Cantabrian parliamentary election, 2007

Cantabrian parliamentary election, 2007
Cantabria
27 May 2007

All 39 seats in the Parliament of Cantabria
20 seats needed for a majority
Registered 485,624 Increase1.8%
Turnout 349,520 (72.0%)
Decrease1.0 pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Ignacio Diego Miguel Ángel Revilla Dolores Gorostiaga
Party PP PRC PSOE
Leader since 13 November 2004 1983 16 December 2000
Last election 18 seats, 42.5% 8 seats, 19.2% 13 seats, 30.0%
Seats won 17 12 10
Seat change Decrease1 Increase4 Decrease3
Popular vote 143,610 99,159 84,982
Percentage 41.5% 28.6% 24.5%
Swing Decrease1.0 pp Increase9.4 pp Decrease5.5 pp

President before election

Miguel Ángel Revilla
PRC

Elected President

Miguel Ángel Revilla
PRC

The 2007 Cantabrian parliamentary election was held on Sunday, 27 May 2007, to elect the 7th Parliament of Cantabria, the regional legislature of the Spanish autonomous community of Cantabria. At stake were all 39 seats in the Parliament, determining the President of Cantabria.

Electoral system

The number of seats in the Parliament of Cantabria was set to a fixed-number of 39. All Parliament members were elected in a single multi-member district, consisting of the Community's territory (the province of Cantabria), using the D'Hondt method and a closed-list proportional representation system.

Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage in a secret ballot. Only lists polling above 5% of valid votes in all of the community (which include blank ballotsfor none of the above) were entitled to enter the seat distribution.[1]

Results

Summary of the 27 May 2007 Cantabrian Parliament election results
Party Vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
People's Party (PP) 143,610 41.48 Decrease1.01 17 Decrease1
Regionalist Party of Cantabria (PRC) 99,159 28.64 Increase9.40 12 Increase4
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 84,982 24.54 Decrease5.45 10 Decrease3
Assembly for Cantabria (IU-BR) 6,511 1.88 Decrease1.82 0 ±0
Cantabrian Nationalist Council (CNC) 1,262 0.36 Decrease0.12 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 Falange of the JONS (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 Decrease0.37
Total 346,244 100.00 39 ±0
Valid votes 346,244 99.06 Decrease0.12
Invalid votes 3,276 0.94 Increase0.12
Votes cast / turnout 349,520 71.97 Decrease1.08
Abstentions 136,104 28.03 Increase1.08
Registered voters 485,624
Source: Argos Information Portal
Vote share
PP
 
41.48%
PRC
 
28.64%
PSOE
 
24.54%
IU-BR
 
1.88%
Others
 
1.75%
Blank ballots
 
1.71%
Parliamentary seats
PP
 
43.59%
PRC
 
30.77%
PSOE
 
25.64%

Post-election

Investiture voting

30 June 2007
Investiture voting for Miguel Ángel Revilla (PRC)

Absolute majority: 20/39
Vote Parties Votes
Yes Yes PRC (12), PSOE (10)
22 / 39
No PP (17)
17 / 39
Abstentions
0 / 39
Source: ABC

References

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