2007 Cantabrian regional election

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2007 Cantabrian regional election
← 2003 27 May 2007 2011 →
All 39 seats in the Parliament of Cantabria
20 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered 485,624 Green Arrow Up Darker.svg1.8%
Turnout 349,520 (72.0%)
Red Arrow Down.svg1.0 pp
  First party Second party Third party
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Leader Ignacio Diego Miguel Ángel Revilla Dolores Gorostiaga
Party People's Party of Cantabria PRC PSOE
Leader since 13 November 2004 1984 16 December 2000
Last election 18 seats, 42.5% 8 seats, 19.2% 13 seats, 30.0%
Seats won 17 12 10
Seat change Red Arrow Down.svg1 Green Arrow Up Darker.svg4 Red Arrow Down.svg3
Popular vote 143,610 99,159 84,982
Percentage 41.5% 28.6% 24.5%
Swing Red Arrow Down.svg1.0 pp Green Arrow Up Darker.svg9.4 pp Red Arrow Down.svg5.5 pp
President before election

Miguel Ángel Revilla
PRC

 Elected President

Miguel Ángel Revilla
PRC

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.

Overview

Electoral system

The Parliament of Cantabria was the devolved, unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of Cantabria, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution and the Cantabrian Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a President of the Autonomous Community.[1] Voting for the Parliament was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over 18 years of age, registered in Cantabria and in full enjoyment of their political rights.

The 39 members of the Parliament of Cantabria were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of five percent of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied regionally.[1][2]

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 the signature of at least 1 percent of the electors registered in Cantabria. 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 of the election being called.[2][3][4]

Election date

The term of the Parliament of Cantabria expired four years after the date of its previous election. Elections to the Parliament were fixed for the fourth Sunday of May every four years. The previous election was held on 25 May 2003, setting the election date for the Parliament on Sunday, 27 May 2007.[1][2][3][4]

The President of the Autonomous Community had the prerogative to dissolve the Parliament of Cantabria and call a snap election, provided that no motion of no confidence was in process, no nationwide election was due and some time requirements were met: namely, that dissolution did not occur either during the first legislative session or within the legislature's last year ahead of its scheduled expiry, nor before one year has elapsed since a previous dissolution. In the event of an investiture process failing to elect a regional President within a two-month period from the first ballot, the Parliament was to be automatically dissolved and a fresh election called. Any snap election held as a result of these circumstances would not alter the period to the next ordinary election, with elected deputies merely serving out what remained of their four-year terms.[1]

Opinion polls

The table below lists voting intention estimates in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first and using the dates when the survey fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. Where the fieldwork dates are unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed with its background shaded in the leading party's colour. If a tie ensues, this is applied to the figures with the highest percentages. The "Lead" column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the parties with the highest percentages in a poll. When available, seat projections determined by the polling organisations are displayed below (or in place of) the percentages in a smaller font; 20 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Parliament of Cantabria.

Color key:

      Exit poll

Results

← Summary of the 27 May 2007 Parliament of Cantabria election results →
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Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes  % ±pp Total +/−
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)1 6,511 1.88 –1.82 0 ±0
Council (Conceju) 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 Phalanx of the CNSO (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 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
Sources[5][6][7]
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Footnotes:
Popular vote
PP
  
 41.48%
PRC
  
 28.64%
PSOE
  
 24.54%
IU–BR
  
 1.88%
Others
  
 1.75%
Blank ballots
  
 1.71%
Seats
PP
  
 43.59%
PRC
  
 30.77%
PSOE
  
 25.64%

Aftermath

Investiture
Miguel Ángel Revilla (PRC)
Ballot → 30 June 2007
Required majority → 20 out of 39 YesY
Yes
22 / 39
No
  • • PP (17)
17 / 39
Abstentions
0 / 39
Absentees
0 / 39
Sources[7]

Notes

  1. ↑ Undecided and/or abstentionists excluded.

References

Opinion poll sources
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Other
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Statute of Autonomy of Cantabria of 1981, Organic Law No. 8 of 30 December 1981 Official State Gazette (in Español)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Parliament of Cantabria Elections Law of 1987, Law No. 5 of 27 March 1987 Official Gazette of Cantabria (in Español)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 General Electoral System Organic Law of 1985, Organic Law No. 5 of 19 June 1985 Official State Gazette (in Español)
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