2009 European Parliament election in Spain
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The 2009 European Parliament election in Spain was held on Sunday, 7 June 2009, as part of the EU-wide election to elect the 7th European Parliament. All 50 seats allocated to Spain as per the Treaty of Nice—54 after the Treaty of Lisbon came into force on 1 December 2011—were up for election.
Electoral system
The 50 members of the European Parliament allocated to Spain as per the Treaty of Nice[a] were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with no threshold being applied in order to be entitled to enter seat distribution. However, the use of the D'Hondt method might result in an effective threshold depending on the district magnitude.[1] Seats were allocated to a single multi-member constituency comprising the entire national territory. Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals and resident non-national European citizens over eighteen and in full enjoyment of their political rights.[2][3][4]
The electoral law provided that parties, federations, coalitions and groupings of electors were allowed to present lists of candidates. However, they were required to secure the signature of at least 15,000 registered electors. Electors were barred from signing for more than one list of candidates. Parties, federations and coalitions were allowed to replace this requirement with the signature of at least 50 elected officials—deputies, senators, MEPs or members from the legislative assemblies of autonomous communities or from local city councils—. 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.[2][3]
Parties and leaders
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.
Polling firm/Commissioner | Fieldwork date | Sample size | Turnout | ![]() |
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EdPV | UPyD | ![]() |
Lead |
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style="background:Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color;"| | style="background:Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color;"| | style="background:Template:Coalition for Europe (2009)/meta/color;"| | style="background:Template:United Left (Spain)/meta/color;"| | style="background:Template:Europe of the Peoples–Greens/meta/color;"| | style="background:Template:Union, Progress and Democracy/meta/color;"| | style="background:Template:Internationalist Initiative–Solidarity between Peoples/meta/color;"| | |||||
2009 EP election | 7 Jun 2009 | — | 44.9 | 38.8 21 |
42.1 23 |
5.1 2 |
3.7 2 |
2.5 1 |
2.9 1 |
1.1 0 |
style="background:Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color; color:white;"| 3.3 |
PSOE[p 1] | 5 Jun 2009 | ? | 45–50 | 42.4 23 |
42.7 23 |
– | 3.6 1 |
– | – | – | style="background:Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color; color:white;"| 0.3 |
TNS Demoscopia/Antena 3[p 2] | 28 May 2009 | ? | ? | 39.7 21/22 |
42.4 22/23 |
4.8 2 |
3.9 2 |
2.4 1 |
3.1 1 |
0.8 0 |
style="background:Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color; color:white;"| 2.7 |
Metroscopia/El País[p 3] | 27–28 May 2009 | 1,000 | 45 | 39.3 21 |
43.0 22 |
5.0 2 |
4.1 2 |
3.9 2 |
3.0 1 |
– | style="background:Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color; color:white;"| 3.7 |
NC Report/La Razón[p 4] | 26–28 May 2009 | 1,000 | ? | 40.2 21 |
43.2 23 |
4.7 2 |
3.9 2 |
2.3 1 |
3.0 1 |
– | style="background:Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color; color:white;"| 3.0 |
Sigma Dos/El Mundo[p 5][p 6][p 7] | 26–28 May 2009 | 1,000 | 39–44 | 40.6 21/22 |
42.8 23/24 |
4.0 2 |
3.4 1 |
2.7 1 |
2.6 1 |
– | style="background:Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color; color:white;"| 2.2 |
DYM/ABC[p 8] | 25–28 May 2009 | 1,040 | ? | 38.7 21 |
40.9 23 |
5.4 2 |
3.3 1 |
1.8 1 |
2.2 1 |
– | style="background:Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color; color:white;"| 2.2 |
Noxa/La Vanguardia[p 9] | 25–28 May 2009 | 1,000 | ? | 42.5 23 |
40.9 22 |
4.9 2 |
3.2 1 |
2.2 1 |
3.3 1 |
– | style="background:Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color; color:white;"| 1.6 |
Obradoiro de Socioloxía/Público[p 1][p 10] | 11–27 May 2009 | 2,402 | ? | 40.0 21 |
42.6 23 |
3.8 2 |
4.0 2 |
2.7 1 |
2.8 1 |
0.9 0 |
style="background:Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color; color:white;"| 2.6 |
PSOE[p 11][p 12] | 25 May 2009 | 2,500 | 45–48 | 42.7 23 |
42.5 23 |
– | ? 1/2 |
– | ? 0 |
– | style="background:Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color; color:white;"| 0.2 |
NC Report/La Razón[p 13][p 14] | 18–21 May 2009 | 1,000 | 40.1 | 41.0 21/22 |
43.7 23 |
4.5 2 |
3.7 1/2 |
2.0 1 |
2.9 1 |
– | style="background:Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color; color:white;"| 2.7 |
CIS[p 15][p 16] | 29 Apr–17 May 2009 | 4,692 | ? | 42.8 23 |
42.2 23 |
5.1 2 |
3.1 1 |
3.6 1 |
1.3 0 |
– | style="background:Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color; color:white;"| 0.6 |
GESOP/El Periódico[p 17] | 11–15 May 2009 | 1,500 | ? | 39.0 21 |
43.0 23 |
4.2 2 |
4.7 2 |
3.6 1 |
2.6 1 |
– | style="background:Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color; color:white;"| 4.0 |
INVESOP/COPE[p 18] | 8 May 2009 | 1,700 | 58 | 40.7 22 |
44.0 23 |
? 2 |
? 1 |
? 1 |
? 1 |
– | style="background:Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color; color:white;"| 3.3 |
40 | 41.1 22 |
45.1 24 |
? 2 |
? 1 |
? 0 |
? 1 |
– | style="background:Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color; color:white;"| 4.0 | |||
NC Report/La Razón[p 19] | 4–8 May 2009 | 1,000 | 42.9 | 40.0 21 |
42.8 22/23 |
4.6 2 |
5.1 2 |
2.2 1 |
3.4 1/2 |
– | style="background:Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color; color:white;"| 2.8 |
Obradoiro de Socioloxía/Público[p 20][p 21] | 14 Apr–8 May 2009 | ? | ? | 40.0 21/22 |
44.0 23/24 |
4.0 2 |
3.5 1 |
1.7 0 |
3.7 1/2 |
– | style="background:Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color; color:white;"| 4.0 |
NC Report/La Razón[p 22] | 20 Apr 2009 | ? | 42.5 | 39.0 21 |
43.3 23 |
4.8 2 |
5.3 2 |
2.2 1 |
3.2 1 |
– | style="background:Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color; color:white;"| 4.3 |
Sigma Dos/El Mundo[p 23][p 24] | 3–8 Apr 2009 | 900 | ? | 37.9 20/21 |
42.3 22/23 |
4.3 2 |
5.0 2 |
2.2 1 |
4.4 2 |
– | style="background:Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color; color:white;"| 4.4 |
Obradoiro de Socioloxía/Público[p 25] | 10 Mar–2 Apr 2009 | 3,204 | ? | 39.0 21 |
43.5 23 |
4.8 2 |
4.9 2 |
1.9 1 |
3.2 1 |
– | style="background:Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color; color:white;"| 4.5 |
2004 EP election | 13 Jun 2004 | — | 45.1 | 43.5 25 |
41.2 24 |
5.1 2 |
4.1 2 |
2.5 1 |
– | – | style="background:Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color; color:white;"| 2.3 |
Results
Overall
Parties and coalitions | Popular vote | Seats | |||||||
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Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− | |||||
width="1" bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| | People's Party (PP)1 | 6,670,377 | 42.12 | +0.91 | 24 | ±0 | |||
bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)1 | 6,141,784 | 38.78 | –4.68 | 23 | –2 | |||
bgcolor="Template:Coalition for Europe (2009)/meta/color"| | Coalition for Europe (CEU)1 2 | 808,246 | 5.10 | –0.12 | 3 | +1 | |||
bgcolor="Template:The Left (Spain)/meta/color"| | United Left–Initiative for Catalonia Greens: The Left (IU–ICV) | 588,248 | 3.71 | –0.44 | 2 | ±0 | |||
bgcolor="Template:Union, Progress and Democracy/meta/color"| | Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) | 451,866 | 2.85 | New | 1 | +1 | |||
bgcolor="Template:Europe of the Peoples–Greens/meta/color"| | Europe of the Peoples–Greens (EdP–V)3 | 394,938 | 2.49 | –0.95 | 1 | ±0 | |||
bgcolor="Template:Internationalist Initiative–Solidarity between Peoples/meta/color"| | Internationalist Initiative–Solidarity between Peoples (II–SP) | 178,121 | 1.12 | New | 0 | ±0 | |||
bgcolor="Template:The Greens–European Green Group/meta/color"| | The Greens–European Green Group (LV–GVE) | 89,147 | 0.56 | +0.12 | 0 | ±0 | |||
bgcolor="Template:Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals/meta/color"| | Anti-Bullfighting Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA) | 41,913 | 0.26 | New | 0 | ±0 | |||
bgcolor="Template:For a Fairer World/meta/color"| | For a Fairer World (PUM+J) | 24,507 | 0.15 | +0.09 | 0 | ±0 | |||
bgcolor="Template:Libertas Spain/meta/color"| | Libertas–Citizens of Spain (Libertas) | 22,903 | 0.14 | New | 0 | ±0 | |||
bgcolor="Template:Anti-capitalists/meta/color"| | Anti-capitalist Left–Global Revolt (IzAn–RG) | 19,735 | 0.12 | New | 0 | ±0 | |||
bgcolor="Template:Spanish Alternative/meta/color"| | Spanish Alternative (AES) | 19,583 | 0.12 | New | 0 | ±0 | |||
bgcolor="Template:Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain/meta/color"| | Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE) | 15,221 | 0.10 | +0.07 | 0 | ±0 | |||
bgcolor="Template:Socialist Party of Andalusia (2001)/meta/color"| | Socialist Party of Andalusia (PSA)4 | 13,993 | 0.09 | +0.05 | 0 | ±0 | |||
bgcolor="Template:Internationalist Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| | Internationalist Socialist Workers' Party (POSI) | 12,344 | 0.08 | +0.03 | 0 | ±0 | |||
bgcolor="Template:Family and Life Party/meta/color"| | Family and Life Party (PFyV) | 10,456 | 0.07 | +0.02 | 0 | ±0 | |||
bgcolor="Template:Democratic and Social Centre (Spain)/meta/color"| | Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 10,144 | 0.06 | –0.02 | 0 | ±0 | |||
bgcolor="Template:Falange Española de las JONS (1976)/meta/color"| | Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS) | 10,031 | 0.06 | +0.03 | 0 | ±0 | |||
bgcolor="Template:National Democracy (Spain)/meta/color"| | National Democracy (DN) | 9,950 | 0.06 | +0.02 | 0 | ±0 | |||
bgcolor="Template:Feminist Initiative (Spain)/meta/color"| | Feminist Initiative (IFem) | 9,721 | 0.06 | New | 0 | ±0 | |||
bgcolor="Template:National Front (Spain, 2006)/meta/color"| | National Front (FrN) | 7,970 | 0.05 | New | 0 | ±0 | |||
bgcolor="Template:Catalan Republican Party/meta/color"| | Catalan Republican Party (RC) | 7,547 | 0.05 | New | 0 | ±0 | |||
bgcolor="Template:Humanist Party (Spain)/meta/color"| | Humanist Party (PH) | 7,009 | 0.04 | +0.01 | 0 | ±0 | |||
bgcolor="Template:Valencian Union/meta/color"| | Valencian Union (UV)5 | 6,072 | 0.04 | –0.01 | 0 | ±0 | |||
bgcolor="Template:Republican Social Movement/meta/color"| | Republican Social Movement (MSR) | 6,009 | 0.04 | New | 0 | ±0 | |||
bgcolor="Template:Internationalist Solidarity and Self-Management/meta/color"| | Internationalist Solidarity and Self-Management (SAIn) | 5,877 | 0.04 | New | 0 | ±0 | |||
bgcolor="Template:Liberal Democratic Centre/meta/color"| | Liberal Democratic Centre (CDL) | 5,733 | 0.04 | New | 0 | ±0 | |||
bgcolor="Template:Falange Auténtica/meta/color"| | Authentic Phalanx (FA) | 5,165 | 0.03 | +0.02 | 0 | ±0 | |||
bgcolor="Template:United Extremadura/meta/color"| | United Extremadura (EU)6 | 5,007 | 0.03 | +0.02 | 0 | ±0 | |||
bgcolor="Template:Regionalist Party of the Leonese Country/meta/color"| | Regionalist Party of the Leonese Country (PREPAL) | 4,767 | 0.03 | +0.01 | 0 | ±0 | |||
bgcolor="Template:Communist Unification of Spain/meta/color"| | Communist Unification of Spain (UCE) | 3,483 | 0.02 | New | 0 | ±0 | |||
bgcolor="Template:Unidá/meta/color"| | Asturian Nationalist Unity (UNA) | 3,183 | 0.02 | New | 0 | ±0 | |||
bgcolor="Template:Andecha Astur/meta/color"| | Andecha Astur (AA) | 2,255 | 0.01 | New | 0 | ±0 | |||
bgcolor="Template:Liberal Centrist Union (Spain)/meta/color"| | Liberal Centrist Union (UCL) | 1,991 | 0.01 | ±0.00 | 0 | ±0 | |||
Blank ballots | 220,471 | 1.39 | +0.78 | ||||||
Total1 | 15,835,767 | 54 | ±0 | ||||||
Valid votes | 15,835,767 | 99.38 | +0.36 | ||||||
Invalid votes | 99,380 | 0.62 | –0.36 | ||||||
Votes cast / turnout | 15,935,147 | 44.90 | –0.24 | ||||||
Abstentions | 19,557,420 | 55.10 | +0.24 | ||||||
Registered voters | 35,492,567 | ||||||||
Sources[14][15] | |||||||||
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Distribution by European group
Groups | Parties | Seats | Total | % | |
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width="1" bgcolor="Template:European People's Party/meta/color"| | European People's Party (EPP) |
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24 1 |
25 | 46.30 |
bgcolor="Template:Party of European Socialists/meta/color"| | Party of European Socialists (PES) |
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23 | 23 | 42.59 |
bgcolor="Template:The Greens–European Free Alliance/meta/color"| | The Greens–European Free Alliance (Greens–EFA) |
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1 1 |
2 | 3.70 |
bgcolor="Template:European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party/meta/color"| | European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (ELDR) |
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1 1 |
2 | 3.70 |
bgcolor="Template:European United Left–Nordic Green Left/meta/color"| | European United Left–Nordic Green Left (GUE/NGL) |
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1 | 1 | 1.85 |
bgcolor="Template:Non-Inscrits/meta/color"| | Non-Inscrits (NI) |
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1 | 1 | 1.85 |
Total | 54 | 54 | 100.00 |
Notes
- ^ a b Note that, once the Treaty of Lisbon came into force on 1 December 2011, Spain's MEP delegation was increased from 50 to 54 and applied retroactively.
References
- Opinion poll sources
- ^ a b "Los sondeos que maneja el PSOE también dan la victoria a Mayor Oreja". El Imparcial (in Spanish). 5 June 2009.
- ^ "El PP aventaja a los socialistas en las elecciones europeas". Antena 3 (in Spanish). 28 May 2009.
- ^ "El PP aventaja al PSOE por 3,7 puntos". El País (in Spanish). 31 May 2009.
- ^ "Encuestas. La Razón (1 junio 2009)". euskadi.es (in Spanish). 1 June 2009.
- ^ "El PP supera al PSOE en 2,2 puntos a una semana del 7-J". El Mundo (in Spanish). 31 May 2009.
- ^ "Intención de voto al Parlamento Europeo". El Mundo (in Spanish). 31 May 2009.
- ^ "El PP gana al PSOE en votos y escaños". El Mundo (in Spanish). 31 May 2009.
- ^ "El PP aventaja al PSOE en dos puntos a una semana de las elecciones europeas". ABC (in Spanish). 31 May 2009.
- ^ "PP y PSOE encaran las europeas en un apretado e incierto codo a codo". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 31 May 2009.
- ^ "El PSOE se acerca al PP". Público (in Spanish). 31 May 2009.
- ^ "Una encuesta del PSOE pronostica un empate a 23 escaños con el PP". Público (in Spanish). 29 May 2009.
- ^ "Las encuestas del PSOE pronostican un empate con el PP a 23 escaños". Estrella Digital (in Spanish). 1 June 2009.
- ^ "Encuesta de NC Report para LA RAZÓN: El PSOE pierde más de un millón de votos y al menos tres escaños". La Razón (in Spanish). 25 May 2009.
- ^ "Encuestas. La Razón (25 mayo 2009)". euskadi.es (in Spanish). 25 May 2009.
- ^ "Pre-electoral elecciones al Parlamento Europeo, 2009 (Estudio nº 2800. Abril-Mayo 2009)" (PDF). CIS (in Spanish). 21 May 2009.
- ^ "El CIS señala un empate". ABC (in Spanish). 22 May 2009.
- ^ "Un PP al alza se perfila como claro ganador de los comicios del 7-J". El Periódico de Catalunya (in Spanish). 24 May 2009.
- ^ "Macroencuesta COPE: Mayor Oreja supera en valoración a López Aguilar". COPE (in Spanish). 8 May 2009.
- ^ "Encuesta de NC Report para LA RAZÓN: El PP superaría al PSOE en medio millón de votos en las europeas". La Razón (in Spanish). 11 May 2009.
- ^ "El PP aventaja al PSOE en cuatro puntos". Público (in Spanish). 9 May 2009.
- ^ "Encuestas. Público (11 mayo 2009)". euskadi.es (in Spanish). 11 May 2009.
- ^ "El PP gana al PSOE en Europa". La Razón (in Spanish). 20 April 2009.
- ^ "El PP supera en 4,4 puntos al PSOE ante las europeas". El Mundo (in Spanish). 12 April 2009.
- ^ "Macroencuesta de El Mundo-Sigma Dos. Valoración sobre elecciones europeas". El Mundo (in Spanish). 11 April 2009.
- ^ "El PP parte con ventaja". Público (in Spanish). 12 April 2009.
- Other
- ^ Gallagher, Michael (30 July 2012). "Effective threshold in electoral systems". Trinity College, Dublin. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
- ^ a b General Electoral System Organic Law of 1985. Official State Gazette (Organic Law 5) (in Spanish). 19 June 1985. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
- ^ a b "Representation of the people Institutional Act". juntaelectoralcentral.es. Central Electoral Commission. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
- ^ Treaty of Nice amending the Treaty on European Union, the Treaties establishing the European Communities and certain related acts. Official Journal of the European Communities. 10 March 2001. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
- ^ Marcos, Pilar (23 April 2004). "El PP designa a Mayor para que encabece su lista en las elecciones al Parlamento Europeo". El País (in Spanish). Madrid. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
- ^ Ximénez de Sandoval, Pablo (5 January 2009). "Rajoy deja en manos del PP más duro la campaña de las europeas". El País (in Spanish). Madrid. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
- ^ "López Aguilar hace campaña por las europeas mientras el PP sigue sin candidato". Libertad Digital (in Spanish). 22 November 2008. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
- ^ Foguet, Joan (13 January 2009). "Mas sustituye a Guardans por un soberanista en las listas europeas". El País (in Spanish). Barcelona. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
- ^ "CDC ratifica a Tremosa con la abstención de Guardans". El País (in Spanish). Barcelona. 25 January 2009. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
- ^ Agencias (8 May 2004). "Willy Meyer será el candidato de IU a las elecciones europeas". Cadena SER (in Spanish). Madrid. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
- ^ Agencia EFE (21 February 2009). "La dirección de IU proclama a Willy Meyer como cabeza de lista para las europeas". El País (in Spanish). Madrid. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
- ^ "Sosa Wagner encabezará la candidatura europea de UPyD, el partido de Rosa Díez". La Nueva España (in Spanish). Oviedo. 3 September 2008. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
- ^ Cazorla, Bertran (22 February 2009). "ERC aprueba la candidatura europea de Junqueras". El País (in Spanish). Barcelona. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
- ^ "Electoral Results Consultation. European Parliament. June 2009. National totals". infoelectoral.mir.es (in Spanish). Ministry of the Interior. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
- ^ "European election 7 June 2009". historiaelectoral.com (in Spanish). Electoral History. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
- ^ "Parlamento Europeo: Distribución de los Eurodiputados españoles en grupos parlamentarios". historiaelectoral.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 March 2017.
External links
- European elections Spain in Europe Politique.