2009 European Parliament election in Spain

none May 2020 2009 European Parliament election in Spain Spain parliamentary no 2004 European Parliament election in Spain 2004 2014 European Parliament election in Spain 2014 List of members of the European Parliament for Spain, 2004–09 List of members of the European Parliament for Spain, 2009–14 All 54"50to54" 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.Lisbon 2007 art. 1, introducing art. 9A of the EU Treaty.EUCO Dec. 2013/312 2013 art. 3. Spanish seats in the European Parliament #Opinion polls 35,492,567 10px 2.3% 15,935,147 (44.9%)10px 0.2 pp 7 June 2009 170x170px Jaime Mayor Oreja People's Party (Spain) European People's Party group 22 April 2004 Spain 24 seats, 41.2% 24 10px 0 6,670,377 42.1% 10px 0.9 pp 170x170px Juan Fernando López Aguilar Spanish Socialist Workers' Party PES 22 November 2008 Spain 25 seats, 43.5% 23 10px 2 6,141,784 38.8% 10px 4.7 pp 170x170px Ramon Tremosa CEU ALDEEPP 24 January 2009 Spain 2 seats, 5.2%"Galeusca" Results for Galeusca, not including the Balearic Islands and Galicia (4.2%, 2 seats), and CE in Andalusia, Balearic Islands and the Canary Islands (1.0%, 0 seats) in the 2004 election. 3 10px 1 808,246 5.1% 10px 0.1 pp 170x170px Willy Meyer The Left (Spain) GUE/NGLGreens/EFA 8 May 2004 Spain 2 seats, 4.1% 2 10px 0 588,248 3.7% 10px 0.4 pp 170x170px Francisco Sosa Wagner Union, Progress and Democracy Non-Inscrits 3 September 2008 Spain Did not contest 1 10px 1 451,866 2.9% New party 170x170px Oriol Junqueras Europe of the Peoples–Greens Greens–European Free Alliance 21 February 2009 Spain 1 seat, 3.4%"EdPV" Results for EdP, not including Andalusia and Asturias (2.4%, 1 seat), Galeusca in Galicia (0.9%, 0 seats) and Aralar (0.1%, 0 seats) in the 2004 election. 1 10px 0 394,938 2.5% 10px 0.9 pp x315px Vote winner strength by province x315px Vote winner strength by autonomous community An election was held in Spain on 7 June 2009 as part of the concurrent EU-wide election to the 7th European Parliament. All 50 seats allocated to the Spanish constituency as per the Treaty of Nice—54 after the Treaty of Lisbon came into force on 1 December 2011—were up for election. The election saw the first national victory for the People's Party (PP) since the 2000 Spanish general election, scoring 42.1% of the share in its best showing in a European Parliament election to date, as well as its third best in a national election overall. The ruling Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), on the other hand, fell to second place with 38.8% of the votes after a cycle of electoral victories starting in 2004. As in the previous election, the result was close, as both parties came within three percentage points of each other. The Coalition for Europe (CEU), the alliance of regionalist and peripheral nationalist parties that came to succeed the late Galeusca–Peoples of Europe coalition, remained in third place with 5.1% of the votes, whereas United Left (IU)—which ran under The Left banner—saw its worst showing in a nationwide election up to that point, barely surpassing 3.7% of the share. On the other hand, the new Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) party had a strong performance by comfortably doubling its result from the 2008 Spanish general election, being the only national party that saw a net gain of votes compared to that electoral contest. The abertzale left-supported Internationalist Initiative–Solidarity among Peoples (II–SP) candidacy, which had been initially banned from running by the Supreme Court of Spain but later allowed by the Constitutional Court on the grounds that there was not enough evidence of its ties to the ETA terrorist group,16 May 2009 El Supremo anula la lista de Iniciativa Internacionalista para las elecciones del 7-J https://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2009/05/16/espana/1242438419.html es El Mundo Madrid 23 January 201921 May 2009 El Constitucional permite presentarse a la lista anulada por el Supremo https://elpais.com/elpais/2009/05/21/actualidad/1242893836_850215.html es El País Madrid 23 January 2019 scored 1.1% of the votes nationwide but failed to secure any parliamentary representation. As the 2009 election was held under the provisions of the Treaty of Nice, Spain was allocated 50 MEP seats which, come Election Day, were distributed as follows: PP 23, PSOE 21, CEU 2, IU–ICV 2, UPyD 1 and EdP–V 1. After the Treaty of Lisbon came into force on 1 December 2011, Spain's delegation was increased to 54, granting additional seats to the PSOE (two) and to PP and CEU (one each) according to their June 2009 election results. Overview Electoral system Voting for the European Parliament in Spain was based on universal suffrage, which comprised all Spanish nationals and resident non-national European citizens over 18 years of age with full political rights, provided that they had not been deprived of the right to vote by a final sentence, nor were legally incapacitated.LOREG 1985 arts. 2–3 & 210. 50 European Parliament seats were allocated to Spain as per the Treaty of Nice.LOREG 1985 art. 215; Nice 2001 declaration no. 20 adopted by the Conference, on the enlargement of the European Union."50to54" All were elected in a single multi-member constituency—comprising the entire national territory—using the D'Hondt method and closed-list proportional voting, with no electoral threshold.LOREG 1985 arts. 214–216. The use of this electoral method resulted in an effective threshold depending on district magnitude and vote distribution.Gallagher Michael 30 July 2012 http://www.tcd.ie/Political_Science/staff/michael_gallagher/ElSystems/Docts/effthresh.php Effective threshold in electoral systems Trinity College Dublin Dublin https://web.archive.org/web/20170730092518/http://www.tcd.ie/Political_Science/staff/michael_gallagher/ElSystems/Docts/effthresh.php 22 July 2017 30 July 2017 The law did not provide for by-elections to fill vacant seats; instead, any vacancies arising after the proclamation of candidates and during the legislative term were filled by the next candidates on the party lists or, when required, by designated substitutes.LOREG 1985 arts. 46, 48 & 217. Outgoing delegation List of members of the European Parliament for Spain, 2004–2009 The table below shows the composition of the Spanish delegation in the chamber at the time of the election call.Lozano Carles https://www.historiaelectoral.com/europaesp.html Parlamento Europeo: Distribución de los Eurodiputados españoles en grupos parlamentarios es Historia Electoral.com 25 August 2025 + Delegation composition in May 2009 Groups Parties MEPs Seats Total Party of European Socialists PSOE 24 24 European People's Party PP 23 24 UPN 1 Greens–European Free Alliance ICV 1 3 EA 1 LVdE 1 Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe CDC 1 2 EAJ/PNV 1 European United Left–Nordic Green Left IU 1 1 Parties and candidates The electoral law allowed for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, alliances and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form an alliance were required to inform the relevant electoral commission within 10 days of the election call. In order to be entitled to run, parties, federations, alliances and groupings of electors needed to secure the signature of at least 15,000 registered electors; this requirement could be lifted and replaced through 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. Electors and elected officials were disallowed from signing for more than one list.LOREG 1985 art. 220. Amendments in 2007 required a balanced composition of men and women in the electoral lists, so that candidates of either sex made up at least 40 percent of the total composition.LOREG 1985 art. 44 bis. Below is a list of the main parties and alliances which contested the election: Candidacy Parties andalliances Leading candidate Ideology Previous result Ref. References Vote % Seats PSOE List on Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC) 50px Juan Fernando López Aguilar Social democracy 43.5% 25 22 November 2008 López Aguilar hace campaña por las europeas mientras el PP sigue sin candidato http://www.libertaddigital.com/nacional/lopez-aguilar-ya-mira-a-las-europeas-la-derecha-se-distingue-por-el-panico-al-futuro-1276344230/ es Libertad Digital 22 July 2017 PP List on People's Party (PP) 50px Jaime Mayor Oreja ConservatismChristian democracy 41.2% 24 Marcos Pilar 23 April 2004 El PP designa a Mayor para que encabece su lista en las elecciones al Parlamento Europeo https://elpais.com/diario/2004/04/23/espana/1082671218_850215.html es El País Madrid 21 July 2017Ximénez de Sandoval Pablo 5 January 2009 Rajoy deja en manos del PP más duro la campaña de las europeas https://elpais.com/diario/2009/01/05/espana/1231110003_850215.html es El País Madrid 22 July 2017 CEU List on Convergence and Union (CiU) Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) Canarian Coalition (CC) Valencian Nationalist Bloc (Bloc) Majorcan Union (UM) Andalusian Party (PA) Menorcan Union (UMe) Democratic Convergence of La Franja (CDF) 50px Ramon Tremosa Peripheral nationalism 5.2%"Galeusca" 2 Foguet Joan 13 January 2009 Mas sustituye a Guardans por un soberanista en las listas europeas https://elpais.com/diario/2009/01/13/catalunya/1231812446_850215.html es El País Barcelona 22 July 201725 January 2009 CDC ratifica a Tremosa con la abstención de Guardans https://elpais.com/diario/2009/01/25/catalunya/1232849245_850215.html es El País Barcelona 22 July 2017 IU–ICV List on United Left (IU) Initiative for Catalonia Greens–United and Alternative Left (ICV–EUiA) Galician Left Alternative (AGE) Left (I–E) The Greens (LV) Building the Left–Socialist Alternative (CLI–AS) Left Initiative–Awake (EKI–Iratzarri) 50px Willy Meyer SocialismCommunism 4.1% 2 Agencias 8 May 2004 Willy Meyer será el candidato de IU a las elecciones europeas http://cadenaser.com/ser/2004/05/08/espana/1083973818_850215.html es Cadena SER Madrid 21 July 2017Agencia EFE 21 February 2009 La dirección de IU proclama a Willy Meyer como cabeza de lista para las europeas https://elpais.com/elpais/2009/02/21/actualidad/1235207829_850215.html es El País Madrid 22 July 2017 EdP–V List on Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG) Aralar (Aralar) The Greens (LV) Basque Solidarity (EA) Aragonese Union (CHA) Agreement for Majorca (ExM) Party of El Bierzo (PB) 50px Oriol Junqueras Peripheral nationalism 3.4%"EdPV" 1 Cazorla Bertran 22 February 2009 ERC aprueba la candidatura europea de Junqueras https://elpais.com/diario/2009/02/22/catalunya/1235268441_850215.html es El País Barcelona 22 July 2017 UPyD List on Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) 50px Francisco Sosa Wagner Social liberalismRadical centrism colspan="2" Did not contest 3 September 2008 Sosa Wagner encabezará la candidatura europea de UPyD, el partido de Rosa Díez http://www.lne.es/asturias/2008/09/03/sosa-wagner-encabezara-candidatura-europea-upyd-partido-rosa-diez/671809.html es La Nueva España Oviedo 22 July 2017 Campaign Party slogans Party or alliance Original slogan English translation Ref. References PSOE « Este partido se juega en Europa » "This match plays out in Europe" 18 May 2009 7-J.- PSOE propone una campaña "europea, moderna y movilizadora" bajo el lema de que "Este partido se juega en Europa" https://www.europapress.es/nacional/noticia-psoe-propone-campana-europea-moderna-movilizadora-lema-partido-juega-europa-20090518173503.html es Europa Press Madrid 23 January 2019 PP « Ahora soluciones. Ahora PP » "Now, solutions. Now, PP" 2 May 2009 El PP centrará su campaña en ofrecer "soluciones" a la crisis https://www.europapress.es/nacional/noticia-pp-centrara-campana-ofrecer-soluciones-crisis-20090502142434.html es Europa Press Madrid 23 January 2019 CEU CiU EAJ/PNV CiU: « Ara »EAJ/PNV: « Europara, inoiz baino indar gehiagorekin » /« A Europa, con más fuerza que nunca » CiU: "Now"EAJ/PNV: "To Europe, with more strength than ever" 22 May 2009 CiU se vuelca en Internet para combatir la "campaña de la vergüenza" del PSC https://www.elconfidencial.com/espana/2009-05-15/ciu-se-vuelca-en-internet-para-combatir-la-campana-de-la-verguenza-del-psc_1125028/ es El Confidencial 23 January 2019 IU–ICV « Izquierda Unida, tu voz en Europa » "United Left, your voice in Europe" 18 May 2009 Zaragoza.- Izquierda Unida presentará mañana en Mallén (Zaragoza) sus propuestas para el Parlamento europeo https://www.europapress.es/aragon/noticia-zaragoza-izquierda-unida-presentara-manana-mallen-zaragoza-propuestas-parlamento-europeo-20090518185209.html es Europa Press 23 January 2019 EdP–V ERC BNG Aralar–EA ERC: « Pròxima estació, Europa »BNG: « Imos a Europa, ves? »Aralar–EA: « Langileen Europa » /« La Europa de los trabajadores » ERC: "Next stop, Europe"BNG: "We are going to Europe, are you coming?"Aralar–EA: "The Europe of workers" 15 May 2009 'Próxima estación, Europa', lema de campaña de ERC https://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2009/05/15/barcelona/1242393191.html es El Mundo 23 January 201922 May 2009 Guillerme Vázquez: "Co BNG, Galiza e os seus problemas estarán presentes en Europa" http://www.vieiros.com/nova/74246/guillerme-vazquez-co-bng-galiza-e-os-seus-problemas-estaran-presentes-en-europa Galician Vieiros 23 January 201922 May 2009 EA y Aralar inician hoy la campaña por respetar la jornada de huelga de ayer https://www.elconfidencial.com/espana/2009-05-22/ea-y-aralar-inician-hoy-la-campana-por-respetar-la-jornada-de-huelga-de-ayer_1093488/ es El Confidencial 23 January 2019 UPyD « Una España fuerte en una Europa unida » "A strong Spain within a united Europe" 5 May 2009 UPyD inicia su precampaña en Extremadura abogando por una "España fuerte en una Europa unida" https://www.elperiodicoextremadura.com/noticias/extremadura/upyd-inicia-precampana-extremadura-abogando-espana-fuerte-europa-unida_442094.html es El Periódico de Extremadura 23 January 2019 Debates + 2009 European Parliament election debates in Spain Date Organizer(s) Moderator(s)    black #90FF90  P  PresentDenotes a main invitee attending the event.   black #D0F0C0  S  SurrogateDenotes a main invitee not attending the event, sending a surrogate in their place.   black #A2B2C2  NI  Not invited  black #FFFF90  I  Invited   black #FF9090  A  Absent invitee  PSOE PP CEU IU–ICV EdP–V Audience Refs 25 May RTVE Ana Blanco PL. Aguilar PM. Oreja NI NI NI 13.9%(2,653,000) 25 May 2009 https://cadenaser.com/ser/2009/05/25/espana/1243209018_850215.html López Aguilar y Mayor Oreja afrontan en TVE su primer debate por las elecciones europeas es Cadena SER 23 January 20194 June 2009 https://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2009/06/04/television/1244106576.html El debate a cinco sobre las elecciones europeas, peor que los dos 'cara a cara' es El Mundo 23 January 2019 1 June Antena 3 Gloria Lomana PL. Aguilar PM. Oreja NI NI NI 10.9%(1,864,000) 3 June RTVE Pepa Bueno SJáuregui SDe Grandes PTremosa PMeyer PJunqueras 8.3%(1,461,000) 4 June 2009 https://cadenaser.com/ser/2009/06/04/espana/1244073012_850215.html Los temas nacionales eclipsan una vez más el debate de las europeas es Cadena SER 23 January 2019 Opinion polls The tables below list opinion polling results 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 poll. Voting intention estimates The table below lists weighted voting intention estimates. Refusals are generally excluded from the party vote percentages, while question wording and the treatment of "don't know" responses and those not intending to vote may vary between polling organisations. When available, seat projections determined by the polling organisations are displayed below (or in place of) the percentages in a smaller font. Polling firm/Commissioner Fieldwork date Sample size Turnout 25px|link=Spanish Socialist Workers' Party|PSOE 28px|link=People's Party (Spain)|PP CEU 27px|link=United Left (Spain)|IU EdPV 27px|link=Union, Progress and Democracy|UPyD 30px|link=Iniciativa Internacionalista|II–SP Lead 2009 EP election 7 Jun 2009 44.9 38.875% Verdana 21 42.175% Verdana 23 5.175% Verdana 2 3.775% Verdana 2 2.575% Verdana 1 2.975% Verdana 1 1.175% Verdana 0 3.3 PSOELos sondeos que maneja el PSOE también dan la victoria a Mayor Oreja https://www.elimparcial.es/noticia/41148/nacional/los-sondeos-que-maneja-el-psoe-tambien-dan-la-victoria-a-mayor-oreja.html es El Imparcial 5 June 2009 5 Jun 2009? 45–50 42.475% Verdana 23 42.775% Verdana 23 – 3.675% Verdana 1 – – – 0.3 TNS Demoscopia/Antena 3El PP aventaja a los socialistas en las elecciones europeas http://www.antena3noticias.com/PortalA3N/Elecciones-Europeas-2009/aventaja-los-socialistas-las-elecciones-europeas/EN_6096662__6398935 es Antena 3 28 May 2009 April 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes 28 May 2009?? 39.775% Verdana 21/22 42.475% Verdana 22/23 4.875% Verdana 2 3.975% Verdana 2 2.475% Verdana 1 3.175% Verdana 1 0.875% Verdana 0 2.7 Metroscopia/El PaísEl PP aventaja al PSOE por 3,7 puntos https://elpais.com/diario/2009/05/31/espana/1243720801_850215.html es El País 31 May 2009 27–28 May 2009 1,000 45 39.375% Verdana 21 43.075% Verdana 22 5.075% Verdana 2 4.175% Verdana 2 3.975% Verdana 2 3.075% Verdana 1 – 3.7 NC Report/La RazónEncuestas. La Razón (1 junio 2009) http://www.euskadi.eus/elecciones-anteriores/elec_ant/2009/parl_europeo/encuestas/enc_2009_06_razon_c.htm es euskadi.es 1 June 2009 26–28 May 2009 1,000? 40.275% Verdana 21 43.275% Verdana 23 4.775% Verdana 2 3.975% Verdana 2 2.375% Verdana 1 3.075% Verdana 1 – 3.0 Sigma Dos/El MundoEl PP supera al PSOE en 2,2 puntos a una semana del 7-J http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2009/05/30/espana/1243713919.html es El Mundo 31 May 2009Intención de voto al Parlamento Europeo http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2009/graficos/may/s4/encuestaParlamento.html es El Mundo 31 May 2009El PP gana al PSOE en votos y escaños http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgyNZQ2RgiA/SiIgAyzIvSI/AAAAAAAAGOs/glDx1P4CJmE/s1600-h/ENCUESTA+EL+MUNDO+SIGMA+DOS+20090531.jpg es El Mundo 31 May 2009 26–28 May 2009 1,000 39–44 40.675% Verdana 21/22 42.875% Verdana 23/24 4.075% Verdana 2 3.475% Verdana 1 2.775% Verdana 1 2.675% Verdana 1 – 2.2 DYM/ABCEl PP aventaja al PSOE en dos puntos a una semana de las elecciones europeas http://hemeroteca.abc.es/nav/Navigate.exe/hemeroteca/madrid/abc/2009/05/31/014.html es ABC 31 May 2009 25–28 May 2009 1,040? 38.775% Verdana 21 40.975% Verdana 23 5.475% Verdana 2 3.375% Verdana 1 1.875% Verdana 1 2.275% Verdana 1 – 2.2 Noxa/La VanguardiaPP y PSOE encaran las europeas en un apretado e incierto codo a codo http://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/preview/2009/05/31/pagina-15/78078648/pdf.html es La Vanguardia 31 May 2009 25–28 May 2009 1,000? 42.575% Verdana 23 40.975% Verdana 22 4.975% Verdana 2 3.275% Verdana 1 2.275% Verdana 1 3.375% Verdana 1 – 1.6 Obradoiro de Socioloxía/PúblicoEl PSOE se acerca al PP http://www.publico.es/espana/229051/psoe/acerca/pp https://web.archive.org/web/20090601212332/http://www.publico.es/espana/229051/psoe/acerca/pp dead 1 June 2009 es Público 31 May 2009 11–27 May 2009 2,402? 40.075% Verdana 21 42.675% Verdana 23 3.875% Verdana 2 4.075% Verdana 2 2.775% Verdana 1 2.875% Verdana 1 0.975% Verdana 0 2.6 PSOEUna encuesta del PSOE pronostica un empate a 23 escaños con el PP http://www.publico.es/actualidad/encuesta-del-psoe-pronostica-empate.html es Público 29 May 2009Las encuestas del PSOE pronostican un empate con el PP a 23 escaños https://www.estrelladigital.es/articulo/espanha/encuestas-psoe-pronostican-empate-pp-23-escanos/20090601000000045894.html es Estrella Digital 1 June 2009 25 May 2009 2,500 45–48 42.775% Verdana 23 42.575% Verdana 23 –?75% Verdana 1/2 –?75% Verdana 0 – 0.2 NC Report/La RazónEncuesta de NC Report para LA RAZÓN: El PSOE pierde más de un millón de votos y al menos tres escaños https://www.larazon.es/historico/el-psoe-pierde-mas-de-un-millon-de-votos-y-al-menos-tres-escanos-QLLA_RAZON_138482 es La Razón 25 May 2009Encuestas. La Razón (25 mayo 2009) http://www.euskadi.eus/elecciones-anteriores/elec_ant/2009/parl_europeo/encuestas/enc_2009_05_razon2_c.htm es euskadi.es 25 May 2009 18–21 May 2009 1,000 40.1 41.075% Verdana 21/22 43.775% Verdana 23 4.575% Verdana 2 3.775% Verdana 1/2 2.075% Verdana 1 2.975% Verdana 1 – 2.7 CISPre-electoral elecciones al Parlamento Europeo, 2009 (Estudio nº 2800. Abril-Mayo 2009) http://datos.cis.es/pdf/Es2800mar_A.pdf es CIS 21 May 2009El CIS señala un empate http://hemeroteca.abc.es/nav/Navigate.exe/hemeroteca/madrid/abc/2009/05/22/017.html es ABC 22 May 2009 29 Apr–17 May 2009 4,692? 42.875% Verdana 23 42.275% Verdana 23 5.175% Verdana 2 3.175% Verdana 1 3.675% Verdana 1 1.375% Verdana 0 – 0.6 GESOP/El PeriódicoUn PP al alza se perfila como claro ganador de los comicios del 7-J https://www.elperiodico.com/es/politica/20090524/un-pp-al-alza-se-perfila-como-claro-ganador-de-los-comicios-del-7-j-220069 es El Periódico de Catalunya 24 May 2009 11–15 May 2009 1,500? 39.075% Verdana 21 43.075% Verdana 23 4.275% Verdana 2 4.775% Verdana 2 3.675% Verdana 1 2.675% Verdana 1 – 4.0 INVESOP/COPEMacroencuesta COPE: Mayor Oreja supera en valoración a López Aguilar http://www.cope.es/espana/08-05-09--macroencuesta-cope-pp-ganaria-hoy-elecciones-europeas-50363-1 https://web.archive.org/web/20090511043727/http://www.cope.es/espana/08-05-09--macroencuesta-cope-pp-ganaria-hoy-elecciones-europeas-50363-1 dead 11 May 2009 es COPE 8 May 2009 8 May 2009 1,700 58 40.775% Verdana 22 44.075% Verdana 23?75% Verdana 2?75% Verdana 1?75% Verdana 1?75% Verdana 1 – 3.3 40 41.175% Verdana 22 45.175% Verdana 24?75% Verdana 2?75% Verdana 1?75% Verdana 0?75% Verdana 1 – 4.0 NC Report/La RazónEncuesta de NC Report para LA RAZÓN: El PP superaría al PSOE en medio millón de votos en las europeas http://www.larazon.es/noticia/el-pp-superaria-al-psoe-en-medio-millon-de-votos-en-las-europeas https://web.archive.org/web/20110721173541/http://www.larazon.es/noticia/el-pp-superaria-al-psoe-en-medio-millon-de-votos-en-las-europeas dead 21 July 2011 es La Razón 11 May 2009 4–8 May 2009 1,000 42.9 40.075% Verdana 21 42.875% Verdana 22/23 4.675% Verdana 2 5.175% Verdana 2 2.275% Verdana 1 3.475% Verdana 1/2 – 2.8 Obradoiro de Socioloxía/PúblicoEl PP aventaja al PSOE en cuatro puntos http://www.publico.es/espana/224507/pp/aventaja/psoe/cuatro/puntos https://web.archive.org/web/20090515095829/http://www.publico.es/espana/224507/pp/aventaja/psoe/cuatro/puntos dead 15 May 2009 es Público 9 May 2009Encuestas. Público (11 mayo 2009) http://www.euskadi.eus/elecciones-anteriores/elec_ant/2009/parl_europeo/encuestas/enc_2009_05_publico3_c.htm es euskadi.es 11 May 2009 14 Apr–8 May 2009?? 40.075% Verdana 21/22 44.075% Verdana 23/24 4.075% Verdana 2 3.575% Verdana 1 1.775% Verdana 0 3.775% Verdana 1/2 – 4.0 NC Report/La RazónEl PP gana al PSOE en Europa http://www.larazon.es:80/noticia/el-pp-gana-al-psoe-en-europa https://web.archive.org/web/20090423030000/http://www.larazon.es/noticia/el-pp-gana-al-psoe-en-europa dead 23 April 2009 es La Razón 20 April 2009 29 April 2019 20 Apr 2009? 42.5 39.075% Verdana 21 43.375% Verdana 23 4.875% Verdana 2 5.375% Verdana 2 2.275% Verdana 1 3.275% Verdana 1 – 4.3 Sigma Dos/El MundoEl PP supera en 4,4 puntos al PSOE ante las europeas http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2009/04/11/espana/1239478116.html es El Mundo 12 April 2009Macroencuesta de El Mundo-Sigma Dos. Valoración sobre elecciones europeas http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2009/graficos/abr/s2/europa.html es El Mundo 11 April 2009 3–8 Apr 2009 900? 37.975% Verdana 20/21 42.375% Verdana 22/23 4.375% Verdana 2 5.075% Verdana 2 2.275% Verdana 1 4.475% Verdana 2 – 4.4 Obradoiro de Socioloxía/PúblicoEl PP parte con ventaja http://www.publico.es/espana/217975/pp/parte/ventaja https://web.archive.org/web/20090413185856/http://www.publico.es/espana/217975/pp/parte/ventaja dead 13 April 2009 es Público 12 April 2009 10 Mar–2 Apr 2009 3,204? 39.075% Verdana 21 43.575% Verdana 23 4.875% Verdana 2 4.975% Verdana 2 1.975% Verdana 1 3.275% Verdana 1 – 4.5 2004 EP election 13 Jun 2004 45.1 43.575% Verdana 25 41.275% Verdana 24 5.175% Verdana 2 4.175% Verdana 2 2.575% Verdana 1 – – 2.3 Voting preferences The table below lists raw, unweighted voting preferences. Polling firm/Commissioner Fieldwork date Sample size 25px|link=Spanish Socialist Workers' Party|PSOE 28px|link=People's Party (Spain)|PP CEU 27px|link=United Left (Spain)|IU EdPV 27px|link=Union, Progress and Democracy|UPyD Lead 2009 EP election"CERA" Does not include non-resident citizens. 7 Jun 2009 17.6 19.3 2.3 1.7 1.1 1.3 54.0 1.7 Obradoiro de Socioloxía/Público 25–27 May 2009? 21.8 18.8 – – – – – – 3.0 Obradoiro de Socioloxía/Público 18–20 May 2009? 21.6 18.9 – – – – – – 2.7 CIS 29 Apr–17 May 2009 4,692 30.7 23.7 2.6 2.1 1.6 0.9 22.3 13.8 7.0 Obradoiro de Socioloxía/Público 11–13 May 2009? 20.3 20.5 – – – – – – 0.2 Obradoiro de Socioloxía/Público 14 Apr–8 May 2009? 21.4 19.3 1.6 1.9 0.5 2.0 36.6 15.7 2.1 Obradoiro de Socioloxía/Público 10 Mar–2 Apr 2009 3,204 21.6 20.6 2.3 2.7 0.8 1.7 33.3 16.3 1.0 2004 EP election"CERA" 13 Jun 2004 19.7 18.8 2.4 1.9 1.1 – 54.1 0.9 Victory preferences The table below lists opinion polling on the victory preferences for each party in the event of a European Parliament election taking place. Polling firm/Commissioner Fieldwork date Sample size 25px|link=Spanish Socialist Workers' Party|PSOE 28px|link=People's Party (Spain)|PP CEU 27px|link=United Left (Spain)|IU EdPV 27px|link=Union, Progress and Democracy|UPyD Other/None Lead Metroscopia/El País 27–28 May 2009 1,000 45.0 32.0 – – – – 23.0 13.0 Noxa/La Vanguardia 25–28 May 2009 1,000 42.0 33.0 – – – – 25.0 9.0 PSOE 25 May 2009 2,500 34.8 34.7 – – – – 30.5 0.1 CIS 29 Apr–17 May 2009 4,692 37.8 27.4 2.7 2.5 1.7 1.0 8.4 18.5 10.4 Victory likelihood The table below lists opinion polling on the perceived likelihood of victory for each party in the event of a European Parliament election taking place. Polling firm/Commissioner Fieldwork date Sample size 25px|link=Spanish Socialist Workers' Party|PSOE 28px|link=People's Party (Spain)|PP Other/None Lead Metroscopia/El País 27–28 May 2009 1,000 35.0 36.0 29.0 1.0 Noxa/La Vanguardia 25–28 May 2009 1,000 39.0 38.0 23.0 1.0 PSOE 25 May 2009 2,500 33.5 33.3 33.2 0.2 CIS 29 Apr–17 May 2009 4,692 30.9 31.5 2.2 35.4 0.6 Obradoiro de Socioloxía/Público 14 Apr–8 May 2009? 18.3 29.5 0.1 52.4 11.2 Obradoiro de Socioloxía/Público 10 Mar–2 Apr 2009 3,204 21.3 22.0 0.3 56.4 0.7 Results Overall results by autonomous community/constituency Results of the 2009 European Parliament election in Spain + ← Summary of the 7 June 2009 European Parliament election results in Spain → center|325px Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats Votes % ±pp Total +/− People's Party (PP)1 6,670,377 42.12 +0.91 24 ±0 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)1 6,141,784 38.78 −4.68 23 −2 Coalition for Europe (CEU)1 2 808,246 5.10 −0.12 3 +1 United Left–Initiative for Catalonia Greens: The Left (IU–ICV) 588,248 3.71 −0.44 2 ±0 Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) 451,866 2.85 New 1 +1 Europe of the Peoples–Greens (EdP–V)3 394,938 2.49 −0.95 1 ±0 Internationalist Initiative–Solidarity among Peoples (II–SP) 178,121 1.12 New 0 ±0 The Greens–European Green Group (LV–GVE) 89,147 0.56 +0.12 0 ±0 Anti-Bullfighting Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA) 41,913 0.26 New 0 ±0 For a Fairer World (PUM+J) 24,507 0.15 +0.09 0 ±0 Libertas–Citizens of Spain (Libertas) 22,903 0.14 New 0 ±0 Anti-capitalist Left–Global Revolt (IzAn–RG) 19,735 0.12 New 0 ±0 Spanish Alternative (AES) 19,583 0.12 New 0 ±0 Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE) 15,221 0.10 +0.07 0 ±0 Socialist Party of Andalusia (PSA)4 13,993 0.09 +0.05 0 ±0 Internationalist Socialist Workers' Party (POSI) 12,344 0.08 +0.03 0 ±0 Family and Life Party (PFyV) 10,456 0.07 +0.02 0 ±0 Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) 10,144 0.06 −0.02 0 ±0 Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE de las JONS) 10,031 0.06 +0.03 0 ±0 National Democracy (DN) 9,950 0.06 +0.02 0 ±0 Feminist Initiative (IFem) 9,721 0.06 New 0 ±0 National Front (FrN) 7,970 0.05 New 0 ±0 Catalan Republican Party (RC) 7,547 0.05 New 0 ±0 Humanist Party (PH) 7,009 0.04 +0.01 0 ±0 Valencian Union (UV)5 6,072 0.04 −0.01 0 ±0 Republican Social Movement (MSR) 6,009 0.04 New 0 ±0 Internationalist Solidarity and Self-Management (SAIn) 5,877 0.04 New 0 ±0 Liberal Democratic Centre (CDL) 5,733 0.04 New 0 ±0 Authentic Phalanx (FA) 5,165 0.03 +0.02 0 ±0 United Extremadura (EU)6 5,007 0.03 +0.02 0 ±0 Regionalist Party of the Leonese Country (PREPAL) 4,767 0.03 +0.01 0 ±0 Communist Unification of Spain (UCE) 3,483 0.02 New 0 ±0 Asturian Nationalist Unity (UNA) 3,183 0.02 New 0 ±0 Andecha Astur (AA) 2,255 0.01 New 0 ±0 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 Sourceshttps://infoelectoral.interior.gob.es/es/elecciones-celebradas/resultados-electorales/ Elecciones celebradas. Resultados electorales es Ministry of the Interior 2 April 2024 5 August 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240805154842/https://infoelectoral.interior.gob.es/es/elecciones-celebradas/resultados-electorales/ dead Lozano Carles https://www.historiaelectoral.com/eu2009.html Elecciones Europeas 7 de junio de 2009 es Historia Electoral.com 25 August 202524 June 2009 Acuerdo de 23 de junio de 2009, de la Presidencia de la Junta Electoral Central, por el que se procede a la publicación de los resultados de las elecciones de Diputados al Parlamento Europeo convocadas por Real Decreto 482/2009, de 3 de abril, y celebradas el 7 de junio de 2009, con indicación del número de escaños y de votos obtenidos por las candidaturas proclamadas https://www.boe.es/boe/dias/2009/06/24/pdfs/BOE-A-2009-10476.pdf es Official State Gazette 152 0212-033X 52830–52837 14 February 202615 October 2009 Resolución de 7 de octubre de 2009, de la Presidencia de la Junta Electoral Central, de corrección de errores en los resultados de las elecciones al Parlamento Europeo incluidos en el Acuerdo de 23 de junio de 2009, de la Junta Electoral Central, por el que se procede a la publicación de los resultados de las elecciones de Diputados al Parlamento Europeo convocadas por Real Decreto 482/2009, de 3 de abril, y celebradas el 7 de junio de 2009 https://www.boe.es/boe/dias/2009/10/15/pdfs/BOE-A-2009-16473.pdf es Official State Gazette 249 0212-033X 87344 14 February 2026 left Footnotes: 1 Initially, Spain was allocated 50 seats, which were distributed as follows: PP (23), PSOE (21), CEU (2), IU–ICV (2), UPyD (1) and EdP–V (1). However, as a result of the Treaty of Lisbon, Spain's MEP delegation grew to 54, with the additional 4 seats being allocated to PP (1), PSOE (2) and CEU (1). 2 Coalition for Europe results are compared to the combined totals of Galeusca–Peoples of Europe—not including results in the Balearic Islands and Galicia—and European Coalition in Andalusia, Balearic Islands and the Canary Islands in the 2004 election. 3 Europe of the Peoples–Greens results are compared to the combined totals of Europe of the Peoples—not including results in Andalusia and Asturias—, Galeusca–Peoples of Europe in Galicia and Aralar in the 2004 election. 4 Socialist Party of Andalusia results are compared to Europe of the Peoples totals in Andalusia in the 2004 election. 5 Valencian Union results are compared to European Coalition totals in the Valencian Community in the 2004 election. 6 United Extremadura results are compared to European Coalition totals in Extremadura in the 2004 election. Popular vote #ddd 550px 500px PP People's Party (Spain) 42.12 PSOE Spanish Socialist Workers' Party 38.78 CEU Coalition for Europe (2009) 5.10 IU–ICV The Left (Spain) 3.71 UPyD Union, Progress and Democracy 2.85 EdP–V Europe of the Peoples–Greens 2.49 II–SP Internationalist Initiative–Solidarity among Peoples 1.12 Others #777777 2.41 Blank ballots #DDDDDD 1.39 Seats #ddd 550px 500px PP People's Party (Spain) 44.44 PSOE Spanish Socialist Workers' Party 42.59 CEU Coalition for Europe (2009) 5.56 IU–ICV The Left (Spain) 3.70 UPyD Union, Progress and Democracy 1.85 EdP–V Europe of the Peoples–Greens 1.85 Maps Distribution by European group + Summary of political group distribution in the 7th European Parliament (2009–2014) Groups Parties Seats Total % European People's Party (EPP)People's Party (PP) Democratic Union of Catalonia (UDC) 241 25 46.30 Party of European Socialists (PES)Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 23 23 42.59 Greens–European Free Alliance (Greens/EFA)Initiative for Catalonia Greens (ICV) Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) 11 2 3.70 Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE)Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (CDC) Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) 11 2 3.70 European United Left–Nordic Green Left (GUE/NGL)United Left (IU) 1 1 1.85 Non-Inscrits (NI)Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) 1 1 1.85 Total 54 54 100.00 Notes References Opinion poll sources "p" Other Bibliography y Ley Orgánica 5/1985, de 19 de junio, del Régimen Electoral General Organic Law 5/1985 19 June 1985 version as of 22 January 2009 Official State Gazette BOE-A-1985-11672 es https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1985-11672&tn=1&p=20090122 13 February 2026 LOREG 1985 Treaty of Nice amending the Treaty on European Union, the Treaties establishing the European Communities and certain related acts (2001/C 80/01) 10 March 2001 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:12001C/TXT&from=EN Official Journal of the European Communities 12001C/TXT 11 November 2023 Nice 2001 Treaty of Lisbon amending the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty establishing the European Community (2007/C 306/01) 17 December 2007 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=OJ:C:2007:306:FULL&from=EN Official Journal of the European Union 12007L/TXT 11 November 2023 Lisbon 2007 European Council Decision (EU) establishing the composition of the European Parliament European Council Decision (EU) 2013/312 28 June 2013 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=celex%3A32013D0312 Official Journal of the European Union 32013D0312 12 July 2024 EUCO Dec. 2013/312 2013 External links European elections Spain in Europe Politique. 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