Cantabrian parliamentary election, 2015

24 May 2015

All 35 seats in the Parliament of Cantabria 18 seats needed for a majority

Opinion polls
Registered	499,684^[1] 1.0%

Leader	Ignacio Diego	Miguel Ángel Revilla	Eva Díaz Tezanos
Party	PP	PRC	PSOE
Leader since	13 November 2004	1983	31 March 2012
Last election	20 seats, 46.1%	12 seats, 29.1%	7 seats, 16.4%
Current seats	20	12	7
Seats needed		6	11

Incumbent President

Ignacio Diego
PP

The 2015 Cantabrian parliamentary election will be held on Sunday, 24 May 2015, to elect the 9th Parliament of Cantabria, the regional legislature of the Spanish autonomous community of Cantabria. At stake are all seats in the Parliament, determining the President of Cantabria. The number of members will decrease from 39 to 35 compared to the previous election

The election will be held concurrently with the regional elections for 12 other autonomous communities, as well as the 2015 municipal elections.

Electoral system

The number of seats in the Parliament of Cantabria is set to a fixed-number of 35. All Parliament members are elected in a single multi-member district, consisting of the Community's territory (the province of Cantabria), using the D'Hondt method and a closed-list proportional representation system.

Voting is on the basis of universal suffrage in a secret ballot. Only lists polling above 5% of valid votes (which include blank ballots—for none of the above) in all of the community are entitled to enter the seat distribution.^[2]

Opinion polls

Vote

Poll results are listed in the table below in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed in bold, and the background shaded in the leading party's colour. In the instance that there is a tie, then no figure is shaded. The lead column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the two parties with the highest figures. Poll results use the date the survey's fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. However, if such date is unknown, the date of publication will be given instead.

Date	Polling Firm/Source	PP	PRC	PSOE	IU	UPyD	C's	P	Others	Lead
Date	Polling Firm/Source								Others	Lead
17–26 Mar	NC-Report	35.9	20.1	15.1	2.7	1.1	10.1	12.7	6.7	15.8
23 Feb–3 Mar	Ikerfel	34.8	17.6	15.3			12.5	13.1	6.7	17.2
2015
1–5 Nov	SyM	36.8	12.6	21.8	6.0	5.9		13.4	3.5	15.0
25 May 2014	EP Election	34.7	N/A	24.3	9.0	8.2	3.0	9.2	11.6	10.3
6–9 Feb	SyM	36.9	27.7	16.8	7.7	6.3			4.6	9.2
2014
15 Oct–12 Nov	NC-Report	39.6	31.0	16.9					12.5	8.6
24–27 Sep	SyM	36.7	24.3	17.2	7.7				4.6	12.4
15 Apr–10 May	NC-Report	39.8	31.4	16.2	6.1				6.5	8.4
2013
2012
20 Nov 2011	General Election	52.2	12.5	25.2	3.6	3.6			1.7	27.0
22 May 2011	Regional Election	46.1	29.1	16.4	3.3	1.7			5.0	16.9

Seats

Opinion polls showing seat projections are displayed in the table below. The highest seat figures in each polling survey have their background shaded in the leading party's colour. In the instance that there is a tie, then no figure is shaded. 20 seats are required for an absolute majority in the Parliament of Cantabria.

18 seats needed for majority (31/12/2011–)
Date	Polling Firm/Source	PP	PRC	PSOE	IU	UPyD	C's	P	Others
Date	Polling Firm/Source								Others
17–26 Mar	NC-Report	13 / 14	7 / 8	5 / 6	0	0	3 / 4	3 / 4	0
23 Feb–3 Mar	Ikerfel	13 / 14	6 / 7	5 / 6	0	0	4 / 5	5	0
2 Feb	PP	14 / 16	8 / 10	5 / 6	0	0	0	5 / 6	0
2015
10 Nov	PP	16	9	5	0	0	0	5	4
1–5 Nov	SyM	14	4 / 5	8	2 / 3	2	0	5	0
31 Oct	Llorente & Cuenca	14 / 16	10 / 12	5	2	1 / 2	0	4 / 5	0
25 May 2014	EP Election	(16)	N/A	(11)	(4)	(4)	(0)	(4)	(0)
6–9 Feb	SyM	14	10 / 11	6	2 / 3	2	0	0	0
2014
15 Oct–12 Nov	NC-Report	15 / 16	11 / 12	6 / 7	2	0	0		0
24–27 Sep	SyM	14 / 16	9 / 10	5 / 6	2 / 3	2 / 3	0		0
15 Apr–10 May	NC-Report	15 / 16	11 / 12	6 / 7	2	0	0		0
2013
2012
20 Nov 2011	General Election	(23)	(5)	(11)	(0)	(0)			(0)
22 May 2011	Regional Election	20	12	7	0	0			0

Results

← Summary of the 24 May 2015 Cantabrian Parliament election results
Party		Vote			Seats
Party		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
	People's Party (PP)
	Regionalist Party of Cantabria (PRC)
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
	United Left (IU)
	Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)
	Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE)
	Engine and Sports Alternative (AMD)
	Internationalist Solidarity and Self-Management (SAIn)
	We Can (Podemos)			New
	Citizens-Party of the Citizenry (C's)			New
	Vox (VOX)			New
	Animal Rights Party (PACMA)			New
	Equo (EQUO)			New
	For Cantabria Yes (Sí)			New
	Let's Win-Cantabria (Ganemos)			New
	The National Coalition (LCN)			New
	Blank ballots

Total			100.00		35	4

Valid votes
Invalid votes
Votes cast / turnout
Abstentions
Registered voters

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References

Elections in Cantabria

Parliamentary elections	1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015