Elections to the Extremaduran Assembly, 2011

Elections to the Extremaduran Assembly, 2011
2007 ←
 May 22, 2011 (2011-05-22)
All 65 seats of the Extremaduran Assembly
33 seats needed for a majority
Turnout 76.23%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader José Antonio Monago Terraza Guillermo Fernández Vara Pedro Escobar
Party People's Party Spanish Socialist Workers' Party United Left
Leader since 2007 2007 2007
Leader's seat Province of Badajoz Province of Badajoz Province of Badajoz
Last election 27 seats 38 seats 0 seats
Seats before 27 38 0
Seats won 32 30 3
Seat change 5 8 3
Popular vote 306.664 288.793 37.022
Percentage 46.19% 43.50% 5.58%
President before election

Guillermo Fernández Vara
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party

 Elected President

José Antonio Monago Terraza
People's Party

The 2011 elections to the Extremaduran Assembly were the eighth elections to the Extremaduran Assembly, the unicameral regional legislature of the Spanish autonomous community of Extremadura. The elections were held on 22 May 2011 to elect the 65 members of the Assembly. 36 members were elected for the province of Badajoz, with 29 members elected for the province of Cáceres.

Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage in a secret ballot. The electoral system used was closed list proportional representation with seats allocated using the D'Hondt method. Only lists which polled at least 5% of the total votes (including votes "en blanco" i.e. for "none of the above") were eligible for seats.

The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) had formed the government of the Extremaduran region since the first democratic elections in 1983, achieving an absolute majority of seats at every election except 1995[1] however opinion polls pointed to the possibility of a close result, with some polls suggesting that they could be overtaken by the People's Party (PP). The PP overtook the PSOE for the first time, though they fell won seat short of winning an overall majority. This left the balance of power in the hands of United Left (IU), who had re-entered the Assembly after a four year absence.

One of the first tasks of the Assembly was to elect the President of Extremadura from among their number. The outgoing President, Guillermo Fernández Vara of the PSOE, attempted to secure re-election by forming a pact with IU.[2] However IU declined to support the PSOE and abstained in the Presidential vote with the result that José Antonio Monago Terraza became the first PP President of Extremadura.[3]

Contents

Presidential candidates

Parties represented in the 2007-2011 Assembly

Candidates
Party Candidate Notes
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Guillermo Fernández Vara
People's Party (PP) José Antonio Monago Terraza

Parties unrepresented in the 2007-2011 Assembly

Candidates
Party Candidate Notes
United Left (IU) Pedro Escobar[4](04/04/2011)
Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) María Luisa García-Borruel [5]

Opinion polls

Opinion poll PSOE PP IU UPyD Others Undecided
2007 results: 38 27 - - - -
Hoy[6](28/02/2010) 48.0% 43.8% 4.2% - 4.0% -
Seat Projections 33-35 30-32 0 - -
Público[7](28/03/2010) 48.1% 44.4% 4.6% - - -
Seat Projections 33 31 1 - - -
GESPA[8](23/04/2010) 46.6% 44.9% 4.4% - - -
Seat Projections 33 32 - - - -
El Mundo[9](31/05/2010) 44.3% 48.8% 4.0% - - -
Seat Projections 30-32 33-35 0 - - -
PSOE[10](15/07/2010) 49.0% 43.0% 4-5% - - -
Seat Projections 33-35 29-30 1-2 - - -
PP[11](20/09/2011) 46.6% 44.9% - - - -
Seat Projections 33 32 - - - -
El Mundo[12](05/01/2011) 45.6% 45.5% 4.9% - 4.0% -
Seat Projections 32 31-33 0-2 - - -
La Razón[13](22/01/2011) 48.1% 43.6% - - - -
Seat Projections 32-34 30-31 - - - -
GESPA[14](24/01/2011) 44.7% 45.8% 4.9% - 4.6% -
Seat Projections 31-32 33 0-1 - - -
Público[4] 46.3% 44.4.% 4.6% - - -
Seat Projections 32-33 31-32 1-2 - - -

Results[15]

Eligible electorate 885,124
Tournout 674,720 76.23%
Parties and coalitions Votes % +/- Seats +/-
People's Party 307,558 46.21% +7.5% 32 +5
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party 289,467 43.49% -9.51% 30 -8
United Left-Greens-Independent Socialists of Extremadura 37,096 5.57% +1.05% 3 +3
Union, Progress and Democracy 7,062 1.06% - - -
Independents for Extremadura (IPEX) 4,675 0.7% -0.56% - -
Ecologists-Greens (ECOLO-LOS VERDES) 3,855 0.28% - - -
Union of Extremaduran People (UPEX) 2,184 0.33% +0.1% - -
For a More Just World (PUM + J) 1,565 0.24% - - -
Extremadura Convergence (CEX) 1,054 0.16% - - -
Communist Party of the People of Spain (PCPE) 839 0.13% -0.01% - -
Citizens for Blank Votes (CenB) 772 0.12% +0.04% - -
Total 100% 65

References

  1. ^ Extremaduran election results Historiaelectoral.com, accessed 5 April 2011
  2. ^ Vara ve el pacto PSOE-IU como 'única salida' El Mundo, 23 May 2011
  3. ^ Extremadura da por hecho el cambio político La Vanguardia, 4 July 2011
  4. ^ a b "Vara conserva la Junta, pero peligra la mayoría absoluta de los socialistas". http://www.publico.es/espana/369440/vara-conserva-la-junta-pero-peligra-la-mayoria-absoluta-de-los-socialistas. 
  5. ^ "Maria Luisa Garcia-Borruel". http://marialuisagarciaborruel.wordpress.com/. 
  6. ^ "El PSOE revalidará una vez más el poder en Extremadura pero el PP recorta 5 puntos". http://papeldigital.hoy.es/sondeosigmados/. 
  7. ^ "El feudo más seguro del PSOE)". http://www.publico.es/espana/303430/el-feudo-mas-seguro-del-psoe. 
  8. ^ "El PP de Extremadura acorta su diferencia a 1,7 puntos frente al PSOE según un estudio de Gespa". http://www.electometro.es/2010/04/el-pp-de-extremadura-acorta-su-diferencia-a-17-puntos-frente-al-psoe-segun-un-estudio-de-gespa/. 
  9. ^ "El PP se apodera de dominios socialistas". http://www.periodistadigital.com/politica/partidos-politicos/2010/05/31/pp-apodera-dominios-socialistas-encuesta-elecciones-psoe-aventaja.shtml. 
  10. ^ "El PSOE de Extremadura volvería a ganar con mayoría absoluta (encuesta interna)". http://www.electometro.es/2010/07/el-psoe-de-extremadura-volveria-a-ganar-con-mayoria-absoluta-encuesta-interna/. 
  11. ^ "El PP asedia los feudos socialistas y se sitúa a un escaño de ganar en Extremadura)". http://www.elconfidencial.com/espana/extremadura-pp-psoe-encuesta-monago-20100920-69661.html. 
  12. ^ "Empate técnico entre PSOE y PP en Extremadura (El Mundo)". http://www.electometro.es/2011/01/empate-tecnico-entre-psoe-y-pp-en-extremadura-el-mundo/. 
  13. ^ "El PP conquista los grandes feudos de los socialistas". http://www.larazon.es/noticia/1719-el-pp-conquista-los-grandes-feudos-de-los-socialistas. 
  14. ^ "Vuelco en Extremadura, IU roza el umbral para entrar (sondeo de Gespa para el PP)". http://www.libertaddigital.com/documentos/encuesta-en-extremadura-41912095.html. 
  15. ^ Web oficial elecciones 2011
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