Aragonese regional election, 2007
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All 67 seats in the Cortes of Aragon 34 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1,017,174  0.2% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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676,491 (66.5%)3.9 pp | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2007 Aragonese regional election was held on Sunday, 27 May 2007, to elect the 7th Cortes of the Autonomous Community of Aragon. All 67 seats in the Cortes were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in 12 other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.
The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), which had ruled Aragon since the 1999 election, saw an increase of three seats and obtained its best result since the 1983 election in terms of votes received. The People's Party (PP) also managed to slightly increase its vote share and gained one seat. On the other hand, the Aragonese Union (CHA) lost ground for the first time, losing 5 of its 9 seats and falling behind the Aragonese Party (PAR), which regained third place and increased its vote share for the first time since the 1987 election. United Left (IU) held its single seat and increased its vote share for the first time since 1995.
The PSOE and PAR renewed their coalition administration for a third consecutive time, resulting in Marcelino Iglesias being re-elected as regional President for a third term in office.
Electoral system
The electoral system for the Cortes of Aragon was regulated under the Autonomous Community of Aragon Electoral Law 2/1987 and, subsidiarily, under the general provisions of the General Electoral System Organic Law 5/1985 (LOREG). The Cortes was composed of 67 seats, allocated to constituencies corresponding to the provinces of Aragon. Each constituency was entitled to an initial minimum of 13 seats, with the remaining 28 allocated in proportion to the provincial populations on the condition that the inhabitants/seat ratio in the most populated province did not exceed 2.75 times that of the less populated one—otherwise, the size of most populated district would be limited to such a ratio—. Deputies were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with a threshold of 3% of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied in each constituency. Parties not reaching the threshold were not taken into consideration for seat distribution.[1][2]
Under the 2007 Statute of Autonomy of Aragon, the President of the Government of Aragon had the prerogative to dissolve the Cortes and call a snap election, provided that no motion of censure process was ongoing and some time requirements were met—namely, that dissolution did not occur before one year had passed since the previous one—. Additionally, the chamber's dissolution was to be automatically triggered if an investiture process failed to elect a regional President within a two-month period from the first ballot.[3]
Results
Overall
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| Parties and coalitions | Popular vote | Seats | ||||
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| Votes | % | ±pp | Won | +/− | ||
| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 276,415 | 41.14 | +3.20 | 30 | +3 | |
| People's Party (PP) | 208,642 | 31.06 | +0.33 | 23 | +1 | |
| Aragonese Party (PAR) | 81,135 | 12.08 | +0.90 | 9 | +1 | |
| Aragonese Union (CHA) | 54,752 | 8.15 | –5.56 | 4 | –5 | |
| United Left of Aragon (IU) | 27,440 | 4.08 | +1.02 | 1 | ±0 | |
| Parties with less than 1.0% of the vote | 8,562 | 1.27 | — | 0 | ±0 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Greens–Federation of Independents of Aragon (LV–FIA) | 4,417 | 0.66 | +0.06 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Aragon United Citizens Party (pCUA) | 2,463 | 0.37 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Family and Life Party (PFyV) | 1,105 | 0.16 | –0.02 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Humanist Party (PH) | 577 | 0.09 | +0.04 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Blank ballots | 14,890 | 2.22 | +0.13 | |||
| Total | 671,836 | 100.00 | 67 | ±0 | ||
| Valid votes | 671,836 | 99.31 | –0.05 | |||
| Invalid votes | 4,655 | 0.69 | +0.05 | |||
| Votes cast / turnout | 676,491 | 66.51 | –3.85 | |||
| Abstentions | 340,683 | 33.49 | +3.85 | |||
| Registered voters | 1,017,174 | |||||
| Source(s): El País, historiaelectoral.com | ||||||
Distribution by constituency
| Constituency | PSOE | PP | PAR | CHA | IU | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | S | % | S | % | S | % | S | % | S | |
| Huesca | 44.3 | 9 | 29.2 | 6 | 12.7 | 2 | 7.5 | 1 | 3.1 | − |
| Teruel | 36.1 | 6 | 31.1 | 5 | 19.1 | 3 | 5.9 | − | 5.0 | − |
| Zaragoza | 41.2 | 15 | 31.5 | 12 | 10.6 | 4 | 8.7 | 3 | 4.2 | 1 |
| Total | 41.1 | 30 | 31.1 | 23 | 12.1 | 9 | 8.1 | 4 | 4.1 | 1 |
References
- ↑ Electoral Law of the Autonomous Community of Aragon of 1987, Law No. 2 of February 16, 1987 Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved on 8 April 2017.
- ↑ General Electoral System Organic Law of 1985, Organic Law No. 5 of June 19, 1985 Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved on 28 December 2016.
- ↑ Statute of Autonomy of Aragon of 2007, Organic Law No. 5 of April 20, 2007 Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved on 8 April 2017.