Cantabrian parliamentary election, 2007

Cantabrian parliamentary election, 2007

27 May 2007

All 39 seats in the Parliament of Cantabria 20 seats needed for a majority Registered 485,624 1.8% Turnout 349,520 (72.0%) 1.0 pp   First party Second party Third party   Leader Ignacio Diego Miguel Ángel Revilla Dolores Gorostiaga Party PP PRC PSOE Leader since 13 November 2004 1983 16 December 2000 Last election 18 seats, 42.5% 8 seats, 19.2% 13 seats, 30.0% Seats won 17 12 10 Seat change 1 4 3 Popular vote 143,610 99,159 84,982 Percentage 41.5% 28.6% 24.5% Swing 1.0 pp 9.4 pp 5.5 pp

President before election Miguel Ángel Revilla PRC Elected President Miguel Ángel Revilla PRC

The 2007 Cantabrian parliamentary election was held on Sunday, 27 May 2007, to elect the 7th Parliament of Cantabria, the regional legislature of the Spanish autonomous community of Cantabria. At stake were all 39 seats in the Parliament, determining the President of Cantabria.

Electoral system

The number of seats in the Parliament of Cantabria was set to a fixed-number of 39. All Parliament members were elected in a single multi-member district, consisting of the Community's territory (the province of Cantabria), using the D'Hondt method and a closed-list proportional representation system.

Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage in a secret ballot. Only lists polling above 5% of valid votes in all of the community (which include blank ballots—for none of the above) were entitled to enter the seat distribution.^[1]

Results

← Summary of the 27 May 2007 Cantabrian Parliament election results →

Party		Vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
	People's Party (PP)	143,610	41.48	1.01	17	1
	Regionalist Party of Cantabria (PRC)	99,159	28.64	9.40	12	4
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	84,982	24.54	5.45	10	3
	Assembly for Cantabria (IU-BR)	6,511	1.88	1.82	0	±0
	Cantabrian Nationalist Council (CNC)	1,262	0.36	0.12	0	±0
	The Union (LU)	1,206	0.35	New	0	±0
	Anti-Bullfighting Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA)	965	0.28	New	0	±0
	Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE)	728	0.21	New	0	±0
	Liberal Democratic Centre (CDL)	656	0.19	New	0	±0
	Spanish Falange of the JONS (FE-JONS)	483	0.14	New	0	±0
	Engine and Sports Alternative (AMD)	416	0.12	New	0	±0
	Humanist Party (PH)	343	0.10	New	0	±0
	Blank ballots	5,923	1.71	0.37
Total		346,244	100.00		39	±0
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
Abstentions		136,104	28.03	1.08
Registered voters		485,624
Source: Argos Information Portal

Vote share
PP			41.48%
PRC			28.64%
PSOE			24.54%
IU-BR			1.88%
Others			1.75%
Blank ballots			1.71%

Parliamentary seats
PP			43.59%
PRC			30.77%
PSOE			25.64%

Post-election

Investiture voting

30 June 2007 Investiture voting for Miguel Ángel Revilla (PRC) Absolute majority: 20/39
Vote	Parties	Votes
Yes	PRC (12), PSOE (10)	22 / 39
No	PP (17)	17 / 39
Abstentions		0 / 39
Source: ABC

References

1. "Law 5/1987, of 27 March, of elections to the Parliament of Cantabria".