2020 Spanish regional elections

2020 Spanish regional elections

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150 seats in the regional parliaments of the Basque Country and Galicia
Regional administrations by leading party in 2020 National parties    PSOE (9)    PP (5+1)    Cs (0+1) Regional parties    JxCat [a] (1)    EAJ/PNV (1)    PRC (1)

Regional elections were held in Spain during 2020 to elect the regional parliaments of two of the seventeen autonomous communities: the Basque Country and Galicia. 150 of 1,208 seats in the regional parliaments were up for election. The elections were held on 12 July 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), the Canary Islands (2018), 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. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

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
12 July	Basque Country		Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)		Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)
	Galicia		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)

Summary by region

July (2 regions)

Basque Country

Main article: 2020 Basque regional election

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	+/−
	EAJ/PNV	349,960	38.70	+1.34	31	+3
	EH Bildu	249,580	27.60	+6.47	21	+3
	PSE–EE (PSOE)	122,248	13.52	+1.66	10	+1
	Elkarrekin Podemos	72,113	7.97	−6.79	6	−5
	PP+Cs	60,650	6.71	−5.42	6	−3
	Vox	17,569	1.94	+1.87	1	+1
	Equo Berdeak–Verdes	11,718	1.30	New	0	±0
	Others	11,964	1.32		0	±0
Blank ballots		8,540	0.94	+0.31
Valid votes		904,342	99.26	−0.30
Invalid votes		6,747	0.74	+0.30
Votes cast / turnout		911,089	50.78	−9.24
Registered voters		1,794,316

Galicia

Main article: 2020 Galician regional election

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	+/−
	PP	627,762	47.96	+0.40	42	+1
	BNG	311,340	23.79	+15.46	19	+13
	PSdeG–PSOE	253,750	19.39	+1.52	14	±0
	Podemos–EU–Anova	51,630	3.94	−15.13	0	−14
	Vox	26,797	2.05	New	0	±0
	Others	25,896	1.98		0	±0
Blank ballots		11,774	0.90	−0.08
Valid votes		1,308,949	99.09	+0.09
Invalid votes		12,006	0.91	−0.09
Votes cast / turnout		1,320,955	48.97	−4.66
Registered voters		2,697,490

Notes

1. In July 2020, former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont, incumbent Quim Torra and most members of the Catalan European Democratic Party (PDeCAT) broke away from the latter-led Together for Catalonia (JuntsxCat) alliance and established their own party under the same name. ^{[1] [2]}

References

1. Masreal, Fidel; García Sastre, Daniel (2 July 2020). "Puigdemont anuncia la creación de un partido al margen del PDECat". El Periódico de Catalunya (in Spanish). Barcelona. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
2. Regué, Júlia (18 July 2020). "El congreso fundacional de JxCat se alargará hasta el 3 de octubre". El Periódico de Catalunya (in Spanish). Barcelona. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
3. LOREG (1985) , art. 42.
4. "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.
5. "El Senado aprueba definitivamente el Estatuto canario con el voto en contra de Podemos" (in Spanish). Madrid: Europa Press. 24 October 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2025.

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 25 June 2019]. 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).