2009 Spanish regional elections

none 2009 Spanish regional elections Spain parliamentary no 2008 Spanish regional elections 2008 2010 Spanish regional elections 2010 150 seats in the regional parliaments of the Basque Country and Galicia 1 March 2009 File:2009 Spanish regional elections.svg x315px Regional administrations by leading party in 2009 National parties Spanish Socialist Workers' Party PSOE (7) People's Party (Spain) PP (6+2) Regional parties Socialists' Party of Catalonia PSCPSOE's sister party in Catalonia. (1) Canarian Coalition CC (1) Navarrese People's Union UPN (1) Regionalist Party of Cantabria PRC (1) Regional elections were held in Spain during 2009 to elect the regional parliaments of two of the seventeen autonomous communities: the Basque Country and Galicia. 150 of 1,206 seats in the regional parliaments were up for election. The elections were held on 1 March in both regions. 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), Galicia (1985) 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 1 March Basque Country Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Galicia Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) People's Party (PP) Summary by region March (2 regions) Basque Country 2009 Basque regional election center|200px Parties and alliances Votes % ±pp Seats +/− EAJ/PNV 399,600 38.14 n/a 30 +8 PSE–EE (PSOE) 318,112 30.36 +7.85 25 +7 PP 146,148 13.95 −3.32 13 −2 Aralar 62,514 5.97 +3.66 4 +3 EA 38,198 3.65 n/a 1 −6 EB–B 36,373 3.47 −1.86 1 −2 UPyD 22,233 2.12 New 1 +1 PCTV/EHAK n/a n/a −12.35 0 −9 Others 13,018 1.24 0 ±0 Blank ballots 11,562 1.10 +0.36 Valid votes 1,047,758 91.21 −8.46 Invalid votes 100,939 8.79 +8.46 Votes cast / turnout 1,148,697 64.68 −3.32 Registered voters 1,776,059 Galicia 2009 Galician regional election center|200px Parties and alliances Votes % ±pp Seats +/− PP 789,427 46.68 +1.45 38 +1 PSdeG–PSOE 524,488 31.02 −2.20 25 ±0 BNG 270,712 16.01 −2.64 12 −1 UPyD 23,796 1.41 New 0 ±0 TeGa 18,726 1.11 New 0 ±0 Others 35,755 2.11 0 ±0 Blank ballots 28,071 1.66 +0.41 Valid votes 1,690,975 99.11 −0.43 Invalid votes 15,223 0.89 +0.43 Votes cast / turnout 1,706,198 64.43 +0.22 Registered voters 2,648,276 Notes 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 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 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