2005 Spanish regional elections

2005 Spanish regional elections

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150 seats in the regional parliaments of the Basque Country and Galicia
Regional administrations by leading party in 2005 National parties    PP (6+2)    PSOE (6) Regional parties    PSC [a] (1)    EAJ/PNV (1)    CC (1)    UPN [b] (1)    PRC (1)

Regional elections were held in Spain during 2005 to elect the regional parliaments of two of the seventeen autonomous communities: the Basque Country and Galicia. 150 of 1,186 seats in the regional parliaments were up for election. The elections were held on 17 April in the Basque Country, and on 19 June in Galicia.

Election date

Determination of election day varied depending on the autonomous community. Typically, most autonomous communities held their elections on the fourth Sunday of May every four years, concurrently with nationwide local elections, while others had their own, separate electoral cycles. In some cases, regional presidents had the prerogative to dissolve 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—Andalusia (since 1994), the Basque Country (1981), Catalonia (1985) and Galicia (1985)—the law granted regional presidents the power to call snap elections resulting in fresh four-year parliamentary terms. ^{[1] [2]}

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	Previous control		New control
17 April	Basque Country		Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)		Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)
19 June	Galicia		People's Party (PP)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)

Summary by region

April (Basque Country)

Main article: 2005 Basque regional election

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	+/−
	PNV–EA	468,117	38.38	−4.00	29	−4
	PSE–EE (PSOE)	274,546	22.51	+4.75	18	+5
	PP	210,614	17.27	−5.66	15	−4
	PCTV/EHAK	150,644	12.35	+2.31	9	+2
	EB–B	65,023	5.33	−0.20	3	±0
	Aralar	28,180	2.31	New	1	+1
	Others	13,474	1.10		0	±0
Blank ballots		9,001	0.74	−0.07
Valid votes		1,219,599	99.67	+0.10
Invalid votes		4,035	0.33	−0.10
Votes cast / turnout		1,223,634	68.00	−10.97
Registered voters		1,799,523

June (Galicia)

Main article: 2005 Galician regional election

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	+/−
	PP	756,562	45.23	−6.39	37	−4
	PSdeG–PSOE	555,603	33.22	+11.39	25	+8
	BNG	311,954	18.65	−3.93	13	−4
	Others	27,525	1.65		0	±0
Blank ballots		20,912	1.25	−0.44
Valid votes		1,672,556	99.54	+0.24
Invalid votes		7,646	0.46	−0.24
Votes cast / turnout		1,680,202	64.21	+4.05
Registered voters		2,616,811

Notes

1. PSOE's sister party in Catalonia.
2. PP's sister party in Navarre.

References

1. LOREG (1985) , art. 42.
2. "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). Institute of Regional Studies (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2017.

Bibliography

• Ley Orgánica 5/1985, de 19 de junio, del Régimen Electoral General (Organic Law 5/1985). Official State Gazette (in Spanish). 19 June 1985 [version as of 29 November 2003]. BOE-A-1985-11672. Retrieved 5 October 2025.

External links

• Central Electoral Commission – Regional elections (in Spanish).
• Historia Electoral.com – Regional elections since 1980 (in Spanish and Catalan).