Valencian regional election, 2011

22 May 2011

All 99 seats in the Corts Valencianes
50 seats needed for a majority

Opinion polls

Registered

3,549,687

1.7%

Turnout

2,491,588 (70.2%)

0.1 pp

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Francisco Camps	Jorge Alarte	Enric Morera
Party	PP	PSPV–PSOE	Compromís
Leader since	10 July 2002	28 September 2008	25 January 2010
Leader's seat	Valencia	Valencia	Valencia
Last election	54 seats, 52.5%	38 seats, 34.5%	2 seats, 2.3%
Seats won	55	33	6
Seat change	1	5	4
Popular vote	1,211,112	687,141	176,213
Percentage	49.4%	28.0%	7.2%
Swing	3.1 pp	6.5 pp	4.9 pp

	Fourth party

Leader	Marga Sanz
Party	EUPV
Leader since	8 March 2009
Leader's seat	Valencia
Last election	5 seats, 5.7%
Seats won	5
Seat change	0
Popular vote	144,703
Percentage	5.9%
Swing	0.2 pp

Constituency results map for the Corts Valencianes

President before election

Francisco Camps
PP

Elected President

Francisco Camps
PP

The 2011 Valencian regional election was held on Sunday, 22 May 2011, to elect the 8th Corts of the Valencian Community. All 99 seats in the Corts were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in 12 other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.

The election was won by the People's Party (PP), which increased its majority despite a drop in its vote share. The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) continued its long term decline in the area and, in line with what happened in other regions, obtained one of its worst electoral results since the autonomous community's inception. On the other hand, the electoral alliance between United Left of the Valencian Country (EUPV) and the Valencian Nationalist Bloc (BNV) which stood in the 2007 election had dissolved, with both parties entering the legislature much at the expense of the declining PSOE.

As a result of the election, Francisco Camps was elected President for a third term in office. However, he resigned just two months into his term in July 2011, being succeeded by Alberto Fabra, who would remain in the post for the remainder of the legislature.

Electoral system

The 99 members of the Corts Valencianes 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 regionally. Parties not reaching the threshold were not taken into consideration for seat distribution. Seats were allocated to constituencies, corresponding to the provinces of Alicante, Castellón and Valencia. Each constituency was entitled to an initial minimum of 20 seats, with the remaining 39 allocated among the constituencies in proportion to their populations.^[1]^[2] Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage, with all nationals over eighteen, registered in the Valencian Community and in full enjoyment of all political rights entitled to vote. Amendments to the electoral law in 2011 required for Valencians abroad to apply for voting before being permitted to vote, a system known as "begged" or expat vote (Spanish: Voto rogado).^[3]

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.^[1]^[4]^[5]

Elections could be held up to 30 days from the legislature's expiry date, which would take place four years after the previous election.^{[n 1]} The President of the Generalitat Valenciana had the prerogative to dissolve the Corts and call a snap election, provided that no motion of no confidence was in process. Additionally, the chamber was to be automatically 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.^[2]^[4]

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.

Date	Polling Firm/Source	PP	PSPV	EUPV	C	UPyD	Oth.	Lead
Date	Polling Firm/Source						Oth.	Lead
22 May 2011	Regional Election	49.4	28.0	5.9	7.2	2.5	7.0	21.4
22 May	Ipsos-Eco	49.9	27.6	6.6	6.4		9.5	22.3
Exit polls
10–11 May	TNS-Demoscopia	51.3	29.2	8.3	4.4		6.8	23.1
9–10 May	Metroscopia^{[lower-alpha 1]}	50.8	28.3	7.0	4.1		9.8	22.5
26 Apr–3 May	GAD^{[lower-alpha 1]}	53.3	30.7	7.1	3.8		5.1	22.6
19–26 Apr	Ikerfel	52.6	30.1	6.0	3.2	1.6	6.5	22.5
13–20 Apr	Celeste-Tel^{[lower-alpha 1]}	50.5	28.5	6.3	5.7		9.0	22.0
17 Mar–17 Apr	CIS	53.1	28.8	7.1	2.7	1.7	6.6	24.3
13–14 Apr	GAD^{[lower-alpha 1]}	53.3	31.1	6.6	3.6		5.4	22.2
11–14 Apr	Sigma-2	52.3	32.6	6.4	3.5		5.2	19.7
4–7 Apr	Obradoiro	50.4	32.6	5.7	5.7		5.6	17.8
30 Mar–5 Apr	Inmerco	53.4	29.9	7.7	3.1		5.9	23.5
7–15 Mar	GAD^{[lower-alpha 1]}	54.3	30.1	6.6	3.6		5.4	24.2
2011
17–21 Dec	Sigma-2	56.7	27.3	5.6	3.0		7.4	29.4
5–15 Oct	PSPV^{[lower-alpha 1]}	55.3	29.5	5.2	4.0		6.0	25.8
5–6 Oct	Metroscopia^{[lower-alpha 1]}	50.4	28.9	6.6	3.5		10.6	21.5
20 Sep–6 Oct	PP^{[lower-alpha 1]}	54.0	30.6	8.4			7.0	23.4
6–10 Sep	AC	53.4	31.7	6.4	3.5		5.0	21.7
19–23 Jul	PP^{[lower-alpha 1]}	53.9	30.8	7.7			7.6	23.1
24–27 May	Sigma-2	55.8	30.7	6.4	2.5		4.6	25.1
26–30 Apr	Inmerco	51.9	34.5	3.5	4.1		6.0	17.4
6–29 Apr	PP^{[lower-alpha 1]}	54.1	31.9	7.1			6.9	22.2
6–16 Apr	PSPV	54.0	31.6	5.5	4.5		4.4	22.4
4 Apr	Obradoiro	51.0	31.2	8.0			9.8	19.8
2010
10–16 Dec	PP^{[lower-alpha 1]}	54.3	32.3	6.9			6.5	22.0
6–16 Oct	PSPV	51.2	35.6	5.8	3.6		3.8	15.6
9 Oct	Metroscopia^{[lower-alpha 1]}	52.6	31.7	5.2	3.9		6.6	20.9
1–12 Sep	PP^{[lower-alpha 1]}	53.3	32.4	7.4			6.9	20.9
7 Jun 2009	EP Election	52.2	37.6	2.8	1.0	2.1	4.3	14.6
10 May	PSPV	52.1	32.7					19.4
2009
9 Mar 2008	General Election	51.6	41.0	2.7	1.1	0.7	2.9	10.6
2008
27 May 2007	Regional Election	52.5	34.5	8.0	w.EUPV		4.1	18.0

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. 50 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Corts Valencianes.

50 seats needed for majority
Date	Polling Firm/Source	PP	PSPV	EUPV	C	UPyD	Others
Date	Polling Firm/Source						Others
22 May 2011	Regional Election	55	33	5	6	0	0
22 May	Ipsos-Eco	56−59	29−32	5−6	5−6	0	0
Exit polls
10–11 May	TNS-Demoscopia	56−58	32−34	9	0	0	0
9–10 May	Metroscopia	59	33	7	0	0	0
26 Apr–3 May	GAD	58	35	6	0	0	0
19–26 Apr	Ikerfel	58−60	34−36	3−5	0	0	0
13–20 Apr	Celeste-Tel	57	33	5	4	0	0
17 Mar–17 Apr	CIS	60	33	6	0	0	0
13–14 Apr	GAD	57−59	33−35	6−7	0	0	0
11–14 Apr	Sigma-2	56−59	36−39	4	0	0	0
4–7 Apr	Obradoiro	55	35	5	4	0	0
7–15 Mar	GAD	60	33	6	0	0	0
2011
17–21 Dec	Sigma-2	63−65	29−32	4−5	0	0	0
5–15 Oct	PSPV	60	35	4	0	0	0
5–6 Oct	Metroscopia	60	33	6	0	0	0
20 Sep–6 Oct	PP	57−58	33−34	8	0	0	0
6–10 Sep	AC	57	36	6	0	0	0
19–23 Jul	PP	57−58	34−35	7	0	0	0
24–27 May	Sigma-2	59−64	30−33	4−6	0	0	0
21 May	PSPV	58	35	6	0	0	0
6–29 Apr	PP	57−58	35−36	6	0	0	0
4 Apr	Obradoiro	57−58	35−36	6	0	0	0
2010
10–16 Dec	PP	57	36	6	0	0	0
9 Oct	Metroscopia	61	36	2	0	0	0
1–12 Sep	PP	57	36	6	0	0	0
10 May	PSPV	57	38	4	0	0	0
2009
2008
27 May 2007	Regional Election	54	38	7	w.EUPV		0

Results

Overall

← Summary of the 22 May 2011 Corts Valencianes election results →
Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats

Parties and coalitions		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
	People's Party (PP)	1,211,112	49.42	–3.10	55	+1
	Socialist Party of the Valencian Country (PSPV–PSOE)	687,141	28.04	–6.45	33	–5
	Commitment Coalition (Compromís)¹	176,213	7.19	+4.90	6	+4
	United Left of the Valencian Country (EUPV)¹	144,703	5.90	+0.17	5	±0

	Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)	60,859	2.48	New	0	±0
	Greens and Eco-pacifists (VyE)	31,808	1.30	New	0	±0

Parties with less than 1.0% of the vote		78,366	3.20	—	±0
	Spain 2000 (E–2000)	12,191	0.50	+0.26	±0
	Republican Left of the Valencian Country (ERPV)	11,129	0.45	–0.03	±0
	Anti-Bullfighting Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA)	9,306	0.38	New	±0
	Valencian Coalition (CVa)	9,183	0.37	–0.34	±0
	Liberal Democratic Centre (CDL)	8,203	0.33	+0.30	±0
	Citizens for Blank Votes (CenB)	4,222	0.17	New	±0
	United for Valencia (UxV)	3,637	0.15	+0.04	±0
	Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE)	3,456	0.14	–0.03	±0
	Humanist Party (PH)	2,566	0.10	+0.02	±0
	Renewal Liberal Centre (CLR)	2,463	0.10	+0.04	±0
	National Democracy (DN)	2,151	0.09	+0.06	±0
	Communist Unification of Spain (UCE)	1,719	0.07	New	±0
	Authentic Falange (FA)	1,627	0.07	–0.03	±0
	Movement for People's Unity–Republicans (MUP–R)	1,440	0.06	±0.00	±0
	Family and Life Party (PFyV)	1,412	0.06	New	±0
	Spanish Falange of the JONS (FE–JONS)	1,156	0.05	+0.01	±0
	The Republic (La República)	735	0.03	New	±0
	Valencian Nationalist Left–European Valencianist Party (ENV–RV–PVE)	677	0.03	New	±0
	Spanish Patriotic Social Party (SPES)	585	0.02	New	±0
	Foreigners' Party (PdEx)	508	0.02	New	±0

Blank ballots

60,670

2.48

+1.07

Total

2,450,872

100.00

±0

Valid votes

2,450,872

98.37

–0.96

Invalid votes

40,716

1.63

+0.96

Votes cast / turnout

2,491,588

70.19

+0.05

Abstentions

1,058,099

29.81

–0.05

Registered voters

3,549,687

Source(s): Corts Valencianes, historiaelectoral.com, Argos Information Portal

Notes:
¹ Due to the impossibility of direct comparison as a result of the dissolution of the Commitment for the Valencian Country, the electoral alliance between United Left of the Valencian Country and Valencian Nationalist Bloc, an unofficial comparison is calculated using the strength ratio (5:2) of both parties in the Corts after the 2007 election.

Popular vote

PP			49.42%
PSPV–PSOE			28.04%
Compromís			7.19%
EUPV			5.90%
UPyD			2.48%
VyE			1.30%
Others			3.20%
Blank ballots			2.48%

Seats

PP			55.56%
PSPV–PSOE			33.33%
Compromís			6.06%
EUPV			5.05%

Distribution by constituency

Constituency	PP		PSPV		Compromís		EUPV

	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S
Alicante	49.6	20	29.9	12	4.6	1	5.4	2
Castellón	48.1	13	31.0	9	6.7	1	5.2	1
Valencia	49.6	22	26.3	12	8.9	4	6.4	2
Total	49.4	55	28.0	33	7.2	6	5.9	5

Notes

↑ As per Article 42 of the General Electoral System Law of 1985, the election Decree was to be issued on the twenty-fifth day prior to the date of expiry of the Corts and published on the following day in the Official Journal of the Valencian Community, with election day being held on the fifty-fourth day from publication. As a result, an election could not be held later than the thirtieth day from the date of expiry of the Corts.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 This survey shows its poll results 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 surveys, a rule of three has been applied to the survey projections, with the results of the calculation being shown instead.

References

1 2 Valencian Electoral Law of 1987, Law No. 2 of March 31, 1987 Official Journal of the Valencian Community (in Spanish). Retrieved on 17 March 2017.
1 2 Statute of Autonomy of the Valencian Community of 1982, Organic Law No. 1 of July 1, 1982 Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved on 17 March 2017.
↑ Reig Pellicer, Naiara (16 December 2015). "Spanish elections: Begging for the right to vote". cafebabel.co.uk. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
1 2 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.
↑ "Representation of the people Institutional Act". juntaelectoralcentral.es. Central Electoral Commission. Retrieved 16 June 2017.

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