Basque parliamentary election, 2005

Basque parliamentary election, 2005

April 17, 2005

All 75 seats of the Basque Parliament 38 seats needed for a majority Turnout 68.00%   First party Second party Third party   Leader Juan José Ibarretxe Patxi López María San Gil Party EAJ-PNV PSOE PP Leader since 28 March 1998 22 March 2002 6 November 2004 Leader's seat Álava Vizcaya Vizcaya Last election 33 seats, 42.38% 13 seats, 17.76% 19 seats, 22.93% Seats won 29 18 15 Seat change 4 5 4 Popular vote 468,117 274,546 210,614 Percentage 38.38% 22,51% 17.27% Swing 4.00% 4.75% 5.66%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Maite Aranburu Javier Madrazo Aintzane Ezenarro Party EHAK-PCTV IU Aralar Leader since 2005 December 1994 14 November 2004 Leader's seat Gipuzkoa Vizcaya Gipuzkoa Last election 7 seats, 10.04% 3 seats, 5.53% N/A Seats won 3 1 Seat change 2 0 1 Popular vote 150,644 65,023 28,180 Percentage 12.35% 5.33% 2,31% Swing 2.32% 0.20% 2.31%

Lehendakari before election Juan José Ibarretxe EAJ-PNV Elected Lehendakari Juan José Ibarretxe EAJ-PNV

Elections to the Parliament of the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country, Spain, were held on April 17, 2005.

The electoral coalition Eusko Alkartasuna-Basque Nationalist Party (EA-PNV) won 29 seats, the Socialists came second with 18 seats, the People's Party came in third with 15 seats. The controversial Communist Party of the Basque Homelands won 9 seats.^[1]

Results

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 Summary of the 17 April 2005 Basque Parliament elections results

Party		Popular Vote			Seats
		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	EAJ-PNV-Basque Solidarity Euzko Alderdi Jeltzalea-Eusko Alkartasuna – EAJ-PNV/EA	468,117	38.67	4.05	29	4
	Socialist Party of the Basque Country – Basque Country Left Partido Socialista de Euskadi-Euskadiko Ezkerra – PSE-EE	274,546	22.68	4.78	18	5
	PP Partido Popular – PP	210,614	17.40	5.74	15	4
	EHAK-PCTV Euskal Herrialdeetako Alderdi Komunista – PCTV-EHAK	150,644	12.44	2.32	9	2
	United Left - Greens Ezker Batua-Berdeak – EB-B	65,023	5.37	0.21	3	0
	Aralar Aralar	28,180	2.33	2.33	1	1
	Other parties	13,474	1.11	0.55	0	0
Blank votes		9,001	0.74	0.06
Valid votes		1,219,599	99.67	0.10
Invalid votes		4,035	0.33	0.10
Totals and voter turnout		1,223,634	68.00	10.97	75	—
Electorate		1,799,500	100.00	—
Source: Departamento de Interior de Euskadi

Notes

External links

• (Spanish) Official results of elections held in the Basque Autonomous Community
• (Spanish) Basque 2005 regional election blog

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