Asturian parliamentary election, 2007

Asturian parliamentary election, 2007

27 May 2007

All 45 seats in the Asturian General Junta 23 seats needed for a majority Registered 981,802 0.6% Turnout 604,682 (61.6%) 2.2 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 1 1 ±0 Popular vote 252,201 248,907 58,114 Percentage 42.0% 41.5% 9.7% Swing 1.5 pp 2.3 pp 2.4 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:

• Central District, comprising the municipalities of: Aller, Avilés, Bimenes, Carreño, Caso, Castrillón, Corvera de Asturias, Gijón, Gozón, Illas, Las Regueras, Langreo, Laviana, Lena, Llanera, Mieres, Morcín, Noreña, Oviedo, Proaza, Quirós, Ribera de Arriba, Riosa, San Martín del Rey Aurelio, Santo Adriano, Sariego, Siero, Sobrescobio and Soto del Barco.
• Eastern District, comprising the municipalities of: Amieva, Cabrales, Cabranes, Cangas de Onís, Caravia, Colunga, Llanes, Nava, Onís, Parres, Peñamellera Alta, Peñamellera Baja, Piloña, Ponga, Ribadedeva, Ribadesella and Villaviciosa.
• Western District, comprising the municipalities of: Allande, Belmonte de Miranda, Boal, Candamo, Cangas del Narcea, Castropol, Coaña, Cudillero, Degaña, El Franco, Grado, Grandas de Salime, Ibias, Illano, Muros del Nalón, Navia, Pesoz, Pravia, Salas, San Martín de Oscos, Santa Eulalia de Oscos, San Tirso de Abres, Somiedo, Tapia de Casariego, Taramundi, Teverga, Tineo, Valdés, Vegadeo, Villanueva de Oscos, Villayón and Yernes y Tameza.

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	1.56	21	1
	People's Party (PP)	248,907	41.50	2.32	20	1
	United Left-Bloc for Asturias-The Greens of Asturias (IU-BA-LV)[lower-alpha 1]	58,114	9.69	2.42	4	±0
	Asturian Renewal Union-Asturianist Party (URAS-PAS)[lower-alpha 2]	13,314	2.22	2.46	0	±0
	Unity (Unidá)	4,119	0.69	New	0	±0
	Andecha Astur (AA)	2,770	0.46	0.16	0	±0
	Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE)	2,001	0.33	0.13	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	0.05	0	±0
	Asturian Democratic Convergence (CDAS)	581	0.10	0.04	0	±0
	Blank ballots	14,458	2.41	0.12
Total		599,838	100.00		45	±0
Valid votes		599,838	99.20	0.09
Invalid votes		4,844	0.80	0.09
Votes cast / turnout		604,682	61.59	2.25
Abstentions		377,120	38.41	2.25
Registered voters		981,802
Source(s): General Junta of the Principality of Asturias Argos Information Portal

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. Compared to the United Left+The Greens results in the 2003 election.
2. 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".