2007 Spanish regional elections

2007 Spanish regional elections
← 2006 27 May 2007 2008 →
812 seats in the regional parliaments of Aragon, Asturias, Balearic Islands, Canary Islands, Cantabria, Castile and León, Castilla–La Mancha, Extremadura, La Rioja, Madrid, Murcia, Navarre and Valencian Community
National parties PSOE (7) PP (5+2)	Regional parties PSC (1) EAJ/PNV (1) CC (1) UPN (1) PRC (1)

Regional elections were held in Spain during 2007 to elect the regional parliaments of thirteen of the seventeen autonomous communities: Aragon, Asturias, the Balearic Islands, the Canary Islands, Cantabria, Castile and León, Castilla–La Mancha, Extremadura, La Rioja, Madrid, Murcia, Navarre and the Valencian Community. 812 of 1,206 seats in the regional parliaments were up for election. The elections were held on 27 May (concurrently with local elections all across the country).

The results saw few changes overall, with most incumbent governments remaining in power. The only exception was the People's Party (PP) government in the Balearic Islands, which was replaced by a coalition led by the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE).

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), 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.^[1]^[2]

Regional governments

The following table lists party control in autonomous communities. Gains for a party are highlighted in that party's colour.

Election day	Region
27 May	Aragon	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
	Asturias	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
	Balearic Islands	People's Party (PP)	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
	Canary Islands	Canarian Coalition (CC)	Canarian Coalition (CC)
	Cantabria	Regionalist Party of Cantabria (PRC)	Regionalist Party of Cantabria (PRC)
	Castile and León	People's Party (PP)	People's Party (PP)
	Castilla–La Mancha	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
	Extremadura	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
	La Rioja	People's Party (PP)	People's Party (PP)
	Madrid	People's Party (PP)	People's Party (PP)
	Murcia	People's Party (PP)	People's Party (PP)
	Navarre	Navarrese People's Union (UPN)	Navarrese People's Union (UPN)
	Valencian Community	People's Party (PP)	People's Party (PP)

Summary by region

May (13 regions)

Aragon

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	+/−

	PSOE	276,415	41.14	+3.20	30	+3
	PP	208,642	31.06	+0.33	23	+1
	PAR	81,135	12.08	+0.90	9	+1
	CHA	54,752	8.15	−5.56	4	−5
	IU	27,440	4.08	+1.02	1	±0
	Others	8,562	1.27		0	±0
Blank ballots		14,890	2.22	+0.13

Valid votes		671,836	99.31	−0.05
Invalid votes		4,655	0.69	+0.05
Votes cast / turnout		676,491	66.51	−3.85
Registered voters		1,017,085

Asturias

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	+/−

	PSOE	252,201	42.04	+1.56	21	−1
	PP	248,907	41.50	+2.32	20	+1
	IU–BA–LV	58,114	9.69	−2.42	4	±0
	URAS–PAS	13,314	2.22	−2.46	0	±0
	Others	12,844	2.14		0	±0
Blank ballots		14,458	2.41	+0.12

Valid votes		599,838	99.20	−0.09
Invalid votes		4,844	0.80	+0.09
Votes cast / turnout		604,682	61.59	−2.25
Registered voters		981,802

Balearic Islands

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	+/−

	PP	192,577	46.02	+1.32	28	−1
	PSIB–PSOE	115,477	27.60	+3.06	16	+1
	Bloc	37,572	8.98	−3.14	4	−1
	UM	28,178	6.73	−0.72	3	±0
	PSOE–ExC	19,094	4.56	+0.61	6	+1
	PSM–EN	3,292	0.79	+0.10	1	±0
	AIPF	1,795	0.43	+0.05	1	±0
	Others	11,846	2.83		0	±0
Blank ballots		8,613	2.06	+0.40

Valid votes		418,444	99.41	+0.06
Invalid votes		2,497	0.59	−0.06
Votes cast / turnout		420,941	60.14	−2.70
Registered voters		699,947

Canary Islands

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	+/−

	PSOE	322,833	34.51	+9.09	26	+9
	CC–PNC	225,878	24.15	−12.12	19	−4
	PP	224,883	24.04	−6.57	15	−2
	NC	50,749	5.43	New	0	±0
	CCN	46,676	4.99	+3.58	0	−3
	LV	17,793	1.90	−0.08	0	±0
	Others	33,411	3.57		0	±0
Blank ballots		13,237	1.42	+0.14

Valid votes		935,460	99.43	−0.01
Invalid votes		5,392	0.57	+0.01
Votes cast / turnout		940,852	60.44	−4.18
Registered voters		1,556,587

Cantabria

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	+/−

	PP	143,610	41.48	−1.01	17	−1
	PRC	99,159	28.64	+9.40	12	+4
	PSOE	84,982	24.54	−5.45	10	−3
	IU–BR	6,511	1.88	−1.82	0	±0
	Others	6,059	1.75		0	±0
Blank ballots		5,923	1.71	−0.37

Valid votes		346,244	99.06	−0.12
Invalid votes		3,276	0.94	+0.12
Votes cast / turnout		349,520	71.97	−1.08
Registered voters		485,624

Castile and León

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	+/−

	PP	748,746	49.17	+0.68	48	±0
	PSOE	574,596	37.73	+0.96	33	+1
	IU–LV–CyL	46,878	3.08	−0.37	0	±0
	UPL–UZ	41,519	2.73	−1.28	2	±0
	ACAL	17,496	1.15	−0.19	0	±0
	CI–PCL	16,435	1.08	+0.37	0	±0
	Others	46,921	3.08		0	±0
Blank ballots		30,200	1.98	−0.32

Valid votes		1,522,791	99.20	+0.06
Invalid votes		12,305	0.80	−0.06
Votes cast / turnout		1,535,096	70.70	−1.96
Registered voters		2,171,192

Castilla–La Mancha

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	+/−

	PSOE	572,849	51.96	−5.87	26	−3
	PP	467,319	42.38	+5.72	21	+3
	IU–ICAM	37,753	3.42	+0.37	0	±0
	Others	10,562	0.96		0	±0
Blank ballots		14,080	1.28	−0.05

Valid votes		1,102,563	99.25	−0.07
Invalid votes		8,322	0.75	+0.07
Votes cast / turnout		1,110,885	73.74	−2.50
Registered voters		1,506,504

Extremadura

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	+/−

	PSOE–r	352,342	53.00	+1.34	38	+2
	PP–EU	257,392	38.71	−1.83	27	+1
	IU–SIEx	30,028	4.52	−1.75	0	−3
	IPEx	8,389	1.26	New	0	±0
	Others	8,777	1.32		0	±0
Blank ballots		7,926	1.19	−0.18

Valid votes		664,854	99.27	+0.08
Invalid votes		4,898	0.73	−0.08
Votes cast / turnout		669,752	74.95	−0.68
Registered voters		893,547

La Rioja

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	+/−

	PP	84,382	48.81	+0.21	17	±0
	PSOE	69,858	40.41	+2.23	14	±0
	PR	10,369	6.00	+0.81	2	±0
	IZQ	5,292	3.06	−1.30	0	±0
Blank ballots		2,977	1.72	−0.18

Valid votes		172,878	99.21	+0.04
Invalid votes		1,379	0.79	−0.04
Votes cast / turnout		174,257	73.30	−1.80
Registered voters		237,745

Madrid

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	+/−

	PP	1,592,162	53.29	+4.81	67	+10
	PSOE	1,002,862	33.57	−5.43	42	−3
	IUCM	264,782	8.86	+0.36	11	+2
	LV, LVM, LVCM, LV–GV	33,044	1.11	+0.14	0	±0
	Others	43,231	1.45		0	±0
Blank ballots		51,665	1.73	−0.01

Valid votes		2,987,746	99.55	−0.06
Invalid votes		13,454	0.45	+0.06
Votes cast / turnout		3,001,200	67.31	+4.73
Registered voters		4,458,989

Murcia

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	+/−

	PP	379,011	58.30	+1.64	29	+1
	PSOE	207,998	32.00	−2.11	15	−1
	IU–LV–RM	40,633	6.25	−0.98	1	±0
	CCR	8,139	1.25	New	0	±0
	Others	5,648	0.87		0	±0
Blank ballots		8,642	1.33	−0.20

Valid votes		650,071	99.24	+0.04
Invalid votes		4,972	0.76	−0.04
Votes cast / turnout		655,043	68.01	−1.97
Registered voters		963,221

Navarre

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	+/−

	UPN	139,132	42.19	+0.71	22	−1
	NaBai	77,872	23.62	+5.80	12	+4
	PSN–PSOE	74,158	22.49	+1.34	12	+1
	CDN	14,412	4.37	−3.28	2	−2
	IUN/NEB	14,337	4.35	−4.43	2	−2
	RCN/NOK	4,705	1.43	New	0	±0
	PC	541	0.16	−0.17	0	±0
Blank ballots		4,581	1.39	−0.99

Valid votes		329,738	94.74	+1.22
Invalid votes		18,301	5.26	−1.22
Votes cast / turnout		348,039	73.79	+3.09
Registered voters		471,653

Valencian Community

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	+/−

	PP	1,277,458	52.52	+5.35	54	+6
	PSPV–PSOE	838,987	34.49	−1.47	38	+3
	Compromís PV	195,116	8.02	−3.02	7	+1
	Others	86,545	3.56		0	±0
Blank ballots		34,348	1.41	−0.14

Valid votes		2,432,454	99.33	−0.02
Invalid votes		16,376	0.67	+0.02
Votes cast / turnout		2,448,830	70.14	−1.37
Registered voters		3,491,365

Notes

↑ PSOE's sister party in Catalonia.
↑ PP's sister party in Navarre.

References

↑ LOREG (1985), art. 42.
↑ "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] (PDF). Institute of Regional Studies (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

Bibliography

Ley Orgánica 5/1985, de 19 de junio, del Régimen Electoral General (Organic Law 5/1985). Official State Gazette (in Spanish). 19 June 1985 [version as of 20 April 2007]. BOE-A-1985-11672. Retrieved 5 October 2025.

External links

Central Electoral Commission – Regional elections (in Spanish).
Historia Electoral.com – Regional elections since 1980 (in Spanish and Catalan).

[1] PSOE's sister party in Catalonia.

[2] PP's sister party in Navarre.

[LOREGArt42-3] LOREG (1985), art. 42.

[IEA-4] "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] (PDF). Institute of Regional Studies (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

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2000	March: Andalusia
2001	May: Basque Country October: Galicia
2003	May: Aragon Asturias Balearic Islands Canary Islands Cantabria Castile and León Castilla–La Mancha Ceuta Extremadura La Rioja Madrid Melilla Murcia Navarre Valencian Community October: Madrid November: Catalonia
2004	March: Andalusia
2005	April: Basque Country June: Galicia
2006	November: Catalonia
2007	May: Aragon Asturias Balearic Islands Canary Islands Cantabria Castile and León Castilla–La Mancha Ceuta Extremadura La Rioja Madrid Melilla Murcia Navarre Valencian Community
2008	March: Andalusia
2009	March: Basque Country Galicia