Galician regional election, 2009

Galician regional election, 2009
Galicia (Spain)
1 March 2009
All 75 seats in the Parliament of Galicia
38 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered 2,648,276 1.2%
Turnout 1,706,198 (64.4%)
0.2 pp

  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo Emilio Pérez Touriño Anxo Quintana
Party PP PSdeG–PSOE BNG
Leader since 15 January 2006 10 October 1998 23 November 2003
Leader's seat Pontevedra Pontevedra Ourense
Last election 37 seats, 45.2% 25 seats, 33.2% 13 seats, 18.7%
Seats won 38 25 12
Seat change 1 0 1
Popular vote 789,427 524,488 270,712
Percentage 46.7% 31.0% 16.0%
Swing 1.5 pp 2.2 pp 2.7 pp

Constituency results map for the Parliament of Galicia
President before election

Emilio Pérez Touriño
PSdeG–PSOE

 Elected President

Alberto Núñez Feijóo
PP

The 2009 Galician regional election was held on Sunday, 1 March 2009, to elect the 8th Parliament of the Autonomous Community of Galicia. All 75 seats in the Parliament were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with a regional election in the Basque Country.

The election saw the People's Party (PP) retake control of the parliament from the coalition of the Socialists' Party of Galicia (PSdeG–PSOE) and the Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG), with a majority of 1 seat. As a result, Alberto Núñez Feijoo became the new President of Galicia.

Electoral system

The Parliament of Galicia was the devolved, unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of Galicia, having legislative power in matters of regional competence as underlined by the Spanish Constitution and the Galician Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to grant or revoke confidence from a President of the Xunta.[1] Voting for the Parliament was on the basis of universal suffrage, with all nationals over eighteen, registered in Galicia and in full enjoyment of all political rights entitled to vote.

The 75 members of the Parliament of Galicia were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with a threshold of 5 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 five percent, dependant on the district magnitude.[2] Seats were allocated to constituencies, corresponding to the provinces of A Coruña, Lugo, Ourense and Pontevedra. Each constituency was entitled to an initial minimum of 10 seats, with the remaining 35 allocated among the constituencies in proportion to their populations.[3][1]

The electoral law provided that parties, federations, coalitions and groupings of electors were allowed to present lists of candidates. However, groupings of electors were required to secure at least the signature of 1 per 100 of the electors entered in electoral register of the constituency for which they were seeking election. 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.[3][4][5]

Election date

Article 11 of the Statute of Autonomy for Galicia of 1981 established that the term of the Parliament expired four years from the date of its previous election, unless it was dissolved earlier. Article 12 of the Parliament of Galicia Elections Law of 1985 required for the election Decree to be issued no later than the twenty-fifth day prior to the date of expiry of the Parliament in the event that the President did not make use of his prerogative of early dissolution. The Decree was to be published on the following day in the Official Journal of Galicia, with election day taking place between the fifty-fourth and the sixtieth day from publication. The previous election was held on 19 June 2005, which meant that the legislature's term would expire on 19 June 2009. The election Decree was required to be published no later than 26 May 2009, with the election taking place on the sixtieth day from publication, setting the latest possible election date for the Parliament at Saturday, 25 July 2009.[1][3]

Article 24 of the Xunta and President Law of 1983 granted the President the prerogative to dissolve the Parliament at any given time and call a snap election, provided that it did not occur before one year had elapsed since a previous dissolution under this procedure. Additionally, under Article 17 of the Law 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.[6]

Opinion polls

Party vote

Poll results are listed in the tables 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.

Color key:

  Poll conducted after legal ban on opinion polls

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. 38 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Parliament of Galicia.

Results

Overall

← Summary of the 1 March 2009 Parliament of Galicia election results →
Parties and coalitions Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
People's Party (PP) 789,427 46.68 +1.45 38 +1
Socialists' Party of Galicia (PSdeG–PSOE) 524,488 31.02 –2.20 25 ±0
Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG) 270,712 16.01 –2.64 12 –1
Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) 23,796 1.41 New 0 ±0
Galician Land (TeGa) 18,726 1.11 New 0 ±0
Blank ballots 28,071 1.66 +0.41
Total 1,690,975 100.00 75 ±0
Valid votes 1,690,975 99.11 –0.43
Invalid votes 15,223 0.89 +0.43
Votes cast / turnout 1,706,198 64.43 +0.22
Abstentions 942,078 35.57 –0.22
Registered voters 2,648,276
Source(s): Argos Information Portal, historiaelectoral.com
Popular vote
PP
  
 46.68%
PSdeG–PSOE
  
 31.02%
BNG
  
 16.01%
UPyD
  
 1.41%
TeGa
  
 1.11%
Others
  
 2.11%
Blank ballots
  
 1.66%
Seats
PP
  
 50.67%
PSdeG–PSOE
  
 33.33%
BNG
  
 16.00%

Distribution by constituency

Constituency PP PSdeG BNG
% S % S % S
A Coruña 45.5 12 30.6 8 15.7 4
Lugo 47.8 8 32.7 5 14.6 2
Ourense 48.5 7 31.9 5 16.0 2
Pontevedra 46.9 11 30.5 7 16.9 4
Total 46.7 38 31.0 25 16.0 12

Aftermath

Investiture vote

First round: 16 April 2009
Absolute majority (38/75) required
Candidate: Alberto Núñez Feijóo
Choice Vote
Parties Votes
YesYes PP (38)
38 / 75
No PSdeG–PSOE (24), BNG (12)
36 / 75
Abstentions
0 / 75
Absences: PSdeG–PSOE (1)
Source: historiaelectoral.com

References

  1. 1 2 3 Statute of Autonomy for Galicia of 1981, Organic Law No. 1 of April 6, 1981 Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved on 8 August 2017.
  2. ↑ "Effective threshold in electoral systems". Trinity College, Dublin. 30 July 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 Parliament of Galicia Elections Law of 1985, Law No. 2 of August 13, 1985 Official Journal of Galicia (in Spanish). Retrieved on 8 August 2017.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ "Representation of the people Institutional Act". juntaelectoralcentral.es. Central Electoral Commission. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  6. ↑ Xunta and President Law of 1983, Law No. 1 of February 22, 1983 Official Journal of Galicia (in Spanish). Retrieved on 8 August 2017.
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