2016 Spanish regional elections

none 2016 Spanish regional elections Spain parliamentary no 2015 Spanish regional elections 2015 2017 Spanish regional elections 2017 150 seats in the regional parliaments of the Basque Country and Galicia 25 September 2016 File:2016 Spanish regional elections.svg x315px Regional administrations by leading party in 2016 National parties Spanish Socialist Workers' Party PSOE (7) People's Party (Spain) PP (5+2) Regional parties Catalan European Democratic Party PDeCAT (1) Basque Nationalist Party EAJ/PNV (1) Canarian Coalition CC (1) Regionalist Party of Cantabria PRC (1) Geroa Bai GBai (1) Regional elections were held in Spain during 2016 to elect the regional parliaments of two of the seventeen autonomous communities: the Basque Country and Galicia. 150 of 1,198 seats in the regional parliaments were up for election. The elections were held on 25 September 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), 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 September Basque Country Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) Galicia People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP) Summary by region September (2 regions) Basque Country 2016 Basque regional election center|200px Parties and alliances Votes % ±pp Seats +/− EAJ/PNV 398,168 37.36 +3.20 28 +1 EH Bildu 225,172 21.13 −3.54 18 −3 Elkarrekin Podemos 157,334 14.76 +11.04 11 +11 PSE–EE (PSOE) 126,420 11.86 −7.03 9 −7 PP 107,771 10.11 −1.48 9 −1 C's 21,477 2.02 New 0 ±0 UPyD n/a n/a −1.91 0 −1 Others 22,662 2.13 0 ±0 Blank ballots 6,681 0.63 −0.67 Valid votes 1,065,685 99.56 +0.37 Invalid votes 4,672 0.44 −0.37 Votes cast / turnout 1,070,357 60.02 −3.94 Registered voters 1,783,419 Galicia 2016 Galician regional election center|200px Parties and alliances Votes % ±pp Seats +/− PP 682,150 47.56 +1.76 41 ±0 En Marea 273,523 19.07 +5.16 14 +5 PSdeG–PSOE 256,381 17.87 −2.74 14 −4 BNG–Nós 119,446 8.33 −1.78 6 −1 C's 48,553 3.38 New 0 ±0 PACMA 15,135 1.06 +0.50 0 ±0 Others 25,193 1.76 0 ±0 Blank ballots 14,037 0.98 −1.68 Valid votes 1,434,418 99.00 +1.53 Invalid votes 14,544 1.00 −1.53 Votes cast / turnout 1,448,962 53.63 −1.28 Registered voters 2,701,932 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 31 March 2015 Official State Gazette BOE-A-1985-11672 es https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1985-11672&tn=1&p=20150331 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