2011 Spanish regional elections

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.

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
Registered	19,433,971 2.2%
Turnout	13,088,391 (67.3%) 1.0 pp
Regional administrations after the 2011 regional elections National parties   PP   PSOE Regional parties   CiU   CC   FAC   UPN

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

Region	Previous control		New control
Autonomous communities
Aragon		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		People's Party (PP)
Asturias		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Asturias Forum (FAC) (PSOE in 2012)
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
Ceuta		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Melilla		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)

Overall results

← Summary of the 22 May 2011 regional election results in Spain →

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote		Seats
		Votes	%	ACm.	ACt.	Total
	People's Party (PP)	5,931,389	46.09	410	33	443
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	3,687,296	28.65	260	5	265
	United Left–The Greens (IU–LV)	795,242	6.18	34	0	34
	Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)	417,377	3.24	8	0	8
	Canarian Coalition–Nationalist Party–Canarian Centre (CC–PNC–CCN)	225,948	1.76	21	0	21
	Asturias Forum (FAC)	178,031	1.38	16	0	16
	Commitment Coalition (Compromís)	176,213	1.37	6	0	6
	Navarrese People's Union (UPN)	111,474	0.87	19	0	19
	Regionalist Party of Cantabria (PRC)	98,887	0.77	12	0	12
	New Canaries (NC)	82,148	0.64	3	0	3
	Aragonese Party (PAR)	62,193	0.48	7	0	7
	Aragonese Union (CHA)	55,932	0.43	4	0	4
	Navarre Yes 2011 (NaBai 2011)	49,827	0.39	8	0	8
	Unite–Basque Solidarity–Progress Alternative (B–EA/AE–EA)	42,916	0.33	7	0	7
	PSM–Initiative Greens–Agreement (PSM–IV–ExM)	36,181	0.28	4	0	4
	Leonese People's Union (UPL)	26,660	0.21	1	0	1
	Riojan Party (PR)	8,983	0.07	2	0	2
	Coalition for Melilla (CpM)	7,394	0.06	0	6	6
	Caballas Coalition (Caballas)	4,407	0.03	0	4	4
	Socialist Party of Menorca–Nationalist Agreement (PSM–EN)	3,723	0.03	1	0	1
	Populars in Freedom Party (PPL)	2,128	0.02	0	2	2
	People for Formentera+PSOE (GxF+PSOE)	1,904	0.01	1	0	1
	Others	544,220	4.23	0	0	0
Blank ballots		317,657	2.47
Total		12,868,130		824	50	874
Valid votes		12,868,130	98.32
Invalid votes		220,261	1.68
Votes cast / turnout		13,088,391	67.35
Registered voters		19,433,971

Popular vote PP   46.09% PSOE   28.65% IU–LV   6.18% UPyD   3.24% CC–PNC–CCN   1.76% FAC   1.38% Compromís   1.37% UPN   0.87% PRC   0.77% NC   0.64% Others   6.58% Blank ballots   2.47%

Summary by region

Aragon

Parties and coalitions		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 coalitions		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 coalitions		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 coalitions		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
	IUC	6,818	0.75	+0.05	0	±0
	Others	39,699	4.38		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 coalitions		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 coalitions		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 coalitions		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 coalitions		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 coalitions		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 coalitions		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 coalitions		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 coalitions		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
	UPyD	2,212	0.68	New	0	±0
	Others	6,529	2.02		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 coalitions		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 coalitions		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 coalitions		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

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