- Spanish regional elections, 2007
A number of elections were held in
Spain on27 May 2007 :* municipal elections;
* local elections of various types like the elections to the Cabildo on theCanary Islands ;
* elections to the Assembly of Ceuta and Melilla; and
* elections for the regional parliaments of thirteen of the seventeenautonomous communities of Spain :Aragon ,Asturias , theBalearic Islands , the Canary Islands,Cantabria ,Castile-La Mancha ,Castile and León ,Extremadura ,Madrid ,Murcia ,Navarra , La Rioja and theValencian Community (that is, all autonomous communities except forAndalusia , the Basque Country,Catalonia and Galicia).The results saw few changes overall; most incumbent governments retained their majority, with only a few exceptions. The conservative government of PP in the Balearics fall, and a coalition lead by PSOE took the power.
While the elections were seen as a first sign for how the upcoming elections in 2008 might turn out, the results proved to be inconclusive. In 2003, the PSOE had a slight edge with 34.8 against the PP's 34.3; in this election, the PP had 35.6 to the PSOE's 34.9. Turnout was slightly lower, with 63.8 instead of 67.7 four years earlier.
Results(http://www.elmundo.es/especiales/2007/05/elecciones_mayo_2007/html/autonomicas/):
Aragon :PSOE - 41.03% 30 seatsPP - 31.09% 23 seatsPAR - 12.12% 9 seatsCHA - 9.17% 4 seatsIU - 4.12% 1 seatAsturias :PSOE - 41.4% 21 seatsPP - 41.8% 20 seatsIU -BA- 9.8% 4 seatsBalearic Islands :PP 46.01% 28 seatsPSOE 27.18% 16 seatsPSOE+EXC 4.57% 6 seatsLeft Wing P. 9% 4 seatsUM 6.75% 3 seatsPSM-Greens 0.8% 1 seatAIPF 0.43% 1 seatCantabria :PP - 41.53% 17 seats
PRC- 28.87% 12 seatsPSOE - 24.33% 10 seatsCanary Islands :PSOE - 34.64% 26 seatsPP - 24.39% 15 seatsCC /PNC- 23.19% 17 seatsCC /AHI- 0.21% 2 seatsCastilla-Leon :PP - 49.43% 48 seatsPSOE - 37.48% 33 seatsUPL - 2.73% 2 seatsCastile-La Mancha :PSOE - 51.91% 26 seatsPP - 42.44% 21 seatsCeuta :PP - 65.18% 19 seatsPSOE - 16.41% 4 seatsUDCE -IU - 8.65% 2 seatsExtremadura :PSOE /regionalists- 52.9% 38 seatsPP /EU- 38.79% 27 seatsPP - 48.73% 17 seatsPSOE - 40.46% 14 seatsPR - 5.97% 2 seatsPP - 53.3% 67 seatsPSOE - 33.46% 42 seatsIU /CM - 8.89% 11 seatsMelilla :PP - 56% 15 seatsPSOE - 18.14% 5 seatsCPM - 21.74% 5 seatsPP - 58.49% 29 seatsPSOE - 31.81% 15 seatsIU - 6.26% 1 seatNavarra :UPN (PP ) 42.2% 22 seatsPSOE 22.4% 12 seats
NA-BAI 23.7% 12 seatsCDN 4.4% 2 seatsIUN-NEB 4.4% 2 seatsValencia:
PP - 52.34% 55 seatsPSOE - 34.22% 37 seatsCompromis PV- 7.95% 7 seats
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