European Parliament election, 2009 (Spain)

Spain European Parliament election, 2009

7 June 2009

54 seats to the European Parliament Turnout 44.9% 0.2 pp   First party Second party Third party   Leader Jaime Mayor Oreja Juan Fernando López Aguilar Ramon Tremosa Party PP PSOE CEU Alliance EPP S&D ALDE Leader since 22 April 2004[1] (as candidate) 3 July 2008[2] (as candidate) 24 January 2009[3][4] (as candidate) Last election 24 seats, 41.2% 25 seats, 43.5% 2 seats, 5.2% Seats won 24 / 54 23 / 54 3 / 54 Seat change 0 2 1 Popular vote 6,670,377 6,141,784 808,246 Percentage 42.1% 38.8% 5.1% Swing 0.9 pp 4.7 pp 0.1 pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Willy Meyer Francisco Sosa Wagner Oriol Junqueras Party IU UPyD EdP-V Alliance EUL–NGL NI Greens–EFA Leader since 21 April 2004[5][6] (as candidate) 3 September 2008[7][8] (as candidate) 21 February 2009[9] (as candidate) Last election 2 seats, 4.2% Did not contest 1 seat, 2.5% Seats won 2 / 54 1 / 54 1 / 54 Seat change 0 1 0 Popular vote 588,248 451,866 394,938 Percentage 3.7% 2.9% 2.5% Swing 0.5 pp New party 0.0 pp

Galicia Navarre Madrid La Rioja Aragon Catalonia Valencian Community Castile– La Mancha Extremadura Castile and León Asturias Cantabria Basque Country Murcia Andalusia Ceuta Melilla Balearic Islands Canary Islands A Coruña Lugo Pontevedra Ourense Navarre Madrid La Rioja Huesca Teruel Zaragoza Lleida Girona Barcelona Tarragona Castellón Valencia Alicante Albacete Cuenca Guadalajara Toledo Ciudad Real Cáceres Badajoz León Zamora Salamanca Palencia Vallad. Burgos Soria Segovia Ávila Álava Bisc. Gipuz. Huelva Seville Córdoba Cádiz Málaga Jaén Granada Almería Asturias Cantabria Murcia Ceuta Melilla Balearic Islands Santa Cruz de Tenerife Las Palmas

Most voted party in each autonomous community and province.

The European Parliament election of 2009 in Spain was the election of the delegation from Spain to the European Parliament in 2009.

Opinion polls

Polling Firm	Date	Source	PSOE	PP	IU	UPyD	Coalition for Europe	Europe of the Peoples - The Greens	Others
El Mundo	11/04/2009		37.9%	42.3%	5%	4.4%	4.3%	2.2%	3.9%
Público	10/05/2009		40%	44%	3.5%	3.7%	4%	1.7%	2.2%
La Razón	11/05/2009		39.9%	42.8%	5.1%	3.4%	4.6%	2.2%	N.A.
La Vanguardia	31/05/2009		42.5%	40.9%	3.2%	3.3%	4.9%	2.2%	N.A.

Results

Summary of the 7 June 2009 European Parliament election results in Spain

Party		Vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Elect.	+/−
	People's Party (PP)	6,670,377	42.12	+0.91	24	±0
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	6,141,784	38.78	−4.68	23	−2
	Coalition for Europe (CEU)	808,246	5.10	−0.28	3	+1
	United Left (IU)	588,248	3.71	−0.44	2	±0
	Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)	451,866	2.85	New	1	+1
	Europe of the Peoples–Greens (EdPV)	394,938	2.49	−0.95	1	±0
	Internationalist Initiative (II)	178,121	1.12	New	0	±0
	The Greens-European Green Group (LV-GVE)	89,147	0.56	+0.12	0	±0
	Animal Rights Party (PACMA)	41,913	0.26	New	0	±0
	For a Fairer World (PUM+J)	24,507	0.15	+0.09	0	±0
	Libertas-Citizens of Spain (Libertas)	22,903	0.14	New	0	±0
	Anticapitalist Left (IzAn)	19,735	0.12	New	0	±0
	Spanish Alternative (AES)	19,583	0.12	New	0	±0
	Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE)	15,221	0.10	+0.07	0	±0
	Andalusian Socialist Party (PSA)	13,993	0.09	+0.05	0	±0
	Internationalist Socialist Workers' Party (POSI)	12,344	0.08	+0.03	0	±0
	Family and Life Party (PFyL)	10,456	0.07	+0.02	0	±0
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	10,144	0.06	−0.02	0	±0
	Spanish Phalanx (FE-JONS)	10,031	0.06	+0.03	0	±0
	National Democracy (DN)	9,950	0.06	+0.02	0	±0
	Feminist Initiative (IFem)	9,721	0.06	New	0	±0
	National Front (FN)	7,970	0.05	New	0	±0
	Catalan Republic Party (RC)	7,547	0.05	New	0	±0
	Humanist Party (PH)	7,009	0.04	+0.01	0	±0
	Valencian Union (UV)	6,072	0.04	−0.01	0	±0
	Republican Social Movement (MSR)	6,009	0.04	New	0	±0
	Internationalist Solidarity and Self-Management (SAIn)	5,877	0.04	New	0	±0
	Liberal Democratic Centre (CDL)	5,733	0.04	New	0	±0
	Authentic Phalanx (FA)	5,165	0.03	+0.02	0	±0
	United Extremadura (EU)	5,007	0.03	+0.02	0	±0
	Regionalist Party of the Leonese Country (PREPAL)	4,767	0.03	+0.01	0	±0
	Communist Unification of Spain (UCE)	3,483	0.02	New	0	±0
	Asturian Nationalist Unity (UNA)	3,183	0.02	New	0	±0
	Andecha Astur (AA)	2,255	0.01	New	0	±0
	Liberal Centrist Union (UCL)	1,991	0.01	New	0	±0
	Blank ballots	220,471	1.39	+0.78
Total		15,835,767	100.00		54	±0
Valid votes		15,835,767	99.38	+0.36
Invalid votes		99,380	0.62	−0.36
Votes cast / turnout		15,935,147	44.90	−0.24
Abstentions		19,557,420	55.10	+0.24
Registered voters		35,492,567
Source: Ministry of the Interior

Vote share
PP			42.12%
PSOE			38.78%
CEU			5.10%
IU			3.71%
UPyD			2.85%
EdPV			2.49%
II			1.12%
Others			2.44%
Blank			1.39%

Parliamentary seats
PP			44.44%
PSOE			42.59%
CEU			5.56%
IU			3.70%
UPyD			1.85%
EdPV			1.85%

References

1. "El PP designa a Mayor para que encabece su lista en las elecciones al Parlamento Europeo". El País. 2004-04-23.
2. "López Aguilar será el candidato del PSOE al Parlamento Europeo". El País. 2008-07-03.
3. "Mas sustituye a Guardans por un soberanista en las listas europeas". El País. 2009-01-13.
4. "CDC confiará en Tremosa para las europeas si falla la coalición unitaria". El País. 2014-01-13.
5. "IU propondrá a Willy Meyer para los comicios de la Eurocámara". El País. 2004-04-21.
6. "IU elige por tercera vez a Willy Meyer para encabezar su lista europea". El Mundo. 2014-03-01.
7. "Sosa Wagner encabezará la candidatura europea de UPyD, el partido de Rosa Díez". La Nueva España. 2008-09-03.
8. "Francisco Sosa Wagner liderará la candidatura de UPyD a las europeas". El Mundo. 2014-01-18.
9. "ERC aprueba la candidatura europea de Junqueras". El País. 2009-02-21.