2007 Aranese Council election

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2007 Aranese Council election
Flag-Val d' Aran.svg
 200327 May 2007 2011  

All 13 seats in the Conselh Generau d'Aran
7 seats needed for a majority
Registered6,643 Green Arrow Up Darker.svg 0.4%
Turnout4,784 (72.02%)
Red Arrow Down.svg 1.7 pp
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Paco Boya (cropped).png El Sindic d'Aran, Carlos Barrera, l'any 2017.jpg Portrait placeholder.svg
Leader Francés Boya Carles Barrera José Antonio Bruna
Party UA-PSC-PM CDA-PNA PRAG
Leader's seatQuate LòcsCastièroArties e Garòs
Last election5 seats, 39.14%7 seats, 45.06%1 seat, 3.20%
Seats won661
Seat change Green Arrow Up Darker.svg 1 Red Arrow Down.svg 1 Arrow Blue Right 001.svg 0
Popular vote2,1982,030180
Percentage46.13%42.60%3.78%
Swing Green Arrow Up Darker.svg 6.99 pp Red Arrow Down.svg 2.46 pp Green Arrow Up Darker.svg 0.58 pp

Eleccions Aran tercons 2007.png
     UA-PSC-CP     CDA-PNA     PRAG
Constituency results map for the Conselh Generau d'Aran

Síndic d'Aran before election

Carles Barrera
CDA-PNA

Elected Síndic d'Aran

Francés Boya
UA-PSC-PM

The 2007 Aranese Council Election, was held on Sunday, 27 May 2007, to elect the General Council of Aran, an administrative entity in the province of Lleida (Spain). All 13 seats in the council were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.

Contents

Overview

Electoral system

The General Council of Aran is elected every four years on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprises all nationals over eighteen who can vote in the local elections in any of the 9 municipalities that make up Aran. It was officially established after the 1991 elections and is made up of 13 members. According to Law 16/1990, of July 13, on the special regime of the Val d'Aran, it is made up of the Síndic of Aran, the General Councilors (Occitan: Conselhers Generaus), that work in plenary, and by the Commission of Accounts Auditors (Occitan: Commission d'Auditors de Compdes). [1]

In every election, electors choose the General Councilors, that will later elect the Síndic, who acts as the head of government. Aran is divided in six electoral districts, whose borders coincide with those of the "thirds" (Occitan: Terçon, Catalan: Terçó, Spanish: Tersón), a traditional division of the valley. In every district, members are allocated using the proportional D'Hônt method with closed lists, with an electoral threshold of five percent of the valid votes in every district. [2]

For the 2011 elections, members were distributed in the following way: [3]

As Catalonia has not developed its own electoral law, Aranese elections are regulated by Organic Law No. 5 of 19 June 1985, which regulates elections nationwide.

Election date

The date of the elections is set for the same day that local elections are held in Spain, that is, the fourth Sunday of May every 4 years. [4]

Parties and candidates

The electoral law allowed for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, coalitions and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form a coalition ahead of an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election call, whereas groupings of electors needed to secure the signature of at least one percent of the electorate in the constituencies for which they sought election, disallowing electors from signing for more than one list of candidates. [5]

Below is a list of the main parties and electoral alliances which contested the election:

CandidacyParties and
alliances
Leading candidateIdeologyPrevious resultGov.Ref.
Votes (%)Seats
CDA-PNA El Sindic d'Aran, Carlos Barrera, l'any 2017.jpg Carles Barrera Liberalism
Aranese autonomy
Occitan nationalism
45.06%7Yes check.svg
UA-PM-PSC Paco Boya (cropped).png Francés Boya Social democracy
Aranese autonomism
39.14%5X mark.svg
PRAG Portrait placeholder.svg José Antonio Bruna Localism
Progressivism
Aranese autonomy
3.20%1X mark.svg

Results

Overall

Summary of the 27 May 2007 Conselh Generau d'Aran election results
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1
6
Parties and alliancesPopular voteSeats
Votes %±pp Total+/−
Unity of Aran-Candidatura de Progrés-Socialists' Party of Catalonia (UA-CP-PSC)2,19846.136+1
Aranese Democratic Convergence-Aranese Nationalist Party (CDA-PNA)2,03042.606-1
People's Party (PP)2254.720±0
Partit Renovador d'Arties e Garòs (PRAG)1803.781±0
Blank ballots1322.76
Total4,76513±0
Valid votes4,76599.60
Invalid votes190.40
Votes cast / turnout4,78472,02
Abstentions1,85927.98
Registered voters6,643
Sources [6]
Popular vote
UA-PSC-CP
46.13%
CDA-PNA
42.60%
PP
4.72%
PRAG
3.78%
Blank ballots
2.76%
Seats
UA-PSC-CP
46.15%
CDA-PNA
46.15%
PRAG
7.69%

Distribution by constituency

Constituency UA-PSC-CP CDA-PNA PRAG
 %S %S %S
Arties e Garòs47.2148.01
Castièro46.9242.92
Lairissa46.350.61
Marcatosa49.7147.1
Pujòlo44.8147.21
Quate Lòcs58.8235.11
Total46.1642.663.81

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References

  1. Ley 16/1990, de 13 de julio, sobre régimen especial del Valle de Arán (PDF) (in Spanish). Boletín Oficial del Estado.
  2. DECRETO 46/2015, de 31 de marzo, de convocatoria de elecciones al Consejo General de Arán (PDF) (in Spanish and Occitan). Diari Oficial de la Generalitat de Catalunya.
  3. "Decreto 69/2007, de 20 de marzo, de convocatoria de elecciones al Consejo General de Aran" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado .
  4. Comunidad Autónoma de Cataluña (4 March 2015), Ley 1/2015, de 5 de febrero, del régimen especial de Arán, pp. 20067–20100, retrieved 9 May 2022
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