Invalid votes		27,985	1.91	+1.11
Votes cast / turnout		1,462,397	67.50	–3.20
Registered voters		2,166,385

Castilla–La Mancha

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	+/−
	PP	564,954	48.11	+5.73	25	+4
	PSOE	509,738	43.40	–8.56	24	–2
	IUCLM	44,302	3.77	+0.35	0	±0
	UPyD	20,554	1.75	New	0	±0
	Others	15,225	1.30		0	±0
Blank ballots		19,643	1.67	+0.39

Valid votes		1,174,416	98.69	–0.56
Invalid votes		15,570	1.31	+0.56
Votes cast / turnout		1,189,986	75.96	+2.22
Registered voters		1,566,641

Extremadura

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	+/−
	PP–EU	307,975	46.13	+7.42	32	+5
	PSOE–r	290,045	43.45	–9.55	30	–8
	IU–SIEx	38,157	5.72	+1.20	3	+3
	UPyD	7,058	1.06	New	0	±0
	Others	14,970	2.24		0	±0
Blank ballots		9,394	1.41	+0.22

Valid votes		667,599	98.65	–0.62
Invalid votes		9,169	1.35	+0.62
Votes cast / turnout		676,768	74.65	–0.30
Registered voters		906,551

La Rioja

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	+/−
	PP	85,975	51.98	+3.17	20	+3
	PSOE	50,169	30.33	–10.08	11	–3
	PR	8,983	5.43	–0.57	2	±0
	IU	6,114	3.70	+0.64	0	±0
	UPyD	5,891	3.56	New	0	±0
	Ecolo–V	2,041	1.23	New	0	±0
	Others	1,746	1.06		0	±0
Blank ballots		4,496	2.72	+1.00

Valid votes		165,415	97.98	–1.23
InValid votes		3,411	2.02	+1.23
Votes cast / turnout		168,826	69.76	–3.54
Registered voters		242,007

Madrid

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	+/−
	PP	1,548,306	51.73	–1.56	72	+5
	PSOE	786,297	26.27	–7.30	36	–6
	IUCM–LV	287,707	9.61	+0.75	13	+2
	UPyD	189,055	6.32	New	8	+8
	Others	110,413	3.69		0	±0
Blank ballots		71,458	2.39	+0.66

Valid votes		2,993,235	98.32	–1.23
Invalid votes		51,114	1.68	+1.23
Votes cast / turnout		3,044,349	65.86	–1.45
Registered voters		4,622,750

Murcia

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	+/−
	PP	382,871	58.79	+0.49	33	+4
	PSOE	155,506	23.88	–8.12	11	–4
	IU–V–RM	50,988	7.83	+1.58	1	±0
	UPyD	29,279	4.50	New	0	±0
	LV–Ecolo	7,659	1.18	New	0	±0
	Others	10,908	1.67		0	±0
Blank ballots		14,050	2.16	+0.83

Valid votes		651,261	98.37	–0.87
Invalid votes		10,825	1.63	+0.87
Votes cast / turnout		662,086	67.91	–0.10
Registered voters		974,998

Navarre

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	+/−
	UPN	111,474	34.48	–7.70	19	–3
	PSN–PSOE	51,238	15.85	–6.64	9	–3
	NaBai 2011	49,827	15.41	–8.21	8	–4
	B–EA/AE–EA	42,916	13.28	New	7	+7
	PP	23,551	7.29	New	4	+4
	I–E	18,457	5.71	+1.36	3	+1
	CDN	4,654	1.44	–2.93	0	–2
	VN–NB	4,235	1.31	New	0	±0
	Others	8,741	2.70		0	±0
Blank ballots		8,161	2.52	+1.14

Valid votes		323,254	98.77	+4.03
Invalid votes		4,027	1.23	–4.03
Votes cast / turnout		327,281	67.43	–6.36
Registered voters		485,386

Valencian Community

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	+/−
	PP	1,211,112	49.42	–3.10	55	+1
	PSPV–PSOE	687,141	28.04	–6.45	33	–5
	Compromís	176,213	7.19	n/a	6	+4
	EUPV	144,703	5.90	n/a	5	±0
	UPyD	60,859	2.48	New	0	±0
	VyE	31,808	1.30	New	0	±0
	Others	78,366	3.20		0	±0
Blank ballots		60,670	2.48	+1.07

Valid votes		2,450,872	98.37	–0.96
Invalid votes		40,716	1.63	+0.96
Votes cast / turnout		2,491,588	70.19	+0.05
Registered voters		3,549,687

Ceuta

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	+/−
	PP	20,054	65.16	–0.02	18	–1
	Caballas	4,407	14.32	–6.60	4	±0
	PSOE	3,601	11.70	+3.05	3	+1
	UPyD	818	2.66	New	0	±0
	PDSC	720	2.34	–1.31	0	±0
	LV–GV	570	1.85	+0.90	0	±0
	FE	138	0.45	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		468	1.52	+0.86

Valid votes		30,776	99.27	–0.16
Invalid votes		227	0.73	+0.16
Votes cast / turnout		31,003	51.37	–8.92
Registered voters		60,357

Melilla

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	+/−
	PP	16,852	53.91	–2.05	15	±0
	CpM	7,394	23.66	+1.95	6	+1
	PSOE	2,683	8.58	–9.65	2	–3
	PPL	2,128	6.81	New	2	+2
	UPyD	669	2.14	New	0	±0
	PDM	529	1.69	New	0	±0
	PMV	504	1.61	New	0	±0
	Others	116	0.37		0	±0
Blank ballots		382	1.22	–0.16

Valid votes		31,257	98.95	–0.49
Invalid votes		332	1.05	+0.49
Votes cast / turnout		31,589	58.19	+0.54
Registered voters		54,282

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 on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2017.{{cite web}}: 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

[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 on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

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