Regional and local elections in Spain 2015
Regional and local elections were held in Spain on May 24, 2015 . The regional parliaments in 13 of a total of 17 autonomous communities in Spain were newly elected. These are the regions of Aragon , Asturias , the Balearic Islands , Extremadura , the Canary Islands , Cantabria , Castile-La Mancha , Castile and León , La Rioja , Madrid , Murcia , Navarra and Valencia .
In the remaining four Autonomous Communities ( Andalusia , Basque Country , Galicia and Catalonia ), there will be no regular regional elections in 2015, as their four-year legislative periods have been postponed to those of the 13 other regions. However, the Catalan Prime Minister Artur Mas announced in January 2015 that he would dissolve the regional parliament early and that a new election would take place on September 27, 2015. In addition, the Andalusian Prime Minister Susana Díaz dissolved the regional parliament prematurely on January 26, 2015 due to a government crisis , so that Andalusia had early elections on March 22, 2015.
At the same time, on May 24, 2015, local elections will take place throughout Spain (including Andalusia , Galicia , Catalonia and the Basque Country, as well as the two autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla ). The elections were a significant test of sentiment for the regular election to the Spanish Parliament in December 2015 , the Cortes Generales .
Regional election Andalusia (March 22, 2015)
In the election for the regional parliament of the autonomous community of Andalusia on March 22, 2015, the social democratic PSOE was able to become the strongest force again after losing this position to the conservative PP for the first time in the last election in 2012 . The PP lost 14% and 17 seats. The parties Podemos and Ciudadanos , both of which competed in Andalusia for the first time, immediately became third and fourth strongest parties , respectively. The outcome of these two parties, for which polls also predict a success in the Spanish parliamentary elections in the autumn, was eagerly awaited. They pushed the Left Party IU , which lost 4.5% and 7 seats, to fifth position. The Andalusian Prime Minister Susana Díaz (PSOE) has announced that she wants to form a minority government with her party.
The official final result:
- Eligible voters: 6,462,626
- Voters: 4,042,967 (turnout: 62.56%; +1.78% compared to 2012)
- valid votes: 4,001,818
- invalid votes: 41,149
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| Political party | be right | % Be right | Diff. | Seats | Diff. |
| Partido Socialista Obrero Español (PSOE) | 1,411,755 | 35.28 | −4.28 | 47 | ± 0 |
| Partido Popular (PP) | 1,066,458 | 26.65 | −14.02 | 33 | −17 |
| Podemos | 592.371 | 14.80 | +14.80 | 15th | +15 |
| Ciudadanos-Partido de la Ciudadanía (C's) | 369.914 | 9.24 | +9.24 | 9 | +9 |
| Izquierda Unida (IU) | 274,518 | 6.86 | −4.49 | 5 | −7 |
| Unión Progreso y Democracia (UPyD) | 76,839 | 1.92 | −1.43 | 0 | ± 0 |
| other nominations | 140.159 | 3.50 | |||
| blank ballot papers | 54,717 | 1.37 | +0.46 | ||
Regional elections on May 24, 2015
Results
On May 24, 2015, elections to the regional parliaments took place in 13 of the 17 autonomous communities in Spain (Aragon, Asturias, Balearic Islands, Extremadura, Canary Islands, Cantabria, Castile-La Mancha, Castile-León, Madrid, Murcia, Navarra, La Rioja, Valencia).
The "new" parties Podemos and Ciudadanos (C's) did consistently well in these elections. The left - wing party Podemos, which emerged from the protest movement 15-M and was only founded in 2014, achieved results between 8% (Extremadura) and 20.5% (Aragon) and made it into all of the 13 elected parliaments. The Ciudadanos party, which has officially been active throughout the country since it was founded in 2006, but was only important in Catalonia until the 2014 European elections, accounted for between 3% (Navarra) and 12.5% (Murcia). She entered 10 of the 13 elected regional parliaments (all except Canary Islands, Castile-La Mancha and Navarra).
The two classic Spanish "people's parties" (the conservative PP and the social democratic PSOE) recorded losses. They were particularly pronounced in the PP, which had done extremely well in the last regional elections in 2011. Conservatives' greatest losses were recorded in three regions in which they had been in government since 1995 (Valencia: −22.36%, Murcia: −21.40% and Madrid: −18.63%). After the PP had an absolute majority in 8 of the 13 elected regional parliaments in 2011, this will no longer be the case in any of these regions after the 2015 elections.
The losses of the PSOE were much lower (largest loss: Aragon with −7.61% compared to 2011).
The IU (traditionally the "party to the left of the PSOE") and the UPyD (which has a very similar programmatic profile to Ciudadanos) also recorded losses.
The regional parties have largely been able to maintain their results compared to the last elections. Particularly noteworthy is the result of the COMPROMÍS list (joint list of various left regional parties ) in the Valencia region, which gained 11% and 13 seats.
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Subsequent government formations
In the course of the formation of the government, the PSOE was able to win five prime ministerial posts (Extremadura, Castile-La Mancha, Valencia, Aragon, Balearic Islands) from the PP, each with the appropriate support from left regional parties, Podemos or IU, which through government participation in coalitions, yes votes or Abstentions in the election of the Prime Minister ensured the necessary majorities. In Asturias, the incumbent of the PSOE was able to assert himself as Prime Minister with the votes of the IU and the abstention of Podemos and C's.
With the support of Cs (yes votes or abstentions), the PP was able to maintain the prime ministerial posts in Castile-León, La Rioja, Madrid and Murcia (except for Castile-León with a change in the person of the incumbent).
In Cantabria, Podemos' abstention resulted in the election of a prime minister from the regional PRC party (who governs in a coalition with the PSOE).
A coalition of Geroa-Bai, EH Bildu and IU, for which the parliamentarians from Podemos also voted, now governs Navarre.
Despite the fact that the party landscape has become more complex with the elections, a government without new elections has been successfully formed in all the Autonomous Communities in which elections have taken place. However, almost all of them (with the exception of the Canary Islands) are minority governments.
Local elections on May 24, 2015
A similar result as in the regional elections came about in the elections to the city and town councils. The Podemos party did not appear as such. However, in many cities closely related candidacies, partly organized as city parties or as electoral alliances with other left-wing groups, ran for local elections (e.g. "Ahora Madrid", "Barcelona en Comú", "Zaragoza en Común") . As a result of the election results, there was a change in the office of mayor in the five largest cities: the capital Madrid went from the PP to Ahora Madrid (mayor: Manuela Carmena ), Barcelona from the CiU to Barcelona en Comú (mayor: Ada Colau ), Valencia from the PP to COMPROMÍS, Seville from the PP to the PSOE and Saragossa from the PSOE to Zaragoza en Común .
Regional election Catalonia (September 27, 2015)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Decreto de la Presidenta 1/2015, de disolución del Parlamento de Andalucía y de convocatoria de elecciones. (PDF) Boletín Oficial de la Junta de Andalucía, January 27, 2015, accessed January 28, 2015 (Spanish).
- ↑ Resolución de 14 de april de 2015, de la Junta Electoral de Andalucía, por la que se hacen públicos los resultados generales y por circunscripciones, así como la relación de Diputados proclamados electos en las elecciones al Parlamento de Andalucía celebradas el día 22 de March de 2015. Boletín Oficial de la Junta de Andalucía, April 15, 2015, accessed April 17, 2015 (Spanish).
- ↑ " Votos en Blanco " are valid according to Spanish electoral law (Art. 96.5 LOREG)
- ↑ a b The comparisons refer to the last election: for Asturias this is the one of March 25, 2012, in all other cases that of May 22, 2011
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