2011 Extremaduran regional election

Election in the Spanish region of Extremadura 2011 Extremaduran regional election Extremadura parliamentary no 2007 Extremaduran regional election 2007 2015 Extremaduran regional election 2015 All 65 seats in the Assembly of Extremadura 33 #Opinion polls 906,551 10px 1.5% 676,768 (74.7%)10px 0.3 pp 22 May 2011 170x170px José Antonio Monago PP–EU 8 November 2008 Badajoz 27 seats, 38.7% 32 10px 5 307,975 46.1% 10px 7.4 pp 170x170px Guillermo Fernández Vara PSOE–r 20 September 2006 Badajoz 38 seats, 53.0% 30 10px 8 290,045 43.4% 10px 9.6 pp 170x170px Pedro Escobar IU–SIEx 30 September 2007 Badajoz 0 seats, 4.5% 3 10px 3 38,157 5.7% 10px 1.2 pp ExtremaduraProvinceMapAssembly2011.png 250px Constituency results map for the Assembly of Extremadura President President after election Guillermo Fernández Vara Spanish Socialist Workers' Party of Extremadura José Antonio Monago People's Party of Extremadura A regional election was held in Extremadura on 22 May 2011 to elect the 8th Assembly of the autonomous community. All 65 seats in the Assembly were up for election. It was held concurrently with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all across Spain. For the first time since 1983, the People's Party (PP) was able to win a regional election, obtaining its best historical result, with 46.1% of the share and 32 seats. The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), which had formed the government of the Extremaduran region since 1983, achieving an absolute majority of seats at every election except in 1995, was ousted from power in the worst result obtained by the party until that time.Extremaduran election results Historiaelectoral.com. Retrieved 2011-04-05. However, as the PP stood one seat short of an overall majority, the possibility arose of PSOE pact with United Left (IU), which had re-entered the Assembly after a four-year absence, in order to maintain the regional government.http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2011/05/23/espana/1306169274.html Vara sees a PSOE-IU pact as the 'only chance' es El Mundo 2011-05-23 However, IU declined to support outgoing Socialist Guillermo Fernández Vara after a 24-year PSOE rule over the region, opting to abstain in the investiture voting and allowing the most-voted candidate to be elected. As a result of the PP having more seats than the PSOE, party candidate José Antonio Monago became the first not-Socialist democratically elected President of the region.http://www.lavanguardia.com/politica/20110704/54180861476/extremadura-da-por-hecho-el-cambio-politico.html Extremadura takes a political change for granted es La Vanguardia 2011-07-04 Overview Under the 2011 Statute of Autonomy, the Assembly of Extremadura was the unicameral legislature of the homonymous autonomous community, having legislative power in devolved matters, as well as the ability to grant or withdraw confidence from a regional president.Statute 2011 arts. 16 & 22–23. The electoral and procedural rules were supplemented by national law provisions.LEEx 1987 final prov. 1. Date The term of the Assembly of Extremadura expired four years after the date of its previous election. Amendments earlier in 2011 abolished fixed-term elections, instead allowing the term of the Assembly to expire after an early dissolution. The election decree was required to be issued no later than 25 days before the scheduled expiration date of parliament and published on the following day in the Official Journal of Extremadura (DOE), with election day taking place 54 days after the decree's publication.Statute 2011 art. 16; LEEx 1987 arts. 21–23 (suppl. supplemented by LOREG 1985 art. 42). The previous election was held on 27 May 2007, which meant that the chamber's term would have expired on 27 May 2011. The election decree was required to be published in the DOE no later than 3 May 2011, setting the latest possible date for election day on 26 June 2011. The regional president had the prerogative to dissolve the Assembly of Extremadura at any given time and call a snap election, provided that no motion of no confidence was in process and that dissolution did not occur before one year after a previous one.Statute 2011 art. 26–27; LGAEx 2002 arts. 13 & 43. In the event of an investiture process failing to elect a regional president within a two-month period from the first ballot, the Assembly was to be automatically dissolved and a fresh election called.Statute 2011 art. 25. The election to the Assembly of Extremadura was officially called on 29 March 2011 with the publication of the corresponding decree in the DOE, setting election day for 22 May.Decree 2/2011 2011 art. 1. Electoral system Voting for the Assembly was based on universal suffrage, comprising all Spanish nationals over 18 years of age, registered in Extremadura and with full political rights, provided that they had not been deprived of the right to vote by a final sentence, nor were legally incapacitated.Statute 2011 art. 17; LEEx 1987 arts. 2–3 (suppl. supplemented by LOREG 1985 arts. 2–3). Amendments earlier in 2011 required non-resident citizens to apply for voting, a system known as "begged" voting (es Voto rogado).LOREG 1985 art. 75.Reig Pellicer Naiara 16 December 2015 http://www.cafebabel.co.uk/politics/article/spanish-elections-begging-for-the-right-to-vote.html Spanish elections: Begging for the right to vote cafebabel.co.uk 17 July 2017 31 August 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210831202218/https://cafebabel.com/en/article/spanish-elections-begging-for-the-right-to-vote-5ae00a98f723b35a145e6867/ usurped The Assembly of Extremadura had a maximum of 65 seats, with electoral provisions fixing its size at that number. All were elected in two multi-member constituencies—corresponding to the provinces of Badajoz and Cáceres, each of which was assigned an initial minimum of 20 seats and the remaining 25 distributed in proportion to population—using the D'Hondt method and closed-list proportional voting, with a five percent-threshold of valid votes (including blank ballots) in each constituency. Alternatively, parties could also enter the seat distribution as long as they ran candidates in both constituencies and reached five percent regionally.Statute 2011 art. 17; LEEx 1987 arts. 17–19. As a result of the aforementioned allocation, each Assembly constituency was entitled the following seats:Decree 2/2011 2011 art. 2. Seats Constituencies 36 Badajozgreen (+1) 29 Cáceresred (−1) 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.LEEx 1987 arts. 19 & 26 (suppl. supplemented by LOREG 1985 arts. 46 & 48). Outgoing parliament The table below shows the composition of the parliamentary groups in the chamber at the time of the election call.Lozano Carles https://www.historiaelectoral.com/aextremadura.html Elecciones a la Asamblea de Extremadura (desde 1983) es Historia Electoral.com 18 October 2025https://www.asambleaex.es/grupos-7 Grupos Parlamentarios VII Legislatura es Assembly of Extremadura 18 October 2025 + Parliamentary composition in March 2011 Groups Parties Legislators Seats Total Socialist Parliamentary Group PSOE 35 38 PREx–CREx 3 People's–United Extremadura Parliamentary Group PP 26 27 EU 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, whereas groupings of electors needed to secure the signature of at least two percent of the electorate in the constituencies for which they sought election, disallowing electors from signing for more than one list.LEEx 1987 arts. 25–26 (suppl. supplemented by LOREG 1985 art. 44). Additionally, a balanced composition of men and women was required 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 Candidate Ideology Previous result Gov. Government Ref. References Vote % Seats PSOE–r List on Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Extremaduran Coalition (PREx–CREx)– Extremaduran Regionalist Party (PREx)– Regionalist Convergence of Extremadura (CREx) 50px Guillermo Fernández Vara Social democracy 53.0% 38 18 July 2008 Fernández Vara es elegido nuevo secretario general del PSOE de Extremadura https://www.europapress.es/nacional/noticia-fernandez-vara-elegido-nuevo-secretario-general-psoe-extremadura-20080718212227.html es Europa Press Badajoz 13 November 202521 July 2010 Fernández Vara optará a la reelección como presidente de la Junta https://www.elperiodicoextremadura.com/extremadura/2010/07/21/fernandez-vara-optara-reeleccion-presidente-45063944.html es El Periódico Extremadura 18 October 202510 March 2011 PSOE y Prex-Crex irán otra vez juntos el 22-M https://www.elperiodicoextremadura.com/extremadura/2011/03/10/psoe-prex-crex-iran-vez-45001357.html es El Periódico Extremadura Mérida 18 October 2025 PP–EU List on People's Party (PP) United Extremadura (EU) 50px José Antonio Monago ConservatismChristian democracy 38.7% 27 8 November 2008 Monago sale elegido nuevo presidente del PP extremeño con el apoyo del 90% de los compromisarios https://www.europapress.es/extremadura/noticia-monago-sale-elegido-nuevo-presidente-pp-extremeno-apoyo-90-compromisarios-20081108174651.html es Europa Press Mérida 18 October 20257 September 2010 Monago es elegido candidato del PP a la Presidencia de la Junta https://www.elperiodicoextremadura.com/extremadura/2010/09/07/monago-elegido-candidato-pp-presidencia-45053653.html es El Periódico Extremadura 13 November 202511 March 2011 PP y EU se alían con la bandera de un "cambio" en Extremadura https://www.elperiodicoextremadura.com/extremadura/2011/03/11/pp-eu-alian-bandera-cambio-45001364.html es El Periódico Extremadura 18 October 2025 IU–SIEx List on United Left (IU)– Communist Party of Extremadura (PCEx)– Revolutionary Workers' Party (POR)– Republican Left (IR) Independent Socialists of Extremadura (SIEx) 50px Pedro Escobar SocialismCommunism 4.5% 0 30 September 2007 Víctor Casco dimite y propone a Pedro Escobar como coordinador general de IU en Extremadura https://www.elperiodicoextremadura.com/extremadura/2007/09/30/victor-casco-dimite-propone-pedro-45337417.html es El Periódico Extremadura 18 October 202522 November 2010 Escobar será candidato de IU con la intención de meter una "cuña de aire fresco" en la Asamblea https://www.europapress.es/extremadura/noticia-escobar-sera-candidato-iu-intencion-meter-cuna-aire-fresco-asamblea-20101122125240.html es Europa Press Badajoz 18 October 2025Europa Press 13 April 2011 Izquierda Unida y Siex concurren nuevamente en coalición para "acabar con el bipartidismo" https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/1019561/0/ es 20 minutos Badajoz 16 November 2025 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; 33 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Assembly of Extremadura. Polling firm/Commissioner Fieldwork date Sample size Turnout 25px|link=Spanish Socialist Workers' Party of Extremadura|PSOE 28px|link=People's Party of Extremadura|PP 27px|link=United Left Extremadura|IU 27px|link=Union, Progress and Democracy|UPyD Lead 2011 regional election 22 May 2011 74.7 43.475% Verdana 30 46.175% Verdana 32 5.775% Verdana 3 1.175% Verdana 0 2.7 Sigma Dos/El MundoCascos supera al PP en Asturias (El Mundo) http://www.electometro.es:80/2011/05/cascos-supera-al-pp-en-asturias-el-mundo/ https://web.archive.org/web/20110519201744/http://www.electometro.es/2011/05/cascos-supera-al-pp-en-asturias-el-mundo/ dead 19 May 2011 es Electómetro 15 May 2011 2 March 2021 9–11 May 2011 500? 43.675% Verdana 30/31 48.775% Verdana 32/34 4.675% Verdana 0/3 – 5.1 NC Report/La RazónEl PP doblega al PSOE a siete días de la cita electoral http://larazon.es/noticia/4003-el-pp-doblega-al-psoe-a-siete-dias-de-la-cita-electoral es La Razón 15 May 2011 bot: unknown https://web.archive.org/web/20110903131231/http://larazon.es/noticia/4003-el-pp-doblega-al-psoe-a-siete-dias-de-la-cita-electoral 3 September 2011 Vuelco en Cantabria (La Razón) http://www.electometro.es:80/2011/05/vuelco-en-cantabria-la-razon/ https://web.archive.org/web/20110519203926/http://www.electometro.es/2011/05/vuelco-en-cantabria-la-razon/ dead 19 May 2011 es Electómetro 15 May 2011 2 March 2021 3–10 May 2011?? 46.875% Verdana 31/32 44.975% Verdana 31/32?75% Verdana 2 – 1.9 TNS Demoscopia/Antena 3El PP ganaría las elecciones y provocaría un vuelco electoral en Extremadura http://www.antena3.com/especiales/elecciones-autonomicas-municipales/22m-2011/ganaria-elecciones-provocaria-vuelco-electoral-extremadura_20110509574463ca6584a8f86264e710.html es Antena 3 9 May 2011Encuesta de TNS para Antena 3 y Onda Cero. Elecciones 22M. Expectativas electorales en Extremadura http://www.tns-global.es/docs/docs_soluciones_466.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20110908043025/http://www.tns-global.es/docs/docs_soluciones_466.pdf dead 8 September 2011 es TNS Demoscopia 9 May 2011 4–5 May 2011 750? 43.375% Verdana 30/31 46.875% Verdana 33/34 4.575% Verdana 1 – 3.5 NC Report/La RazónEl popular Monago recorta casi doce puntos a Fernández Vara http://www.larazon.es/noticia/6945-el-popular-monago-recorta-casi-doce-puntos-a-fernandez-vara es La Razón 25 April 2011 bot: unknown https://web.archive.org/web/20110426232438/http://www.larazon.es/noticia/6945-el-popular-monago-recorta-casi-doce-puntos-a-fernandez-vara 26 April 2011 Pendientes de la sorpresa http://www.larazon.es/documents/10165/0/LA_RAZON_307472_sorpresa.jpg es La Razón 25 April 2011 12 September 2017 12 September 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170912233712/http://www.larazon.es/documents/10165/0/LA_RAZON_307472_sorpresa.jpg dead 25 Apr 2011?? 47.175% Verdana 32/34 44.675% Verdana 31/32?75% Verdana 0/1 – 2.5 Celeste-Tel/TerraBarómetro electoral autonómico http://www.celeste-tel.es/images/Eleccionesccaa.pdf es Celeste-Tel 9 May 2011 21 May 2015 24 April 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20250424165027/http://www.celeste-tel.es/images/Eleccionesccaa.pdf dead 13–20 Apr 2011 600? 44.675% Verdana 30 46.675% Verdana 32 6.875% Verdana 3 – 2.0 CISPreelectoral elecciones autonómicas, 2011. Comunidad Autónoma de Extremadura (Estudio nº 2879. Marzo-Abril 2011) https://www.cis.es/documents/d/cis/es2879mar_a es CIS 5 May 2011El PSOE fija su objetivo: salvar los muebles http://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/preview/2011/05/06/pagina-14/86637260/pdf.html es La Vanguardia 6 May 2011 17 Mar–17 Apr 2011 1,200? 45.375% Verdana 31 44.875% Verdana 32 4.875% Verdana 2 1.675% Verdana 0 0.5 Sigma Dos/El MundoIU podría ser decisivo en Extremadura (El Mundo) http://www.electometro.es/2011/04/iu-podria-ser-decisivo-en-extremadura-el-mundo/ es Electómetro 24 April 2011 bot: unknown https://web.archive.org/web/20110429101532/http://www.electometro.es/2011/04/iu-podria-ser-decisivo-en-extremadura-el-mundo/ 29 April 2011 11–14 Apr 2011 500? 43.875% Verdana 30/31 48.475% Verdana 32/34 4.975% Verdana 0/3 – 4.6 Ikerfel/VocentoEl PP arrebata al PSOE su "feudo", pero Vara podría seguir gobernando con IU http://hemeroteca.abc.es/nav/Navigate.exe/hemeroteca/madrid/abc/2011/05/08/026.html es ABC 8 May 2011El PP arrebataría Castilla-La Mancha al PSOE y haría gobernar a Cospedal http://www.elcorreo.com/vizcaya/v/20110508/politica/elecciones2011/arrebataria-castilla-mancha-psoe-20110508.html es El Correo 8 May 2011La presidencia de Extremadura en manos de IU (Grupo Vocento) http://www.electometro.es:80/2011/05/castilla-la-mancha-el-pp-saca-de-3-a-7-escanos-al-psoe-grupo-vocento https://web.archive.org/web/20110511160929/http://www.electometro.es/2011/05/castilla-la-mancha-el-pp-saca-de-3-a-7-escanos-al-psoe-grupo-vocento dead 11 May 2011 es Electómetro 8 May 2011 2 March 2021 4–10 Apr 2011 1,200? 44.475% Verdana 30/31 45.375% Verdana 31/32 5.675% Verdana 2/3 – 0.9 Obradoiro de Socioloxía/PúblicoVara conserva la Junta, pero peligra la mayoría absoluta de los socialistas http://www.publico.es/espana/369440/vara-conserva-la-junta-pero-peligra-la-mayoria-absoluta-de-los-socialistas es Público 4 April 2011 bot: unknown https://web.archive.org/web/20140511152220/http://www.publico.es/espana/369440/vara-conserva-la-junta-pero-peligra-la-mayoria-absoluta-de-los-socialistas 11 May 2014 IU podría ser la fuerza decisiva en Extremadura (Público) http://www.electometro.es/2011/04/iu-podria-ser-la-fuerza-decisiva-en-extremadura-publico/ es Electómetro 4 April 2011 bot: unknown https://web.archive.org/web/20160304052446/http://www.electometro.es/2011/04/iu-podria-ser-la-fuerza-decisiva-en-extremadura-publico/ 4 March 2016 28 Mar–1 Apr 2011 500? 46.875% Verdana 32/33 44.475% Verdana 31/32 4.675% Verdana 1/2 – 2.4 GESPA/PPEncuesta Preelectoral Comunidad Autónoma de Extremadura https://s.libertaddigital.com/doc/encuesta-en-extremadura-41912095.pdf es Libertad Digital 24 January 2011 10–14 Jan 2011 1,200? 44.775% Verdana 31/32 45.875% Verdana 33 4.975% Verdana 0/1 – 1.1 NC Report/La RazónEl PP conquista los grandes feudos de los socialistas http://www.larazon.es/noticia/1719-el-pp-conquista-los-grandes-feudos-de-los-socialistas es La Razón 22 January 2011 bot: unknown https://web.archive.org/web/20110305113906/http://www.larazon.es/noticia/1719-el-pp-conquista-los-grandes-feudos-de-los-socialistas 5 March 2011 El PP, a un paso de la mayoría absoluta en Andalucía y Castilla La Mancha (La Razón) http://www.electometro.es/2011/01/el-pp-a-un-paso-de-la-mayoria-absoluta-en-andalucia-y-castilla-la-mancha-la-razon/ es Electómetro 22 January 2011 bot: unknown https://web.archive.org/web/20110126225812/http://www.electometro.es/2011/01/el-pp-a-un-paso-de-la-mayoria-absoluta-en-andalucia-y-castilla-la-mancha-la-razon/ 26 January 2011 30 Dec–3 Jan 2011?? 48.175% Verdana 32/34 43.675% Verdana 30/31?75% Verdana 1/2 – 4.5 Sigma Dos/El MundoEmpate técnico entre PSOE y PP en Extremadura (El Mundo) http://www.electometro.es/2011/01/empate-tecnico-entre-psoe-y-pp-en-extremadura-el-mundo/ es Electómetro 5 January 2011 bot: unknown https://web.archive.org/web/20110110190550/http://www.electometro.es/2011/01/empate-tecnico-entre-psoe-y-pp-en-extremadura-el-mundo/ 10 January 2011 28–29 Dec 2010 500? 45.675% Verdana 32 45.575% Verdana 31/33 4.975% Verdana 0/2 – 0.1 Sigma Dos/HoyIU puede tener la llave de la Junta http://www.hoy.es/20110102/local/puede-tener-llave-junta-201101020832.html es Hoy 2 January 2011 23–27 Dec 2010 1,000? 45.775% Verdana 30/32 45.175% Verdana 31/32 5.375% Verdana 2/3 – 0.6 Q Índice/PSOEEl PSOE de Extremadura volvería a ganar con mayoría absoluta (encuesta interna) http://www.electometro.es/2010/07/el-psoe-de-extremadura-volveria-a-ganar-con-mayoria-absoluta-encuesta-interna/ es Electómetro 15 July 2010 bot: unknown https://web.archive.org/web/20101014132831/http://www.electometro.es/2010/07/el-psoe-de-extremadura-volveria-a-ganar-con-mayoria-absoluta-encuesta-interna/ 14 October 2010 14–18 Jun 2010 702? 49.075% Verdana 33/35 43.075% Verdana 29/30 4.575% Verdana 1/2 – 6.0 Sigma Dos/El MundoVuelco del mapa electoral autonómico (El Mundo) http://www.electometro.es/2010/05/vuelco-del-mapa-electoral-autonomico-el-mundo/ es Electómetro 31 May 2010 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20100602092505/http://www.electometro.es/2010/05/vuelco-del-mapa-electoral-autonomico-el-mundo/ 2 June 2010 25–27 May 2010 500? 44.475% Verdana 30/32 48.875% Verdana 33/35 4.075% Verdana 0 – 4.4 GESPA/PPEl PP extremeño se sitúa a un escaño del PSOE y de gobernar en la región, según una encuesta http://www.20minutos.es/noticia/686385/0/ es 20 minutos 23 April 2010 15–30 Mar 2010 1,200? 46.675% Verdana 33 44.975% Verdana 32 4.475% Verdana 0 – 1.7 Obradoiro de Socioloxía/PúblicoEl feudo más seguro del PSOE http://www.publico.es/espana/303430/el-feudo-mas-seguro-del-psoe es Público 28 March 2010 bot: unknown https://web.archive.org/web/20120309182658/http://www.publico.es/espana/303430/el-feudo-mas-seguro-del-psoe 9 March 2012 15–18 Mar 2010 799? 48.175% Verdana 33 44.475% Verdana 31 4.675% Verdana 1 – 3.7 Sigma Dos/HoyEl PSOE volvería a ganar las elecciones en Extremadura, aunque pierde cinco puntos en favor del PP http://papeldigital.hoy.es/sondeosigmados/ es Hoy 28 February 2010 5 April 2011 22 March 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120322090633/http://papeldigital.hoy.es/sondeosigmados/ dead 12–19 Feb 2010 1,200? 48.075% Verdana 33/35 43.875% Verdana 30/32 4.275% Verdana 0 – 4.2 2009 EP election 7 Jun 2009 50.6 48.675% Verdana (34) 44.175% Verdana (31) 2.575% Verdana (0) 1.975% Verdana (0) 4.5 2008 general election 9 Mar 2008 78.5 52.375% Verdana (37) 41.875% Verdana (28) 2.975% Verdana (0) 0.875% Verdana (0) 10.5 2007 regional election 27 May 2007 75.0 53.075% Verdana 38 38.775% Verdana 27 4.575% Verdana 0 – 14.3 Voting preferences The table below lists raw, unweighted voting preferences. Polling firm/Commissioner Fieldwork date Sample size 25px|link=Spanish Socialist Workers' Party of Extremadura|PSOE 28px|link=People's Party of Extremadura|PP 27px|link=United Left Extremadura|IU 27px|link=Union, Progress and Democracy|UPyD Lead 2011 regional election"CERA" Does not include non-resident citizens. 22 May 2011 32.7 34.7 4.2 0.8 23.8 2.0 CIS 17 Mar–17 Apr 2011 1,200 34.0 29.9 3.6 1.0 24.1 4.2 4.1 Obradoiro de Socioloxía/Público 28 Mar–1 Apr 2011 500 31.6 30.7 2.6 0.7 – – 0.9 Obradoiro de Socioloxía/Público 15–18 Mar 2010 799 29.9 27.0 2.4 0.6 – – 2.9 2009 EP election"CERA" 7 Jun 2009 24.7 22.6 1.3 1.0 48.6 2.1 2008 general election"CERA" 9 Mar 2008 41.3 33.2 2.3 0.6 20.3 8.1 2007 regional election"CERA" 27 May 2007 39.9 29.3 3.4 – 23.9 10.6 Victory preferences The table below lists opinion polling on the victory preferences for each party in the event of a regional election taking place. Polling firm/Commissioner Fieldwork date Sample size 25px|link=Spanish Socialist Workers' Party of Extremadura|PSOE 28px|link=People's Party of Extremadura|PP 27px|link=United Left Extremadura|IU 27px|link=Union, Progress and Democracy|UPyD Other/None Lead CIS 17 Mar–17 Apr 2011 1,200 41.2 35.4 3.6 1.3 3.9 14.7 5.8 GESPA/PP 10–14 Jan 2011 1,200 34.4 32.2 2.1 0.7 0.4 30.1 2.2 Victory likelihood The table below lists opinion polling on the perceived likelihood of victory for each party in the event of a regional election taking place. Polling firm/Commissioner Fieldwork date Sample size 25px|link=Spanish Socialist Workers' Party of Extremadura|PSOE 28px|link=People's Party of Extremadura|PP 27px|link=United Left Extremadura|IU 27px|link=Union, Progress and Democracy|UPyD Other/None Lead CIS 17 Mar–17 Apr 2011 1,200 52.4 24.5 0.0 0.0 0.2 22.9 27.9 GESPA/PP 10–14 Jan 2011 1,200 46.8 25.7 0.2 – – 27.3 21.1 Preferred President The table below lists opinion polling on leader preferences to become president of the Regional Government of Extremadura. All candidates Polling firm/Commissioner Fieldwork date Sample size 55px 55px 55px 55px Other/None/Notcare Lead VaraPSOE MonagoPP EscobarIU García-BorruelUPyD CIS 17 Mar–17 Apr 2011 1,200 44.6 30.1 2.5 1.2 1.6 20.1 14.5 Ikerfel/VocentoVara tendría que apoyarse en IU para formar gobierno http://www.hoy.es/v/20110508/regional/casi-ciento-extremenos-decidido-20110508.html https://web.archive.org/web/20110726151117/http://www.hoy.es/v/20110508/regional/casi-ciento-extremenos-decidido-20110508.html dead 2011-07-26 es Hoy 8 May 2011 4–10 Apr 2011 1,200 48.5 32.9 2.9 – – 15.7 15.6 GESPA/PP 10–14 Jan 2011 1,200 35.3 28.2 3.9 – 5.9 23.2 7.1 Vara vs. Monago Polling firm/Commissioner Fieldwork date Sample size 55px 55px Other/None/Notcare Lead VaraPSOE MonagoPP Obradoiro de Socioloxía/Público 28 Mar–1 Apr 2011 500 46.5 30.9 22.6 15.6 Obradoiro de Socioloxía/Público 15–18 Mar 2010 799 40.8 22.0 37.2 18.8 Predicted President The table below lists opinion polling on the perceived likelihood for each leader to become president. Polling firm/Commissioner Fieldwork date Sample size 55px 55px Other/None/Notcare Lead VaraPSOE MonagoPP Obradoiro de Socioloxía/Público 28 Mar–1 Apr 2011 500 57.7 23.3 19.0 34.4 Obradoiro de Socioloxía/Público 15–18 Mar 2010 799 58.1 9.1 32.8 49.0 Results Overall + ← Summary of the 22 May 2011 Assembly of Extremadura election results → center|335px Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats Votes % ±pp Total +/− People's Party–United Extremadura (PP–EU) 307,975 46.13 +7.42 32 +5 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party–Regionalists (PSOE–regionalistas) 290,045 43.45 −9.55 30 −8 United Left–Independent Socialists of Extremadura (IU–SIEx) 38,157 5.72 +1.20 3 +3 Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) 7,058 1.06 New 0 ±0 Independents for Extremadura (IPEx) 4,659 0.70 −0.56 0 ±0 Ecolo–The Greens (Ecolo–LV)1 3,887 0.58 −0.03 0 ±0 Extremaduran People's Union (UPEx) 2,185 0.33 +0.10 0 ±0 For a Fairer World (PUM+J) 1,573 0.24 New 0 ±0 Convergence for Extremadura (CEx) 1,056 0.16 New 0 ±0 Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE) 836 0.13 −0.01 0 ±0 Citizens for Blank Votes (CenB) 774 0.12 +0.04 0 ±0 Blank ballots 9,394 1.41 +0.22 Total 667,599 65 ±0 Valid votes 667,599 98.65 −0.62 Invalid votes 9,169 1.35 +0.62 Votes cast / turnout 676,768 74.65 −0.30 Abstentions 229,783 25.35 +0.30 Registered voters 906,551 Sources3 June 2011 Resolución de 2 de junio de 2011, de la Junta Electoral de Extremadura, por la que se hacen públicos los resultados del Escrutinio General y Proclamación de Diputados Electos a la Asamblea de Extremadura, efectuada por las Juntas Electorales Provinciales de Cáceres y Badajoz, resultante de la Elecciones al Parlamento Extremeño celebradas el día 22 de mayo de 2011 https://doe.juntaex.es/pdfs/doe/2011/1060o/11061140.pdf es Official Journal of Extremadura 106 2483-5188 14298–14301 19 October 2025 left Footnotes: 1 Ecolo–The Greens results are compared to The Greens of Extremadura totals in the 2007 election. Popular vote #ddd 550px 500px PP–EU People's Party of Extremadura 46.13 PSOE–r Spanish Socialist Workers' Party of Extremadura 43.45 IU–SIEx United Left Extremadura 5.72 UPyD Union, Progress and Democracy 1.06 Others #777777 2.24 Blank ballots #DDDDDD 1.41 Seats #ddd 550px 500px PP–EU People's Party of Extremadura 49.23 PSOE–r Spanish Socialist Workers' Party of Extremadura 46.15 IU–SIEx United Left Extremadura 4.62 Distribution by constituency Constituency PP–EU PSOE–r IU–SIEx % S % S % S Badajoz 45.0 17 44.7 17 6.2 2 Cáceres 47.9 15 41.4 13 5.0 1 Total 46.1 32 43.4 30 5.7 3 Sources Aftermath Government formation InvestitureNomination of José Antonio Monago (PP) Ballot → 5 July 2011 7 July 2011 Required majority → 33 out of 65 15 Simple 15 Yes • PP–EU (32) 32 65 green 125px 32 65 green 125px No • PSOE–r (30) 30 65 red 125px 30 65 red 125px Abstentions • IU–SIEx (3) 3 65 gray 125px 3 65 gray 125px Absentees 0 65 black 125px 0 65 black 125px SourcesElordi Cué Carlos Alcaide Soledad 7 July 2011 Monago ya es el primer presidente de Extremadura del PP gracias a IU https://elpais.com/politica/2011/07/07/actualidad/1310022541_642816.html es El País Mérida / Madrid 6 December 2025 2014 motion of no confidence Motion of no confidenceNomination of Guillermo Fernández Vara (PSOE) Ballot → 14 May 2014 Required majority → 33 out of 65 15 Yes • PSOE (28) • PREx–CREx (2) 30 65 green 125px No • PP–EU (32) 32 65 red 125px Abstentions • IU (3) 3 65 gray 125px Absentees 0 65 black 125px SourcesFernández María 14 May 2014 La censura contra Monago fracasa con los votos del PP y la abstención de IU https://elpais.com/politica/2014/05/14/actualidad/1400059311_040909.html es El País Mérida 6 December 2025 Notes References Opinion poll sources "p" Other Bibliography 30em y Ley Orgánica 5/1985, de 19 de junio, del Régimen Electoral General Organic Law 5/1985 19 June 1985 version as of 30 April 2011 Official State Gazette BOE-A-1985-11672 es https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1985-11672&tn=1&p=20110430 5 October 2025 LOREG 1985 y Ley 2/1987, de 16 de marzo, de Elecciones a la Asamblea de Extremadura Law 2/1987 16 March 1987 version as of 26 March 1991 Official State Gazette BOE-A-1987-8817 es https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1987-8817&tn=1&p=19910326 7 October 2025 LEEx 1987 y Ley 1/2002, de 28 de febrero, del Gobierno y de la Administración de la Comunidad Autónoma de Extremadura Law 1/2002 28 February 2002 version as of 31 December 2009 Official State Gazette BOE-A-2002-7297 es https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-2002-7297&tn=1&p=20091231 5 April 2026 LGAEx 2002 y Ley Orgánica 1/2011, de 28 de enero, de reforma del Estatuto de Autonomía de la Comunidad Autónoma de Extremadura Organic Law 1/2011 28 January 2011 version as of 29 January 2011 Official State Gazette BOE-A-2011-1638 es https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-2011-1638&tn=1&p=20110129 7 October 2025 Statute 2011 y Decreto del Presidente 2/2011, de 28 de marzo, por el que se convocan elecciones a la Asamblea de Extremadura Decree 2/2011 28 March 2011 Official Journal of Extremadura 2011030002 es https://doe.juntaex.es/pdfs/doe/2011/610o/11030002.pdf 18 October 2025 Decree 2/2011 2011 Regional election Extremadura Category:Regional elections in Extremadura Extremadura