Valencian parliamentary election, 2007

Valencian parliamentary election, 2007
Valencian Community
27 May 2007
All 99 seats in the Valencian Courts
50 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered 3,491,365 Increase2.0%
Turnout 2,448,830 (70.1%)
Decrease1.4 pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Francisco Camps Joan Ignasi Pla Glòria Marcos
Party PP PSPV–PSOE CPV
Leader since 10 July 2002 24 September 2000 26 January 2007
Last election 48 seats, 47.2% 35 seats, 35.9% 6 seats, 11.0%[lower-alpha 1]
Seats won 54 38 7
Seat change Increase6 Increase3 Increase1
Popular vote 1,277,458 838,987 195,116
Percentage 52.5% 34.5% 8.0%
Swing Increase5.3 pp Decrease1.4 pp Decrease3.0 pp
President before election

Francisco Camps
PP

 Elected President

Francisco Camps
PP

The 2007 Valencian parliamentary election was held on Sunday, 27 May 2007, to elect the 7th democratically-elected Valencian Courts, the regional legislature of the Spanish autonomous community of Valencia. At stake were all seats in the Courts, determining the President of the Valencian Government. The number of members increased from 89 to 99 compared to the 2003 election.

As in the three previous elections, the People's Party (PP) won with an increased absolute majority of seats, as well as winning an absolute majority of votes - the first time since 1983 that this had been achieved. The PP increased its vote share by more than 5% and gained 6 of the additional 10 seats.

The Valencian Nationalist Bloc (BNV) which in the previous election had remained 0.3% short of the 5% threshold, formed an electoral alliance with United Left (IU) under the name Commitment for the Valencian Country (CPV). This combined list, which also included smaller Green and left-wing groups, saw BNV gain its first seat representation in the Courts, though the combined vote for both IU and BNV was considerably lesser than both had polled separately in 2003, with the coalition only gaining one seat overall. The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSPV-PSOE) gained 3 seats despite decreasing its vote share by 1 point.

Electoral system

The number of seats in the Valencian Courts was set to a fixed-number of 99. All Courts members were elected in 3 multi-member districts, corresponding to the Valencian Community's three provinces, using the D'Hondt method and a closed-list proportional representation system. Each district was entitled to an initial minimum of 20 seats, with the remaining 39 seats allocated among the three provinces in proportion to their populations, on the required condition that the number of inhabitants per seat in each district did not exceed 3 times those of any other. For the 2007 election, seats were distributed as follows: Alicante (35), Castellon (24) and Valencia (40).

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. This meant that in the case a list polled above 5% in one or more of the districts but below 5% in the community totals, it would remain outside of the seat apportionment.[1]

Opinion polls

Vote

Poll results are listed in the table below in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first. 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. Poll results use the date the survey's fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. However, if such date is unknown, the date of publication will be given instead.

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. 50 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Valencian Courts.

Results

Overall

← Summary of the 27 May 2007 Valencian Courts election results →
Party Vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
People's Party (PP) 1,277,458 52.52 Increase5.37 54 Increase6
Socialist Party of the Valencian Country (PSPV-PSOE) 838,987 34.49 Decrease1.46 38 Increase3
Commitment for the Valencian Country (CPV)[lower-alpha 1] 195,116 8.02 Decrease3.02 7 Increase1
Valencian Union-The Greens Ecopacifists (UV-LVE) 22,789 0.94 Decrease2.04 0 ±0
Valencian Coalition (CVa) 17,331 0.71 New 0 ±0
Republican Left of the Valencian Country (ERPV) 11,686 0.48 Increase0.17 0 ±0
Social Democratic Party (PSD) 10,187 0.42 New 0 ±0
Spain 2000 (E-2000) 5,934 0.24 Increase0.13 0 ±0
Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE) 4,088 0.17 Increase0.01 0 ±0
United for Valencia (UxV) 2,559 0.11 New 0 ±0
Authentic Falange (FA) 2,493 0.10 ±0.00 0 ±0
Blank ballots 34,348 1.41 Decrease0.14
Total 2,432,454 100.00 99 Increase10
Valid votes 2,432,454 99.33 Decrease0.02
Invalid votes 16,376 0.67 Increase0.02
Votes cast / turnout 2,448,830 70.14 Decrease1.37
Abstentions 1,042,535 29.86 Increase1.37
Registered voters 3,491,365
Source(s):
Vote share
PP
  
 52.52%
PSPV-PSOE
  
 34.49%
CPV
  
 8.02%
Others
  
 3.56%
Blank ballots
  
 1.41%
Parliamentary seats
PP
  
 54.54%
PSPV-PSOE
  
 38.38%
CPV
  
 7.07%

Results by province

Election results by province.

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Commitment for the Valencian Country results are compared to the United Left of the Valencian Country and Valencian Nationalist Bloc totals in the 2003 election.

References

  1. ↑ "Law 1/1987, of 31 March, Valencian electoral".
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