2023 Aragonese regional election

2023 Aragonese regional election

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All 67 seats in the Cortes of Aragon 34 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered	1,019,050 0.1%
Turnout	678,112 (66.5%) 0.3 pp
First party Second party Third party   Leader Jorge Azcón Javier Lambán Alejandro Nolasco Party PP PSOE Vox Leader since 19 December 2021 31 March 2012 23 December 2022 Leader's seat Zaragoza Zaragoza Teruel Last election 16 seats, 20.9% 24 seats, 30.8% 3 seats, 6.1% Seats won 28 23 7 Seat change 12 1 4 Popular vote 237,817 197,919 75,349 Percentage 35.5% 29.6% 11.2% Swing 14.6 pp 1.2 pp 5.1 pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader José Luis Soro Tomás Guitarte Maru Díaz Party CHA Existe Podemos–AV Leader since 10 February 2012 28 January 2023 27 November 2018 Leader's seat Zaragoza Teruel Zaragoza Last election 3 seats, 6.3% Did not contest 5 seats, 8.1% Seats won 3 3 1 Seat change 0 3 4 Popular vote 34,163 33,190 26,923 Percentage 5.1% 5.0% 4.0% Swing 1.2 pp New party 4.1 pp   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   Leader Álvaro Sanz Alberto Izquierdo Carlos Ortas Party IU PAR CS–Tú Aragón Leader since 27 May 2017 10 March 2023 22 March 2023 Leader's seat Zaragoza Teruel Zaragoza (lost) Last election 1 seat, 3.3% 3 seats, 5.1% 12 seats, 16.7% Seats won 1 1 0 Seat change 0 2 12 Popular vote 20,959 13,988 8,595 Percentage 3.1% 2.1% 1.3% Swing 0.2 pp 3.0 pp 15.4 pp
President before election Javier Lambán PSOE Elected President Jorge Azcón PP

The 2023 Aragonese regional election was held on Sunday, 28 May 2023, to elect the 11th Cortes of the autonomous community of Aragon. All 67 seats in the Cortes were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in eleven other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.

The election saw a victory for the People's Party (PP) which benefitted from the collapse of Citizens (CS). Together with the far-right Vox, the PP was able to command a majority of seats in the Cortes. The previous government, formed by the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), Podemos, Aragonese Union (CHA) and the Aragonese Party (PAR) under two-term Aragonese president Javier Lambán, fell five seats short of a majority even with the support of United Left (IU). As a result, PP leader Jorge Azcón was able to become new regional president through a coalition with Vox. This coalition government would last until July 2024, when Vox leader Santiago Abascal forced the break up of all PP–Vox governments at the regional level over a national controversy regarding the distribution of unaccompanied migrant minors among the autonomous communities, after which the PP was left in minority. ^[1]

Overview

Electoral system

The Cortes of Aragon were the devolved, unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of Aragon, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution and the Aragonese Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a regional president. ^[2] Voting for the Cortes was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over 18 years of age, registered in Aragon and in full enjoyment of their political rights. Amendments to the electoral law in 2022 abolished the "begged" or expat vote system (Spanish : Voto rogado), under which Spaniards abroad were required to apply for voting before being permitted to vote. ^[3] The expat vote system was attributed responsibility for a major decrease in the turnout of Spaniards abroad during the years it had been in force. ^[4]

The 67 members of the Cortes of Aragon were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of three percent of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied in each constituency. Seats were allocated to constituencies, corresponding to the provinces of Huesca, Teruel and Zaragoza, with each being allocated an initial minimum of 13 seats and the remaining 28 being distributed in proportion to their populations (provided that the seat-to-population ratio in the most populated province did not exceed 2.75 times that of the least populated one). ^{[2] [5]}

As a result of the aforementioned allocation, each Cortes constituency was entitled the following seats: ^[6]

Seats	Constituencies
35	Zaragoza
18	Huesca
14	Teruel

In smaller constituencies, the use of the electoral method resulted in an effective threshold based on the district magnitude and the distribution of votes among candidacies. ^[7]

Election date

The term of the Cortes of Aragon 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 Gazette of Aragon (BOA), with election day taking place on the fifty-fourth day from publication. The previous election was held on 26 May 2019, which meant that the legislature's term would have expired on 26 May 2023. The election decree was required to be published in the BOA no later than 2 May 2023, with the election taking place on the fifty-fourth day from publication, setting the latest possible election date for the Assembly on Sunday, 25 June 2023. ^{[2] [5] [8]}

The president had the prerogative to dissolve the Cortes of Aragon and call a snap election, provided that no motion of no confidence was in process and that dissolution did not occur before one year had elapsed since the previous one. In the event of an investiture process failing to elect a regional president within a two-month period from the first ballot, the Cortes were to be automatically dissolved and a fresh election called. ^[2]

In November 2021, following emerging speculation on possible snap elections in Andalusia and Castile and León to be called by the spring of 2022, ^[9] as well as a similar move in the Valencian Community being considered by Valencian president Ximo Puig, ^[10] it transpired that Lambán had been evaluating the opportunity of a simultaneous early election in Aragon in order to catch the regional People's Party (PP) leaderless and off-guard and to benefit from an improving economic situation. ^[11] Lambán himself ruled out such possibility on 11 November and maintained that the election would be held in May 2023. ^[12]

The Cortes of Aragon were officially dissolved on 4 April 2023 after the publication of the dissolution decree in the BOA, setting the election date for 28 May and scheduling for the chamber to reconvene on 23 June. ^[6]

Parliamentary composition

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

Parliamentary composition in April 2023

Groups		Parties		Legislators
				Seats	Total
	Socialist Parliamentary Group		PSOE	24	24
	People's Parliamentary Group in the Cortes of Aragon		PP	16	16
	Citizens–Party of the Citizenry Parliamentary Group		CS	12	12
	We Can–Equo Aragon Parliamentary Group		Podemos	5	5
	Aragonese Union Parliamentary Group		CHA	3	3
	Vox Parliamentary Group in Aragon		Vox	3	3
	Aragonese Parliamentary Group		PAR	3	3
	Mixed Parliamentary Group		IU	1	1

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. ^{[5] [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
	PSOE	List Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Javier Lambán	Social democracy	30.84%	24	Y	[14] [15] [16]
	PP	List People's Party (PP) Aragonese People–Aragonese Platform (Aragoneses)		Jorge Azcón	Conservatism Christian democracy	20.87%	16	N	[17] [18] [19] [20]
	CS– Tú Aragón	List Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (CS) You Aragon (Tú Aragón)		Carlos Ortas	Liberalism	16.67%	12	N	[21] [22]
	Podemos–AV	List We Can (Podemos) Green Alliance (AV)		Maru Díaz	Left-wing populism Direct democracy Democratic socialism	8.11%	5	Y	[23]
	CHA	List Aragonese Union (CHA)		José Luis Soro	Aragonese nationalism Eco-socialism	6.26%	3	Y	[24]
	Vox	List Vox (Vox)		Alejandro Nolasco	Right-wing populism Ultranationalism National conservatism	6.08%	3	N	[25]
	PAR	List Aragonese Party (PAR) Aragonese Liberal Platform (PLA)		Alberto Izquierdo	Regionalism Centrism	5.08%	3	Y	[26] [27]
	IU	List United Left of Aragon (IU) – Communist Party of Aragon (PCE–A) – The Dawn. Marxist Organization OM (La Aurora (om)) – Republican Left (IR)		Álvaro Sanz	Socialism Communism	3.32%	1	N	[28]
	Existe	List Teruel Exists (TE) Aragon Exists (AE) Empty Spain (EV)		Tomás Guitarte	Localism Ruralism	New party		N	[29] [30]

In September 2021, citizen collectives of the so-called "Empty Spain" (Spanish : España Vacía or España Vaciada), a coined term to refer to Spain's rural and largely unpopulated interior provinces, ^[31] agreed to look forward for formulas to contest the next elections in Spain, inspired by the success of the Teruel Existe candidacy (Spanish for "Teruel Exists") in the November 2019 Spanish general election. ^[32] By December 2021, the platform was seeking to field candidacies in all three Aragonese provinces ahead of the next regional election. ^[33]

Campaign

Election debates

2023 Aragonese regional election debates

Date	Organisers	Moderator(s)	P Present [lower-alpha 1]
			PSOE	PP	CS–TA	Podemos	CHA	Vox	PAR	IU	Existe	Audience	Ref.
15 May	Aragón TV	Ana Laiglesia	P Lambán	P Azcón	P Ortas	P Díaz	P Soro	P Nolasco	P Izquierdo	P Sanz	P Guitarte	10.6%	[34]

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.

Graphical summary

Local regression trend line of poll results from 26 May 2019 to 28 May 2023, with each line corresponding to a political party.

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; 34 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Cortes of Aragon.

Color key:

  Poll conducted after legal ban on opinion polls

Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size	Turnout											Existe		Lead
2023 regional election	28 May 2023	—	66.5	29.6 23	35.5 28	1.3 0	4.0 1	5.1 3	11.2 7	2.1 1	3.1 1	–	–	5.0 3	–	5.9
GAD3/RTVE–FORTA [p 1]	12–27 May 2023	1,100	?	28.1 22/23	37.1 28/29	1.3 0	6.0 2/3	5.7 2/3	12.1 7/9	2.1 0	2.9 1	–	–	2.6 2	–	9.0
NC Report/La Razón [p 2]	22 May 2023	?	?	31.3 23/24	35.0 27/28	–	5.3 2/3	4.9 2/3	8.9 6/7	–	3.7 0/1	–	–	3.9 2/3	–	3.7
KeyData/Público [p 3]	19 May 2023	?	67.0	31.1 25	34.7 27	2.4 0	5.6 3	5.5 2	9.1 6	2.1 0	3.9 1	–	–	4.2 3	–	3.6
Data10/OKDiario [p 4]	15–17 May 2023	1,500	?	30.2 24	33.8 27	2.3 0	5.6 3	5.4 3	9.4 6	2.4 0	3.7 1	–	–	4.2 3	–	3.6
Target Point/El Debate [p 5]	12–17 May 2023	803	?	29.8 23/24	34.0 27	? 0	? 3	? 2/3	9.8 5/7	? 0	? 1	–	–	4.1 3	–	4.2
ElectoPanel/El Plural [p 6] [p 7]	11–17 May 2023	600	?	29.2 22	33.6 26	2.5 0	6.2 3	5.6 3	10.4 7	2.0 0	3.6 1	–	–	3.1 5	–	4.4
A+M/Heraldo de Aragón [p 8]	10–17 May 2023	4,800	67.8	29.9 21/24	34.6 24/27	1.9 0	6.0 3	6.9 3/4	8.4 5/6	2.3 1/2	3.1 1	–	–	5.7 5	–	4.7
Sigma Dos/El Mundo [p 9] [p 10]	10–17 May 2023	1,243	?	32.7 23/26	36.4 26/28	1.3 0	4.5 2/5	6.2 3	9.7 6/8	1.8 0	2.5 1	–	–	3.1 2/3	–	3.7
SocioMétrica/El Español [p 11]	8–14 May 2023	?	?	29.8 23/24	33.9 27/28	2.9 0	5.6 3	4.6 2/3	9.9 6/7	2.1 0	3.9 1	–	–	4.0 3	–	4.1
ElectoPanel/El Plural [p 12] [p 13]	4–10 May 2023	600	?	29.2 22	33.2 26	2.5 0	6.1 3	5.6 2	10.3 7	2.0 0	3.6 1	–	–	3.6 6	–	4.0
IMOP/El Confidencial [p 14]	2–3 May 2023	1,048	?	32.6 25	34.5 26	1.0 0	5.0 3	6.0 3	9.2 6	2.4 0	3.8 1	–	–	2.6 3	–	1.9
ElectoPanel/El Plural [p 15] [p 16]	26 Apr–3 May 2023	600	?	29.5 21	33.1 24	3.1 1	6.2 3	5.7 2	10.3 7	2.5 0	3.6 1	–	–	4.5 8	–	3.6
CIS [p 17] [p 18]	10–26 Apr 2023	1,556	?	31.1 24/26	36.2 24/28	1.3 0	6.4 3	5.5 2/4	7.3 3/5	1.6 0/1	4.2 1	–	–	3.4 4	–	5.1
ElectoPanel/El Plural [p 19] [p 20]	19–25 Apr 2023	600	?	29.4 21	33.3 24	3.1 1	6.2 3	5.7 2	10.3 7	2.5 0	3.6 1	–	–	4.3 8	–	3.9
Simple Lógica/elDiario.es [p 21]	12–20 Apr 2023	854	65.1	28.4 23	29.9 23	3.8 1	5.5 3	6.4 3	10.0 6/7	1.4 0	5.0 2	–	–	7.5 5/6	–	1.5
A+M/Heraldo de Aragón [p 22]	12–19 Apr 2023	4,800	68.2	33.6 25/28	38.0 27/30	2.7 0/1	5.4 4	6.3 3/5	5.2 3/5	3.5 0/2	3.3 1	–	–	0.9 1/2	–	4.4
ElectoPanel/El Plural [p 23] [p 24]	12–18 Apr 2023	600	?	29.7 21	32.3 24	3.0 1	6.5 3	5.9 3	10.9 7	3.0 1	3.3 1	–	–	4.0 6	–	2.6
NC Report/La Razón [p 25]	7–14 Apr 2023	?	65.7	29.6 23	34.9 27	2.3 0	5.5 3	4.6 2	8.8 7	2.3 0	4.1 1	–	–	5.4 4	–	5.3
ElectoPanel/El Plural [p 26] [p 27]	5–11 Apr 2023	600	?	30.2 20	30.7 22	3.0 1	6.7 3	6.4 4	10.8 7	3.8 2	2.9 1	–	–	4.2 7	–	0.5
SocioMétrica/El Español [p 28]	3–7 Apr 2023	1,200	?	29.0 22/23	33.5 26/27	2.6 0	6.0 3	4.6 1/2	9.9 6	2.4 0	3.7 1	–	–	5.2 6	–	4.5
ElectoPanel/El Plural [p 29] [p 30]	27 Mar–4 Apr 2023	600	?	29.9 20	30.4 22	3.0 1	6.8 3	6.4 4	11.0 7	3.9 2	2.9 1	–	–	4.4 7	–	0.5
Sigma Dos/El Mundo [p 31] [p 32]	27 Mar–4 Apr 2023	1,315	?	31.2 23/24	33.4 25	3.5 1	5.7 3/4	5.2 3	9.3 5/7	1.8 0	4.0 1	–	–	4.6 4/5	–	2.2
ElectoPanel/Electomanía [p 33]	14–30 Mar 2023	372	?	30.3 21	28.9 21	2.9 1	6.7 3	6.4 4	10.9 7	4.0 2	3.0 1	–	–	4.2 7	–	1.4
Target Point/El Debate [p 34]	15–18 Jan 2023	1,001	?	28.7 20/22	34.0 24/25	2.2 0	6.9 3/4	4.6 2/3	10.5 6/8	3.1 1/2	3.6 1	–	–	4.6 4/5	–	5.3
ElectoPanel/Electomanía [p 35]	15 Nov–29 Dec 2022	362	?	31.9 23	27.6 20	2.9 1	[lower-alpha 2]	6.7 4	10.6 6	4.5 3	[lower-alpha 2]	9.5 4	–	4.0 6	–	4.3
CIS [lower-alpha 3] [p 36] [p 37]	17 Nov–2 Dec 2022	324	?	41.7 27/40	26.0 16/22	2.0 0/2	[lower-alpha 2]	3.8 1/2	6.3 2/7	1.0 0/2	[lower-alpha 2]	7.3 3/8	–	4.7 2/5	0.2 0/1	15.7
Sigma Dos/El Mundo [p 38] [p 39]	14–17 Nov 2022	1,000	?	28.5 20/21	29.6 21/23	1.8 0	8.0 5/6	8.1 4/5	10.9 7/8	3.3 2/3	3.8 1	–	–	4.4 2/4	–	1.1
SocioMétrica/El Español [p 40]	3–7 Oct 2022	1,200	?	27.0 20/21	32.3 25/26	2.1 0	5.8 3/4	5.3 2	15.3 10/11	3.3 0/1	4.4 1	–	–	3.8 4	–	5.3
A+M/Heraldo de Aragón [p 41]	27 Sep–6 Oct 2022	3,600	68.5	31.9 24	32.0 24	4.4 1	6.2 3	7.0 5	6.6 4	3.9 3	3.2 1	–	–	2.3 2	–	0.1
ElectoPanel/Electomanía [p 42]	14 Aug–28 Sep 2022	204	?	33.0 23	27.2 20	3.0 1	[lower-alpha 2]	6.7 4	10.5 6	4.5 3	[lower-alpha 2]	9.0 4	–	3.9 6	–	5.8
ElectoPanel/Electomanía [p 43]	31 Mar–15 May 2022	180	?	32.8 23	25.9 17	3.1 1	[lower-alpha 2]	6.8 4	11.5 7	4.5 3	[lower-alpha 2]	8.9 4	–	4.5 8	–	6.9
A+M/Heraldo de Aragón [p 44]	4–18 Apr 2022	3,600	69.8	30.6 23	32.4 24	5.1 3	6.3 3	6.6 3	7.0 5	4.4 2	3.7 1	–	–	2.2 3	–	1.8
ElectoPanel/Electomanía [p 45]	16 Nov–29 Dec 2021	?	?	33.5 23	26.5 18	3.3 1	[lower-alpha 2]	7.0 4	10.3 7	4.3 3	[lower-alpha 2]	8.7 4	–	4.3 7	–	7.0
ElectoPanel/Electomanía [p 46]	30 Jun–13 Aug 2021	251	?	30.9 22	29.5 22	3.4 1	[lower-alpha 2]	7.3 4	10.1 7	4.7 2	[lower-alpha 2]	8.3 5	–	3.0 4	–	1.4
A+M/Heraldo de Aragón [p 47] [p 48]	12–19 Apr 2021	3,600	69.3	32.7 25	31.2 23	4.9 3	5.9 3	7.2 5	7.5 5	4.4 2	3.8 1	–	–	–	–	1.5
SyM Consulting [p 49] [p 50]	1–3 Mar 2021	1,938	65.7	33.5 26	23.2 16/17	5.3 2/4	6.9 4	6.6 4	12.8 8/9	5.4 3/5	2.5 1	–	–	–	–	10.3
ElectoPanel/Electomanía [p 51]	12 Jul–13 Aug 2020	?	?	30.7 24	25.5 20	8.1 4	8.1 4	5.1 2	8.9 5	3.6 2	2.9 1	–	–	3.1 5	–	5.2
			?	31.9 25	26.0 21	8.3 5	8.3 5	5.4 2	9.0 5	4.3 3	2.9 1	–	–	–	–	5.9
SyM Consulting [p 52] [p 53]	28–30 May 2020	1,952	68.2	28.8 22/24	25.4 19/20	7.2 4	8.2 4	5.7 3/4	14.4 9/11	4.8 3	2.0 0	–	–	–	–	3.4
ElectoPanel/Electomanía [p 54] [p 55]	1 Apr–15 May 2020	?	?	33.2 26	26.5 21	8.7 5	8.4 5	5.4 2	7.8 5	4.2 2	2.9 1	–	–	–	–	6.7
November 2019 general election	10 Nov 2019	—	69.3	30.7 (23)	23.9 (18)	8.6 (4)	[lower-alpha 2]	0.3 (0)	17.0 (11)	–	[lower-alpha 2]	10.8 (6)	3.3 (1)	2.8 (4)	–	6.8
2019 regional election	26 May 2019	—	66.2	30.8 24	20.9 16	16.7 12	8.1 5	6.3 3	6.1 3	5.1 3	3.3 1	–	–	–	–	9.9

Voting preferences

The table below lists raw, unweighted voting preferences.

Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size											Existe	?	N	Lead
2023 regional election	28 May 2023	—	19.9	23.9	0.9	2.7	3.4	7.6	1.4	2.1	–	–	3.4	—	30.8	4.0
CIS [p 17]	10–26 Apr 2023	1,556	22.1	25.2	0.7	4.2	3.0	5.4	0.9	2.6	–	–	2.2	26.6	3.4	3.1
CIS [p 36]	17 Nov–2 Dec 2022	324	28.7	17.0	0.9	[lower-alpha 2]	2.6	4.8	–	[lower-alpha 2]	5.0	–	2.6	29.3	4.5	11.7
November 2019 general election	10 Nov 2019	—	21.8	16.9	6.1	[lower-alpha 2]	0.2	12.1	0.0	[lower-alpha 2]	7.6	2.3	2.0	—	28.5	4.9
2019 regional election	26 May 2019	—	20.8	14.1	11.3	5.5	4.2	4.1	3.4	2.2	–	–	–	—	31.9	6.7

Preferred President

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

Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size													Other/ None/ Not care	?	Lead
			Lambán PSOE	Azcón PP	Pérez CS	Ortas CS	Díaz Podemos	Soro CHA	Morón Vox	Nolasco Vox	Aliaga PAR	Izquierdo PAR	Sanz IU	Guitarte Existe
IMOP/El Confidencial [p 14]	2–3 May 2023	1,048	28.7	19.7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	9.0
SocioMétrica/El Español [p 28]	3–7 Apr 2023	1,200	30.2	29.4	–	3.0	6.2	5.5	–	9.6	–	2.9	3.1	10.1	–	–	0.8
A+M/Heraldo de Aragón [p 56]	14–18 Jan 2023	1,400	33.4	32.3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	34.3		1.1
SocioMétrica/El Español [p 40]	3–7 Oct 2022	1,200	24.9	31.7	4.0	–	6.0	6.1	11.3	–	5.7	–	3.5	6.8	–	–	6.8

Predicted President

The table below lists opinion polling on the perceived likelihood for each leader to become president.

Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size			Other/ None/ Not care	?	Lead
			Lambán PSOE	Azcón PP
A+M/Heraldo de Aragón [p 56]	14–18 Jan 2023	1,400	29.8	28.4	41.8		1.4

Results

Overall

← Summary of the 28 May 2023 Cortes of Aragon election results →

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	People's Party (PP)	237,817	35.51	+14.64	28	+12
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	197,919	29.55	–1.29	23	–1
	Vox (Vox)	75,349	11.25	+5.17	7	+4
	Aragonese Union (CHA)	34,163	5.10	–1.16	3	±0
	Exists Coalition (Existe)	33,190	4.96	New	3	+3
	We Can–Green Alliance (Podemos–AV)	26,923	4.02	–4.09	1	–4
	United Left of Aragon (IU)	20,959	3.13	–0.19	1	±0
	Aragonese Party (PAR)	13,988	2.09	–2.99	1	–2
	Citizens–You Aragon (CS–Tú Aragón)	8,595	1.28	–15.39	0	–12
	Animalist Party with the Environment (PACMA)1	3,343	0.50	–0.18	0	±0
	Blank Seats to Leave Empty Seats (EB)	2,860	0.43	+0.21	0	±0
	Federation of Independents of Aragon (FIA)	1,248	0.19	+0.07	0	±0
	Greens Equo (Equo)	1,156	0.17	New	0	±0
	Communist Party of the Workers of Spain (PCTE)	878	0.13	+0.05	0	±0
	Lower Cinca Between Everyone (ETXSBC)	541	0.08	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		10,846	1.62	+0.64
Total		669,775			67	±0
Valid votes		669,775	98.77	–0.56
Invalid votes		8,337	1.23	+0.56
Votes cast / turnout		678,112	66.54	+0.38
Abstentions		340,938	33.46	–0.38
Registered voters		1,019,050
Sources [13] [35]
Footnotes: 1 Animalist Party with the Environment results are compared to Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals totals in the 2019 election.

Popular vote PP   35.51% PSOE   29.55% Vox   11.25% CHA   5.10% Existe   4.96% Podemos–AV   4.02% IU   3.13% PAR   2.09% CS–Tú Aragón   1.28% Others   1.50% Blank ballots   1.62%

Seats PP   41.79% PSOE   34.33% Vox   10.45% CHA   4.48% Existe   4.48% Podemos–AV   1.49% IU   1.49% PAR   1.49%

Distribution by constituency

Constituency	PP		PSOE		Vox		CHA		Existe		Podemos		IU		PAR
	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S
Huesca	35.2	8	30.1	7	10.1	2	5.5	1	3.2	−	3.9	−	2.6	−	3.3	−
Teruel	31.1	5	22.8	4	10.5	1	2.0	−	20.7	3	1.9	−	2.2	−	6.5	1
Zaragoza	36.2	15	30.5	12	11.6	4	5.5	2	3.0	−	4.4	1	3.4	1	1.1	−
Total	35.5	28	29.6	23	11.2	7	5.1	3	5.0	3	4.0	1	3.1	1	2.1	1
Sources [35]

Aftermath

Further information: Government of Jorge Azcón

Investiture Jorge Azcón (PP)
Ballot →		10 August 2023
Required majority →		34 out of 67 Y
	Yes • PP (28) • Vox (7) • PAR (1)	36 / 67
	No • PSOE (23) • CHA (3) • Existe (3) • Podemos (1) • IU (1)	31 / 67
	Abstentions	0 / 67
	Absentees	0 / 67
Sources [36]

Notes

1. Denotes a main invitee attending the event.
2. Within Unidas Podemos.
3. Vote+Simpathy figures with undecided and/or abstentionists excluded.

References

Opinion poll sources

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4. "El PP de Azcón derrota al PSOE de Lambán pero deberá pactar con Vox y Aragón Existe para gobernar". OKDiario (in Spanish). 20 May 2023.
5. "PP y Vox rozan la mayoría absoluta en Aragón y dejan a Lambán en manos de la España vaciada". El Debate (in Spanish). 19 May 2023.
6. "Más que una encuesta: este partido será clave para decidir gobierno en Aragón". El Plural (in Spanish). 20 May 2023.
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10. "[AUT] ARAGÓN. Encuesta SigmaDos 19/05/2023: PODEMOS 4,5% (2/5), IU 2,5% (1), CHA 6,2% (3), PSOE 32,7% (23/26), AE 3,1% (2/3), PAR 1,8%, CS 1,3%, PP 36,4% (26/28), VOX 9,7% (6/8)". Electográfica (in Spanish). 19 May 2023.
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41. "Un empate técnico de PP y PSOE y la debacle de Cs permitirían a Lambán repetir el cuatripartito en Aragón". Heraldo de Aragón (in Spanish). 12 October 2022.
42. "EP (Aragón 1Oct): bajada de Aragón Existe y del PSOE. Seguiría un gobierno multipartito". Electomanía (in Spanish). 1 October 2022.
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