2015 Spanish regional elections Registered 19,954,205 Turnout 13,038,399 (65.3%)pp
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.
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]
Regional governments [ edit ] The following table lists party control in autonomous communities and cities. Gains for a party are highlighted in that party's colour.
← Summary of the 24 May 2015 regional election results in Spain → Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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