Catalonian parliamentary election, 2006

Catalonian parliamentary election, 2006

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All 135 seats in the Parliament   First party Second party Third party   Leader Artur Mas i Gavarró José Montilla i Aguilera Josep-Lluís Carod-Rovira Party Convergence and Union PSC Republican Left of Catalonia Leader since December 2, 2001 June 18, 2000 November 25, 1996 Last election 46 42 23 Seats won 48 37 21 Seat change +2 -5 -2 Popular vote 935,756 796,173 416,355 Percentage 31.5% 26.8% 14.0%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Josep Piqué i Camps Joan Saura i Laporta Albert Rivera Díaz Party PPC CV-EUiA C's Leader since September 4, 2003 November 26, 2000 July 9, 2006 Last election 15 9 new party Seats won 14 12 3 Seat change -1 +3 +3 Popular vote 316,222 282,693 89,840 Percentage 10.7% 9.5% 3.0%

Graphic of the results in the Catalan Parliament election, 2006, based in constituencies.

President of the Generalitat de Catalunya before election Pasqual Maragall i Mira PSC Elected President of the Generalitat de Catalunya José Montilla i Aguilera PSC

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Elections to the Parliament of the Autonomous Community of Catalonia, Spain, were held on November 1, 2006.

Contents 1 Background 2 Parties 3 Results 3.1 General 3.2 By constituencies 3.2.1 Barcelona 3.2.2 Girona 3.2.3 Lleida 3.2.4 Tarragona

Background

The November 2006 Catalan parliament election was an early one (the original election date was due for the Fall of 2007, roughly one year after the actual early election took place). This was mostly a result of the uneasy and controversial redaction of the Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia amended text, which has further expanded the authority of the Catalan Government ever since it was passed in June 2006.

The Statute amendment was approved in a referendum on June 18, 2006 in which 73.24% of voters were in favour of the new Statute, 20.57% of the votes were against. This referendum was noted for its huge abstention: only 48.85% of the electorate participated in it.

Since the 2003 elections a coalition of three left-wing parties, Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC), Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) and Initiative for Catalonia Greens-United and Alternative Left (ICV-EUiA) had been in power, with Pasqual Maragall i Mira as President. However, in May 2006 ERC, following internal tensions, left the coalition due to its disagreement on the final draft of the Statute of Autonomy which themselves had partially redacted, thus leaving Maragall without a majority and forcing him to call for this early election. On June 21, 2006 Maragall announced his intention to personally step down at the upcoming election, arguably due to the political erosion his government had suffered after an uneasy relationship with ERC.

Besides the issue of Catalan nationalism, the main issues of the campaign were taxes, social security, housing and immigration.

Unlike the previous 2003 elections, when Convergence and Union (CiU) achieved a plurality of seats in the autonomous Parliament but did not get the highest number of votes (PSC achieved a narrow lead in votes, the discrepancy between votes number and seats being explained by the electoral law) in this occasion CiU won the elections both in seats and votes numbers. Still those weren't enough to have an absolute majority. Then, after coalition negotiations, the PSC, ERC and ICV-EUiA agreed to renew the three-party coalition that had been in power, which made PSC's leader José Montilla President.

This elections saw a new party (Ciutadans - Partido de la Ciudadanía) entering the autonomous parliament, which has increased the already high diversity of this parliament from five political parties with representation to now six, which contrasts with the increasingly bipartisan Spanish -and European in general- politic scenario.

Parties

• Convergència i Unió (CiU, Convergence and Unity). Presidential candidate: Artur Mas i Gavarró|Artur Mas]. Union of the Catalan nationalist, fiscally liberal Democratic Convergence of Catalonia and the conservative Democratic Union of Catalonia.

• Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC-PSOE). Presidential candidate: José Montilla. Social democratic. Affiliated to the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE).

• Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya]] (ERC, Republican Left of Catalonia). Presidential candidate: Josep-Lluís Carod-Rovira. Catalan republican and independentist, left-wing.

• People's Party (PP). Presidential candidate: Josep Piqué. The main party of the centre-right in Spain.

• Initiative for Catalonia Greens-United and Alternative Left (ICV-EUiA). Presidential candidate: Joan Saura. Green (eco-socialist) and radical left.

• Citizens' Party (Ciutadans - Partido de la Ciudadanía). Presidential candidate: Albert Rivera. Social democratic, social liberalist and non nationalist party.

Results

General

	Party	Party List votes	Vote percentage (change)		Total Seats (change)
	Convergence and Union (Convergència i Unió) (CiU) Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (Convergència Democràtica de Catalunya) (CDC) Democratic Union of Catalonia (Unió Democràtica de Catalunya) (UDC)	935,756	31.5%	+0.6%	48	+2
	Socialists' Party of Catalonia (Partit dels Socialistes de Catalunya) (PSC)	796,173	26.8%	-4.4%	37	-5
	Republican Left of Catalonia (Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya) (ERC)	416,355	14.0%	-2.4%	21	-2
	People's Party of Catalonia (Partit Popular de Catalunya) (PPC)	316,222	10.7%	-1.2%	14	-1
	Initiative for Catalonia Greens-United and Alternative Left (Iniciativa per Catalunya i Verds - Esquerra Unida i Alternativa) (ICV-EUiA)	282,693	9.5%	+2.2%	12	+3
	Citizens – Party of the Citizenry (Ciutadans) (C's)	89,840	3.0%	+3.0%	3	+3
	All Others	71,251	2.3%		0
	Totals	2,908,290	100.0%		135

By constituencies

Barcelona

	Party	Party List votes	Vote percentage (change)		Total Seats (change)
	Convergence and Union (CiU) Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (CDC) Democratic Union of Catalonia (UDC)	664,723	29.9%	+1.2%	27	+2
	Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC)	620,601	27.9%	-5.2%	25	-4
	Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC)	280,566	12.6%	-2.5%	11	-2
	People's Party of Catalonia (PPC)	248,165	11.1%	-1.4%	10	-1
	Initiative for Catalonia Greens-United and Alternative Left (ICV-EUiA)	230,968	10.3%	+2.3%	9	+2
	Citizens – Party of the Citizenry (C's)	78,525	3.5%	+3.5%	3	+3
	All Others	55,013	2,0%		0
	Totals	2,178,561	100.0%		85

Girona

	Party	Party List votes	Vote percentage (change)		Total Seats (change)
	Convergence and Union (CiU) Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (CDC) Democratic Union of Catalonia (UDC)	104,840	38.1%	-0.5%	7	=
	Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC)	60,755	22.1%	-1.5%	4	=
	Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC)	52,799	19.2%	-2.7%	4	=
	Initiative for Catalonia Greens-United and Alternative Left (ICV-EUiA)	20,798	7.6%	+2.3%	1	=
	People's Party of Catalonia (PPC)	19,808	7.2%	-0.8%	1	=
	Citizens – Party of the Citizenry (C's)	2,584	0.9%	+0.9%	0	new
	All Others	7,229	1.9%		0
	Totals	268,993	100.0%		17

Lleida

	Party	Party List votes	Vote percentage (change)		Total Seats (change)
	Convergence and Union (CiU) Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (CDC) Democratic Union of Catalonia (UDC)	72,916	39.9%	-1.5%	7	=
	Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC)	40,097	21.9%	-0.5%	3	-1
	Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC)	32,304	17.7%	-2.2%	3	=
	People's Party of Catalonia (PPC)	16,605	9.1%	-0.5%	1	=
	Initiative for Catalonia Greens-United and Alternative Left (ICV-EUiA)	12,018	6.5%	+2.2%	1	+1
	Citizens – Party of the Citizenry (C's)	1,761	0.9%	+0.9%	0	new
	All Others	2,456	0.9%		0
	Totals	178,157	100.0%		15

Tarragona

	Party	Party List votes	Vote percentage (change)		Total Seats (change)
	Convergence and Union (CiU) Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (CDC) Democratic Union of Catalonia (UDC)	93,277	32.4%	-1.3%	7	=
	Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC)	74,720	25.9%	-2.3%	5	=
	Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC)	50,686	17.6%	-1.4%	3	=
	People's Party of Catalonia (PPC)	31,644	11.0%	-0.7%	2	=
	Initiative for Catalonia Greens-United and Alternative Left (ICV-EUiA)	18,729	6.5%	+1.3%	1	=
	Citizens – Party of the Citizenry (C's)	6,970	2.4%	+2.4%	0	new
	All Others	6,553	1.7%		0
	Totals	282,579	100.0%		18

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