2016 Galician regional election

2016 Galician regional election

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All 75 seats in the Parliament of Galicia 38 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered	2,701,932 0.2%
Turnout	1,448,962 (53.6%) 1.3 pp
First party Second party Third party   Leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo Luis Villares Xoaquín Fernández Leiceaga Party PP En Marea PSdeG–PSOE Leader since 15 January 2006 19 August 2016 28 May 2016 Leader's seat Pontevedra Lugo A Coruña Last election 41 seats, 45.8% 9 seats, 13.9% [lower-alpha 1] 18 seats, 20.6% Seats won 41 14 14 Seat change 0 5 4 Popular vote 682,150 273,523 256,381 Percentage 47.6% 19.1% 17.9% Swing 1.8 pp 5.2 pp 2.7 pp   Fourth party   Leader Ana Pontón Party BNG–Nós Leader since 28 February 2016 Leader's seat A Coruña Last election 7 seats, 10.1% Seats won 6 Seat change 1 Popular vote 119,446 Percentage 8.3% Swing 1.8 pp
Constituency results map for the Parliament of Galicia
President before election Alberto Núñez Feijóo PP Elected President Alberto Núñez Feijóo PP

The 2016 Galician regional election was held on Sunday, 25 September 2016, to elect the 10th Parliament of the autonomous community of Galicia. All 75 seats in the Parliament were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with a regional election in the Basque Country.

Alberto Núñez Feijóo announced the election would be brought forward to September, after initially scheduling to hold it throughout October, following Lehendakari Iñigo Urkullu's announcement of a Basque election for 25 September. ^{[1] [2]} Feijóo defended his decision in that it would make "no sense" to hold the election only weeks after the Basque poll, specially considering the state of political instability in Spain over the government formation process after the general election in June. ^[3] The election took place in a situation in which the Spanish political landscape had undergone a major transformation within a short time, with a decrease in support for the People's Party (PP) and the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) nationally and the emergence of new parties such as Podemos and Citizens (C's).

Feijóo's PP, with 47.6% and 41 seats, went on to secure a third consecutive absolute majority, the only one at the time in Spain after the 2015 electoral cycle. The Podemos-supported En Marea list, which had already achieved major breakthroughs in the region at the 2015 and 2016 general elections, placed narrowly ahead of the Socialists' Party of Galicia (PSdeG–PSOE) which scored the worst result of its history in a Galician regional election. Concurrently, the Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG) saw a slight drop in support but was able to outperform opinion poll predictions of an electoral meltdown. Finally, with 3.4%, Cs fell well below their aspirations of entering parliament, failing to secure any seat. ^[4]

The results of the Basque and Galician elections, both of which saw very poor PSOE's performances after being overtaken by the Podemos-led alliances and polling at record-low levels of support, ^[5] prompted dissenters within the party—led by Andalusian president Susana Díaz—to call for Pedro Sánchez's resignation as PSOE secretary-general. ^{[6] [7]} Sánchez's refusal to resign and his announcement of a party congress for later in the year—amid an ongoing government formation process and with the growing risk of a third general election in a row being held in Spain—led to an attempt from his critics to force his downfall, ^{[8] [9]} triggering a severe party crisis and a break down of party discipline which led to Sánchez's ousting on 1 October 2016, ^[10] a divided PSOE abstaining in Mariano Rajoy's investiture on 29 October and a subsequent party leadership election in 2017 which would see Sánchez returning to his post of secretary-general and taking full control over the party. ^{[11] [12]}

Overview

Electoral system

The Parliament of Galicia was the devolved, unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of Galicia, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution and the Galician Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a regional president. ^[13] Voting for the Parliament was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over 18 years of age, registered in Galicia and in full enjoyment of their political rights. Additionally, Galicians abroad were required to apply for voting before being permitted to vote, a system known as "begged" or expat vote (Spanish : Voto rogado). ^[14]

The 75 members of the Parliament of Galicia were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of five percent of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied in each constituency. Seats were allocated to constituencies, corresponding to the provinces of A Coruña, Lugo, Ourense and Pontevedra, with each being allocated an initial minimum of 10 seats and the remaining 35 being distributed in proportion to their populations. ^{[13] [15]}

As a result of the aforementioned allocation, each Parliament constituency was entitled the following seats:

Seats	Constituencies
25	A Coruña (+1)
22	Pontevedra
14	Lugo (–1), Ourense

The use of the D'Hondt method might result in a higher effective threshold, depending on the district magnitude. ^[16]

Election date

The term of the Parliament of Galicia expired four years after the date of its previous election, unless it was dissolved earlier. The election decree was required to be issued no later than the twenty-fifth day prior to the date of expiry of parliament and published on the following day in the Official Journal of Galicia (DOG), with election day taking place between the fifty-fourth and the sixtieth day from publication. The previous election was held on 21 October 2012, which meant that the legislature's term would have expired on 21 October 2016. The election decree was required to be published in the DOG no later than 27 September 2016, with the election taking place up to the sixtieth day from publication, setting the latest possible election date for the Parliament on Saturday, 26 November 2016. ^{[13] [15]}

The president had the prerogative to dissolve the Parliament of Galicia and call a snap election, provided that it did not occur before one year had elapsed since a previous dissolution under this procedure. In the event of an investiture process failing to elect a regional president within a two-month period from the first ballot, the Parliament was to be automatically dissolved and a fresh election called. ^[17]

Background

While the People's Party (PP) under Alberto Núñez Feijóo had been able to remain at the helm of the Xunta de Galicia following the 2012 regional election, the party struggled to maintain its electoral standing in the ensuing years as a result of the corruption scandals beleaguering the party at the national level. ^[18] In the 2014 European Parliament election, the PP obtained its worst result since 1989 up until that time, securing 35.2% of the vote though remaining in first place regionally as a result of a collapse in the vote for the opposition Socialists' Party of Galicia (PSdeG–PSOE) and Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG). ^[19]

The emergence of Podemos and Citizens (C's) and the reorganization of the political space of non-Galician nationalists to the left of the PSOE, including the late Galician Left Alternative (AGE) comprising United Left (EU) and Anova, into the local "tides" (Spanish : mareas)—popular unity candidacies established at the local level to contest the 2015 local elections, such as Marea Atlántica, Compostela Aberta or Ferrol en Común, among others—brought about the PP's downfall from the local governments of the main Galician urban centres and in left-from-centre parties securing much of the local power in Galicia, with the mareas newly found popularity coming at the expense of both the PSdeG and the BNG. ^{[20] [21] [22]} The establishment of the En Marea alliance between Podemos, EU and Anova would see the PP seeing off its worst electoral result in a general election on 20 December 2015, ^[23] although the party would see a slight recovery in the next general election held in June 2016. ^[24]

After his defeat in the 2012 election, Pachi Vázquez announced his intention to abandon the PSdeG's leadership within a year and to allow for a primary election to be held to elect his successor. ^[25] The primaries were held on 7 September 2013, with José Ramón Gómez Besteiro emerging as the winner with 77% of the votes, ^[26] subsequently ratified at a special party congress held on 29 September. ^[27] Gómez Besteiro came under public scrutiny after being indicted on 3 July 2015 for four crimes, including influence peddling, bribery, prevarication and a crime against regional planning, allegedly committed during Besteiro's time in the local government of Lugo in 2005. ^[28] On 12 March 2016, Besteiro was accused of six further crimes—new bribery, prevarication and influence peddling crimes, as well as abuse of public administrations, subsidy fraud and embezzlement of public funds ^[29] —which prompted him to announce the following day his declination to be the party's leading candidate to the Xunta de Galicia in the next regional election. ^[30] Mounting pressure from his party's colleagues, however, eventually led to Besteiro also resigning as party leader on 18 March. ^[31] Xoaquín Fernández Leiceaga was elected on 28 May through a primary election to be Besteiro's replacement as candidate to the Xunta, ^[32] while a management committee took charge of the party. ^[33]

The national PSOE was also beleaguered by an internal crisis over Pedro Sánchez's leadership as a result of the party having secured its worst electoral results since the Spanish transition to democracy in the 2015 and 2016 general elections, ^{[34] [35]} with Sánchez himself having announced an early party congress, to be held at some point following the Basque and Galician elections, in which he would be running for re-election. ^{[36] [37]} The PSOE branches in both regions were widely seen as being supportive of Sánchez, prompting dissenters to frame the elections as a test on Sánchez and of the broader political mood in Spain after nine months of political impasse over the government formation process. ^[38]

Parliamentary composition

The Parliament of Galicia was officially dissolved on 2 August 2016, after the publication of the dissolution decree in the Official Journal of Galicia. ^[39] The table below shows the composition of the parliamentary groups in the chamber at the time of dissolution. ^[40]

Parliamentary composition in August 2016 ^[41]

Groups		Parties		Legislators
				Seats	Total
	People's Parliamentary Group of Galicia		PP	41	41
	Socialists' Parliamentary Group of Galicia		PSdeG–PSOE	18	18
	Galician Nationalist Bloc's Parliamentary Group		BNG	7	7
	Galician Left Alternative's Parliamentary Group		EU	4	6
			Anova	2
	Mixed Parliamentary Group		Cerna	2	3
			INDEP	1 [lower-alpha 2]

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. ^{[15] [43]}

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

Candidacy		Parties and alliances	Leading candidate		Ideology	Previous result		Gov.	Ref.
						Votes (%)	Seats
	PP	List People's Party (PP)		Alberto Núñez Feijóo	Conservatism Christian democracy	45.80%	41	Y	[44] [45]
	PSdeG– PSOE	List Socialists' Party of Galicia (PSdeG–PSOE)		Xoaquín Fernández Leiceaga	Social democracy	20.61%	18	N	[32]
	En Marea	List In Tide (En Marea) – We Can (Podemos) – United Left (EU) – Renewal–Nationalist Brotherhood (Anova) – Equo Galicia (Equo) – Galician Eco-socialist Space (EcoSoGal)		Luis Villares	Galician nationalism Direct democracy Democratic socialism	13.91% [lower-alpha 1]	9	N	[46] [47] [48]
	BNG–Nós	List Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG) – Galician People's Union (UPG) – Galician Movement for Socialism (MGS) – Abrente–Galician Democratic Left (Abrente–EDG) Communist Party of the Galician People (PCPG) Galician Workers' Front (FOGA)		Ana Pontón	Galician nationalism Left-wing nationalism Socialism	10.11%	7	N	[49] [50] [51]
	C's	List Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's)		Cristina Losada	Liberalism	New party		N	[52]

Campaign

Party slogans

Party or alliance		Original slogan	English translation	Ref.
	PP	« En Galicia sí »	"In Galicia, yes"	[53] [54]
	PSdeG–PSOE	« Unha resposta nova »	"A new response"	[53] [55]
	En Marea	« Un país xusto »	"A fair country"	[56]
	BNG–Nós	« Construír Galiza con ilusión, Galiza contigo »	"Build Galicia with hope, Galicia with you"	[53] [57]
	C's	« No nos conformemos. Galicia merécese máis » [lower-alpha 3]	"Don't conform. Galicia deserves more"	[58]

Election debates

2016 Galician regional election debates

Date	Organisers	Moderator(s)	P Present [lower-alpha 4]
			PP	PSdeG	En Marea	BNG	C's	Audience	Ref.
12 September	TVG	Marta Darriba Kiko Novoa	P Feijóo	P Leiceaga	P Villares	P Pontón	P Losada	15.3% (151,000)	[59] [60]

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; 38 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Parliament of Galicia.

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  Poll conducted after legal ban on opinion polls  Exit poll

Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size	Turnout				BNG– Nós					Lead
2016 regional election	25 Sep 2016	—	53.6	47.6 41	17.9 14	[lower-alpha 5]	8.3 6	–	[lower-alpha 5]	3.4 0	19.1 14	28.5
TNS Demoscopia/CRTVG [p 1] [p 2]	25 Sep 2016	16,800	?	45.5 38/41	18.9 14/16	[lower-alpha 5]	8.8 5/6	–	[lower-alpha 5]	4.4 0/1	19.5 14/16	26.0
Sondaxe/La Voz de Galicia [p 3]	20–23 Sep 2016	1,600	?	45.3 39	19.3 16	[lower-alpha 5]	6.5 2	–	[lower-alpha 5]	3.3 0	21.8 18	23.5
GAD3/ABC [p 4] [p 5]	12–23 Sep 2016	1,450	?	46.7 40/42	18.6 14/15	[lower-alpha 5]	6.9 2	–	[lower-alpha 5]	3.6 1	20.1 14/16	26.6
Sondaxe/La Voz de Galicia [p 6]	15–18 Sep 2016	1,600	68.3	45.6 39	16.9 13	[lower-alpha 5]	5.4 3	–	[lower-alpha 5]	3.6 0	25.6 20	20.0
Sondaxe/La Voz de Galicia [p 7]	14–17 Sep 2016	1,600	70.6	43.8 38	17.6 13	[lower-alpha 5]	5.9 4	–	[lower-alpha 5]	3.5 1	25.7 19	18.1
Sondaxe/La Voz de Galicia [p 8]	13–16 Sep 2016	1,600	?	42.2 38	18.0 13	[lower-alpha 5]	5.4 3	–	[lower-alpha 5]	4.4 1	26.2 20	16.0
Celeste-Tel/eldiario.es [p 9]	12–16 Sep 2016	1,200	?	45.4 38/40	18.5 15/16	[lower-alpha 5]	5.2 2	–	[lower-alpha 5]	3.7 1	21.6 17/18	23.8
NC Report/La Razón [p 10] [p 11] [p 12]	9–16 Sep 2016	1,000	60.0	44.7 40/41	18.8 15/16	[lower-alpha 5]	5.4 2	–	[lower-alpha 5]	3.6 0	22.0 17	22.7
Sigma Dos/El Mundo [p 13]	12–15 Sep 2016	1,400	?	45.7 38/41	17.3 13/14	[lower-alpha 5]	7.1 4/6	–	[lower-alpha 5]	4.3 0/1	21.7 16/17	24.0
Sondaxe/La Voz de Galicia [p 14]	12–15 Sep 2016	1,600	?	42.7 38	19.2 15	[lower-alpha 5]	5.7 4	–	[lower-alpha 5]	4.0 0	24.7 18	18.0
Infortécnica/Atlántico [p 15]	9–15 Sep 2016	1,711	?	? 42/48	? 13/16	[lower-alpha 5]	? 2/4	–	[lower-alpha 5]	? 0/1	? 12/15	?
GAD3/ABC [p 16] [p 17]	12–14 Sep 2016	800	?	46.6 39/41	20.2 16/17	[lower-alpha 5]	5.3 2/3	–	[lower-alpha 5]	3.9 0/2	19.5 14/16	26.4
Sondaxe/La Voz de Galicia [p 18]	11–14 Sep 2016	1,600	?	41.8 37	17.7 15	[lower-alpha 5]	6.3 4	–	[lower-alpha 5]	4.3 0	25.8 19	16.0
Sondaxe/La Voz de Galicia [p 19]	10–13 Sep 2016	1,600	?	42.6 37	18.0 15	[lower-alpha 5]	4.7 1	–	[lower-alpha 5]	4.9 2	25.9 20	16.7
Metroscopia/El País [p 20] [p 21] [p 22]	8–13 Sep 2016	2,800	63.8	46.6 39/41	17.7 13/14	[lower-alpha 5]	6.0 3/4	–	[lower-alpha 5]	4.2 0/2	21.8 16/18	24.8
Sondaxe/La Voz de Galicia [p 23]	9–12 Sep 2016	1,600	?	42.9 37	18.7 15	[lower-alpha 5]	4.5 2	–	[lower-alpha 5]	4.5 1	25.9 20	17.0
JM&A/Público [p 24]	11 Sep 2016	?	59.3	43.0 38/40	19.0 15	[lower-alpha 5]	5.7 2	–	[lower-alpha 5]	3.2 0/1	22.8 18/19	20.2
Sondaxe/La Voz de Galicia [p 25]	8–11 Sep 2016	1,600	?	44.1 38	18.0 14	[lower-alpha 5]	4.8 2	–	[lower-alpha 5]	4.3 1	25.1 20	19.0
Sondaxe/La Voz de Galicia [p 26]	7–10 Sep 2016	1,600	?	44.1 38	19.5 15	[lower-alpha 5]	5.2 2	–	[lower-alpha 5]	3.9 1	24.0 19	20.1
Sondaxe/La Voz de Galicia [p 27]	6–9 Sep 2016	1,600	75.3	44.3 38	18.3 15	[lower-alpha 5]	5.7 2	–	[lower-alpha 5]	3.1 1	25.4 19	18.9
Einvenio/Prensa Ibérica [p 28]	1–9 Sep 2016	1,400	65	43.6 38/39	18.5 15/16	[lower-alpha 5]	6.0 2	–	[lower-alpha 5]	5.8 2/3	20.1 16/17	23.5
Infortécnica/Atlántico [p 29] [p 30]	1–8 Sep 2016	1,645	?	55.9 40/45	21.3 15/17	[lower-alpha 5]	5.4 3/5	–	[lower-alpha 5]	1.9 0/1	15.5 12/14	34.6
TNS/CIS [p 31] [p 32]	29 Aug–2 Sep 2016	3,454	?	44.9 40/41	19.9 16	[lower-alpha 5]	5.3 2	–	[lower-alpha 5]	4.6 0/1	19.9 15/17	25.0
Sondaxe/La Voz de Galicia [p 33]	19–24 Aug 2016	1,600	?	44.9 37	18.3 15	[lower-alpha 5]	7.4 5	–	[lower-alpha 5]	1.6 0	23.8 18	21.1
Infortécnica/Atlántico [p 34]	11–24 Aug 2016	1,704	?	? 38/41	? 17/19	[lower-alpha 5]	? 5/6	–	[lower-alpha 5]	? 0/2	? 11/12	?
NC Report/La Razón [p 35] [p 36]	15–20 Aug 2016	1,000	53.0	44.6 39	19.5 17	[lower-alpha 5]	5.3 2	–	[lower-alpha 5]	5.2 2	18.8 15	25.1
Sondaxe/La Voz de Galicia [p 37] [p 38]	20 Jul–3 Aug 2016	1,450	?	43.5 37	17.5 15	[lower-alpha 5]	7.4 5	–	[lower-alpha 5]	4.1 0	23.7 18	19.8
			?	43.5 37	17.5 15	[lower-alpha 5]	7.4 5	–	7.4 6	4.1 0	16.3 12	26.0
2016 general election	26 Jun 2016	—	58.2	41.5 (35)	22.2 (18)	[lower-alpha 5]	2.9 (0)	0.1 (0)	[lower-alpha 5]	8.6 (6)	22.2 (16)	19.3
GAD3/ABC [p 39] [p 40]	4–6 Apr 2016	807	?	44.1 36/38	19.7 15/17	[lower-alpha 5]	6.7 4/5	–	[lower-alpha 5]	5.1 2/3	17.9 14/16	24.4
Redondo & Asociados [p 41]	16 Jan 2016	?	?	37.0 32	21.0 17	[lower-alpha 5]	–	–	[lower-alpha 5]	9.0 6	25.0 20	12.0
2015 general election	20 Dec 2015	—	61.5	37.1 (32)	21.3 (17)	[lower-alpha 5]	4.3 (0)	0.5 (0)	[lower-alpha 5]	9.1 (6)	25.0 (20)	12.1
2015 local elections	24 May 2015	—	66.0	35.7	26.3	4.4	12.8	0.2	4.2	1.9	–	9.4
Sondaxe/La Voz de Galicia [p 42]	17–23 Oct 2014	500	48.4	44.7	20.3	8.3	5.8	–	16.9	–	–	24.4
2014 EP election [p 43]	25 May 2014	—	38.7	35.2 (35)	21.8 (19)	10.5 (8)	7.9 (6)	3.3 (0)	8.4 (7)	1.6 (0)	–	13.4
Sondaxe/La Voz de Galicia [p 44]	11–17 Oct 2013	1,600	50.5	43.5 38	19.3 16	16.6 13	10.7 8	–	–	–	–	24.2
Sondaxe/La Voz de Galicia [p 45]	5–7 Feb 2013	1,600	50.4	42.3 36	19.5 17	19.2 15	10.0 7	–	–	–	–	22.8
2012 regional election	21 Oct 2012	—	54.9	45.8 41	20.6 18	13.9 9	10.1 7	1.5 0	–	–	–	25.2

Voting preferences

The table below lists raw, unweighted voting preferences.

Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size				BNG– Nós					?	N	Lead
2016 regional election	25 Sep 2016	—	30.0	11.3	[lower-alpha 5]	5.3	–	[lower-alpha 5]	2.1	12.0	—	36.2	18.0
GAD3/ABC [p 17]	12–14 Sep 2016	800	40.2	14.3	[lower-alpha 5]	4.9	–	[lower-alpha 5]	2.4	12.3	–	–	25.9
TNS/CIS [p 31]	29 Aug–2 Sep 2016	3,454	30.2	11.7	[lower-alpha 5]	4.3	–	[lower-alpha 5]	2.2	16.9	23.3	4.4	13.3
2016 general election	26 Jun 2016	—	28.5	15.3	[lower-alpha 5]	2.0	0.0	[lower-alpha 5]	5.9	15.2	—	30.4	13.2
GAD3/ABC [p 40]	4–6 Apr 2016	807	32.8	14.4	[lower-alpha 5]	4.4	–	[lower-alpha 5]	3.5	13.3	–	–	18.4
2015 general election	20 Dec 2015	—	26.7	15.4	[lower-alpha 5]	3.1	0.4	[lower-alpha 5]	6.5	18.0	—	27.0	8.7
Sondaxe/La Voz de Galicia [p 42]	17–23 Oct 2014	500	17.9	8.3	3.7	2.1	–	7.4	–	–	31.3	26.4	9.6
2014 EP election	25 May 2014	—	15.6	9.6	4.7	3.5	1.5	3.7	0.7	–	—	54.5	6.0
2012 regional election	21 Oct 2012	—	28.4	12.8	8.7	6.3	0.9	–	–	–	—	36.2	15.6

Victory preferences

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

Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size			BNG– Nós			Other/ None	?	Lead
TNS/CIS [p 31]	29 Aug–2 Sep 2016	3,454	33.4	14.5	4.8	2.4	17.8	8.1	19.0	15.6

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.

Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size			BNG– Nós			Other/ None	?	Lead
GAD3/ABC [p 17]	12–14 Sep 2016	800	91.0	1.4	–	0.0	1.6	0.2	5.9	89.4
TNS/CIS [p 31]	29 Aug–2 Sep 2016	3,454	85.1	1.6	0.2	0.0	1.9	1.1	10.1	83.2
GAD3/ABC [p 40]	4–6 Apr 2016	807	74.7	6.1	–	0.9	6.0	1.3	11.0	68.6

Preferred President

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

Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size						Other/ None/ Not care	?	Lead
			Feijóo PP	Leiceaga PSdeG	Pontón BNG	Losada C's	Villares En Marea
GAD3/ABC [p 17]	12–14 Sep 2016	800	47.1	10.7	5.7	0.8	11.5	12.2	12.1	35.6
TNS/CIS [p 31]	29 Aug–2 Sep 2016	3,454	38.1	8.8	4.1	1.5	10.2	7.1	30.2	27.9

Results

Overall

← Summary of the 25 September 2016 Parliament of Galicia election results →

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	People's Party (PP)	682,150	47.56	+1.76	41	±0
	In Tide (En Marea)1	273,523	19.07	+5.16	14	+5
	Socialists' Party of Galicia (PSdeG–PSOE)	256,381	17.87	–2.74	14	–4
	Galician Nationalist Bloc–We–Galician Candidacy (BNG–Nós)	119,446	8.33	–1.78	6	–1
	Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's)	48,553	3.38	New	0	±0
	Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA)	15,135	1.06	+0.50	0	±0
	Ourensan Democracy (DO)	7,723	0.54	+0.25	0	±0
	Commitment to Galicia (CxG)	4,109	0.29	–0.72	0	±0
	Anti-Corruption and Justice Party (PAyJ)	2,535	0.18	New	0	±0
	Let's Win Galicia: Yes We Can (Gañemos)	2,344	0.16	New	0	±0
	Zero Cuts–Green Group (Recortes Cero–GV)	2,276	0.16	New	0	±0
	Citizens–Centrum (C–C)	1,534	0.11	New	0	±0
	Communists of Galicia (PCPE–CdG)	1,263	0.09	–0.03	0	±0
	Blank Seats (EB)	1,111	0.08	–1.11	0	±0
	Citizens of Galicia Democratic Action (ADCG)	651	0.05	New	0	±0
	XXI Convergence (C21)	493	0.03	–0.04	0	±0
	Independent Alternative of Galicia (AIdG)	367	0.03	New	0	±0
	United for the Future! (Unidos SI–DEF)	296	0.02	New	0	±0
	Galicia New Way (VN)	281	0.02	New	0	±0
	Libertarian Party (P–LIB)	210	0.01	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		14,037	0.98	–1.68
Total		1,434,418			75	±0
Valid votes		1,434,418	99.00	+1.53
Invalid votes		14,544	1.00	–1.53
Votes cast / turnout		1,448,962	53.63	–1.28
Abstentions		1,252,970	46.37	+1.28
Registered voters		2,701,932
Sources [40] [61]
Footnotes: 1 In Tide results are compared to Galician Left Alternative totals in the 2012 election.

Popular vote PP   47.56% En Marea   19.07% PSdeG–PSOE   17.87% BNG–Nós   8.33% C's   3.38% PACMA   1.06% Others   1.76% Blank ballots   0.98%

Seats PP   54.67% En Marea   18.67% PSdeG–PSOE   18.67% BNG–Nós   8.00%

Distribution by constituency

Constituency	PP		En Marea		PSdeG		BNG–Nós
	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S
A Coruña	47.8	13	19.4	5	17.2	5	8.8	2
Lugo	52.8	8	15.4	2	19.1	3	7.4	1
Ourense	53.1	9	13.8	2	17.6	2	6.0	1
Pontevedra	43.3	11	22.0	5	18.4	4	9.0	2
Total	47.6	41	19.1	14	17.9	14	8.3	6
Sources [40] [61]

Aftermath

Under Article 15 of the Statute, investiture processes to elect the president of the Regional Government of Galicia required of an absolute majority—more than half the votes cast—to be obtained in the first ballot. If unsuccessful, a new ballot would be held 24 hours later requiring only of a simple majority—more affirmative than negative votes—to succeed. If the proposed candidate was not elected, successive proposals were to be transacted under the same procedure. ^[13]

Investiture Alberto Núñez Feijóo (PP)
Ballot →		10 November 2016
Required majority →		38 out of 75 Y
	Yes • PP (41)	41 / 75
	No • En Marea (14) • PSdeG (14) • BNG (6)	34 / 75
	Abstentions	0 / 75
	Absentees	0 / 75
Sources [40]

Notes

1. Results for AGE in the 2012 election.
2. Carmen Iglesias, former EU legislator. ^[42]
3. Bilingual slogan with a grammar mistake in the Galician part. It should be « Galicia merece máis ».
4. Denotes a main invitee attending the event.
5. Within En Marea.

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