Catalan parliamentary election, 2010

Catalan parliamentary election, 2010

28 November 2010

All 135 seats in the Parliament of Catalonia 68 seats needed for a majority Opinion polls Registered 5,363,688 0.8% Turnout 3,152,630 (58.8%) 2.8 pp   First party Second party Third party   Leader Artur Mas José Montilla Alicia Sánchez-Camacho Party CiU PSC PPC Leader since 7 January 2002 15 July 2006 6 July 2008 Last election 48 seats, 31.5% 37 seats, 26.8% 14 seats, 10.7% Seats won 62 28 18 Seat change 14 9 4 Popular vote 1,202,830 575,233 387,066 Percentage 38.4% 18.4% 12.4% Swing 6.9 pp 8.4 pp 1.7 pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Joan Herrera Joan Puigcercós Albert Rivera Party ICV-EUiA ERC C's Leader since 23 November 2008 7 June 2008 9 July 2006 Last election 12 seats, 9.5% 21 seats, 14.0% 3 seats, 3.0% Seats won 10 10 3 Seat change 2 11 0 Popular vote 230,824 219,173 106,154 Percentage 7.4% 7.0% 3.4% Swing 2.1 pp 7.0 pp 0.4 pp

On the left: Winning party map for each municipality.   CiU hold   CiU gain   PSC hold   ERC hold   ERC gain On the right: Map showing the winning party in each comarque and the distribution of seats in every election boundary.   CiU   CiU (less >5%)   PSC   PP   ICV   ERC   C's   SI

President before election José Montilla PSC Elected President Artur Mas CiU

The 2010 Catalan parliamentary election was held on Sunday, 28 November 2010, to elect the 9th Parliament of Catalonia, the regional legislature of the Spanish autonomous community of Catalonia. At stake were all 135 seats in the Parliament, determining the President of Catalonia.

The election resulted in the ousting of the Catalan tripartite coalition, composed of the Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC), Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) and Initiative for Catalonia Greens (ICV) from the Catalan government and the return to power of Convergence and Union (CiU) after 7 years in opposition.

Artur Mas was sworn in as President of the Generalitat of Catalonia and was able to govern with confidence and supply support from the People's Party of Catalonia (PPC) until Mas' independentist drift in late-2012.

Electoral system

The 135 members of the Parliament of Catalonia were elected in 4 multi-member districts, corresponding to Catalonia's four provinces, using the D'Hondt method and a closed-list proportional representation. As the community did not have an electoral law of its own passed into law at the time of the 2010 election, the electoral system came regulated under the community's Statute of Autonomy rules, and subsidiarily, under the Spanish general electoral law (Organic Law 5/1985, of the General Electoral Regime). As a result of the lack of an autonomous electoral law, seats were allocated to districts through specific Laws or Decrees for each election. For the 2010 election, seats were distributed as follows: Barcelona (85), Girona (17), Lleida (15) and Tarragona (18).

Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage in a secret ballot. Only lists polling above 3% of valid votes in each district (which includes blank ballots—for none of the above) were entitled to enter the seat distribution.^[1][2]

Opinion polls

Vote

Poll results are listed in the table below in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first, and using the date the survey's fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. If such date is unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed in bold, and the background shaded in the leading party's colour. In the instance that there is a tie, then no figure is shaded. The lead column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the two parties with the highest figures. When a specific poll does not show a data figure for a party, the party's cell corresponding to that poll is shown empty.

Date	Polling Firm/Source	CiU	PSC	ERC	PPC	ICV	C's	SI	Oth.	Lead
28 Nov 2010	Regional Election	38.4	18.4	7.0	12.4	7.4	3.4	3.3	9.7	20.0
28 Nov	Ipsos-Eco	40.2	17.3	8.1	11.1	7.3	3.2	3.7	9.1	22.9
28 Nov	GAD	39.4	20.5	7.7	11.6	9.4	4.0	2.9	4.5	18.9
Exit polls
27 Nov	GESOP	40.0	18.5	7.4	10.5	10.2	4.0	2.8	6.6	21.5
27 Nov	GESOP	39.2	19.3	7.2	10.4	9.9	3.7	2.6	7.7	19.9
26 Nov	GESOP	39.9	19.5	7.0	9.9	9.5	3.7	2.6	7.9	20.4
25 Nov	GESOP	39.5	20.1	7.3	9.8	9.0	4.3	2.5	7.5	19.4
24 Nov	GESOP	39.5	20.1	7.3	10.1	8.4	4.4	2.9	7.3	19.4
23 Nov	GESOP	39.2	19.9	7.5	10.1	8.2	4.7	3.2	7.2	19.3
22 Nov	GESOP	39.1	20.0	7.5	10.3	8.0	4.3	3.2	7.6	19.1
15–20 Nov	Obradoiro	39.3	22.2	9.1	8.5	8.0	4.1	2.9	5.9	17.1
15–18 Nov	NC-Report[lower-alpha 1]	38.6	21.4	9.1	11.2	8.3	3.1	1.8	6.5	17.2
15–18 Nov	Sigma-2	40.4	21.8	8.1	12.7	8.1	3.0		5.9	18.6
15–18 Nov	Noxa	39.3	20.1	7.9	10.1	7.5	4.0	2.4	8.7	19.2
16–17 Nov	Metroscopia	39.5	20.4	7.0	9.5	6.9	5.0	2.6	9.1	19.1
8–12 Nov	Feedback	39.3	20.1	5.6	10.5	6.7	3.2	2.8	11.8	19.2
7–10 Nov	GESOP	39.0	21.3	7.7	10.8	9.0	3.2	2.7	6.3	17.7
8–9 Nov	Opina	42.4	18.4	7.3	11.6	7.5	4.1	3.5	5.2	24.0
15 Oct–4 Nov	CIS	38.0	22.7	10.2	9.7	8.2	3.5	1.0	6.7	15.3
26–28 Oct	NC-Report[lower-alpha 1]	40.2	21.2	8.6	11.7	9.9	2.8		5.6	19.0
18–22 Oct	Feedback	41.8	19.5	6.5	8.6	8.0	3.8	2.3	9.5	22.3
11–22 Oct	CEO	37.0	19.4	8.6	11.3	7.2	3.5	2.0	11.0	17.6
26–28 Sep	GESOP	40.5	20.8	8.4	10.4	7.2	2.9	2.7	7.1	19.7
26 Sep	Metroscopia	40.7	19.2	9.2	12.5	7.6	3.6	2.6	4.6	21.5
20–24 Sep	Feedback	41.2	20.4	8.0	10.7	7.3	3.7	2.4	6.3	20.8
20–23 Sep	Demoscopia	34.6	20.2	6.9	10.1	9.3	4.4	5.6	8.9	14.4
1–2 Sep	Noxa	38.9	21.1	10.1	11.2	9.2	2.6		6.9	17.8
12–14 Jul	Noxa	42.1	23.1	8.4	10.3	7.4	2.4	Did not exist	6.3	19.0
28 Jun–8 Jul	CEO	40.5	21.1	8.7	9.8	7.4	2.6		9.9	19.4
2–3 Jul	NC-Report[lower-alpha 1]	39.5	21.7	9.0	11.4	10.3	2.7		5.4	17.8
10–11 Jun	GESOP	41.0	21.0	8.5	10.0	8.5	1.2		9.8	20.0
24–26 May	Sigma-2	36.1	24.8	9.5	14.8	5.7	1.4		7.7	11.3
10–13 May	Noxa	41.1	23.5	8.7	10.5	8.5	1.4		6.3	17.6
16–30 Apr	CEO	39.6	23.2	8.8	8.5	7.7	1.8		10.4	16.4
7–16 Apr	Obradoiro	38.8	28.2	9.0	7.2	7.7	1.9		7.2	10.6
22–23 Mar	Demoscopia	40.5	23.9	10.3	9.3	9.2	1.8		5.0	16.6
15–18 Mar	GESOP	38.7	23.0	8.4	9.8	8.3	1.5		10.3	15.7
9–15 Mar	GAD	39.0	23.5	9.4	12.7	8.8	2.1		4.5	15.5
8–10 Mar	Noxa	43.9	23.9	7.7	10.4	9.2	0.1		4.8	20.0
13–28 Jan	CEO	35.6	24.7	9.8	9.7	8.5	2.1		9.6	10.9
2010
2–13 Nov	CEO	33.4	23.1	10.1	10.3	6.8	1.7	Did not exist	14.6	10.3
26–28 Oct	GESOP	35.1	25.1	10.8	9.4	10.1	1.2		8.3	10.0
22–27 Oct	Noxa	36.2	25.1	9.5	11.2	8.5	0.7		8.8	11.1
1–4 Sep	Obradoiro	35.7	30.8	6.9	10.8	8.4	1.6		5.8	4.9
14–15 Jul	GESOP	34.4	26.0	11.0	8.5	10.0	1.5		8.6	8.4
29 Jun–10 Jul	CEO	35.4	25.5	10.4	11.3	8.7	2.6		6.1	9.9
7 Jun 2009	EP Election	22.4	36.0	9.2	18.0	6.1	0.4		7.9	13.6
20–30 Apr	CEO	38.5	23.0	12.2	10.5	7.9	2.6		5.3	15.5
9–11 Mar	GESOP	35.6	26.5	10.6	8.8	9.0	2.5		7.0	9.1
19–28 Jan	CEO	34.5	24.3	12.3	8.6	9.2	2.8		8.3	10.2
2009
24–27 Nov	Noxa	34.8	26.0	13.7	9.7	9.2	2.7	Did not exist	3.9	8.8
10–13 Nov	GESOP	34.2	26.9	13.9	8.0	9.0	2.4		5.6	7.3
20–28 Oct	CEO	34.0	25.6	10.8	12.2	8.9	1.9		6.6	8.4
1–2 Jul	GESOP	34.8	27.3	12.7	9.0	8.0	3.1		5.1	7.5
16 Jun–1 Jul	CEO	34.7	25.9	12.7	9.2	8.8	2.5		6.2	8.8
14–25 Apr	CEO	31.9	29.6	11.5	10.4	9.7	3.0		3.9	2.3
22–24 Apr	GESOP	35.6	28.4	11.8	8.5	8.9	2.1		4.7	7.2
9 Mar	La Vanguardia	30.4	30.3	9.8	10.7	8.0			10.8	0.1
9 Mar 2008	General Election	20.9	45.4	7.8	16.4	4.9	0.7		3.9	24.5
8–11 Jan	GESOP	33.3	27.0	11.8	10.4	8.3	2.4		6.8	6.3
2008
22–25 Oct	Noxa	30.8	28.9	14.6	10.6	8.8	3.5	Did not exist	2.8	1.9
14 Oct	GESOP	33.0	27.0	14.0	9.5	8.5	2.0		6.0	6.0
17–28 Sep	CEO	30.4	28.5	13.3	8.6	10.2	1.9		7.1	1.9
18 Jun–2 Jul	CEO	33.4	27.0	11.9	9.0	9.9	3.6		5.2	6.4
25–27 Jun	GESOP	33.0	27.0	13.3	9.5	9.0	2.5		5.7	6.0
15–17 Apr	GESOP	32.0	28.6	12.5	9.8	10.0	2.7		4.4	3.4
2–16 Mar	CEO	29.8	27.6	13.8	10.2	10.2	3.5		4.9	2.2
17–18 Jan	GESOP	31.1	28.4	12.2	10.5	9.9	4.0		3.9	2.7
2007
6–20 Nov	CEO	32.6	26.3	13.1	8.6	10.5	6.0		2.9	6.3
1 Nov 2006	Regional Election	31.5	26.8	14.0	10.7	9.5	3.0		4.5	4.7

Seat projections

Opinion polls showing seat projections are displayed in the table below. The highest seat figures in each polling survey have their background shaded in the leading party's colour. In the instance that there is a tie, then no figure is shaded. 68 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Parliament of Catalonia.

68 seats needed for majority

Date	Polling Firm/Source	CiU	PSC	ERC	PPC	ICV	C's	SI	Others
28 Nov 2010	Regional Election	62	28	10	18	10	3	4	0
28 Nov	Ipsos-Eco	63−66	24−27	11−13	15−17	8−10	2−3	3−4	0
28 Nov	GAD	60−63	29−31	11−12	15−16	11−13	3−4	0−3	0
Exit polls
27 Nov	GESOP	65−67	27−28	10−12	14−15	12−14	4	0−2	0
27 Nov	GESOP	64−66	29−30	10−12	14−15	12−13	3−4	0	0
26 Nov	GESOP	65−67	29−30	10−11	13−14	11−13	3−4	0	0
25 Nov	GESOP	64−65	29−31	10−12	13−14	11−12	4−5	0	0
24 Nov	GESOP	64−65	29−31	10−12	13−14	10−12	4−5	0−2	0
23 Nov	GESOP	63−64	29−30	11−12	13−14	10−11	5	0−4	0
22 Nov	GESOP	63−64	30	11	14	10−11	4−5	0−4	0
15–20 Nov	Obradoiro	62	33	13	12	10	4	1	0
19 Nov	Demoscopia	59−60	30−32	10−11	15−16	11−12	4	3	0
15–18 Nov	NC-Report	60−62	31−32	13−14	15−16	11−12	2−3	0	0
15–18 Nov	Sigma-2	61−64	30−32	11	17−19	9−10	3	0	0
15–18 Nov	Noxa	63−65	31−32	10−12	14	9−10	4	0−1	0
11–18 Nov	DYM	60−62	31	11	15−16	12−13	5	0−1	0
16–17 Nov	Metroscopia	64−65	30	8−9	13−14	10	6−7	1−3	0
8–12 Nov	Feedback	62−63	30−31	10−11	14−15	9−10	3	2−4	0−1
7–10 Nov	GESOP	62−63	31−32	11−12	14−15	11−12	3−4	0−2	0
8–9 Nov	Opina	65−66	30−32	10−11	14−16	7−8	3	2−3	0
15 Oct–4 Nov	CIS	59	33	15−16	13−14	11	3	0	0
26–28 Oct	NC-Report	62−63	30−31	11−12	15−16	12−13	2−3	0	0
18–22 Oct	Feedback	65−66	27−28	11−12	13	9−11	4	0−4	0
11–22 Oct	CEO	62−65	29−30	13−14	16	8−9	4	0	0
26–28 Sep	GESOP	63−65	30−31	12−13	14−15	9−10	2−3	0−2	0
26 Sep	Metroscopia	61	28	12	17	9	4	2	2
20–24 Sep	Feedback	63−65	30−31	10−11	15−16	9−10	3−4	0−3	0
20–23 Sep	Demoscopia	56−59	30−32	9−12	13−15	13−14	4	6−8	0
1–2 Sep	Noxa	60−61	31−32	15−16	15	12	0−3	0	0−3
12–14 Jul	Noxa	65−66	32−33	13	14	10	0	Did not exist	0
28 Jun–8 Jul	CEO	67−68	31−32	13	13	10	0		0
2–3 Jul	NC-Report[lower-alpha 1]	60−61	32−33	12−13	15−16	13−14	0		0
10–11 Jun	GESOP	65−67	30−32	12−13	13−14	10−12	0		0
24–26 May	Sigma-2	57−59	35−38	12−15	20−22	5−7	0		0
10–13 May	Noxa	63−64	33−34	13	14	11	0		0
16–30 Apr	CEO	65	36	13	12	9	0		0
7–16 Apr	Obradoiro	58−60	41−43	13	10	10−11	0		0
22–23 Mar	Demoscopia	61−62	35−36	13−14	12−13	11−12	0		0
15–18 Mar	GESOP	61−63	34−36	12−13	13−14	11−12	0		0
9–15 Mar	GAD	59	35	13	16	12	0		0
8–10 Mar	Noxa	65−67	32−33	11−12	13−14	11−12	0		0
13–28 Jan	CEO	58	38	15	13	10	0		1
2010
2–13 Nov	CEO	55−57	36−38	17	15	10	0	Did not exist	0
26–28 Oct	GESOP	55−57	36−38	16−17	12−14	13−14	0		0
22–27 Oct	Noxa	57−58	35−36	14−15	15−16	10−11	0		0−3
1–4 Sep	Obradoiro	53−54	44−46	11	13−15	11	0		0
14–15 Jul	GESOP	54−56	37−39	16−17	12	12−13	0		0
29 Jun–10 Jul	CEO	54	37	15	15	11	3		0
20–30 Apr	CEO	59	34	17	14	11	0		0
9–11 Mar	GESOP	55−56	38−39	15−16	12−13	11−12	0−2		0
19–28 Jan	CEO	56	35−36	17−18	12	12	2		0
2009
24–27 Nov	Noxa	51−53	36−37	19−20	12−13	11−12	0−3	Did not exist	0
10–13 Nov	GESOP	52−54	38−39	20−21	10−11	11−12	0−2		0
20–28 Oct	CEO	52	37	16−17	15−17	12	1−2		0
1–2 Jul	GESOP	52−53	38−39	17−18	12−13	10−11	2−3		0
16 Jun–1 Jul	CEO	53	38	18	13	11	2		0
14–25 Apr	CEO	48	42	17	13	12	3		0
22–24 Apr	GESOP	53−55	40−42	17−18	10−11	11−12	0		0
9 Mar	La Vanguardia	50	45	14	15	11	0		0
8–11 Jan	GESOP	51−52	38−40	18	14	11	0−2		0
2008
22–25 Oct	Noxa	46	39	22	14	11	3	Did not exist	0
14 Oct	GESOP	51−52	38−40	21−22	12−13	10−11	0		0
17–28 Sep	CEO	46−47	42	20	11−12	13	0−2		0
18 Jun–2 Jul	CEO	50−51	40	17	12	12−13	3		0
25–27 Jun	GESOP	51−53	38−40	19−20	12−13	11−12	0−2		0
15–17 Apr	GESOP	49−50	39−40	18	13	13	2		0
17–18 Jan	GESOP	47−48	39−40	18	14	12	4		0
2007
1 Nov 2006	Regional Election	48	37	21	14	12	3		0

Voting preferences

Vote intention

Polls shown below show the recording of raw responses for each party as a percentage of total responses before disregarding those who opted to abstain and prior to the adjusting for the likely votes of those who were undecided to obtain an estimate of vote share. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed in bold, and the background shaded in the leading party's colour. In the instance that there is a tie, then no figure is shaded.

Date	Polling Firm/Source	CiU	PSC	ERC	PPC	ICV	C's	SI	Oth.	No party	Und.
28 Nov 2010	Regional Election	22.4	10.7	4.1	7.2	4.3	2.0	1.9	6.2	41.2	N/A
27 Nov	GESOP	32.9	14.1	5.7	6.1	6.9	2.6	2.0	8.0	5.6	16.1
27 Nov	GESOP	30.8	16.8	4.8	5.5	5.3	3.2	2.3	9.7	5.8	15.8
25 Nov	GESOP	30.3	17.3	4.6	5.8	6.8	2.6	2.0	10.4	7.3	12.9
24 Nov	GESOP	32.0	18.3	4.4	5.3	5.9	2.9	2.3	10.1	6.0	12.8
22 Nov	GESOP	29.8	16.0	4.8	5.8	4.8	2.8	3.0	12.2	4.3	16.5
15–20 Nov	Obradoiro	25.7	12.8	4.8	4.9	4.0	1.9	1.6	44.3
8–12 Nov	Feedback	25.5	13.3	5.4	3.5	3.0	1.1	1.3	10.6	10.0	26.3
15 Oct–4 Nov	CIS	20.6	13.4	5.8	5.1	5.4	2.4	0.7	10.0	17.5	19.1
18–22 Oct	Feedback	28.4	10.6	4.2	4.0	5.2	1.9	1.8	13.7	9.0	22.2
11–22 Oct	CEO	24.4	14.2	7.4	6.2	5.2	2.1		12.1	5.9	22.5
3–30 Sep	ICPS	22.3	21.5	6.4	4.4	4.7	1.1	1.4	6.5	16.0	15.7
26–28 Sep	GESOP	29.5	15.9	5.8	4.3	2.9	1.5	1.9	10.0	7.0	21.2
28 Jun–8 Jul	CEO	25.3	14.2	6.0	3.8	5.6	1.0	Did not exist	8.8	7.0	28.3
10–11 Jun	GESOP	32.3	16.1	7.1	3.9	4.1	0.8		10.5	11.0	14.2
16–30 Apr	CEO	25.0	17.5	6.6	4.3	5.0	1.1		9.5	9.2	21.8
7–16 Apr	Obradoiro	24.6	20.1	5.7	4.3	5.0	1.0		39.3
15–18 Mar	GESOP	29.6	20.0	5.9	4.0	5.3	0.9		12.4	8.6	13.3
13–28 Jan	CEO	23.0	17.4	7.6	4.9	5.6	1.2		9.0	10.5	20.8
2010
2–13 Nov	CEO	21.8	15.7	8.1	4.8	5.0	0.8	Did not exist	14.0	13.9	15.9
26–28 Oct	GESOP	25.3	22.9	8.3	4.6	5.9	0.6		7.6	11.5	13.3
28 Sep–19 Oct	ICPS	20.7	22.7	8.1	3.2	5.4	0.7		6.0	25.6	7.6
1–4 Sep	Obradoiro	22.3	22.6	3.6	5.2	4.9	0.8		40.6
14–15 Jul	GESOP	21.2	20.3	8.7	3.3	6.2	0.3		40.0
29 Jun–10 Jul	CEO	23.8	18.0	8.4	3.9	6.9	1.1		6.0	8.6	23.3
20–30 Apr	CEO	24.9	19.7	9.6	3.8	5.1	1.1		5.9	6.9	23.0
9–11 Mar	GESOP	26.6	25.4	8.3	2.9	7.0	1.3		7.2	8.0	13.3
19–28 Jan	CEO	21.4	21.0	9.8	3.7	5.9	1.3		8.9	9.7	18.3
2009
10–13 Nov	GESOP	25.8	27.9	10.4	3.6	5.0	0.8	Did not exist	5.3	8.4	12.8
20 Oct–12 Nov	ICPS	19.9	27.4	8.1	4.4	4.7	0.7		3.9	22.8	8.1
20–28 Oct	CEO	21.2	21.6	7.9	5.2	7.1	0.7		5.7	9.9	20.7
1–2 Jul	GESOP	25.5	26.8	11.5	3.9	5.3	1.4		3.6	8.5	13.5
16 Jun–1 Jul	CEO	23.1	22.0	11.3	4.0	6.1	1.1		5.9	7.4	19.1
14–25 Apr	CEO	21.5	27.9	9.5	4.5	7.6	1.4		3.1	6.3	18.2
22–24 Apr	GESOP	29.4	30.3	10.4	2.6	5.5	0.9		4.3	5.6	11.0
21–30 Jan	CEO	20.8	21.2	10.8	2.9	7.9	1.6		3.8	7.1	23.9
8–11 Jan	GESOP	23.5	26.6	10.9	4.3	6.5	1.1		7.0	7.2	12.9
2008
5 Nov–1 Dec	ICPS	15.8	22.0	8.1	4.0	5.2	0.4	Did not exist	3.0	28.9	12.6
20–30 Nov	CEO	17.4	25.4	11.4	2.9	5.8	1.0		6.9	7.2	22.0
14 Oct	GESOP	22.4	25.4	12.6	4.1	5.1	1.5		6.7	9.3	12.9
17–28 Sep	CEO	16.6	20.2	10.2	2.4	7.7	1.0		7.0	9.2	25.7
18 Jun–2 Jul	CEO	18.5	19.8	9.6	3.1	7.4	1.5		6.7	9.5	23.9
25–27 Jun	GESOP	24.5	23.5	11.5	5.1	6.5	1.5		7.5	10.0	9.9
15–17 Apr	GESOP	24.6	25.5	11.5	3.4	7.4	1.6		4.2	8.4	13.4
2–16 Mar	CEO	19.5	20.2	9.6	4.1	7.2	1.8		4.8	10.1	22.7
17–18 Jan	GESOP	24.3	22.6	11.4	4.1	7.4	2.9		4.6	9.1	13.6
2007
6–20 Nov	CEO	22.6	17.1	11.0	4.1	9.6	4.4		6.1	9.1	16.0
1 Nov 2006	Regional Election	17.6	15.0	7.8	5.9	5.3	1.7		2.7	44.0	N/A

Results

Overall

← Summary of the 28 November 2010 Catalan Parliament election results →

Party		Vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
	Convergence and Union (CiU)	1,202,830	38.43	6.91	62	14
	Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC-PSOE)	575,233	18.38	8.44	28	9
	People's Party of Catalonia (PPC)	387,066	12.37	1.72	18	4
	Initiative for Catalonia Greens-United and Alternative Left (ICV-EUiA)	230,824	7.37	2.15	10	2
	Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC)	219,173	7.00	7.03	10	11
	Citizens-Party of the Citizenry (C's)	106,154	3.39	0.36	3	±0
	Catalan Solidarity for Independence (SI)	102,921	3.29	New	4	4
	Platform for Catalonia (PxC)	75,134	2.40	New	0	±0
	Independence Rally (RI.cat)	39,834	1.27	New	0	±0
	Blank Seats-Citizens for Blank Votes (Eb-CenB)	18,679	0.60	0.58	0	±0
	The Greens-European Green Group (EV-GVE)	15,784	0.50	New	0	±0
	Anti-Bullfighting Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA)	14,238	0.45	0.01	0	±0
	From Below (Des de Baix)	7,189	0.23	New	0	±0
	Independent Reus Coordinator (CORI)	6,990	0.22	New	0	±0
	Pirates of Catalonia (Pirata.cat)	6,451	0.21	New	0	±0
	Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)	5,418	0.17	New	0	±0
	Pensioners in Action Party (PDLPEA)	3,330	0.11	New	0	±0
	Communist Party of the People of Catalonia (PCPC-PCPE)	3,028	0.10	0.08	0	±0

Parties with less than 0.1% of the vote		18,369	0.59	–	0	±0
	Government Alternative (AG)	2,208	0.07	New	0	±0
	Family and Life Party (PFyV)	2,201	0.07	0.02	0	±0
	For a Fairer World (PUM+J)	2,100	0.07	0.04	0	±0
	Internationalist Socialist Workers' Party (POSI)	1,920	0.06	0.13	0	±0
	Spanish Falange of the JONS (FE-JONS)	1,760	0.06	New	0	±0
	Left Republican Party-Republican Left (PRE-IR)	1,547	0.05	0.03	0	±0
	Castilian Party (PCAS)	1,066	0.03	New	0	±0
	Humanist Party (PH)	908	0.03	0.06	0	±0
	Communist Unification of Spain (UCE)	904	0.03	New	0	±0
	Farmers for the Catalan Rural Dignity (PDR.cat)	824	0.03	New	0	±0
	Republican Social Movement (MSR)	788	0.03	0.01	0	±0
	Our People (GN)	597	0.02	New	0	±0
	We Are All Equal (GLBTH/TSI)	498	0.02	New	0	±0
	Party for Catalonia (PxCAT)	314	0.01	New	0	±0
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	218	0.01	New	0	±0
	Catalan Soberanist Bloc (BSC)	187	0.01	New	0	±0
	Aragonese Party (PAR)	98	0.00	New	0	±0
	Internationalist Solidarity and Self-Management (SAIn)	82	0.00	New	0	±0
	Social and Liberal Alternative (ALS)	54	0.00	New	0	±0
	Progress and Justice Party (PJP)	49	0.00	New	0	±0
	Democratic Web (DW)	46	0.00	New	0	±0

	Blank ballots	91,631	2.93	0.90
Total		3,130,276	100.00		135	±0
Valid votes		3,130,276	99.29	0.25
Invalid votes		22,354	0.71	0.25
Votes cast / turnout		3,152,630	58.78	2.74
Abstentions		2,211,058	41.22	2.74
Registered voters		5,363,688
Source(s): Department of Interior and Institutional Relations Argos Information Portal

Vote share
CiU			38.43%
PSC-PSOE			18.38%
PPC			12.37%
ICV-EUiA			7.37%
ERC			7.00%
C's			3.39%
SI			3.29%
PxC			2.40%
RI.cat			1.27%
Others			3.17%
Blank ballots			2.93%

Parliamentary seats
CiU			45.93%
PSC-PSOE			20.74%
PPC			13.33%
ICV-EUiA			7.41%
ERC			7.41%
SI			2.96%
C's			2.22%

Results by province

Post-election

Investiture voting

1st round: 21 December 2010 Investiture voting for Artur Mas i Gavarró (CiU) Absolute majority: 68/135
Vote	Parties	Votes
Yes	CiU (62)	62 / 135
No	PSC (28), PP (18), ICV (10), ERC (10), SI (4), C's (3)	73 / 135
Abstentions		0 / 135
2nd round: 23 December 2010 Investiture voting for Artur Mas i Gavarró (CiU) Simple majority
Vote	Parties	Votes
Yes	CiU (62)	62 / 135
No	PP (18), ICV (10), ERC (10), SI (4), C's (3)	45 / 135
Abstentions	PSC (28)	28 / 135
Source: Historia Electoral

Notes

1. Poll results are shown projected over candidacy votes (that is, votes going for political parties, excluding blank ballots). The vote percentage in the official election is calculated including blank ballots into the estimation. In order to obtain data comparable to both the official results as well as those of other polls, a rule of three has been applied to the poll projections, with the results of the calculation being shown instead.

References

1. "Organic Law 5/1985, of 19 June, of the General Electoral Regime".
2. "Organic Law 6/2006, of 19 July, of Reform of the Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia".

External links

• Resultados provisionales