2019 Riojan regional election

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2019 Riojan regional election
Flag of La Rioja (with coat of arms).svg
  2015 26 May 2019 2023  

All 33 seats in the Parliament of La Rioja
17 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered249,863 Green Arrow Up Darker.svg 0.9%
Turnout164,765 (65.9%)
Red Arrow Down.svg 1.4 pp
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Concha Andreu 2020b (cropped).jpg Jose Ignacio Ceniceros 2019 (cropped).jpg Portrait placeholder.svg
Leader Concha Andreu José Ignacio Ceniceros Pablo Baena
Party PSOE PP Cs
Leader since19 October 20148 July 20159 March 2019
Last election10 seats, 26.7%15 seats, 38.6%4 seats, 10.4%
Seats won15124
Seat change Green Arrow Up Darker.svg 5 Red Arrow Down.svg 3 Arrow Blue Right 001.svg 0
Popular vote63,06853,92518,807
Percentage38.7%33.1%11.5%
Swing Green Arrow Up Darker.svg 12.0 pp Red Arrow Down.svg 5.5 pp Green Arrow Up Darker.svg 1.1 pp

 Fourth party
  (Raquel Romero) DE EXPAT A EMIGRANTE. Monologo de Raquel Romero en la Universidad de Verano 2017 (cropped).jpg
Leader Raquel Romero
Party Podemos–IU–Equo
Leader since16 March 2018
Last election4 seats, 15.4% [lower-alpha 1]
Seats won2
Seat change Red Arrow Down.svg 2
Popular vote10,844
Percentage6.6%
Swing Red Arrow Down.svg 8.8 pp

President before election

José Ignacio Ceniceros
PP

Elected President

Concha Andreu
PSOE

The 2019 Riojan regional election was held on Sunday, 26 May 2019, to elect the 10th Parliament of the autonomous community of La Rioja. All 33 seats in the Parliament were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in eleven other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain, as well as the 2019 European Parliament election.

Contents

Overview

Electoral system

The Parliament of La Rioja was the devolved, unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of La Rioja, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution and the Riojan Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a regional president. [1] Voting for the Parliament was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over 18 years of age, registered in La Rioja and in full enjoyment of their political rights. Additionally, Riojans abroad were required to apply for voting before being permitted to vote, a system known as "begged" or expat vote (Spanish : Voto rogado). [2]

The 33 members of the Parliament of La Rioja 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 regionally. [1] [3]

Election date

The term of the Parliament of La Rioja expired four years after the date of its previous election. Elections to the Parliament were fixed for the fourth Sunday of May every four years. The previous election was held on 24 May 2015, setting the election date for the Parliament on Sunday, 26 May 2019. [1] [3] [4]

The president had the prerogative to dissolve the Parliament of La Rioja and call a snap election, provided that no motion of no confidence was in process, no nationwide election was due and some time requirements were met: namely, that dissolution did not occur either during the first legislative session or within the legislature's last year ahead of its scheduled expiry, nor before one year had elapsed since a previous dissolution. 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. Any snap election held as a result of these circumstances would not alter the period to the next ordinary election, with elected deputies merely serving out what remained of their four-year terms. [1]

The election to the Parliament of La Rioja was officially triggered on 2 April 2019 after the publication of the election decree in the Official Gazette of La Rioja (BOR), scheduling for the chamber to convene on 20 June. [5]

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 La Rioja, disallowing electors from signing for more than one list of candidates. [3] [4]

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
Jose Ignacio Ceniceros 2019 (cropped).jpg José Ignacio Ceniceros Conservatism
Christian democracy
38.62%15Yes check.svg
PSOE Concha Andreu 2020b (cropped).jpg Concha Andreu Social democracy 26.74%10X mark.svg
Podemos–
IU–Equo
List
(Raquel Romero) DE EXPAT A EMIGRANTE. Monologo de Raquel Romero en la Universidad de Verano 2017 (cropped).jpg Raquel Romero Left-wing populism
Direct democracy
Democratic socialism
15.37% [lower-alpha 1] 4X mark.svg
Cs Portrait placeholder.svg Pablo Baena Liberalism 10.43%4X mark.svg
PR+
List
Portrait placeholder.svg Rubén Antoñanzas Regionalism
Progressivism
4.45%0X mark.svg
Vox
List
Portrait placeholder.svg Ignacio Asín Right-wing populism
Ultranationalism
National conservatism
New partyX mark.svg

Opinion polls

The table below lists voting intention estimates 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. When available, seat projections determined by the polling organisations are displayed below (or in place of) the percentages in a smaller font; 17 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Parliament of La Rioja.

Color key:

  Poll conducted after legal ban on opinion polls

Results

Summary of the 26 May 2019 Parliament of La Rioja election results
LaRiojaParliamentDiagram2019.svg
Parties and alliancesPopular voteSeats
Votes %±pp Total+/−
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)63,06838.67+11.9315+5
People's Party (PP)53,92533.06–5.5612–3
Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (Cs)18,80711.53+1.104±0
United We Can–United Left–Equo (PodemosIUEquo)110,8446.65–8.722–2
Riojan Party (PR+)7,5124.61+0.160±0
Vox (Vox)6,3143.87New0±0
Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA)1,0780.66–0.080±0
Blank ballots1,5550.95–0.85
Total163,10333±0
Valid votes163,10398.99+0.96
Invalid votes1,6621.01–0.96
Votes cast / turnout164,76565.94–1.35
Abstentions85,09834.06+1.35
Registered voters249,863
Sources [6] [7]
Footnotes:
Popular vote
PSOE
38.67%
PP
33.06%
Cs
11.53%
Unidas Podemos
6.65%
PR+
4.61%
Vox
3.87%
PACMA
0.66%
Blank ballots
0.95%
Seats
PSOE
45.45%
PP
36.36%
Cs
12.12%
Unidas Podemos
6.06%

Aftermath

Investiture
Concha Andreu (PSOE)
Ballot →16 July 201918 July 2019
Required majority →17 out of 33 X mark.svgSimple X mark.svg
Yes
16 / 33
16 / 33
No
17 / 33
17 / 33
Abstentions
0 / 33
0 / 33
Absentees
0 / 33
0 / 33
Sources [8] [9] [7]
Investiture
Concha Andreu (PSOE)
Ballot →27 August 2019
Required majority →17 out of 33 Yes check.svg
Yes
17 / 33
No
  • PP (12)
  • Cs (4)
16 / 33
Abstentions
0 / 33
Absentees
0 / 33
Sources [7]

Notes

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