2019 Valencian regional election

2019 Valencian regional election

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All 99 seats in the Corts Valencianes 50 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered	3,659,514 1.4%
Turnout	2,697,934 (73.7%) 4.1 pp
First party Second party Third party   Leader Ximo Puig Isabel Bonig Toni Cantó Party PSPV–PSOE PP Cs Leader since 31 March 2012 28 July 2015 2 March 2019 Leader's seat Castellón Valencia Valencia Last election 23 seats, 20.6% 31 seats, 26.6% 13 seats, 12.5% Seats won 27 19 18 Seat change 4 12 5 Popular vote 643,909 508,534 470,676 Percentage 24.2% 19.1% 17.7% Swing 3.6 pp 7.5 pp 5.2 pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Mónica Oltra José María Llanos Rubén Martínez Dalmau Party Compromís Vox Unides Podem–EUPV Leader since 31 January 2015 26 March 2019 27 November 2018 Leader's seat Valencia Valencia Alicante Last election 19 seats, 18.5% 0 seats, 0.4% 13 seats, 15.7% [lower-alpha 1] Seats won 17 10 8 Seat change 2 10 5 Popular vote 443,640 281,608 215,392 Percentage 16.7% 10.6% 8.1% Swing 1.8 pp 10.2 pp 7.6 pp
Election result by constituency
President before election Ximo Puig PSPV–PSOE Elected President Ximo Puig PSPV–PSOE

The 2019 Valencian regional election was held on Sunday, 28 April 2019, to elect the 10th Corts of the Valencian Community. All 99 seats in the Corts were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with the April 2019 Spanish general election. This was the first early regional election ever held in the Valencian Community, as well as the first Valencian election to not be held concurrently with other regional elections. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

The Socialist Party of the Valencian Country (PSPV) and Coalició Compromís formed a minority coalition government in 2015, relying on confidence and supply support from Podemos, an arrangement which was dubbed the "Botànic Agreement" and forced the governing People's Party (PP) into opposition after dominating Valencian politics during the previous 20 years. The political landscape experienced some changes during the next four years, with the PP losing support to the emerging liberal Citizens (Cs) party and the right-wing populist Vox, while on the left, United Left of the Valencian Country (EUPV) formed an electoral alliance with Podemos called Unides Podem.

The election resulted in a reduced majority for the left-wing parties. The PSPV emerged as the largest party for the first time since 1991, whereas the PP suffered the worst result in its history. Cs and Vox benefited from the PP's losses, the latter entering the Corts for the first time. Compromís and Unides Podem had disappointing finishes, losing seats and ending up in fourth and sixth place, respectively. These results led to a continuation of the 2015 Botànic Agreement, though this time Podemos and EUPV joined the government as full coalition partners.

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. ^[4] 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. Additionally, Valencians abroad were required to apply for voting before being permitted to vote, a system known as "begged" or expat vote (Spanish : Voto rogado). ^[5]

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). ^{[4] [6]}

As a result of the aforementioned allocation, each Corts constituency was entitled the following seats: ^[7]

Seats	Constituencies
40	Valencia
35	Alicante
24	Castellón

Election date

The term of the Corts Valencianes expired four years after the date of their previous election, unless they were 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 the Valencian Government (DOGV), with election day taking place on the fifty-fourth day from publication. The previous election was held on 24 May 2015, which meant that the legislature's term would have expired on 24 May 2019. The election decree was required to be published in the DOGV no later than 30 April 2019, with the election taking place on the fifty-fourth day from publication, setting the latest possible election date for the Corts on Sunday, 23 June 2019. ^{[4] [6] [8]}

The president had the prerogative to dissolve the Corts Valencianes and call a snap election, provided that no motion of no confidence was in process. 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 fresh election called. ^[4]

The Corts Valencianes were officially dissolved on 5 March 2019 after the publication of the dissolution decree in the DOGV, setting the election date for 28 April and scheduling for the chamber to convene on 16 May. ^[7]

Background

The 2015 regional election had resulted in the People's Party's (PP) expulsion from the regional government after a 20-year uninterrupted rule. Amid a string of corruption scandals that kept shocking the party and brought down many of its historical figureheads apparently involved in the scandals, the regional PP found itself leaderless and in a precarious situation.

'Operation Taula', a major police operation in Valencia that took place on 26 January 2016, resulted in the arrest of several former and current high-ranking members from the regional PP branch, as a consequence of the ongoing investigation on the PP's corruption in the region during its time in government. ^{[9] [10]} Judicial investigation also pointed to former long-time Mayor of Valencia Rita Barberá as a participant in the scandal; her arrest or imputation only being prevented by the fact she had legal protection as an incumbent senator. ^[11] A few days later, on 1 February, all PP city councillors in the city of Valencia were charged for a possible money laundering offense, including new local party leader Alfonso Novo, as well as most members of Barberá's late government. ^[12]

Parliamentary composition

The table below shows the composition of the parliamentary groups in the Corts at the time of dissolution. ^[13]

Parliamentary composition in March 2019

Groups		Parties		Legislators
				Seats	Total
	People's Parliamentary Group		PP	30	30
	Socialist Parliamentary Group		PSPV–PSOE	23	23
	Commitment Parliamentary Group		Compromís	19	19
	We Can Parliamentary Group		Podemos	12	12
	Citizens Parliamentary Group		Cs	9	9
	Non-Inscrits		Agermanats	4 [lower-alpha 2]	6
			INDEP	2 [lower-alpha 3]

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. ^{[6] [8]}

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)		Isabel Bonig	Conservatism Christian democracy	26.61%	31	N	[17]
	PSPV–PSOE	List Socialist Party of the Valencian Country (PSPV–PSOE)		Ximo Puig	Social democracy	20.57%	23	Y	[18]
	Compromís	List Valencian Nationalist Bloc (Bloc) Valencian People's Initiative (IdPV) Greens Equo of the Valencian Country (VerdsEquo)		Mónica Oltra	Valencian nationalism Eco-socialism Green politics	18.46%	19	Y	[19]
	Unides Podem–EUPV	List We Can (Podemos/Podem) United Left of the Valencian Country (EUPV) – Communist Party of the Valencian Country (PCPV) – The Dawn. Marxist Organization OM (La Aurora (om)) – Republican Left (IR) – Feminist Party of Spain (PFE)		Rubén Martínez Dalmau	Left-wing populism Direct democracy Democratic socialism	15.73% [lower-alpha 1]	13	N	[20] [21]
	Cs	List Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (Cs)		Toni Cantó	Liberalism	12.49%	13	N	[22]
	Vox	List Vox (Vox)		José María Llanos	Right-wing populism Ultranationalism National conservatism	0.4%	0	N	[23]

Campaign

Party slogans

Party or alliance		Original slogan	English translation	Ref.
	PP	« Correctamente política »	"Politics correctly"	[24] [25]
	PSPV–PSOE	« Seguir sumando » « Seguir sumant »	"Keep adding"	[24] [26]
	Compromís	« Imparables »	"Unstoppable"	[24] [27]
	Cs	« ¡Vamos Ciudadanos! »	"Let's go Citizens!"	[24]
	Unides Podem–EUPV	« La historia la escribes tú »	"History is written by you"	[24]
	Vox	« Valencia por España »	"Valencia for Spain"	[28]

Election debates

2019 Valencian regional election debates

Date	Organisers	Moderator(s)	P Present [lower-alpha 4]   S Surrogate [lower-alpha 5]   NI Not invited  A Absent invitee
			PP	PSPV	Compr.	Cs	UPodemos	Vox	Audience	Ref.
12 April	Cadena SER	Bernardo Guzmán	P Bonig	P Puig	P Oltra	P Cantó	P Dalmau	NI	—	[29]
17 April	RTVE	Inma Canet	P Bonig	P Puig	P Oltra	P Cantó	P Dalmau	NI	11.5% (213,000)	[30] [31]
25 April	À Punt	Jessica Crespo	P Bonig	P Puig	P Oltra	P Cantó	P Dalmau	NI	4.1% (75,000)	[32] [33]

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.

Color key:

  Poll conducted after legal ban on opinion polls

Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size	Turnout						EUPV			Lead
2019 regional election	28 Apr 2019	—	73.7	19.1 19	24.2 27	16.7 17	17.7 18	[lower-alpha 6]	[lower-alpha 6]	10.6 10	8.1 8	5.1
SyM Consulting/Valencia Plaza [p 1]	26–28 Apr 2019	?	?	18.8 20	24.9 24/27	20.5 20/22	7.6 7/8	[lower-alpha 6]	[lower-alpha 6]	14.5 15	9.1 10	4.4
IMOP/COPE [p 2]	25–27 Apr 2019	4,760	?	15.5 16	23.0 24/26	23.5 23/24	16.5 17/18	[lower-alpha 6]	[lower-alpha 6]	8.0 7/8	9.6 8/10	0.5
ElectoPanel/Electomanía [p 3]	24–25 Apr 2019	?	?	22.5 24	25.2 28	16.2 15	13.4 14	[lower-alpha 6]	[lower-alpha 6]	11.4 10	8.6 8	2.7
ElectoPanel/Electomanía [p 4]	23–24 Apr 2019	?	?	22.6 24	25.8 29	16.3 15	13.3 13	[lower-alpha 6]	[lower-alpha 6]	11.5 10	8.1 8	3.2
ElectoPanel/Electomanía [p 5]	22–23 Apr 2019	?	?	22.1 24	26.8 29	16.3 15	13.1 13	[lower-alpha 6]	[lower-alpha 6]	11.5 10	7.5 8	4.7
ElectoPanel/Electomanía [p 6]	21–22 Apr 2019	?	?	22.3 24	27.1 29	16.7 15	12.6 13	[lower-alpha 6]	[lower-alpha 6]	11.6 10	7.4 8	4.8
ElectoPanel/Electomanía [p 7]	20–21 Apr 2019	?	?	22.2 24	27.0 29	16.3 15	12.7 13	[lower-alpha 6]	[lower-alpha 6]	11.5 10	7.3 8	4.8
KeyData/Público [p 8]	20 Apr 2019	?	65.9	22.1 24	26.9 32	15.2 14	14.6 15	[lower-alpha 6]	[lower-alpha 6]	8.0 6	7.4 8	4.8
ElectoPanel/Electomanía [p 9]	19–20 Apr 2019	?	?	22.1 23	26.8 29	16.2 15	12.4 13	[lower-alpha 6]	[lower-alpha 6]	11.9 11	7.5 8	4.7
IMOP/El Confidencial [p 10]	14–20 Apr 2019	552	?	17.6 19	26.5 30	16.4 16	12.0 13	[lower-alpha 6]	[lower-alpha 6]	10.0 9	11.5 12	8.9
ElectoPanel/Electomanía [p 11]	18–19 Apr 2019	?	?	22.5 23	26.9 29	15.8 15	12.4 13	[lower-alpha 6]	[lower-alpha 6]	11.8 11	7.5 8	4.4
ElectoPanel/Electomanía [p 12]	17–18 Apr 2019	?	?	22.5 24	26.9 29	15.8 15	12.4 13	[lower-alpha 6]	[lower-alpha 6]	11.8 10	7.5 8	4.4
ElectoPanel/Electomanía [p 13]	16–17 Apr 2019	?	?	22.6 24	27.0 29	16.0 15	12.7 13	[lower-alpha 6]	[lower-alpha 6]	11.5 10	7.6 8	4.4
GAD3/Las Provincias [p 14]	11–17 Apr 2019	?	?	24.3 25/27	30.2 33/34	15.9 14/15	12.8 12/13	[lower-alpha 6]	[lower-alpha 6]	7.1 7/8	6.1 5	5.9
ElectoPanel/Electomanía [p 15]	15–16 Apr 2019	?	?	23.0 24	27.4 29	15.4 15	13.2 13	[lower-alpha 6]	[lower-alpha 6]	10.9 10	7.4 8	4.4
ElectoPanel/Electomanía [p 16]	14–15 Apr 2019	?	?	22.9 24	27.4 29	15.3 15	13.3 13	[lower-alpha 6]	[lower-alpha 6]	11.0 10	7.3 8	4.5
Sigma Dos/El Mundo [p 17]	10–15 Apr 2019	1,200	?	20.8 22/23	27.3 29/30	17.6 17/18	13.8 13/14	[lower-alpha 6]	[lower-alpha 6]	9.9 9/11	7.3 6	6.5
ElectoPanel/Electomanía [p 18]	13–14 Apr 2019	?	?	22.8 25	27.3 31	14.5 14	13.7 14	[lower-alpha 6]	[lower-alpha 6]	11.2 10	6.9 5	4.5
IMOP/El Confidencial [p 19]	17 Mar–14 Apr 2019	617	67.0	20.5 20	26.6 30	19.1 19	13.7 14	[lower-alpha 6]	[lower-alpha 6]	7.0 8	8.8 8	6.1
SyM Consulting/Valencia Plaza [p 20]	11–12 Apr 2019	1,414	?	18.6 21	25.9 25/27	23.2 22/24	7.4 6/8	[lower-alpha 6]	[lower-alpha 6]	14.4 14	7.6 8	2.7
NC Report/EPDA [p 21]	4–9 Apr 2019	900	67.3	25.0 27	26.4 30	14.7 13	15.8 16	[lower-alpha 6]	[lower-alpha 6]	5.3 5	7.8 8	1.4
ElectoPanel/Electomanía [p 22]	4–7 Apr 2019	?	?	22.4 25	26.5 30	14.7 15	13.1 13	[lower-alpha 6]	[lower-alpha 6]	11.5 11	6.5 5	4.1
40dB/El País [p 23] [p 24]	2–5 Apr 2019	1,200	?	18.8 19/20	28.1 31	18.4 18/20	13.7 12/15	[lower-alpha 6]	[lower-alpha 6]	8.6 8	8.7 8/9	9.3
Invest Group/Prensa Ibérica [p 25]	25 Mar–5 Apr 2019	1,600	?	23.7 25	31.6 33	14.1 14	16.9 17	[lower-alpha 6]	[lower-alpha 6]	6.1 5	5.7 5	7.9
Celeste-Tel/eldiario.es [p 26] [p 27]	31 Mar–4 Apr 2019	900	67.9	23.2 26	26.8 29	15.5 15	14.4 15	[lower-alpha 6]	[lower-alpha 6]	7.7 7	8.1 7	3.6
GAD3/Las Provincias [p 28]	31 Mar 2019	?	?	22.4 24	28.8 33	14.4 13/14	14.6 15	[lower-alpha 6]	[lower-alpha 6]	7.1 7/8	6.7 5/7	6.4
ElectoPanel/Electomanía [p 29]	24–31 Mar 2019	?	?	22.2 25	26.3 30	14.6 14	13.7 14	[lower-alpha 6]	[lower-alpha 6]	11.7 11	6.4 5	4.1
ElectoPanel/Electomanía [p 30]	17–24 Mar 2019	?	?	22.2 25	26.8 30	15.1 15	12.9 13	[lower-alpha 6]	[lower-alpha 6]	12.0 11	5.9 5	4.6
CIS [p 31]	15–24 Mar 2019	1,373	71.2	15.4 18/19	30.9 33/36	16.9 17/18	16.0 16/19	[lower-alpha 6]	[lower-alpha 6]	6.5 5/6	8.3 7/8	14.0
ElectoPanel/Electomanía [p 32]	10–17 Mar 2019	?	?	22.2 25	25.6 29	15.4 15	11.8 11	[lower-alpha 6]	[lower-alpha 6]	14.3 14	5.7 5	3.4
ElectoPanel/Electomanía [p 33]	3–10 Mar 2019	?	?	21.8 22	25.5 29	15.5 15	12.2 13	[lower-alpha 6]	[lower-alpha 6]	14.4 15	5.7 5	3.7
NC Report/La Razón [p 34]	5–9 Mar 2019	1,000	?	23.6 27	23.9 27	14.3 15	15.6 16	[lower-alpha 6]	[lower-alpha 6]	9.8 8	8.2 6	0.3
ElectoPanel/Electomanía [p 35]	22 Feb–3 Mar 2019	?	?	22.3 22	24.7 26	16.6 15	12.7 13	[lower-alpha 6]	[lower-alpha 6]	15.1 18	5.9 5	2.4
SyM Consulting/Valencia Plaza [p 36]	22–24 Jan 2019	1,545	?	21.1 23/24	20.7 23	19.9 19/20	12.8 12/15	6.3 5	2.2 0	13.2 14/15	–	0.4
La Razón [p 37]	16 Jan 2019	?	?	16.0 17	22.5 26	19.0 19	14.0 16	7.0 7	–	13.5 14	–	3.5
GfK/Compromís [p 38]	11 Jan 2019	1,300	?	14.0– 15.0	21.0– 24.0	20.0– 21.0	20.0– 23.0	6.0– 6.5	5.0– 7.0	6.5– 7.0	–	1.0
Invest Group/Prensa Ibérica [p 39]	21–28 Sep 2018	900	?	21.5 22	30.0 33	17.5 18	18.2 19	[lower-alpha 6]	[lower-alpha 6]	–	7.9 7	8.5
PSPV [p 40]	20 Sep 2018	?	?	24.0	26.0	20.0	14.0	7.0	–	–	–	2.0
SyM Consulting/Valencia Plaza [p 41]	1–3 Sep 2018	1,492	63	18.8 20/21	33.5 35/37	22.0 22/23	10.7 10/11	10.0 9/10	–	–	–	11.5
GfK/Compromís [p 42]	2 May 2018	1,303	?	16.0– 18.0	17.0– 19.0	25.0– 27.0	24.0– 26.0	5.0– 7.0	5.0– 7.0	–	–	1.0
Sigma Dos/Las Provincias [p 43] [p 44] [p 45]	23–25 Apr 2018	1,200	?	22.0 24/26	23.1 25/26	16.4 16/17	22.2 23/25	8.7 8	1.9 0	–	–	0.9
SyM Consulting/Valencia Plaza [p 46]	9–12 Apr 2018	1,465	?	23.5 25/27	20.6 20/23	21.4 22	15.3 16	8.8 8/9	6.9 5	–	–	2.1
MyWord/Podemos [p 47] [p 48]	8–18 Jan 2018	1,200	?	? 23/24	? 24/26	? 17/18	? 20/23	? 11/12	–	–	–	?
Invest Group/Prensa Ibérica [p 49] [p 50]	25–28 Sep 2017	750	?	29.3 30	26.2 26	17.0 17	13.4 13	6.9 7	5.9 6	–	–	3.1
SyM Consulting/Valencia Plaza [p 51]	31 Aug–2 Sep 2017	1,404	?	26.7 29/30	19.7 21/23	20.8 21	14.2 15	11.4 11/12	3.9 0	–	–	5.9
Invest Group/Prensa Ibérica [p 52]	6 May 2017	?	?	33.4 37	25.4 28	17.3 18	7.3 8	7.8 8	4.9 0	–	–	8.0
Sigma Dos/Las Provincias [p 53] [p 54]	24–28 Apr 2017	1,200	?	28.6 32/33	23.0 25/27	14.1 14	11.5 11/13	14.4 14/15	2.4 0	–	–	5.6
GfK/Compromís [p 55]	25 Apr 2017	1,255	?	25.0– 27.0	16.0– 18.0	25.0– 27.0	14.0– 16.0	9.0– 11.0	4.0– 6.0	–	–	Tie
Invest Group/Prensa Ibérica [p 56]	20–27 Sep 2016	750	?	38.3 41	24.0 25	15.6 16	7.6 8	8.7 9	3.3 0	–	–	14.3
2016 general election	26 Jun 2016	—	72.4	35.4 (37)	20.8 (21)	[lower-alpha 7]	15.0 (15)	[lower-alpha 7]	[lower-alpha 7]	0.2 (0)	25.4 (26)	10.0
Invest Group/Prensa Ibérica [p 57]	31 May–7 Jun 2016	750	?	25.8 27	22.3 23	22.7 23	13.3 13	9.9 9	5.3 4	–	–	3.1
2015 general election	20 Dec 2015	—	74.8	31.3 (34)	19.8 (22)	[lower-alpha 8]	15.8 (17)	[lower-alpha 8]	4.2 (0)	0.3 (0)	25.1 (26)	6.2
Invest Group/Prensa Ibérica [p 58]	28 Sep–2 Oct 2015	1,100	?	25.7 27	24.6 26	19.6 21	16.1 17	7.5 8	3.1 0	–	–	1.1
2015 regional election	24 May 2015	—	69.6	26.6 31	20.6 23	18.4 19	12.5 13	11.4 13	4.3 0	0.4 0	–	6.0

Voting preferences

The table below lists raw, unweighted voting preferences.

Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size						EUPV			?	N	Lead
2019 regional election	28 Apr 2019	—	14.3	18.1	12.5	13.2	[lower-alpha 6]	[lower-alpha 6]	7.9	6.0	—	24.2	3.8
40dB/El País [p 23]	2–5 Apr 2019	1,200	11.0	16.5	13.2	7.6	[lower-alpha 6]	[lower-alpha 6]	5.3	4.9	31.4	5.5	3.3
CIS [p 31]	15–24 Mar 2019	1,373	8.2	18.1	7.3	5.9	[lower-alpha 6]	[lower-alpha 6]	4.3	3.5	41.5	8.1	9.9
Invest Group/Prensa Ibérica [p 56]	20–27 Sep 2016	750	20.2	13.5	8.4	–	–	–	–	–	–	29.6	6.7
2016 general election	26 Jun 2016	—	26.1	15.3	[lower-alpha 7]	11.0	[lower-alpha 7]	[lower-alpha 7]	0.2	18.6	—	25.9	7.5
Invest Group/Prensa Ibérica [p 57]	31 May–7 Jun 2016	750	17.5	14.9	16.3	–	–	–	–	–	–	17.1	1.2
2015 general election	20 Dec 2015	—	23.8	15.1	[lower-alpha 8]	12.0	[lower-alpha 8]	3.2	0.2	19.1	—	23.4	4.7
Invest Group/Prensa Ibérica [p 59]	28 Sep–2 Oct 2015	1,100	15.9	15.2	13.0	9.9	5.0	2.1	–	–	–	–	0.7
2015 regional election	24 May 2015	—	18.7	14.4	12.9	8.8	8.0	3.0	0.3	–	—	28.9	4.3

Victory preferences

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

Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size							Other/ None	?	Lead
Invest Group/Prensa Ibérica [p 25]	25 Mar–5 Apr 2019	1,600	17.7	25.7	9.2	12.0	3.8	2.9	–	25.1	8.0
CIS [p 31]	15–24 Mar 2019	1,373	11.8	27.2	10.2	10.4	4.3	4.4	8.7	23.0	15.4

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							Other/ None	?	Lead
Invest Group/Prensa Ibérica [p 25]	25 Mar–5 Apr 2019	1,600	21.4	36.6	7.4	2.6	1.3	0.3	–	25.9	15.2
CIS [p 31]	15–24 Mar 2019	1,373	26.7	31.3	3.3	3.4	1.1	0.3	1.1	32.8	4.6

Preferred President

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

Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size								Other/ None/ Not care	?	Lead
			Bonig PP	Puig PSPV	Oltra Compromís	Punset Cs	Cantó Cs	Montiel Podemos	Dalmau UP
CIS [p 31]	15–24 Mar 2019	1,373	8.2	22.8	15.6	–	6.7	–	1.4	16.6	28.6	7.2
SyM Consulting/Valencia Plaza [p 41]	1–3 Sep 2018	1,492	16.8	14.3	40.8	–	7.1	–	–	–	21.0	24.0
GfK/Compromís [p 42]	2 May 2018	1,303	7.0	21.0	34.2	–	13.0	–	–	24.8		13.2
GfK/Compromís [p 55]	25 Apr 2017	1,255	8.9	21.5	33.9	1.1	–	2.1	–	32.5		12.4

Results

Overall

← Summary of the 28 April 2019 Corts Valencianes election results →

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Socialist Party of the Valencian Country (PSPV–PSOE)	643,909	24.21	+3.64	27	+4
	People's Party (PP)	508,534	19.12	–7.49	19	–12
	Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (Cs)	470,676	17.70	+5.21	18	+5
	Commitment: Bloc–Initiative–Greens Equo (Compromís)	443,640	16.68	–1.78	17	–2
	Vox (Vox)	281,608	10.59	+10.17	10	+10
	United We Can–United Left (Unides Podem–EUPV)1	215,392	8.10	–7.63	8	–5
	Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA)	38,447	1.45	+0.65	0	±0
	Forward–The Eco-pacifist Greens (Avant/Adelante–LVEP)	8,604	0.32	+0.27	0	±0
	We Are Valencian in Movement (UiG–Som–CUIDES)	7,102	0.27	–0.01	0	±0
	Republican Left of the Valencian Country (ERPV)	5,069	0.19	New	0	±0
	Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE)	4,509	0.17	+0.05	0	±0
	Democratic People (Poble)	2,931	0.11	+0.02	0	±0
	Valencian Republic–European Valencianist Party (RV–PVE)	2,108	0.08	New	0	±0
	Seniors in Action (3e en acción)	1,869	0.07	New	0	±0
	Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS)	1,307	0.05	–0.09	0	±0
	Act (PACT)	1,230	0.05	New	0	±0
	At Once Valencian Community (aUna CV)	981	0.04	New	0	±0
	Republican Alternative (ALTER)	620	0.02	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		20,221	0.76	–0.62
Total		2,659,709			99	±0
Valid votes		2,659,709	98.58	–0.02
Invalid votes		38,225	1.42	+0.02
Votes cast / turnout		2,697,934	73.72	+4.16
Abstentions		961,580	26.28	–4.16
Registered voters		3,659,514
Sources [13] [34] [35]
Footnotes: 1 United We Can–United Left results are compared to the combined totals of We Can and Citizen Agreement in the 2015 election.

Popular vote PSPV–PSOE   24.21% PP   19.12% Cs   17.70% Compromís   16.68% Vox   10.59% U. Podem–EUPV   8.10% PACMA   1.45% Others   1.40% Blank ballots   0.76%

Seats PSPV–PSOE   27.27% PP   19.19% Cs   18.18% Compromís   17.17% Vox   10.10% U. Podem–EUPV   8.08%

Distribution by constituency

Constituency	PSPV		PP		Cs		Compr.		Vox		UP–EUPV
	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S
Alicante	25.6	10	20.1	7	19.1	7	11.0	4	11.3	4	9.3	3
Castellón	27.6	7	21.5	5	15.1	4	14.4	4	10.5	2	7.8	2
Valencia	22.6	10	18.0	7	17.3	7	20.7	9	10.2	4	7.4	3
Total	24.2	27	19.1	19	17.7	18	16.7	17	10.6	10	8.1	8
Sources [13] [35]

Aftermath

Further information: Second government of Ximo Puig

Investiture Ximo Puig (PSPV)
Ballot →		13 June 2019
Required majority →		50 out of 99 Y
	Yes • PSPV (27) • Compromís (17) • Unides Podem–EUPV (8)	52 / 99
	No • PP (19) • Cs (17) • Vox (10)	46 / 99
	Abstentions	0 / 99
	Absentees • Cs (1)	1 / 99
Sources [13] [36]

Notes

1. Results for Podemos (11.41%, 13 seats) and EUPV–EV–ERPV–AS (4.32%, 0 seats) in the 2015 election.
2. Alexis Marí, David de Miguel, Alberto García Salvador and Roberto Rojo, former Cs legislators. ^[14]
3. Miquel Domínguez, former PP legislator; ^[15] Covadonga Peremarch, former Podemos legislator. ^[16]
4. Denotes a main invitee attending the event.
5. Denotes a main invitee not attending the event, sending a surrogate in their place.
6. Within Unides Podem–EUPV.
7. Within Compromís–Podemos–EUPV.
8. Within Compromís–Podemos.

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