2007 Valencian regional election

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2007 Valencian regional election
Flag of the Valencian Community (2x3).svg
  2003 27 May 2007 2011  

All 99 seats in the Corts Valencianes
50 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered3,491,365 Green Arrow Up Darker.svg 2.0%
Turnout2,448,830 (70.1%)
Red Arrow Down.svg 1.4 pp
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Francisco Camps (2009) (Recortada).jpg El exsecretario general del PSPV Joan Ignasi Pla (cropped).jpg Gloria Marcos (cropped).jpg
Leader Francisco Camps Joan Ignasi Pla Glòria Marcos
Party PP PSPV–PSOE Compromís PV
Leader since10 July 200224 September 200026 January 2007
Leader's seat Valencia Valencia Valencia
Last election48 seats, 47.2%35 seats, 36.0%6 seats, 11.0% [a]
Seats won54387
Seat change Green Arrow Up Darker.svg 6 Green Arrow Up Darker.svg 3 Green Arrow Up Darker.svg 1
Popular vote1,277,458838,987195,116
Percentage52.5%34.5%8.0%
Swing Green Arrow Up Darker.svg 5.3 pp Red Arrow Down.svg 1.5 pp Red Arrow Down.svg 3.0 pp

2007 Valencia regional parliamentary election.svg
Election result by constituency

President before election

Francisco Camps
PP

Elected President

Francisco Camps
PP

The 2007 Valencian regional election was held on Sunday, 27 May 2007, to elect the 7th Corts of the Valencian Community. All 99 seats in the Corts were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.

Contents

As in the three previous elections, the People's Party (PP) with an increased absolute majority of seats, as well as winning an absolute majority of votes, the first and only time to date the party has reached this threshold, and only the second time since 1983 that any party has achieved this feat. The PP increased its vote share by more than 5% and gained six of the additional ten seats in the parliament, enlarged as a result of 2006 amendments to the regional Statute of Autonomy, all but ensuring incumbent president Francisco Camps's re-election for a second term in office. The Socialist Party of the Valencian Country (PSPV–PSOE) gained three seats despite seeing its vote share decrease by one point. This came as a result of the enlarged parliament, but the new election defeat and the below-expectations result for the party led to PSPV leader Joan Ignasi Pla to announce that he would step down as party secretary-general in the next congress.

The Valencian Nationalist Bloc (Bloc), whose performance in the previous election brought it within 0.3% of reaching the five percent threshold, had formed an electoral alliance with United Left of the Valencian Country (EUPV) under the name Commitment for the Valencian Country (CPV). This combined list, which also included smaller Green and left-wing groups, saw the Bloc gain its first seat representation in the Corts, though the combined vote for both EUPV and Bloc was considerably lesser than what both had polled separately in 2003.

Overview

Electoral system

The Corts Valencianes were the devolved, unicameral legislature of the Valencian autonomous community, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution and the Valencian Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a regional president. [1]

Voting for the Corts was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over 18 years of age, registered in the Valencian Community and in full enjoyment of their political rights. The 99 members of the Corts Valencianes were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with a threshold of five percent of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied regionally. Seats were allocated to constituencies, corresponding to the provinces of Alicante, Castellón and Valencia, with each being allocated an initial minimum of 20 seats and the remaining 39 being distributed in proportion to their populations (provided that the seat-to-population ratio in any given province did not exceed three times that of any other). [1] [2]

Election date

The term of the Corts Valencianes expired four years after the date of their previous election, with elections to the Corts being fixed for the fourth Sunday of May every four years. The previous election was held on 25 May 2003, setting the election date for the Corts on Sunday, 27 May 2007. [1] [2] [3]

The Corts Valencianes could not be dissolved before the date of expiry of parliament. In the event of an investiture process failing to elect a regional president within a two-month period from the first ballot, the Corts were to be automatically dissolved and a snap election called. [1]

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. [2] [3]

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

CandidacyParties and
alliances
Leading candidateIdeologyPrevious resultGov.Ref.
Votes (%)Seats
PP
List
Francisco Camps (2009) (Recortada).jpg Francisco Camps Conservatism
Christian democracy
47.17%48Yes check.svg
PSPV–PSOE El exsecretario general del PSPV Joan Ignasi Pla (cropped).jpg Joan Ignasi Pla Social democracy 35.96%35X mark.svg
Compromís PV Gloria Marcos (cropped).jpg Glòria Marcos Valencian nationalism
Eco-socialism
Green politics
11.04% [a] 6X mark.svg

Opinion polls

The tables below list opinion polling results in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first and using the dates when the survey fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. Where the fieldwork dates are unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed with its background shaded in the leading party's colour. If a tie ensues, this is applied to the figures with the highest percentages. The "Lead" column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the parties with the highest percentages in a poll.

Voting intention estimates

The table below lists weighted voting intention estimates. Refusals are generally excluded from the party vote percentages, while question wording and the treatment of "don't know" responses and those not intending to vote may vary between polling organisations. When available, seat projections determined by the polling organisations are displayed below (or in place of) the percentages in a smaller font; 50 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Corts Valencianes (45 until 11 April 2006).

Color key:

  Exit poll

Voting preferences

The table below lists raw, unweighted voting preferences.

Victory preferences

The table below lists opinion polling on the victory preferences for each party in the event of a regional election taking place.

Victory likelihood

The table below lists opinion polling on the perceived likelihood of victory for each party in the event of a regional election taking place.

Preferred President

The table below lists opinion polling on leader preferences to become president of the Valencian Government.

Predicted President

The table below lists opinion polling on the perceived likelihood for each leader to become president of the Valencian Government.

Results

Overall

Summary of the 27 May 2007 Corts Valencianes election results
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Parties and alliancesPopular voteSeats
Votes %±pp Total+/−
People's Party (PP)1,277,45852.52+5.3554+6
Socialist Party of the Valencian Country (PSPV–PSOE)838,98734.49–1.4738+3
Commitment for the Valencian Country (Compromís PV)1195,1168.02–3.027+1
Valencian UnionThe Eco-pacifist Greens (UV–LVEP)22,7890.94–2.040±0
Valencian Coalition (CVa)17,3310.71New0±0
Republican Left of the Valencian Country (ERPV)11,6860.48+0.170±0
Social Democratic Party (PSD)10,1870.42New0±0
Spain 2000 (E–2000)5,9340.24+0.130±0
Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE)4,0880.17+0.010±0
United for Valencia (UxV)2,5590.11New0±0
Authentic Phalanx (FA)2,4930.10±0.000±0
Humanist Party (PH)2,0390.08–0.030±0
Movement for People's Unity–Republicans (MUP–R)1,5310.06New0±0
Liberal Centre (CL)1,5110.06New0±0
Renewal Liberal Centre (CLR)1,4610.06New0±0
Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS)1,0180.04New0±0
Liberal Democratic Centre (CDL)7850.03New0±0
National Democracy (DN)7060.03±0.000±0
Liberal Centrist Union (UCL)4270.02New0±0
Blank ballots34,3481.41–0.14
Total2,432,45499+10
Valid votes2,432,45499.33–0.02
Invalid votes16,3760.67+0.02
Votes cast / turnout2,448,83070.14–1.37
Abstentions1,042,53529.86+1.37
Registered voters3,491,365
Sources [4] [5] [6] [7]
Footnotes:
Popular vote
PP
52.52%
PSPV–PSOE
34.49%
Compromís PV
8.02%
Others
3.56%
Blank ballots
1.41%
Seats
PP
54.54%
PSPV–PSOE
38.38%
Compromís PV
7.07%

Distribution by constituency

Constituency PP PSPV CPV
 %S %S %S
Alicante 51.81936.6146.82
Castellón 49.31238.0107.82
Valencia 53.62332.5148.83
Total52.55434.5388.07
Sources [6] [7]

Aftermath

Investiture
Francisco Camps (PP)
Ballot →25 June 2007
Required majority →50 out of 99 Yes check.svg
Yes
  • PP (54)
54 / 99
No
44 / 99
Abstentions
0 / 99
Absentees
0 / 99
Sources [7]

Notes

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Opinion poll sources
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