2016 Spanish regional elections

2016 Spanish regional elections

←  2015 25 September 2016 2017  →
150 seats in the regional parliaments of the Basque Country and Galicia
Regional administrations by leading party in 2016 National parties    PSOE (7)    PP (5+2) Regional parties    PDeCAT (1)    EAJ/PNV (1)    CC (1)    PRC (1)    GBai (1)

Regional elections were held in Spain during 2016 to elect the regional parliaments of two of the seventeen autonomous communities: the Basque Country and Galicia. 150 of 1,198 seats in the regional parliaments were up for election. The elections were held on 25 September 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), Extremadura (2011), Galicia (1985), Navarre (2010) 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
25 September	Basque Country		Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)		Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)
	Galicia		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)

Summary by region

September (2 regions)

Basque Country

Main article: 2016 Basque regional election

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	+/−
	EAJ/PNV	398,168	37.36	+3.20	28	+1
	EH Bildu	225,172	21.13	−3.54	18	−3
	Elkarrekin Podemos	157,334	14.76	+11.04	11	+11
	PSE–EE (PSOE)	126,420	11.86	−7.03	9	−7
	PP	107,771	10.11	−1.48	9	−1
	C's	21,477	2.02	New	0	±0
	UPyD	n/a	n/a	−1.91	0	−1
	Others	22,662	2.13		0	±0
Blank ballots		6,681	0.63	−0.67
Valid votes		1,065,685	99.56	+0.37
Invalid votes		4,672	0.44	−0.37
Votes cast / turnout		1,070,357	60.02	−3.94
Registered voters		1,783,419

Galicia

Main article: 2016 Galician regional election

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	+/−
	PP	682,150	47.56	+1.76	41	±0
	En Marea	273,523	19.07	+5.16	14	+5
	PSdeG–PSOE	256,381	17.87	−2.74	14	−4
	BNG–Nós	119,446	8.33	−1.78	6	−1
	C's	48,553	3.38	New	0	±0
	PACMA	15,135	1.06	+0.50	0	±0
	Others	25,193	1.76		0	±0
Blank ballots		14,037	0.98	−1.68
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
Registered voters		2,701,932

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 31 March 2015]. 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).