2005 Galician regional election
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All 75 seats in the Parliament of Galicia
38 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered2,616,811 1.9%
Turnout1,680,202 (64.2%)
4.0 pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Manuel Fraga Emilio Pérez Touriño Anxo Quintana
Party PP PSdeG–PSOE BNG
Leader since 1989 10 October 1998 23 November 2003
Leader's seat Lugo Pontevedra Ourense
Last election 41 seats, 51.6% 17 seats, 21.8% 17 seats, 22.6%
Seats won 37 25 13
Seat change 4 8 4
Popular vote 756,562 555,603 311,954
Percentage 45.2% 33.2% 18.7%
Swing 6.4 pp 11.4 pp 3.9 pp
Constituency results map for the Parliament of Galicia
President before election

Manuel Fraga
PP

Elected President

Emilio Pérez Touriño
PSdeG–PSOE

The 2005 Galician regional election was held on Sunday, 19 June 2005, to elect the 7th Parliament of the autonomous community of Galicia. All 75 seats in the Parliament were up for election.

Overview

Electoral system

The Parliament of Galicia was the devolved, unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of Galicia, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution and the Galician Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a regional president.[1] Voting for the Parliament was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over 18 years of age, registered in Galicia and in full enjoyment of their political rights.

The 75 members of the Parliament of Galicia were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of five percent of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied in each constituency. Seats were allocated to constituencies, corresponding to the provinces of A Coruña, Lugo, Ourense and Pontevedra, with each being allocated an initial minimum of 10 seats and the remaining 35 being distributed in proportion to their populations.[1][2]

As a result of the aforementioned allocation, each Parliament constituency was entitled the following seats:

Seats Constituencies
24 A Coruña
22 Pontevedra
15 Lugo
14 Ourense

The use of the D'Hondt method might result in a higher effective threshold, depending on the district magnitude.[3]

Election date

The term of the Parliament of Galicia expired four years after the date of its previous election, unless it was dissolved earlier. The election decree was required to be issued no later than the twenty-fifth day prior to the date of expiry of parliament and published on the following day in the Official Journal of Galicia (DOG), with election day taking place between the fifty-fourth and the sixtieth day from publication. The previous election was held on 21 October 2001, which meant that the legislature's term would have expired on 21 October 2005. The election decree was required to be published in the DOG no later than 27 September 2005, with the election taking place up to the sixtieth day from publication, setting the latest possible election date for the Parliament on Saturday, 26 November 2005.[1][2]

The president had the prerogative to dissolve the Parliament of Galicia and call a snap election, provided that it did not occur before one year had elapsed since a previous dissolution under this procedure. In the event of an investiture process failing to elect a regional president within a two-month period from the first ballot, the Parliament was to be automatically dissolved and a fresh election called.[4]

Parties and candidates

The electoral law allowed for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, coalitions and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form a coalition ahead of an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election call, whereas groupings of electors needed to secure the signature of at least one percent of the electorate in the constituencies for which they sought election, disallowing electors from signing for more than one list of candidates.[2][5]

Below is a list of the main parties and electoral alliances which contested the election:

Candidacy Parties and
alliances 		Leading candidate Ideology Previous result Gov. Ref.
Votes (%) Seats
PP
List
 Manuel Fraga Conservatism
Christian democracy 		51.62% 41 checkY
BNG
List
 Anxo Quintana Galician nationalism
Left-wing nationalism
Socialism 		22.58% 17 ☒N
PSdeG–
PSOE
List
 Emilio Pérez Touriño Social democracy 21.83% 17 ☒N

Opinion polls

The table below lists voting intention estimates in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first and using the dates when the survey fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. Where the fieldwork dates are unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed with its background shaded in the leading party's colour. If a tie ensues, this is applied to the figures with the highest percentages. The "Lead" column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the parties with the highest percentages in a poll. When available, seat projections determined by the polling organisations are displayed below (or in place of) the percentages in a smaller font; 38 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Parliament of Galicia.

Color key:

  Poll conducted after legal ban on opinion polls   Exit poll

Results

Overall

← Summary of the 19 June 2005 Parliament of Galicia election results →
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
People's Party (PP) 756,562 45.23 –6.39 37 –4
Socialists' Party of Galicia (PSdeG–PSOE) 555,603 33.22 +11.39 25 +8
Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG) 311,954 18.65 –3.93 13 –4
United Left (EU–IU) 12,419 0.74 +0.06 0 ±0
Galician People's Front (FPG) 2,982 0.18 –0.03 0 ±0
Party of Self-employed and Professionals (AUTONOMO) 2,840 0.17 –0.12 0 ±0
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) 2,412 0.14 New 0 ±0
We–People's Unity (Nós–UP) 1,749 0.10 New 0 ±0
Humanist Party (PH) 1,429 0.09 –0.18 0 ±0
Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS) 1,081 0.06 New 0 ±0
Ourensan Democracy (DO) 623 0.04 New 0 ±0
National Democracy (DN) 550 0.03 New 0 ±0
People's Spanish Social Party (PSEP) 420 0.03 New 0 ±0
Republican Left–Galician Republican Left (IR–ERG) 405 0.02 New 0 ±0
Galician Identity (IG) 376 0.02 New 0 ±0
Social Democratic Party of Law (SDD) 239 0.01 –0.03 0 ±0
Blank ballots 20,912 1.25 –0.44
Total 1,672,556 75 ±0
Valid votes 1,672,556 99.54 +0.24
Invalid votes 7,646 0.46 –0.24
Votes cast / turnout 1,680,202 64.21 +4.05
Abstentions 936,609 35.79 –4.05
Registered voters 2,616,811
Sources[6][7]
Popular vote
PP
 
 45.23%
PSdeG–PSOE
 
 33.22%
BNG
 
 18.65%
Others
 
 1.65%
Blank ballots
 
 1.25%
Seats
PP
 
 49.33%
PSdeG–PSOE
 
 33.33%
BNG
 
 17.33%

Distribution by constituency

Constituency PP PSdeG BNG
% S % S % S
A Coruña 42.9 11 33.2 8 20.5 5
Lugo 48.9 8 34.5 5 14.5 2
Ourense 50.8 8 30.9 4 16.3 2
Pontevedra 44.1 10 33.6 8 19.2 4
Total 45.2 37 33.2 25 18.7 13
Sources[6][7]

Aftermath

Investiture
Emilio Pérez Touriño (PSdeG)
Ballot → 29 July 2005
Required majority → 38 out of 75 checkY
Yes
38 / 75
No
  • • PP (37)
37 / 75
Abstentions
0 / 75
Absentees
0 / 75
Sources[6]

References

Opinion poll sources
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