2012 Spanish regional elections

none 2012 Spanish regional elections Spain parliamentary no 2011 Spanish regional elections 2011 2015 Spanish regional elections 2015 439 seats in the regional parliaments of Andalusia, Asturias, the Basque Country, Catalonia and Galicia 25 March 201221 October 201225 November 2012 File:2012 Spanish regional elections.svg x315px Regional administrations by leading party in 2012 National parties People's Party (Spain) PP (11+2) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party PSOE (2) Regional parties Convergence and Union CiU (1) Basque Nationalist Party EAJ/PNV (1) Canarian Coalition CC (1) Navarrese People's Union UPN (1) Regional elections were held in Spain during 2012 to elect the regional parliaments of five of the seventeen autonomous communities: Andalusia, Asturias, the Basque Country, Catalonia and Galicia. 439 of 1,218 seats in the regional parliaments were up for election. The elections were held on 25 March in Andalusia and Asturias, on 21 October in the Basque Country, and on 25 November in Catalonia. Election date Determination of election day varied depending on the autonomous community. Typically, most autonomous communities held their elections on the fourth Sunday of May every four years, concurrently with nationwide local elections, while others had their own, separate electoral cycles. In some cases, regional presidents had the prerogative to dissolve parliament and call for extra elections at a different time, but newly elected assemblies were restricted to serving out what remained of their previous four year-terms without altering the period to their next ordinary election. In other cases—Andalusia (since 1994), Aragon (2007), the Balearic Islands (2007), the Basque Country (1981), Castile and León (2007), Catalonia (1985), Extremadura (2011), Galicia (1985), Navarre (2010) and the Valencian Community (2006)—the law granted regional presidents the power to call snap elections resulting in fresh four-year parliamentary terms.LOREG 1985 art. 42.http://www10.gencat.cat/drep/binaris/_Navarra_esp_tcm112-131870.pdf Un paso más hacia la ruptura de la homogeneidad del calendario electoral de las comunidades autónomas: la reforma de la Ley Orgánica 13/1982, de 10 de agosto, de Reintegración y Amejoramiento del Régimen Foral de Navarra A further step towards breaking the homogeneity of the electoral calendar of the autonomous communities: the reform of the Organic Law 13/1982, of August 10, on Reintegration and Improvement of the Foral Regime of Navarre es Institute of Regional Studies 5 September 2017 bot: unknown https://web.archive.org/web/20150402103345/http://www10.gencat.cat/drep/binaris/_Navarra_esp_tcm112-131870.pdf 2 April 2015 Regional governments The following table lists party control in autonomous communities and cities. Gains for a party are highlighted in that party's colour. Election day Region Previous control New control 25 March Andalusia Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Asturias Asturias Forum (FAC) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 21 October Basque Country Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) Galicia People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP) 25 November Catalonia Convergence and Union (CiU) Convergence and Union (CiU) Summary by region March (2 regions) Andalusia 2012 Andalusian regional election center|200px Parties and alliances Votes % ±pp Seats +/− PP 1,570,833 40.67 +2.22 50 +3 PSOE–A 1,527,923 39.56 −8.85 47 −9 IULV–CA 438,372 11.35 +4.29 12 +6 UPyD 129,407 3.35 +2.73 0 ±0 PA 96,770 2.51 −0.25 0 ±0 Others 64,361 1.67 0 ±0 Blank ballots 35,081 0.91 −0.15 Valid votes 3,862,747 99.42 +0.05 Invalid votes 22,390 0.58 −0.05 Votes cast / turnout 3,885,137 60.78 −11.89 Registered voters 6,392,620 Asturias 2012 Asturian regional election center|200px Parties and alliances Votes % ±pp Seats +/− PSOE 161,159 32.10 +2.18 17 +2 FAC 124,518 24.80 −4.86 12 −4 PP 108,091 21.53 +1.58 10 ±0 IU/IX 69,118 13.77 +3.49 5 +1 UPyD 18,801 3.74 +1.30 1 +1 Others 13,220 2.63 0 ±0 Blank ballots 7,166 1.43 −1.17 Valid votes 502,073 99.15 +0.59 Invalid votes 4,295 0.85 −0.59 Votes cast / turnout 506,368 51.15 −10.54 Registered voters 989,993 October (2 regions) Basque Country 2012 Basque regional election center|200px Parties and alliances Votes % ±pp Seats +/− EAJ/PNV 384,766 34.16 −3.98 27 −3 EH Bildu 277,923 24.67 +15.05 21 +16 PSE–EE (PSOE) 212,809 18.89 −11.47 16 −9 PP 130,584 11.59 −2.36 10 −3 IU–LV 30,318 2.69 New 0 ±0 UPyD 21,539 1.91 −0.21 1 ±0 EB–B 17,345 1.54 −1.93 0 −1 Equo 11,625 1.03 +0.49 0 ±0 EB/AZ 11,480 1.02 New 0 ±0 Others 13,371 1.19 0 ±0 Blank ballots 14,640 1.30 +0.20 Valid votes 1,126,400 99.18 +7.98 Invalid votes 9,168 0.81 −7.98 Votes cast / turnout 1,135,568 63.96 −0.72 Registered voters 1,775,351 Galicia 2012 Galician regional election center|200px Parties and alliances Votes % ±pp Seats +/− PP 661,281 45.80 −0.88 41 +3 PSdeG–PSOE 297,584 20.61 −10.41 18 −7 AGE 200,828 13.91 +12.94 9 +9 BNG 146,027 10.11 −5.90 7 −5 UPyD 21,335 1.48 +0.07 0 ±0 EB 17,141 1.19 New 0 ±0 SCD 15,990 1.11 New 0 ±0 CxG 14,586 1.01 −0.10 0 ±0 Others 30,628 2.12 0 ±0 Blank ballots 38,448 2.66 +1.00 Valid votes 1,443,848 97.47 −1.64 Invalid votes 37,531 2.53 +1.64 Votes cast / turnout 1,481,379 54.91 −9.52 Registered voters 2,697,717 November (Catalonia) 2012 Catalan regional election center|200px Parties and alliances Votes % ±pp Seats +/− CiU 1,116,259 30.71 −7.72 50 −12 PSC–PSOE 524,707 14.43 −3.95 20 −8 ERC–CatSí 498,124 13.70 +6.70 21 +11 PP 471,681 12.98 +0.61 19 +1 ICV–EUiA 359,705 9.90 +2.53 13 +3 C's 275,007 7.57 +4.18 9 +6 CUP 126,435 3.48 New 3 +3 PxC 60,107 1.65 −0.75 0 ±0 SI 46,838 1.29 −2.00 0 −4 Others 103,409 2.84 0 ±0 Blank ballots 52,898 1.46 −1.47 Valid votes 3,635,170 99.10 −0.19 Invalid votes 33,140 0.90 +0.19 Votes cast / turnout 3,668,310 67.76 +8.98 Registered voters 5,413,868 References Bibliography y Ley Orgánica 5/1985, de 19 de junio, del Régimen Electoral General Organic Law 5/1985 19 June 1985 version as of 16 July 2011 Official State Gazette BOE-A-1985-11672 es https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1985-11672&tn=1&p=20110716 5 October 2025 LOREG 1985 External links Central Electoral Commission – Regional elections (in Spanish). Historia Electoral.com – Regional elections since 1980 (in Spanish and Catalan). Regional elections Category:Elections in Spanish regions