2009 Spanish regional elections

2009 Spanish regional elections

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150 seats in the regional parliaments of the Basque Country and Galicia
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Regional elections were held in Spain during 2009 to elect the regional parliaments of two of the seventeen autonomous communities: the Basque Country and Galicia. 150 of 1,206 seats in the regional parliaments were up for election. The elections were held on 1 March in both regions.

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), Aragon (2007), the Balearic Islands (2007), the Basque Country (1981), Castile and León (2007), Catalonia (1985), Galicia (1985) and the Valencian Community (2006)—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
1 March	Basque Country		Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
	Galicia		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		People's Party (PP)

Summary by region

March (2 regions)

Basque Country

Main article: 2009 Basque regional election

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	+/−
	EAJ/PNV	399,600	38.14	n/a	30	+8
	PSE–EE (PSOE)	318,112	30.36	+7.85	25	+7
	PP	146,148	13.95	−3.32	13	−2
	Aralar	62,514	5.97	+3.66	4	+3
	EA	38,198	3.65	n/a	1	−6
	EB–B	36,373	3.47	−1.86	1	−2
	UPyD	22,233	2.12	New	1	+1
	PCTV/EHAK	n/a	n/a	−12.35	0	−9
	Others	13,018	1.24		0	±0
Blank ballots		11,562	1.10	+0.36
Valid votes		1,047,758	91.21	−8.46
Invalid votes		100,939	8.79	+8.46
Votes cast / turnout		1,148,697	64.68	−3.32
Registered voters		1,776,059

Galicia

Main article: 2009 Galician regional election

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	+/−
	PP	789,427	46.68	+1.45	38	+1
	PSdeG–PSOE	524,488	31.02	−2.20	25	±0
	BNG	270,712	16.01	−2.64	12	−1
	UPyD	23,796	1.41	New	0	±0
	TeGa	18,726	1.11	New	0	±0
	Others	35,755	2.11		0	±0
Blank ballots		28,071	1.66	+0.41
Valid votes		1,690,975	99.11	−0.43
Invalid votes		15,223	0.89	+0.43
Votes cast / turnout		1,706,198	64.43	+0.22
Registered voters		2,648,276

Notes

1. PSOE's sister party in Catalonia.

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 22 January 2009]. 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).