Catalan regional election, 2012
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Registered | 5,413,868 0.9% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turnout |
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The 2012 Catalan regional election was held on Sunday, 25 November 2012, to elect the 10th Parliament of the Autonomous Community of Catalonia. All 135 seats in the Parliament were up for election.
This was a snap election, announced on 25 September by President Artur Mas.[1] It was called following the pro-independence demonstration in Barcelona on 11 September (the National Day of Catalonia), as a result of the failed talks between President of Catalonia Artur Mas (Convergence and Union) and Prime Minister of Spain Mariano Rajoy (People's Party) to give greater fiscal autonomy to Catalonia.[2]
Despite Artur Mas campaigning to win an absolute majority of seats, in the end his party, Convergence and Union (CiU), suffered a large electoral setback, largely unnoticed by opinion polls. The Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC) also fared badly, obtaining the worst result in its history (a record which had already been broken in the 2010 election). While polling in third place, Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) was able to attract the growing pro-independence movement and recovered the 21 seats it had lost in the previous election, becoming the main parliamentary opposition party for the first time.
The People's Party of Catalonia (PPC) and Citizens (C's) benefitted from the electoral polarization between the pro-independence and anti-independence blocs, scoring their best results until then, with 19 and 9 seats, respectively. The Popular Unity Candidates (CUP) entered in the Parliament for the first time with 3 seats.
Overview
Electoral system
The Parliament of Catalonia was the devolved, unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of Catalonia, having legislative power in matters of regional competence as underlined by the Spanish Constitution and the Catalan Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to grant or revoke confidence from a President of the Generalitat.[3][4] Voting for the Parliament was on the basis of universal suffrage, with all nationals over eighteen, registered in Catalonia and in full enjoyment of all political rights entitled to vote. Amendments to the electoral law in 2011 required for Catalans abroad to apply for voting before being permitted to vote, a system known as "begged" or expat vote (Spanish: Voto rogado).[5]
The 135 members of the Parliament of Catalonia were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with a threshold of 3 per 100 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. Additionally, the use of the D'Hondt method might result in an effective threshold over three percent, dependant on the district magnitude.[6] Seats were allocated to constituencies, corresponding to the provinces of Barcelona, Girona, Lleida and Tarragona. Each constituency was allocated a fixed number of seats: 85 for Barcelona, 17 for Girona, 15 for Lleida and 18 for Tarragona.[3][4][7]
The electoral law provided that parties, federations, coalitions and groupings of electors were allowed to present lists of candidates. However, parties, federations or coalitions who had not obtained a mandate in the Parliament at the preceding election were required to secure at least the signature of 0.1 per 100 of the electors entered in electoral register of the constituency for which they were seeking election, whereas groupings of electors were required to secure the signature of 1 per 100 of electors. Electors were barred from signing for more than one list of candidates. Concurrently, parties and federations intending to enter in coalition to take part jointly at an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days from the election call.[8][9]
Election date
Article 56 of the Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia of 2006 established that the term of the Parliament expired four years from the date of its previous election, unless it was dissolved earlier. Article 56 also required for the President of the Generalitat to call an election fifteen days prior to the date of expiry of Parliament, with election day taking place within from forty to sixty days after the call. The previous election was held on 28 November 2010, which meant that the legislature's term would expire on 28 November 2014. The election was required to be called no later than 13 November 2014, with it taking place on the sixtieth day from the call, setting the latest possible election date for the Parliament at Monday, 12 January 2015.
Article 75 of the Statute granted the President the prerogative to dissolve the Parliament at any given time and call a snap election, provided that no motion of no confidence was in process and that dissolution did not occur before one year had elapsed since a previous one under this procedure. Additionally, under Article 67 the Parliament was to be dissolved and a new election called if an investiture process failed to elect a regional President within a two-month period from the first ballot.[3][4]
Background
In the 2010 election, Convergence and Union (CiU) was returned to power after 7 years in opposition, as a result of the electoral collapse of all three parties comprising the "Catalan tripartite" government (Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC), Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) and Initiative for Catalonia Greens (ICV). Newly-elected President of Catalonia Artur Mas was able to govern comfortably thanks to his party's large parliamentary representation allowing for punctual support of several parties on different issues, in what was known as a policy of "variable geometry".[10][11] In 2011, CiU signed several agreements with the People's Party of Catalonia (PPC) in order to pass the 2011 and 2012 budgets, as well as for the approval of several spending cuts. In spite of this, the relationship between both parties quickly deteriorated after the 2011 general election, as a result of Mas asking new Spanish PM Mariano Rajoy (of the People's Party) for greater fiscal autonomy for Catalonia.[12][13]
On 11 September 2012, a massive pro-independence demonstration marked the Catalan political agenda and re-opened the debate about the right to hold a referendum on the independence of Catalonia,[14][15][16] as well as the debate about the feasibility of an independent Catalan state and its integration into the European Union. On 25 September 2012, President of the Generalitat of Catalonia Artur Mas announced a snap regional election to be held on 25 November and argued, referring to the demonstration, that "this election will not be held to help a party [referring to CiU] to perpetuate itself in power. It will be held so that the whole of the Catalan population decides democratically and peacefully what will their future be as a nation."[17] President Mas signed the decree to officially call the Catalan election on 1 October.[18] Mas' move was criticized as an attempt to try to funnel the popular support for independence seen in the September demonstration into an absolute majority of seats in the election.[19]
Opinion polls
Vote
Poll results are listed in the table below in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first, and using the date the survey's fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. If such date is unknown, the date of publication is given instead. 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. When a specific poll does not show a data figure for a party, the party's cell corresponding to that poll is shown empty.
Date | Polling Firm/Source | CiU | PSC | PPC | ICV | ERC | C's | SI | CUP | Oth. | Lead |
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25 Nov 2012 | Regional Election | 30.7 | 14.4 | 13.0 | 9.9 | 13.7 | 7.6 | 1.3 | 3.5 | 5.9 | 16.3 |
25 Nov | Ipsos-Eco | 34.0 | 12.6 | 12.0 | 9.0 | 14.2 | 5.9 | 4.7 | 7.6 | 19.8 | |
Exit polls | |||||||||||
18 Nov | NC-Report[lower-alpha 1] | 36.9 | 13.6 | 13.8 | 8.6 | 10.2 | 5.6 | 2.9 | 8.4 | 23.1 | |
13–16 Nov | GESOP | 38.0 | 12.0 | 11.6 | 9.8 | 12.8 | 6.0 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 4.5 | 25.2 |
13–16 Nov | Sigma-2 | 36.6 | 15.3 | 13.8 | 8.1 | 9.5 | 4.5 | 2.8 | 9.4 | 21.3 | |
12–16 Nov | DYM[lower-alpha 1] | 38.4 | 12.9 | 13.7 | 8.1 | 12.2 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 5.7 | 24.7 | |
12–16 Nov | Feedback | 38.2 | 13.3 | 12.1 | 11.0 | 10.4 | 7.2 | 1.4 | 2.4 | 4.0 | 24.9 |
8–15 Nov | Metroscopia | 37.3 | 12.3 | 13.2 | 7.9 | 12.2 | 5.7 | 3.0 | 8.4 | 24.1 | |
9–14 Nov | My Word | 36.8 | 10.6 | 10.9 | 9.2 | 11.4 | 6.5 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 9.1 | 25.4 |
6–9 Nov | Feedback | 40.0 | 12.0 | 12.3 | 10.2 | 10.9 | 7.0 | 1.7 | 5.9 | 27.7 | |
30 Oct–2 Nov | Feedback | 39.7 | 13.1 | 12.7 | 10.7 | 10.1 | 5.4 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 4.3 | 26.6 |
29 Oct–1 Nov | GESOP[lower-alpha 2] | 39.5 | 13.0 | 12.0 | 9.0 | 11.0 | 5.5 | 2.5 | 7.5 | 26.5 | |
22–30 Oct | CEO | 43.4 | 12.0 | 12.5 | 8.0 | 9.5 | 5.1 | 2.0 | 2.8 | 4.7 | 30.9 |
9–29 Oct | CIS | 36.8 | 12.9 | 11.0 | 8.1 | 11.1 | 6.0 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 10.4 | 23.9 |
25–26 Oct | GAPS | 39.0 | 13.3 | 12.9 | 8.0 | 11.2 | 5.0 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 7.3 | 25.7 |
22–26 Oct | Feedback | 40.9 | 13.4 | 11.4 | 10.1 | 10.6 | 5.6 | 1.8 | 6.2 | 27.5 | |
18–22 Oct | GESOP | 39.1 | 14.0 | 11.5 | 9.4 | 10.2 | 5.0 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 5.9 | 25.1 |
15–19 Oct | Feedback | 40.7 | 15.0 | 12.2 | 9.6 | 9.7 | 4.2 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 5.3 | 25.7 |
8–11 Oct | Feedback | 43.2 | 15.2 | 12.0 | 8.6 | 9.3 | 3.1 | 2.6 | 6.0 | 28.0 | |
30 Sep–1 Oct | GESOP | 41.0 | 14.5 | 9.9 | 7.7 | 11.3 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 6.1 | 28.0 | |
29 Sep | NC-Report[lower-alpha 1] | 35.6 | 16.6 | 13.4 | 8.9 | 9.0 | 3.5 | 13.0 | 19.0 | ||
26–28 Sep | Sigma-2 | 39.2 | 16.9 | 12.8 | 8.5 | 8.2 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 8.1 | 22.3 | |
21–27 Sep | Feedback | 43.0 | 15.7 | 11.8 | 9.6 | 10.1 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 27.3 | |
15 Sep | La Vanguardia | 45.9 | 17.1 | 9.6 | 10.2 | 12.5 | 2.6 | 2.1 | 28.8 | ||
15 Sep | NC-Report[lower-alpha 1] | 36.8 | 15.4 | 13.2 | 8.7 | 9.5 | 3.7 | 12.7 | 21.4 | ||
23 Jul | GAPS | 34.5 | 16.6 | 11.2 | 9.7 | 9.9 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 11.0 | 17.9 | |
4–18 Jun | CEO | 36.2 | 16.4 | 10.5 | 9.5 | 9.7 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 10.5 | 19.8 | |
30 May–7 Jun | Feedback | 37.9 | 17.7 | 11.8 | 9.9 | 9.3 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 6.9 | 20.2 | |
7–9 May | GESOP | 33.9 | 18.4 | 10.2 | 9.7 | 10.6 | 4.5 | 2.4 | 10.3 | 15.5 | |
6–21 Feb | CEO | 37.0 | 16.5 | 11.7 | 8.1 | 9.6 | 4.0 | 2.4 | 10.7 | 20.5 | |
16–19 Jan | GESOP | 35.2 | 16.9 | 10.5 | 8.6 | 9.0 | 3.8 | 2.3 | 13.7 | 18.3 | |
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27–28 Dec | Feedback | 38.5 | 16.9 | 12.2 | 10.0 | 9.8 | 2.1 | 1.5 | 9.0 | 21.6 | |
20 Nov 2011 | General Election | 29.4 | 26.7 | 20.7 | 8.1 | 7.1 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 8.0 | 2.7 |
19–21 Jun | GESOP | 36.7 | 17.5 | 13.0 | 8.3 | 6.5 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 2.5 | 9.6 | 19.2 |
2011 | |||||||||||
28 Nov 2010 | Regional Election | 38.4 | 18.4 | 12.4 | 7.4 | 7.0 | 3.4 | 3.3 | N/A | 9.7 | 20.0 |
Seat projections
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. 68 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Parliament of Catalonia.
Date | Polling Firm/Source | CiU | PSC | PPC | ICV | ERC | C's | SI | CUP | Others |
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25 Nov 2012 | Regional Election | 50 | 20 | 19 | 13 | 21 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
25 Nov | Ipsos-Eco | 54−57 | 16−18 | 16−18 | 10−12 | 20−23 | 6−7 | 0 | 5−6 | 0 |
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22 Nov | Sigma-2 | 57−59 | 21−22 | 21−22 | 16 | 18 | ||||
18 Nov | NC-Report | 60−62 | 20−21 | 19−20 | 12 | 15 | 6−7 | 0 | 0−2 | 0 |
18 Nov | SEGRE | 60−64 | 16−19 | 18−21 | 11−13 | 12−16 | 8−11 | 0−3 | 0 | 0 |
14–16 Nov | Crònica.cat | 63−64 | 18−19 | 16−17 | 12 | 14−15 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
13–16 Nov | GESOP | 62−64 | 15−17 | 15−17 | 13−14 | 19−20 | 6−7 | 0−1 | 0−1 | 0 |
13–16 Nov | Sigma-2 | 60−63 | 21−23 | 20−21 | 10−12 | 14 | 5 | 0−2 | 0 | 0 |
12–16 Nov | DYM | 60−62 | 17 | 18 | 9−10 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 4−7 | 0 |
12–16 Nov | Feedback | 62−64 | 17−19 | 16−18 | 13−16 | 14−15 | 7−8 | 0 | 0−2 | 0 |
8–15 Nov | Metroscopia | 62 | 18 | 19 | 10 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
9–14 Nov | My Word | 62−65 | 16−17 | 16−17 | 12−13 | 16−17 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
6–9 Nov | Feedback | 64−66 | 16−18 | 17−18 | 12−13 | 15−17 | 7−8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
30 Oct–2 Nov | Feedback | 64−65 | 18 | 17−19 | 14 | 14−15 | 6−7 | 0 | 0−2 | 0 |
29 Oct–2 Nov | Crònica.cat | 66 | 17 | 18 | 12−13 | 14−15 | 3 | 4−5 | 0 | 0 |
29 Oct–1 Nov | GESOP | 63−65 | 18−20 | 17−18 | 11−12 | 17−18 | 5−7 | 0 | 0−1 | 0 |
22–30 Oct | CEO | 69−71 | 15 | 18−19 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0−3 | 0 |
9–29 Oct | CIS | 63−64 | 19 | 16−17 | 11 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
25–26 Oct | GAPS | 64−66 | 19−21 | 19−20 | 9−12 | 16−18 | 5−6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
22–26 Oct | Feedback | 65−66 | 18 | 17 | 12−13 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
18–22 Oct | GESOP | 64−65 | 20−21 | 15−16 | 13−14 | 15−16 | 5−6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
15–19 Oct | Feedback | 67 | 21 | 17 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
8–11 Oct | Feedback | 68−69 | 20−21 | 17−18 | 10−11 | 13 | 3 | 0−2 | 0 | 0−2 |
30 Sep–1 Oct | GESOP | 64−65 | 20−21 | 12−13 | 10 | 17−18 | 5 | 5−6 | 0 | 0 |
29 Sep | NC-Report | 58−59 | 24−25 | 20 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
26–28 Sep | Sigma-2 | 64−65 | 24−25 | 18−20 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 0−2 | 0 | 0 |
21–27 Sep | Feedback | 66−67 | 21 | 15−16 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
16 Sep | Tele 5 | 58−60 | 23−25 | 15−16 | 12−13 | 17−19 | 3−4 | 4−5 | 0 | 0 |
15 Sep | La Vanguardia | 69−70 | 23 | 12−13 | 12 | 17 | 0−2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
15 Sep | NC-Report | 58−62 | 22−25 | 20 | 11 | 15 | 3−4 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
23 Jul | GAPS | 55−57 | 26−28 | 16−17 | 11−13 | 15−16 | 0−3 | 0−4 | 0 | 0 |
4–18 Jun | CEO | 60 | 24−25 | 15−16 | 12−13 | 15−16 | 3−4 | 0−4 | 0 | 0 |
14 Jun | CDC | 52 | 30 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
30 May–7 Jun | Feedback | 58−60 | 26−28 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 1−3 | 0 | 0 |
7–9 May | GESOP | 56−57 | 28−29 | 13−14 | 13 | 17−18 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
6–21 Feb | CEO | 62−63 | 25−26 | 18−19 | 10−11 | 14−15 | 3−4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
16–19 Jan | GESOP | 62−63 | 27−28 | 14−15 | 12−13 | 13−14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2012 | ||||||||||
27–28 Dec | Feedback | 61−62 | 25 | 19 | 13−14 | 15 | 0−2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
19–21 Jun | GESOP | 62−63 | 27−28 | 19−20 | 11−12 | 8−9 | 3 | 0−2 | 0−2 | 0 |
2011 | ||||||||||
28 Nov 2010 | Regional Election | 62 | 28 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 4 | N/A | 0 |
Voting preferences
Vote intention
Polls shown below show the recording of raw responses for each party as a percentage of total responses before disregarding those who opted to abstain and prior to the adjusting for the likely votes of those who were undecided to obtain an estimate of vote share. 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.
Date | Polling Firm/Source | CiU | PSC | PPC | ICV | ERC | C's | SI | CUP | Oth. | No party | Und. |
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25 Nov 2012 | Regional Election | 20.6 | 9.7 | 8.7 | 6.6 | 9.2 | 5.1 | 0.9 | 2.3 | 4.7 | 32.2 | N/A |
9–14 Nov | My Word | 21.3 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 8.8 | 11.6 | 5.2 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 6.1 | 5.1 | 27.6 |
30 Oct–2 Nov | Feedback | 29.5 | 8.4 | 5.2 | 9.5 | 11.2 | 4.7 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 8.5 | 8.3 | 10.6 |
22–30 Oct | CEO | 28.3 | 5.0 | 1.8 | 5.0 | 8.9 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 2.7 | 4.2 | 40.3 |
9–29 Oct | CIS | 27.0 | 10.0 | 5.7 | 6.4 | 9.0 | 3.5 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 6.9 | 10.9 | 18.5 |
18–22 Oct | GESOP | 32.0 | 7.9 | 7.1 | 7.4 | 9.6 | 3.9 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 6.2 | 6.1 | 16.9 |
15–19 Oct | Feedback | 32.7 | 8.9 | 4.6 | 8.4 | 10.3 | 3.2 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 13.8 |
30 Sep–1 Oct | GESOP | 28.9 | 6.5 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 8.8 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 5.9 | 6.1 | 32.0 | |
4–18 Jun | CEO | 25.7 | 10.1 | 2.2 | 9.0 | 7.7 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 8.7 | 11.6 | 22.9 | |
7–9 May | GESOP | 24.3 | 13.8 | 3.8 | 6.8 | 10.4 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 10.0 | 9.4 | 19.1 | |
6–21 Feb | CEO | 30.4 | 11.0 | 3.3 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 7.6 | 8.8 | 20.6 | |
16–19 Jan | GESOP | 27.0 | 11.6 | 4.9 | 6.4 | 8.8 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 11.9 | 10.6 | 16.3 | |
2012 | ||||||||||||
19 Sep–27 Oct | ICPS | 29.8 | 13.4 | 5.9 | 5.0 | 8.6 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 6.3 | 13.6 | 14.3 |
29 Sep–13 Oct | CEO | 31.9 | 10.7 | 5.3 | 7.6 | 7.2 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 7.7 | 7.9 | 19.0 | |
19–21 Jun | GESOP | 28.0 | 11.3 | 5.8 | 6.5 | 5.1 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 10.9 | 11.8 | 15.8 |
2–17 Jun | CEO | 32.1 | 12.9 | 4.6 | 7.5 | 4.4 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 11.6 | 8.4 | 15.4 | |
17–27 Jan | CEO | 34.5 | 11.5 | 4.1 | 7.2 | 5.7 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 9.8 | 7.7 | 16.3 | |
2011 | ||||||||||||
28 Nov 2010 | Regional Election | 22.4 | 10.7 | 7.2 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 6.2 | 41.2 | N/A |
Results
Overall
Parties and coalitions | Popular vote | Seats | ||||
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Votes | % | ±pp | Won | +/− | ||
Convergence and Union (CiU) | 1,116,259 | 30.71 | –7.72 | 50 | –12 | |
Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) | 524,707 | 14.43 | –3.95 | 20 | –8 | |
Republican Left of Catalonia–Catalonia Yes (ERC–CatSí) | 498,124 | 13.70 | +6.70 | 21 | +11 | |
People's Party (PP) | 471,681 | 12.98 | +0.61 | 19 | +1 | |
Initiative for Catalonia Greens–United and Alternative Left (ICV–EUiA) | 359,705 | 9.90 | +2.53 | 13 | +3 | |
Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's) | 275,007 | 7.57 | +4.18 | 9 | +6 | |
Popular Unity Candidacy–Left Alternative (CUP) | 126,435 | 3.48 | New | 3 | +3 | |
Platform for Catalonia (PxC) | 60,107 | 1.65 | –0.75 | 0 | ±0 | |
Catalan Solidarity for Independence (SI) | 46,838 | 1.29 | –2.00 | 0 | –4 |
Parties with less than 1.0% of the vote | 103,409 | 2.84 | — | 0 | ±0 | |
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Blank Seats (EB) | 28,288 | 0.78 | +0.18 | 0 | ±0 | |
Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA) | 20,861 | 0.57 | +0.12 | 0 | ±0 | |
Pirates of Catalonia (Pirata.cat) | 18,219 | 0.50 | +0.29 | 0 | ±0 | |
Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) | 14,614 | 0.40 | +0.23 | 0 | ±0 | |
Hartos.org (Hartos.org) | 11,702 | 0.32 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
Democratic Way (VD) | 5,984 | 0.16 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
Communist Unification of Spain (UCE) | 2,582 | 0.07 | +0.04 | 0 | ±0 | |
Republican Left (IR) | 826 | 0.02 | –0.03 | 0 | ±0 | |
Socialists and Republicans (SyR) | 333 | 0.01 | New | 0 | ±0 |
Blank ballots | 52,898 | 1.46 | –1.47 | |||
Total | 3,635,170 | 100.00 | 135 | ±0 | ||
Valid votes | 3,635,170 | 99.10 | –0.19 | |||
Invalid votes | 33,140 | 0.90 | +0.19 | |||
Votes cast / turnout | 3,668,310 | 67.76 | +8.98 | |||
Abstentions | 1,745,558 | 32.24 | –8.98 | |||
Registered voters | 5,413,868 | |||||
Source(s): Generalitat of Catalonia, historiaelectoral.com |
Distribution by constituency
Constituency | CiU | PSC | ERC | PP | ICV–EUiA | C's | CUP | |||||||
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% | S | % | S | % | S | % | S | % | S | % | S | % | S | |
Barcelona | 28.1 | 26 | 15.4 | 14 | 12.7 | 12 | 13.3 | 12 | 11.1 | 10 | 8.4 | 8 | 3.4 | 3 |
Girona | 43.0 | 9 | 10.1 | 2 | 17.8 | 3 | 9.6 | 2 | 5.9 | 1 | 3.6 | − | 4.2 | − |
Lleida | 43.1 | 8 | 10.4 | 1 | 17.4 | 3 | 11.3 | 2 | 5.4 | 1 | 3.3 | − | 3.0 | − |
Tarragona | 31.7 | 7 | 13.6 | 3 | 15.1 | 3 | 15.0 | 3 | 6.9 | 1 | 7.3 | 1 | 3.6 | − |
Total | 30.7 | 50 | 14.4 | 20 | 13.7 | 21 | 13.0 | 19 | 9.9 | 13 | 7.6 | 9 | 3.5 | 3 |
Post-election
Investiture voting
Investiture voting for Artur Mas (CiU) Absolute majority: 68/135 | ||
Vote | Parties | Votes |
Yes | CiU (50), ERC (21) | 71 / 135 |
No | PSC (20), PP (18), ICV (13), C's (9), CUP (3) | 63 / 135 |
Abstentions | 0 / 135 | |
1 PPC deputy missed the voting. | ||
Source: historiaelectoral.com | ||
Notes
- 1 2 3 4 Poll results are shown projected over candidacy votes (that is, votes going for political parties, excluding blank ballots). The vote percentage in the official election is calculated including blank ballots into the estimation. In order to obtain data comparable to both the official results as well as those of other polls, a rule of three has been applied to the poll projections, with the results of the calculation being shown instead.
- ↑ This poll provides data ranges, approximations and/or various electoral scenario hypotheses calculated using similar weighting parameters. In order to simplify, the average of these data is given.
References
- ↑ "Mas: "I have decided to dissolve Parliament and call an election for 25 November"" (in Catalan). El Punt Avui. 2012-09-25. Retrieved 2012-09-25.
- ↑ Spain's Catalonia region to hold early elections on Nov 25, Reuters
- 1 2 3 Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia of 2006, Organic Law No. 6 of July 19, 2006 Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved on 14 March 2017.
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