Spanish municipal elections, 2007

Spanish local and regional elections, 2007
Spain
27 May 2007

66,131 seats in 8,111 local councils
812 seats in 13 regional parliaments
Turnout 64.0%
Decrease3.7 pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Mariano Rajoy José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero Gaspar Llamazares
Party PP PSOE IU
Leader since 2 September 2003 22 July 2000 29 October 2000
Last election 23,615 (Local Leg.)
371 (Regional Leg.)
34.3%
23,224 (Local Leg.)
317 (Regional Leg.)
34.8%
2,198 (Local Leg.)
30 (Regional Leg.)
6.1%
Seats won
23,348 / 66,131
389 / 812
24,029 / 66,131
327 / 812
2,034 / 66,131
28 / 812
Seat change Decrease267 (Local Leg.)
Increase18 (Regional Leg.)
Increase805 (Local Leg.)
Increase10 (Regional Leg.)
Decrease164 (Local Leg.)
Decrease2 (Regional Leg.)
Popular vote 7,916,075 7,760,865 1,217,030
Percentage 35.6% 34.9% 5.5%
Swing Increase1.3 pp Increase0.1 pp Decrease0.6 pp

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Artur Mas i Gavarró Josep-Lluís Carod-Rovira Anxo Quintana
Party CiU ERC BNG
Leader since 7 January 2002 2004 23 November 2003
Last election 3,687 (Local Leg.)
No regional election
3.4%
1,282 (Local Leg.)
No regional election
1.8%
595 (Local Leg.)
No regional election
1.4%
Seats won
3,387 / 66,131
N/A
1,591 / 66,131
N/A
661 / 66,131
N/A
Seat change Decrease300 (Local Leg.)
No regional election
Increase309 (Local Leg.)
No regional election
Increase66 (Local Leg.)
No regional election
Popular vote 723,325 347,601 315,279
Percentage 3.3% 1.6% 1.4%
Swing Decrease0.1 pp Decrease0.2 pp Steady0.0 pp

The People's Party won the most seats in eight regions (in blue), while five were won by the PSOE (red). The only region to change in terms of the largest party was the Canary Islands.
Electors vote in Vigo
Electors wait to cast their vote

A number of elections were held in Spain on 27 May 2007:

The results saw few changes overall; most incumbent governments retained their majority, with only a few exceptions. The PP government in the Balearics fell, and a coalition led by PSOE took power.

While the elections were seen as a first indication of how the Spanish general election, 2008 might turn out, the results proved to be inconclusive. In 2003, the PSOE had a slight edge with 34.8 against the PP's 34.3; in this election, the PP had 35.6 to the PSOE's 34.9. Turnout was slightly lower, with 63.8 instead of 67.7 four years earlier.

Results

Municipal elections

Summary of the 27 May 2007 Spanish local election results

Parties and coalitions Votes Councillors
# % Swing Councillors +/−
People's Party PP 7,916,075 35.62 +1.33 23,348 −267
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party PSOE 7,760,865 34.92 +0.09 24,029 +805
United Left IU 1,217,030 5.48 −0.59 2,034 −164
Convergence and Union CiU 723,325 3.25 −0.19 3,867 −300
Republican Left of Catalonia ERC 347,601 1.56 −0.27 1,591 +309
Galician Nationalist Bloc BNG 315,279 1.42 0.00 661 +66
Basque Nationalist Party PNV 310,036 1.39 −0.39 1,043 +151
Initiative for Catalonia Greens ICV 258,179 1.17 −0.30 451 +54
Andalusian Party PA 234,885 1.06 −0.39 469 −56
Canarian Coalition CC 217,407 0.98 −0.26 404 −54
Compromís pel País Valencià CPV 105,754 0.48 −0.13 277 −21
Basque Nationalist Action EAE-ANV 94,253 0.42 +0.42 432 +432
Aragonese Party PAR 94,079 0.42 +0.05 983 +76
Others 1,959,138 8.81 6,966
Blank ballots 427,061 1.92 +0.16
Total 22,225,879 100.00 66,131 +621
Valid votes 22,225,879 98.83 +0.13
Invalid votes 262,353 1.17 −0.13
Votes cast / turnout 22,488,232 63.97 −3.70
Abstentions 12,665,291 36.03 +3.70
Registered voters 35,153,523
Source: Ministry of the Interior

Aragon

Party Vote percentage Seats
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 41.03% 30 +3
People's Party (PP) 31.09% 23 +1
Aragonese Party (PAR) 12.12% 9 +1
Aragonese Council (CHA) 8.17% 4 –4
United Left (IU) 4.12% 1 ±0
Others 3.5% 0
Totals 100.00% 67

Asturias

Party Vote percentage Seats
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 43.08% 21 –1
People's Party (PP) 42.52% 20 +1
United Left (IU) 9.93% 4 ±0
Others 6.9% 0
Totals 100.00% 45

Balearic Islands

Party Vote percentage Seats
People's Party (PP) 46.01% 28 –1
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 24.95% 16 +1
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE-EXC) 4.57% 6 +6
Majorca Socialist Party-United Left (PSM-EU) 9.00% 4 +2
Majorcan Union (UM) 6.75% 3 ±0
Majorca Socialist Party (PSM) 0.8% 1 –3
AIPF 0.43% 1 ±0
Others 5.6% 0
Totals 100.00% 59

Cantabria

Party Vote percentage Seats
People's Party (PP) 41.53% 17 –1
Regionalist Party of Cantabria (PRC) 28.87% 12 +4
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 24.33% 10 –3
Others 5.3% 0
Totals 100.00% 39

Canary Islands

Party Vote percentage Seats
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 34.64% 26 +8
Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CC–PNC) 23.19% 17 –4
People's Party (PP) 24.39% 15 –2
Canarian Coalition–AHI (CC–AHI) 0.21% 2 ±0
Others 17.57% 0
Totals 100.00% 60

Castilla y Leon

Party Vote percentage Seats
People's Party (PP) 49.43% 48 ±0
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 37.48% 33 +2
Leonese People's Union (UPL) 2.73% 2 –1
Others 10.36% 0
Totals 100.00% 83 +1

Castile-La Mancha

Party Vote percentage Seats
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 51.91% 26 –3
People's Party (PP) 42.44% 21 +3
Others 5.6% 0
Totals 100.00% 47

Ceuta

Party Vote percentage Seats
People's Party (PP) 65.18% 19 ±0
Ceutan Democratic UnionUnited Left (UDCE–IU) 16.41% 4 +1
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 8.65% 2 ±0
Others 3.65% 0 –1
Totals 100.00% 25

Extremadura

Party Vote percentage Seats
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 52.9% 38 +2
People's Party (PP) 38.79% 20 +1
United Left (IU) 4.5% 0 -3
Others 3.8% 0
Totals 100.00% 65

La Rioja

Party Vote percentage Seats
People's Party (PP) 48.73% 17 ±0
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 40.46% 14 ±0
Partido Riojano (PR) 5.97% 2 ±0
Others 4.8% 0
Totals 100.00% 33

Madrid

Party Vote percentage Seats
People's Party (PP) 53.30% 67 +10
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 33.46% 42 -3
United Left (IU) 8.89% 11 +2
Others 4.4% 0
Totals 100.00% 120 +9

Melilla

Party Vote percentage Seats
People's Party (PP) 56% 15 ±0
Coalition for Melilla–United Left (UDCE–IU) 21.74% 5 -2
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 18.14% 5 +2
Others 0.00% 0 0
Totals 100.00% 25

Murcia

Party Vote percentage Seats
People's Party (PP) 58.49% 29 +1
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 31.81% 15 -1
United Left (IU) 6.26% 1 ±0
Others 3.5% 0
Totals 100.00% 45

Navarre

Party Vote percentage Seats
Navarrese People's Union-People's Party (UPN-PP) 42.2% 22 -1
Nafarroa Bai (NaBai) 23.7% 12 +4
Navarre Socialist Party-Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSN-PSOE) 22.4% 12 +2
Democrats Convergence of Navarre (CDN) 4.4% 2 -2
United Left (IU) 4.4% 2 -2
Others 3.0% 0
Totals 100.00% 50

Valencia

Party Vote percentage Seats
People's Party (PP) 52.43% 55 +7
Socialist Party of the Valencian Country-Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSPV-PSOE) 34.22% 37 +1
United Left (IU) - Valencian Nationalist Bloc (BNV) 7.95% 7 +2
Others 5.6% 0
Totals 100.00% 99 +10

References

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