Riojan parliamentary election, 2007

Riojan parliamentary election, 2007

27 May 2007

All 33 seats in the Parliament of La Rioja 17 seats needed for a majority Registered 237,745 1.8% Turnout 174,257 (73.3%) 1.8 pp   First party Second party Third party   Leader Pedro Sanz Francisco Martínez-Aldama Miguel González de Legarra Party PP PSOE PR Leader since 2 October 1993 30 July 2000 16 December 1995 Last election 17 seats, 48.6% 14 seats, 38.2% 2 seats, 6.8% Seats won 17 14 2 Seat change ±0 ±0 ±0 Popular vote 84,382 69,858 10,369 Percentage 48.8% 40.4% 6.0% Swing 0.2 pp 2.2 pp 0.8 pp

President before election Pedro Sanz PP Elected President Pedro Sanz PP

The 2007 Riojan parliamentary election was held on Sunday, 27 May 2007, to elect the 7th Parliament of La Rioja, the regional legislature of the Spanish autonomous community of La Rioja. At stake were all 33 seats in the Parliament, determining the President of La Rioja.

Electoral system

The number of seats in the Parliament of La Rioja was set to a fixed-number of 33. All Parliament members were elected in a single multi-member district, consisting of the Community's territory (the province of La Rioja), 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 La Rioja Parliament election results →

Party		Vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
	People's Party (PP)	84,382	48.81	0.21	17	±0
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	69,858	40.41	2.23	14	±0
	Riojan Party (PR)	10,369	6.00	0.81	2	±0
	United Left-Citizen Initiative-The Greens (IZQ)[lower-alpha 1]	5,292	3.06	1.30	0	±0
	Blank ballots	2,977	1.72	0.18
Total		172,878	100.00		33	±0
Valid votes		172,878	99.21	0.04
Invalid votes		1,379	0.79	0.04
Votes cast / turnout		174,257	73.30	1.80
Abstentions		63,488	26.70	1.80
Registered voters		237,745
Source: Argos Information Portal

Vote share
PP			48.81%
PSOE			40.41%
PR			6.00%
IZQ			3.06%
Blank ballots			1.72%

Parliamentary seats
PP			51.51%
PSOE			42.42%
PR			6.06%

Notes

1. Compared to the United Left+The Greens results in the 2003 election.

References

1. "Law 3/1991, of 21 March, of elections to the Regional Deputation of La Rioja.".