Asturian parliamentary election, 2007

Asturian parliamentary election, 2007
Asturias
27 May 2007
All 45 seats in the Asturian General Junta
23 seats needed for a majority
Registered 981,802 Increase0.6%
Turnout 604,682 (61.6%)
Decrease2.2 pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Vicente Álvarez Areces Ovidio Sánchez Jesús Iglesias
Party PSOE PP IU
Leader since 14 June 1998 9 December 1998 2007
Last election 22 seats, 40.5% 19 seats, 39.2% 4 seats, 12.1%[lower-alpha 1]
Seats won 21 20 4
Seat change Decrease1 Increase1 ±0
Popular vote 252,201 248,907 58,114
Percentage 42.0% 41.5% 9.7%
Swing Increase1.5 pp Increase2.3 pp Decrease2.4 pp
President before election

Vicente Álvarez Areces
PSOE

 Elected President

Vicente Álvarez Areces
PSOE

The 2007 Asturian parliamentary election was held on Sunday, 27 May 2007, to elect the 7th General Junta of the Principality of Asturias, the regional legislature of the Spanish autonomous community of Asturias. At stake were all 45 seats in the General Junta, determining the President of the Principality of Asturias.

Electoral system

The 45 members of the General Junta of the Principality of Asturias were elected in 3 multi-member districts using the D'Hondt method and a closed-list proportional representation system. Unlike other regions, districts did not coincide with provincial limits, being determined by law as such:

Each district was entitled to an initial minimum of 2 seats, with the remaining 39 seats allocated among the three districts in proportion to their populations. For the 2007 election, seats were distributed as follows: Central District (34), Eastern District (5) and Western District (6).

Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage in a secret ballot. Only lists polling above 3% of the total vote in each district (which include blank ballots—for none of the above) were entitled to enter the seat distribution.[1]

Results

Overall

← Summary of the 27 May 2007 Asturian General Junta election results →
Party Vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 252,201 42.04 Increase1.56 21 Decrease1
People's Party (PP) 248,907 41.50 Increase2.32 20 Increase1
United Left-Bloc for Asturias-The Greens of Asturias (IU-BA-LV)[lower-alpha 1] 58,114 9.69 Decrease2.42 4 ±0
Asturian Renewal Union-Asturianist Party (URAS-PAS)[lower-alpha 2] 13,314 2.22 Decrease2.46 0 ±0
Unity (Unidá) 4,119 0.69 New 0 ±0
Andecha Astur (AA) 2,770 0.46 Decrease0.16 0 ±0
Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE) 2,001 0.33 Increase0.13 0 ±0
Republican Left (IR) 1,707 0.28 New 0 ±0
National Democracy (DN) 884 0.15 New 0 ±0
Asturian Council (Conceyu) 782 0.13 Increase0.05 0 ±0
Asturian Democratic Convergence (CDAS) 581 0.10 Increase0.04 0 ±0
Blank ballots 14,458 2.41 Increase0.12
Total 599,838 100.00 45 ±0
Valid votes 599,838 99.20 Decrease0.09
Invalid votes 4,844 0.80 Increase0.09
Votes cast / turnout 604,682 61.59 Decrease2.25
Abstentions 377,120 38.41 Increase2.25
Registered voters 981,802
Source(s):
Vote share
PSOE
  
 42.04%
PP
  
 41.50%
IU-BA-LV
  
 9.69%
URAS-PAS
  
 2.22%
Others
  
 2.14%
Blank ballots
  
 2.41%
Parliamentary seats
PSOE
  
 46.67%
PP
  
 44.44%
IU-BA-LV
  
 8.89%

Results by district

Election results by district.

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Compared to the United Left+The Greens results in the 2003 election.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Compared to the Asturian Renewal Union+Asturianist Party results in the 2003 election.

References

  1. ↑ "Law 14/1986, of 26 December, on the regulation of elections to the General Junta of the Principality of Asturias".
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