2019 Spanish regional elections

2019 Spanish regional elections
← 2018 28 April 2019; 26 May 2019 2020 →
814 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 (9) PP (5+1) Cs (0+1)	Regional parties JuntsxCat (1) EAJ/PNV (1) PRC (1)

Regional elections were held in Spain during 2019 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. 814 of 1,208 seats in the regional parliaments were up for election. The elections were held on 26 May for most regions (concurrently with local elections all across the country, as well as the 2019 European Parliament election) and on 28 April in the Valencian Community (concurrently with a general election).

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), the Canary Islands (2018), 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.^[1]^[2]^[3]

By the time of the 2019 regional elections, this prerogative had been exercised by the Valencian Community by holding a snap regional election on 28 April 2019,^[4]^[5]^[6] but the region's electoral cycle was brought back to May in 2023, concurrently with most other regions.^[7]

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
28 April	Valencian Community	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
26 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	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
	Canary Islands	Canarian Coalition (CC)	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
	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)	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
	Madrid	People's Party (PP)	People's Party (PP)
	Murcia	People's Party (PP)	People's Party (PP)
	Navarre	Geroa Bai (GBai)	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)

Summary by region

April (Valencian Community)

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	+/−

	PSPV–PSOE	643,909	24.21	+3.64	27	+4
	PP	508,534	19.12	–7.49	19	–12
	Cs	470,676	17.70	+5.21	18	+5
	Compromís	443,640	16.68	–1.78	17	–2
	Vox	281,608	10.59	+10.17	10	+10
	Unides Podem–EUPV	215,392	8.10	–7.63	8	–5
	PACMA	38,447	1.45	+0.65	0	±0
	Others	37,282	1.40		0	±0
Blank ballots		20,221	0.76	–0.62

Valid votes		2,659,709	98.58	–0.02
Invalid votes		38,225	1.42	+0.02
Votes cast / turnout		2,697,934	73.72	+4.16
Registered voters		3,659,514

May (12 regions)

Aragon

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	+/−

	PSOE	206,400	30.84	+9.41	24	+6
	PP	139,660	20.87	–6.63	16	–5
	Cs	111,602	16.67	+7.25	12	+7
	Podemos–Equo	54,252	8.11	–12.64	5	–9
	CHA	41,879	6.26	+1.68	3	+1
	Vox	40,671	6.08	New	3	+3
	PAR	33,978	5.08	–1.78	3	–3
	IU	22,229	3.32	–0.90	1	±0
	Others	12,082	1.81		0	±0
Blank ballots		6,587	0.98	–1.00

Valid votes		669,340	99.33	+0.63
Invalid votes		4,540	0.67	–0.63
Votes cast / turnout		673,880	66.16	–0.17
Registered voters		1,018,530

Asturias

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	+/−

	PSOE	187,462	35.26	+8.78	20	+6
	PP	93,147	17.52	–4.07	10	–1
	Cs	74,271	13.97	+6.85	5	+2
	Podemos	58,674	11.04	–8.02	4	–5
	IU–IAS	35,174	6.62	–5.32	2	–3
	FAC	34,687	6.52	–1.67	2	–1
	Vox	34,210	6.43	+5.84	2	+2
	Others	8,221	1.55		0	±0
Blank ballots		5,858	1.10	–0.79

Valid votes		531,704	99.06	+0.48
Invalid votes		5,030	0.94	–0.48
Votes cast / turnout		536,734	55.12	–0.67
Registered voters		973,737

Balearic Islands

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	+/−

	PSIB–PSOE	117,480	27.37	+8.43	19	+5
	PP	95,295	22.20	–6.11	16	–4
	Cs	42,519	9.90	+3.51	5	+3
	Podemos–EUIB	41,824	9.74	–6.66	6	–4
	Més	39,415	9.18	–4.62	4	–2
	Vox–ACTUA Baleares	34,871	8.12	New	3	+3
	El Pi	31,348	7.30	–0.05	3	±0
	MxMe	6,058	1.41	–0.11	2	–1
	PACMA	6,021	1.40	+0.60	0	±0
	GxF+PSOE+EUIB	2,036	0.47	+0.01	1	±0
	Others	8,055	1.88		0	±0
Blank ballots		4,348	1.01	–0.86

Valid votes		429,270	99.30	+0.67
Invalid votes		3,009	0.70	–0.67
Votes cast / turnout		432,279	53.93	–3.20
Registered voters		801,618

Canary Islands

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	+/−

	PSOE	258,255	28.88	+8.99	25	+10
	CCa–PNC	196,080	21.93	+0.09	20	+2
	PP	135,722	15.18	–3.41	11	–1
	NCa	80,891	9.05	–1.18	5	±0
	Podemos–SSP–Equo	78,532	8.78	–5.76	4	–3
	Cs	65,854	7.36	+1.42	2	+2
	Vox	22,078	2.47	+2.27	0	±0
	PACMA	10,029	1.12	–0.11	0	±0
	IUC	9,115	1.02	–1.18	0	±0
	ASG	6,222	0.70	+0.14	3	±0
	Others	20,391	2.28		0	±0
Blank ballots		11,111	1.24	–0.59

Valid votes		894,280	98.88	+0.68
Invalid votes		10,089	1.12	–0.68
Votes cast / turnout		904,369	52.59	–3.50
Registered voters		1,719,640

Cantabria

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	+/−

	PRC	122,679	37.64	+7.75	14	+2
	PP	78,347	24.04	–8.54	9	–4
	PSOE	57,383	17.61	+3.57	7	+2
	Cs	25,872	7.94	+1.00	3	+1
	Vox	16,496	5.06	+4.72	2	+2
	Podemos	10,224	3.14	–5.75	0	–3
	IU+Equo	6,204	1.90	–1.13	0	±0
	Others	5,518	1.69		0	±0
Blank ballots		3,180	0.98	–0.57

Valid votes		325,903	99.02	+0.75
Invalid votes		3,234	0.98	–0.75
Votes cast / turnout		329,137	65.71	–0.52
Registered voters		500,925

Castile and León

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	+/−

	PSOE	479,916	34.84	+8.90	35	+10
	PP	433,905	31.50	–6.23	29	–13
	Cs	205,855	14.94	+4.67	12	+7
	Vox	75,731	5.50	+4.82	1	+1
	Podemos–Equo	68,869	5.00	–7.14	2	–8
	IU–A–PCAS/TC–ALTER	31,580	2.29	–1.86	0	–1
	UPL	28,057	2.04	+0.49	1	±0
	XAV	9,455	0.69	New	1	+1
	Others	29,744	2.16		0	±0
Blank ballots		14,566	1.06	–1.38

Valid votes		1,377,678	99.01	+1.08
Invalid votes		13,824	0.99	–1.08
Votes cast / turnout		1,391,502	65.80	+1.13
Registered voters		2,114,811

Castilla–La Mancha

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	+/−

	PSOE	476,469	44.10	+7.99	19	+4
	PP	308,184	28.53	–8.96	10	–6
	Cs	122,955	11.38	+2.74	4	+4
	Vox	75,813	7.02	+6.54	0	±0
	Podemos–IU–Equo	74,777	6.92	–5.93	0	–2
	Others	13,442	1.24		0	±0
Blank ballots		8,754	0.81	–0.94

Valid votes		1,080,394	98.95	+1.13
Invalid votes		11,506	1.05	–1.13
Votes cast / turnout		1,091,900	69.45	–2.05
Registered voters		1,572,308

Extremadura

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	+/−

	PSOE	287,619	46.77	+5.27	34	+4
	PP	168,982	27.48	–9.52	20	–8
	Cs	68,343	11.11	+6.72	7	+6
	Podemos–IU–eX–Equo	44,309	7.20	–6.76	4	–2
	Vox	28,992	4.71	+4.43	0	±0
	Others	11,159	1.81		0	±0
Blank ballots		5,611	0.91	–0.43

Valid votes		615,015	98.67	+0.53
Invalid votes		8,273	1.33	–0.53
Votes cast / turnout		623,288	69.26	–2.14
Registered voters		899,930

La Rioja

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	+/−

	PSOE	63,068	38.67	+11.93	15	+5
	PP	53,925	33.06	–5.56	12	–3
	Cs	18,807	11.53	+1.10	4	±0
	Podemos–IU–Equo	10,844	6.65	–8.72	2	–2
	PR+	7,512	4.61	+0.16	0	±0
	Vox	6,314	3.87	New	0	±0
	PACMA	1,078	0.66	–0.08	0	±0
Blank ballots		1,555	0.95	–0.85

Valid votes		163,103	98.99	+0.96
Invalid votes		1,662	1.01	–0.96
Votes cast / turnout		164,765	65.94	–1.35
Registered voters		249,863

Madrid

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	+/−

	PSOE	884,218	27.31	+1.88	37	±0
	PP	719,852	22.23	–10.85	30	–18
	Cs	629,940	19.46	+7.31	26	+9
	Más Madrid	475,672	14.69	New	20	+20
	Vox	287,667	8.88	+7.70	12	+12
	Podemos–IU	181,231	5.60	–17.20	7	–20
	Others	44,259	1.37		0	±0
Blank ballots		15,020	0.46	–0.64

Valid votes		3,237,859	99.58	+0.55
Invalid votes		13,527	0.42	–0.55
Votes cast / turnout		3,251,386	64.27	–1.42
Registered voters		5,059,252

Murcia

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	+/−

	PSOE	212,600	32.47	+8.52	17	+4
	PP	211,849	32.35	–5.00	16	–6
	Cs	78,483	11.99	–0.58	6	+2
	Vox	61,998	9.47	+8.62	4	+4
	Podemos–Equo	36,486	5.57	–7.65	2	–4
	MC–CCD	14,605	2.23	–0.20	0	±0
	Somos Región	13,373	2.04	New	0	±0
	CR (IU–LV+A)	13,252	2.02	–2.79	0	±0
	Others	8,672	1.32		0	±0
Blank ballots		3,479	0.53	–1.04

Valid votes		654,796	99.30	+1.30
Invalid votes		4,641	0.70	–1.30
Votes cast / turnout		659,437	62.33	–1.24
Registered voters		1,057,978

Navarre

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	+/−

	NA+	127,346	36.57	+2.24	20	+3
	PSN–PSOE	71,838	20.63	+7.26	11	+4
	GBai	60,323	17.32	+1.49	9	±0
	EH Bildu	50,631	14.54	+0.29	7	–1
	Podemos	16,518	4.74	–8.93	2	–5
	I–E	10,472	3.01	–0.68	1	–1
	Vox	4,546	1.31	New	0	±0
	Others	3,788	1.09		0	±0
Blank ballots		2,731	0.78	–1.18

Valid votes		348,193	99.38	+0.63
Invalid votes		2,169	0.62	–0.63
Votes cast / turnout		350,362	68.53	+0.27
Registered voters		511,225

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)
↑ "El Senado aprueba definitivamente el Estatuto canario con el voto en contra de Podemos" (in Spanish). Madrid: Europa Press. 24 October 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2025.
↑ Pitarch, Sergi (4 March 2019). "Ximo Puig adelanta las elecciones valencianas al 28 de abril". eldiario.es (in Spanish). Valencia. Retrieved 9 December 2025.
↑ "La primera vez que un presidente adelanta elecciones". Levante-EMV (in Spanish). Gandía. 4 March 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2025.
↑ Romero, Víctor; Romero, Juanma (5 March 2019). "Puig escenifica su ruptura con Oltra en busca del centro y empuja la campaña de Sánchez". El Confidencial (in Spanish). Valencia. Retrieved 9 December 2025.
↑ Sampedro, Sergio (25 December 2022). "Ximo Puig confirma que la Comunidad Valenciana celebrará las elecciones autonómicas en mayo". El Español (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 February 2023.

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 6 March 2019]. 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).

[LOREGArt42-1] LOREG (1985), art. 42.

[IEA-2] "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)

[3] "El Senado aprueba definitivamente el Estatuto canario con el voto en contra de Podemos" (in Spanish). Madrid: Europa Press. 24 October 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2025.

[4] Pitarch, Sergi (4 March 2019). "Ximo Puig adelanta las elecciones valencianas al 28 de abril". eldiario.es (in Spanish). Valencia. Retrieved 9 December 2025.

[5] "La primera vez que un presidente adelanta elecciones". Levante-EMV (in Spanish). Gandía. 4 March 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2025.

[6] Romero, Víctor; Romero, Juanma (5 March 2019). "Puig escenifica su ruptura con Oltra en busca del centro y empuja la campaña de Sánchez". El Confidencial (in Spanish). Valencia. Retrieved 9 December 2025.

[7] Sampedro, Sergio (25 December 2022). "Ximo Puig confirma que la Comunidad Valenciana celebrará las elecciones autonómicas en mayo". El Español (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 February 2023.

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2012	March: Andalusia Asturias October: Basque Country Galicia November: Catalonia
2015	March: Andalusia May: Aragon Asturias Balearic Islands Canary Islands Cantabria Castile and León Castilla–La Mancha Ceuta Extremadura La Rioja Madrid Melilla Murcia Navarre Valencian Community September: Catalonia
2016	September: Basque Country Galicia
2017	December: Catalonia
2018	December: Andalusia
2019	April: Valencian Community May: Aragon Asturias Balearic Islands Canary Islands Cantabria Castile and León Castilla–La Mancha Ceuta Extremadura La Rioja Madrid Melilla Murcia Navarre