Cantabrian regional election, 2007
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All 39 seats in the Parliament of Cantabria 20 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Registered |
485,624  1.8% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout |
349,520 (72.0%) 1.0 pp | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2007 Cantabrian regional election was held on Sunday, 27 May 2007, to elect the 7th Parliament of the Autonomous Community of Cantabria. All 39 seats in the Parliament were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in 12 other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.
Electoral system
The number of seats in the Parliament of Cantabria was set to a fixed-number of 39. All Parliament members were 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 was on the basis of universal suffrage in a secret ballot. Only lists polling above 5% of valid votes in all of the community (which include blank ballots—for none of the above) were entitled to enter the seat distribution.[1]
Results
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| Parties and coalitions | Popular vote | Seats | ||||
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| Votes | % | ±pp | Won | +/− | ||
| People's Party (PP) | 143,610 | 41.48 | –1.01 | 17 | –1 | |
| Regionalist Party of Cantabria (PRC) | 99,159 | 28.64 | +9.40 | 12 | +4 | |
| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 84,982 | 24.54 | –5.45 | 10 | –3 | |
| Assembly for Cantabria (IU–BR) | 6,511 | 1.88 | –1.82 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Parties with less than 1.0% of the vote | 6,059 | 1.75 | — | 0 | ±0 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cantabrian Nationalist Council (CNC) | 1,262 | 0.36 | –0.12 | 0 | ±0 | |
| The Union (LU) | 1,206 | 0.35 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Anti-Bullfighting Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA) | 965 | 0.28 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE) | 728 | 0.21 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Liberal Democratic Centre (CDL) | 656 | 0.19 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Spanish Falange of the JONS (FE–JONS) | 483 | 0.14 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Engine and Sports Alternative (AMD) | 416 | 0.12 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Humanist Party (PH) | 343 | 0.10 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Blank ballots | 5,923 | 1.71 | –0.37 | |||
| Total | 346,244 | 100.00 | 39 | ±0 | ||
| Valid votes | 346,244 | 99.06 | –0.12 | |||
| Invalid votes | 3,276 | 0.94 | +0.12 | |||
| Votes cast / turnout | 349,520 | 71.97 | –1.08 | |||
| Abstentions | 136,104 | 28.03 | +1.08 | |||
| Registered voters | 485,624 | |||||
| Source(s): Argos Information Portal, historiaelectoral.com | ||||||
Post-election
Investiture voting
| Investiture voting for Miguel Ángel Revilla (PRC) Absolute majority: 20/39 | ||
| Vote | Parties | Votes |
 Yes | PRC (12), PSOE (10) | 22 / 39 |
| No | PP (17) | 17 / 39 |
| Abstentions | 0 / 39 | |
| Source: ABC | ||