Riojan parliamentary election, 2007

Riojan parliamentary election, 2007
La Rioja (Spain)
27 May 2007

All 33 seats in the Parliament of La Rioja
17 seats needed for a majority
Registered 237,745 Increase1.8%
Turnout 174,257 (73.3%)
Decrease1.8 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 Increase0.2 pp Increase2.2 pp Decrease0.8 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 ballotsfor 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 Increase0.21 17 ±0
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 69,858 40.41 Increase2.23 14 ±0
Riojan Party (PR) 10,369 6.00 Increase0.81 2 ±0
United Left-Citizen Initiative-The Greens (IZQ)[lower-alpha 1] 5,292 3.06 Decrease1.30 0 ±0
Blank ballots 2,977 1.72 Decrease0.18
Total 172,878 100.00 33 ±0
Valid votes 172,878 99.21 Increase0.04
Invalid votes 1,379 0.79 Decrease0.04
Votes cast / turnout 174,257 73.30 Decrease1.80
Abstentions 63,488 26.70 Increase1.80
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

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