Basque parliamentary election, 2005

Basque parliamentary election, 2005

17 April 2005

All 75 seats in the Basque Parliament 38 seats needed for a majority Registered 1,799,523 0.8% Turnout 1,223,634 (68.0%) 11.0 pp   First party Second party Third party   Leader Juan José Ibarretxe Patxi López María San Gil Party EAJ-PNV PSE-EE (PSOE) PP Leader since 31 January 1998 23 March 2002 6 November 2004 Last election 33 seats, 42.4% 13 seats, 17.8% 19 seats, 22.9% Seats won 29 18 15 Seat change 4 5 4 Popular vote 468,117 274,546 210,614 Percentage 38.4% 22.5% 17.3% Swing 4.0 pp 4.7 pp 5.6 pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Maite Aranburu Javier Madrazo Aintzane Ezenarro Party EHAK-PCTV IU Aralar Leader since 2005 14 May 1994 14 November 2004 Last election 7 seats, 10.0%[lower-alpha 1] 3 seats, 5.5% Did not contest Seats won 9 3 1 Seat change 2 ±0 1 Popular vote 150,644 65,023 28,180 Percentage 12.4% 5.3% 2.3% Swing 2.4 pp 0.2 pp New party

Lehendakari before election Juan José Ibarretxe EAJ-PNV Elected Lehendakari Juan José Ibarretxe EAJ-PNV

The 2005 Basque parliamentary election was held on Sunday, 17 April 2005, to elect the 8th Basque Parliament, the regional legislature of the Spanish autonomous community of the Basque Country. At stake were all 75 seats in the Parliament, determining the Lehendakari (President of the Basque Country).

The electoral coalition Basque Nationalist Party-Basque Solidarity (EAJ-PNV/EA) won 29 seats, the Socialist Party of the Basque Country-Basque Country Left (PSE-EE) came second with 18 seats, the People's Party (PP) came in third with 15 seats. The controversial Communist Party of the Basque Homelands (PCTV-EHAK) won 9 seats.

Electoral system

The 75 members of the Basque Parliament were elected in 3 multi-member districts, corresponding to the Basque Country's three provinces, using the D'Hondt method and a closed-list proportional representation system. Each district was assigned a fixed set of seats, distributed as follows: Alava (25), Biscay (25) and Gipuzkoa (25).

Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage in a secret ballot. Only lists polling above 3% of valid votes in each district (which include blank ballots—for none of the above) were entitled to enter the seat distribution.^[1]

Results

Overall

← Summary of the 17 April 2005 Basque Parliament election results →

Party		Vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
	Basque Nationalist Party-Basque Solidarity (EAJ-PNV/EA)	468,117	38.38	4.00	29	4
	Socialist Party of the Basque Country-Basque Country Left (PSE-EE/PSOE)	274,546	22.51	4.75	18	5
	People's Party (PP)	210,614	17.27	5.66	15	4
	Communist Party of the Basque Homelands (PCTV-EHAK)[lower-alpha 1]	150,644	12.35	2.31	9	2
	United Left-Greens (EB-B)	65,023	5.33	0.20	3	±0
	Aralar (Aralar)	28,180	2.31	New	1	1
	Alavese Unity (UA)	4,117	0.34	New	0	±0
	Greens-Anti-Bullfighting Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (B-PACMA)	4,049	0.33	New	0	±0
	Internationalist Socialist Workers' Party (POSI)	2,354	0.19	New	0	±0
	Humanist Party (PH)	1,514	0.12	0.14	0	±0
	For a Fairer World (PUM+J)	1,261	0.10	New	0	±0
	Carlist Party (EKA-PC)	179	0.01	0.03	0	±0
	Blank ballots	9,001	0.74	0.07
Total		1,219,599	100.00		75	±0
Valid votes		1,219,599	99.67	0.10
Invalid votes		4,035	0.33	0.10
Votes cast / turnout		1,223,634	68.00	10.97
Abstentions		575,889	32.00	10.97
Registered voters		1,799,523
Source: Argos Information Portal

Vote share
EAJ-PNV/EA			38.38%
PSE-EE/PSOE			22.51%
PP			17.27%
PCTV-EHAK			12.35%
EB-B			5.33%
Aralar			2.31%
Others			1.10%
Blank ballots			0.74%

Parliamentary seats
EAJ-PNV/EA			38.67%
PSE-EE/PSOE			24.00%
PP			20.00%
PCTV-EHAK			12.00%
EB-B			4.00%
Aralar			1.33%

Notes

1. Compared to the Basque Citizens results in the 2001 election.

References

1. "Law 5/1990, of 15 June, of elections to the Basque Parliament.".