Basque parliamentary election, 2005

Basque parliamentary election, 2005

2001 ← April 17, 2005 → 2009

All 75 seats of the Basque Parliament 38 seats needed for a majority Turnout 68.00%   First party Second party Third party   Leader Juan José Ibarretxe Patxi López María San Gil Party Basque Nationalist Party Spanish Socialist Workers' Party People's Party Leader since 28 March 1998 22 March 2002 6 November 2004 Leader's seat Álava Vizcaya Vizcaya Last election 33 seats, 42.72% 13 seats, 17.90% 19 seats, 23.12% Seats won 29 18 15 Seat change 4 5 4 Popular vote 468,117 274,546 210,614 Percentage 38.67% 22,68% 17.40% Swing 4.05% 4.78% 5.72%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Maite Aranburu Javier Madrazo Aintzane Ezenarro Party Communist Party of the Basque Homelands United Left Aralar Leader since 2005 December 1994 14 November 2004 Leader's seat Gipuzkoa Vizcaya Gipuzkoa Last election 7 seats, 10.12% 3 seats, 5.58% N/A Seats won 9 3 1 Seat change 2 0 1 Popular vote 150,644 65,023 28,180 Percentage 12.44% 5.37% 2,33% Swing 2.32% 0.21% 2.23%

Lehendakari before election Juan José Ibarretxe Basque Nationalist Party Elected Lehendakari Juan José Ibarretxe Basque Nationalist Party

Elections to the Parliament of the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country, Spain, were held on April 17, 2005.

The electoral coalition Eusko Alkartasuna-Basque Nationalist Party (EA-PNV) won 29 seats, the Socialists came second with 18 seats, the People's Party came in third with 15 seats. The controversial Communist Party of the Basque Homelands won 9 seats.

Results

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 Summary of the 17 April 2005 Basque Parliament elections results
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Party		Popular Vote			Seats
		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Basque Nationalist Party-Basque Solidarity Euzko Alderdi Jeltzalea-Eusko Alkartasuna – EAJ-PNV/EA	468,117	38.67	4.05	29	4
	Socialist Party of the Basque Country – Basque Country Left Partido Socialista de Euskadi-Euskadiko Ezkerra – PSE-EE	274,546	22.68	4.78	18	5
	People's Party Partido Popular – PP	210,614	17.40	5.74	15	4
	Communist Party of the Basque Homelands Euskal Herrialdeetako Alderdi Komunista – PCTV-EHAK	150,644	12.44	2.32	9	2
	United Left - Greens Ezker Batua-Berdeak – EB-B	65,023	5.37	0.21	3	0
	Aralar Aralar	28,180	2.33	2.33	1	1
	Other parties	13,474	1.11	0.55	0	0
Blank votes		9,001	0.74	0.06
Valid votes		1,219,599	99.67	0.10
Invalid votes		4,035	0.33	0.10
Totals and voter turnout		1,223,634	68.00	10.97	75	—
Electorate		1,799,500	100.00	—
Source: Departamento de Interior de Euskadi

Popular vote
EAJ-PNV/EA			38.67%
PSE-EE			22.68%
PP			17.40%
PCTV-EHAK			12.44%
EB-B			5.37%
Aralar			2.33%
Others			1.11%

Parliamentary seats
EAJ-PNV/EA			38.66%
PSE-EE			24.00%
PP			20.00%
PCTV-EHAK			12.00%
EB-B			4.00%
Aralar			1.34%
Others			0.00%

External links

• (Spanish) Official results of elections held in the Basque Autonomous Community
• (Spanish) Basque 2005 regional election blog