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2009 Galician regional election
← 2005 1 March 2009 2012 →
All 75 seats in the Parliament of Galicia
38 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered2,648,276 1.2%
Turnout1,706,198 (64.4%)
0.2 pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo Emilio Pérez Touriño Anxo Quintana
Party PP PSOE BNG
Leader since 15 January 2006 10 October 1998 23 November 2003
Leader's seat Pontevedra Pontevedra Ourense
Last election 37 seats, 45.2% 25 seats, 33.2% 13 seats, 18.7%
Seats won 38 25 12
Seat change 1 0 1
Popular vote 789,427 524,488 270,712
Percentage 46.7% 31.0% 16.0%
Swing 1.5 pp 2.2 pp 2.7 pp
Constituency results map for the Parliament of Galicia
President before election

Emilio Pérez Touriño
PSOE

Elected President

Alberto Núñez Feijóo
PP

The 2009 Galician regional election was held on Sunday, 1 March 2009, to elect the 8th Parliament of the autonomous community of Galicia. All 75 seats in the Parliament were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with a regional election in the Basque Country.

The election saw the People's Party (PP) retake control of the parliament from the coalition of the Socialists' Party of Galicia (PSdeG–PSOE) and the Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG), with a majority of 1 seat. As a result, Alberto Núñez Feijoo became the new President of Galicia.

Overview

Electoral system

The Parliament of Galicia was the devolved, unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of Galicia, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution of 1978 and the regional Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a regional president.[1]

Voting for the Parliament was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over eighteen, registered in Galicia and in full enjoyment of their political rights. The 75 members of the Parliament of Galicia were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with a threshold of five percent of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied in each constituency. Parties not reaching the threshold were not taken into consideration for seat distribution. Seats were allocated to constituencies, corresponding to the provinces of A Coruña, Lugo, Ourense and Pontevedra, with each being allocated an initial minimum of 10 seats and the remaining 35 being distributed in proportion to their populations.[1][2]

The use of the D'Hondt method might result in a higher effective threshold, depending on the district magnitude.[3]

Election date

The term of the Parliament of Galicia expired four years after the date of its previous election, unless it was dissolved earlier. The election decree was required to be issued no later than the twenty-fifth day prior to the date of expiry of parliament and published on the following day in the Official Journal of Galicia (DOG), with election day taking place between the fifty-fourth and the sixtieth day from publication. The previous election was held on 19 June 2005, which meant that the legislature's term would have expired on 19 June 2009. The election decree was required to be published in the DOG no later than 26 May 2009, with the election taking place up to the sixtieth day from publication, setting the latest possible election date for the Parliament on Saturday, 25 July 2009.[1][2]

The president had the prerogative to dissolve the Parliament of Galicia and call a snap election, provided that it did not occur before one year had elapsed since a previous dissolution under this procedure. 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.[4]

Parties and candidates

The electoral law allowed for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, coalitions and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form a coalition ahead of an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election call, whereas groupings of electors needed to secure the signature of at least one percent of the electorate in the constituencies for which they sought election, disallowing electors from signing for more than one list of candidates.[2][5]

Below is a list of the main parties and electoral alliances which contested the election:

Candidacy Parties and
alliances 		Leading candidate Ideology Previous result Gov. Ref.
Votes (%) Seats
width="1" bgcolor="Template:People's Party of Galicia/meta/color"| PP
List
 Alberto Núñez Feijóo Conservatism
Christian democracy 		45.23% 37 ☒N
bgcolor="Template:Socialists' Party of Galicia/meta/color"| PSdeG–
PSOE
List
 Emilio Pérez Touriño Social democracy 33.22% 25 checkY
bgcolor="Template:Galician Nationalist Bloc/meta/color"| BNG
List
 Anxo Quintana Galician nationalism
Left-wing nationalism
Socialism 		18.65% 13 checkY

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 given poll. When available, seat projections are also displayed below the voting estimates in a smaller font. 38 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Parliament of Galicia.

Color key:

  Poll conducted after legal ban on opinion polls   Exit poll

Results

Overall

← Summary of the 1 March 2009 Parliament of Galicia election results →
Parties and coalitions Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
width="1" bgcolor="Template:People's Party of Galicia/meta/color"| People's Party (PP) 789,427 46.68 +1.45 38 +1
bgcolor="Template:Socialists' Party of Galicia/meta/color"| Socialists' Party of Galicia (PSdeG–PSOE) 524,488 31.02 –2.20 25 ±0
bgcolor="Template:Galician Nationalist Bloc/meta/color"| Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG) 270,712 16.01 –2.64 12 –1
bgcolor="Template:Union, Progress and Democracy/meta/color"| Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) 23,796 1.41 New 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:Terra Galega/meta/color"| Galician Land (TeGa) 18,726 1.11 New 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:United Left (Galicia)/meta/color"| United Left (EU–IU) 16,441 0.97 +0.23 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:The Greens–Green Group/meta/color"| The Greens–Green Group (OV–GV) 5,911 0.35 New 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:For a Fairer World/meta/color"| For a Fairer World (PUM+J) 3,507 0.21 New 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:Galician People's Front/meta/color"| Galician People's Front (FPG) 2,903 0.17 –0.01 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:Nós–Unidade Popular/meta/color"| We–People's Unity (Nós–UP) 1,510 0.09 –0.01 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:Humanist Party (Spain)/meta/color"| Humanist Party (PH) 1,227 0.07 –0.02 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:Ourensan Democracy/meta/color"| Ourensan Democracy (DO) 1,066 0.06 +0.02 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:More Galicia/meta/color"| More Galicia (+G) 923 0.05 New 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:Falange Española de las JONS (1976)/meta/color"| Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS) 675 0.04 –0.02 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:Internationalist Solidarity and Self-Management/meta/color"| Internationalist Solidarity and Self-Management (SAIn) 420 0.02 New 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:United Galicia/meta/color"| United Galicia (GU) 369 0.02 New 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:Liberal Centrist Union (Spain)/meta/color"| Liberal Centrist Union (UCL) 311 0.02 New 0 ±0
Social Democratic Party of Law (SDD) 262 0.02 +0.01 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:Electronic Voting Assembly/meta/color"| Electronic Voting Assembly (AVE) 230 0.01 New 0 ±0
Blank ballots 28,071 1.66 +0.41
Total 1,690,975 75 ±0
Valid votes 1,690,975 99.11 –0.43
Invalid votes 15,223 0.89 +0.43
Votes cast / turnout 1,706,198 64.43 +0.22
Abstentions 942,078 35.57 –0.22
Registered voters 2,648,276
Sources[6][7]
Popular vote
PP
 
 46.68%
PSdeG–PSOE
 
 31.02%
BNG
 
 16.01%
UPyD
 
 1.41%
TeGa
 
 1.11%
Others
 
 2.11%
Blank ballots
 
 1.66%
Seats
PP
 
 50.67%
PSdeG–PSOE
 
 33.33%
BNG
 
 16.00%

Distribution by constituency

Constituency PP PSdeG BNG
colspan="2" style="background:Template:People's Party of Galicia/meta/color"| colspan="2" style="background:Template:Socialists' Party of Galicia/meta/color"| colspan="2" style="background:Template:Galician Nationalist Bloc/meta/color"|
% S % S % S
A Coruña style="background:Template:People's Party of Galicia/meta/color; color:white;"| 45.5 12 30.6 8 15.7 4
Lugo style="background:Template:People's Party of Galicia/meta/color; color:white;"| 47.8 8 32.7 5 14.6 2
Ourense style="background:Template:People's Party of Galicia/meta/color; color:white;"| 48.5 7 31.9 5 16.0 2
Pontevedra style="background:Template:People's Party of Galicia/meta/color; color:white;"| 46.9 11 30.5 7 16.9 4
Total style="background:Template:People's Party of Galicia/meta/color; color:white;"| 46.7 38 31.0 25 16.0 12
Sources[6][7]

Aftermath

Investiture
Alberto Núñez Feijóo (PP)
Ballot → 16 April 2009
Required majority → 38 out of 75 checkY
Yes
  • • PP (38)
38 / 75
No
36 / 75
Abstentions
0 / 75
Absentees
1 / 75
Sources[6]

References

Opinion poll sources
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