Riojan regional election, 2015

Riojan regional election, 2015

24 May 2015
All 33 seats in the Parliament of La Rioja 17 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered	247,663 2.3%
Turnout	166,649 (67.3%) 2.5 pp
First party Second party Third party   Leader Pedro Sanz Concha Andreu Raúl Ausejo Party PP PSOE Podemos Leader since 2 October 1993 19 October 2014 23 January 2015 Leader's seat La Rioja La Rioja La Rioja Last election 20 seats, 52.0% 11 seats, 30.3% Did not contest Seats won 15 10 4 Seat change 5 1 4 Popular vote 63,094 43,689 18,319 Percentage 38.6% 26.7% 11.2% Swing 13.4 pp 3.6 pp New party   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Diego Ubis Miguel González de Legarra Party C's PR Leader since 8 March 2015 16 December 1995 Leader's seat La Rioja La Rioja (lost) Last election Did not contest 2 seats, 5.4% Seats won 4 0 Seat change 4 2 Popular vote 17,042 7,277 Percentage 10.4% 4.5% Swing New party 0.9 pp
President before election Pedro Sanz PP Elected President José Ignacio Ceniceros PP

The 2015 Riojan regional election was held on Sunday, 24 May 2015, to elect the 9th Parliament of the Autonomous Community of La Rioja. All 33 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.

Reflecting a national trend, the governing People's Party (PP) and the opposition Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) both lost support, to the benefit of the new left-wing party Podemos (Spanish for "We can") and the centrist party Citizens (C's). The PP retained the largest number of seats, but lost its overall majority for the first time since 1995.

Electoral system

The number of seats in the Parliament of La Rioja is set to a fixed-number of 33. All Parliament members are elected in a single multi-member district, consisting of the Community's territory (the province of La Rioja), using the D'Hondt method and a closed-list proportional representation system.

Voting is 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) are entitled to enter the seat distribution.^[1]

Opinion polls

Vote

Poll results are listed in the table below in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first. 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. Poll results use the date the survey's fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. However, if such date is unknown, the date of publication will be given instead.

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. 17 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Parliament of La Rioja.

Results

← Summary of the 24 May 2015 Parliament of La Rioja election results

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
	People's Party (PP)	63,094	38.62	–13.36	15	–5
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	43,689	26.74	–3.59	10	–1
	We Can (Podemos)	18,319	11.21	New	4	+4
	Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's)	17,042	10.43	New	4	+4
	Riojan Party (PR+)	7,277	4.45	–0.98	0	–2
	Change La Rioja–United Left–Equo (CR–IU–eQuo)	6,797	4.16	+0.46	0	±0
	Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)	2,005	1.23	–2.33	0	±0

Notes

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