2023 Spanish regional elections

2023 Spanish regional elections
737 seats in the regional parliaments of Aragon, Asturias, Balearic Islands, Canary Islands, Cantabria, Castilla–La Mancha, Extremadura, La Rioja, Madrid, Murcia, Navarre and the Valencian Community; 50 seats in the regional assemblies of Ceuta and Melilla
National parties PP PSOE	Regional parties ERC EAJ/PNV CCa

Regional elections were held in Spain on 28 May 2023 to elect the regional parliaments of twelve of the seventeen autonomous communities—Aragon, Asturias, the Balearic Islands, the Canary Islands, Cantabria, Castilla–La Mancha, Extremadura, La Rioja, Madrid, Murcia, Navarre and the Valencian Community. 737 of 1,212 seats in the regional parliaments were up for election, as well as the 50 seats in the regional assemblies of Ceuta and Melilla. The elections were held simultaneously with local elections all throughout Spain.

The results produced a landslide victory for the right-of-centre political forces, erasing all the gains made by the ruling Socialist Party in 2015 and 2019. The right recovered power of several regions and even broke through progressive strongholds as Extremadura, with the PSOE only holding power in Castilla–La Mancha, Asturias and Navarre. This outcome prompted Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez to call a snap general election.

Election date

Determination of election day vary depending on the autonomous community, with each one having competency to establish its own regulations. Typically, thirteen out of the seventeen autonomous communities—all but Andalusia, the Basque Country, Catalonia and Galicia—had their elections fixed for the fourth Sunday of May every four years, to be held together with nationwide local elections.^[1]

In some cases, regional presidents have the prerogative to dissolve the regional parliament and call for extra elections at a different time, but newly elected assemblies are restricted to serving out what remained of their previous four year-terms without altering the period to their next ordinary election. In other cases—namely, Aragon, the Balearic Islands, Castile and León, Extremadura, Navarre and the Valencian Community—, the law grants presidents the power to call a snap election resulting in fresh four year-parliamentary terms.^[2] By the time of the 2023 regional elections, this prerogative had been exercised by Castile and León by holding a snap regional election on 13 February 2022.

Regional governments

The following table lists party control in autonomous communities and cities. Gains for a party are highlighted in that party's colour.

Region
Autonomous communities
Aragon	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	People's Party (PP)
Asturias	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Balearic Islands	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	People's Party (PP)
Canary Islands	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	Canarian Coalition (CC)
Cantabria	Regionalist Party of Cantabria (PRC)	People's Party (PP)
Castilla–La Mancha	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Extremadura	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	People's Party (PP)
La Rioja	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	People's Party (PP)
Madrid	People's Party (PP)	People's Party (PP)
Murcia	People's Party (PP)	People's Party (PP)
Navarre	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Valencian Community	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	People's Party (PP)
Autonomous cities
Ceuta	People's Party (PP)	People's Party (PP)
Melilla	Independent (INDEP)	People's Party (PP)

Summary by region

Aragon

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	/−
	PP	237,817	35.51	14.64	28	12
	PSOE	197,919	29.55	–1.29	23	–1
	Vox	75,349	11.25	5.17	7	4
	CHA	34,163	5.10	–1.16	3	±0
	Existe	33,190	4.96	New	3	3
	Podemos–AV	26,923	4.02	–4.09	1	–4
	IU	20,959	3.13	–0.19	1	±0
	PAR	13,988	2.09	–2.99	1	–2
	CS–Tú Aragón	8,595	1.28	–15.39	0	–12
	Others	10,026	1.50		0	±0
Blank ballots		10,846	1.62	0.64

Valid votes		669,775	98.77	–0.56
Invalid votes		8,337	1.23	0.56
Votes cast / turnout		678,112	66.54	0.38
Registered voters		1,019,050

Asturias

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	/−
	PSOE	195,999	36.50	1.24	19	–1
	PP	175,131	32.61	15.09	17	7
	Vox	54,273	10.11	3.68	4	2
	IU–MP–IAS	40,774	7.59	0.97	3	1
	Podemos Asturies	21,052	3.92	–7.12	1	–3
	Foro	19,652	3.66	–2.86	1	–1
	SOS Asturias	5,838	1.09	New	0	±0
	CS	4,974	0.93	–13.04	0	–5
	Others	9,807	1.83		0	±0
Blank ballots		9,523	1.77	–0.67

Valid votes		537,023	98.54	–0.52
Invalid votes		7,979	1.46	0.52
Votes cast / turnout		545,002	56.85	1.73
Registered voters		958,658

Balearic Islands

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	/−
	PP	161,267	35.79	13.59	25	9
	PSIB–PSOE	119,540	26.53	–0.84	18	–1
	Vox	62,637	13.90	5.78	8	5
	Més	37,651	8.35	–0.83	4	±0
	EUIB–Podemos	19,980	4.43	–5.31	1	–5
	El Pi	17,089	3.79	–3.51	0	–3
	MxMe	6,486	1.44	0.03	2	±0
	CS	6,097	1.35	–8.55	0	–5
	Sa Unió	1,747	0.39	0.06	1	1
	GxF PSOE	1,679	0.37	–0.07	0	–1
	Others	9,264	2.06		0	±0
Blank ballots		7,207	1.60	0.59

Valid votes		450,644	98.72	–0.58
Invalid votes		5,861	1.28	0.58
Votes cast / turnout		456,505	55.11	1.18
Registered voters		828,278

Canary Islands

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	/−
	PSOE	247,811	27.17	–1.71	23	–2
	CCa	201,401	22.08	0.15	19	±0
	PP	176,308	19.33	4.15	15	4
	NC–BC	72,372	7.93	–1.12	5	±0
	Vox	71,740	7.86	5.39	4	4
	Podemos–IUC–SSP	35,777	3.92	–5.88	0	–4
	DVC	28,899	3.17	New	0	±0
	UxGC	17,153	1.88	New	0	±0
	PACMA	11,190	1.23	0.11	0	±0
	ASG	6,765	0.74	0.04	3	±0
	CS	3,510	0.38	–6.98	0	–2
	AHI	1,660	0.18	–0.11	1	±0
	Others	21,686	2.38		0	±0
Blank ballots		15,947	1.75	0.51

Valid votes		912,219	98.10	–0.78
Invalid votes		17,694	1.90	0.78
Votes cast / turnout		929,913	52.00	–0.59
Registered voters		1,788,412

Cantabria

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	/−
	PP	116,198	35.78	11.74	15	6
	PRC	67,523	20.79	–16.85	8	–6
	PSOE	66,917	20.61	3.00	8	1
	Vox	35,982	11.08	6.02	4	2
	Podemos–IU–AV	13,395	4.12	–0.92	0	±0
	CS	7,527	2.32	–5.62	0	–3
	Cantabristas	5,522	1.70	1.21	0	±0
	Others	5,855	1.80		0	±0
Blank ballots		5,809	1.79	0.81

Valid votes		324,728	97.98	–1.04
Invalid votes		6,685	2.02	1.04
Votes cast / turnout		331,413	65.31	–0.40
Registered voters		507,438

Castilla–La Mancha

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	/−
	PSOE	490,288	45.04	0.94	17	–2
	PP	366,312	33.65	5.12	12	2
	Vox	139,607	12.83	5.81	4	4
	Podemos–IU–AV	45,317	4.16	–2.76	0	±0
	CS	10,885	1.00	–10.38	0	–4
	Others	20,474	1.88		0	±0
Blank ballots		15,570	1.43	0.62

Valid votes		1,088,453	98.28	–0.67
Invalid votes		19,054	1.72	0.67
Votes cast / turnout		1,107,507	69.60	0.15
Registered voters		1,591,262

Extremadura

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	/−
	PSOE	244,227	39.90	–6.87	28	–6
	PP	237,384	38.78	11.30	28	8
	Vox	49,798	8.13	3.42	5	5
	Podemos–IU–AV	36,836	6.01	–1.19	4	±0
	JUEx	15,559	2.54	New	0	±0
	CS	5,463	0.89	–10.22	0	–7
	Others	14,108	2.30		0	±0
Blank ballots		8,721	1.42	0.51

Valid votes		612,096	97.77	–0.90
Invalid votes		13,937	2.23	0.90
Votes cast / turnout		626,033	70.35	1.09
Registered voters		889,836

La Rioja

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	/−
	PP	76,205	45.38	12.32	17	5
	PSOE	53,562	31.90	–6.77	12	–3
	Vox	12,773	7.61	3.74	2	2
	Podemos–IU	8,543	5.09	–1.56	2	±0
	PR EV	6,016	3.58	–1.03	0	±0
	PLRi	4,349	2.59	New	0	±0
	CS	1,473	0.88	–10.65	0	–4
	Others	2,638	1.57		0	±0
Blank ballots		2,360	1.41	0.46

Valid votes		167,919	98.32	–0.67
Invalid votes		2,860	1.68	0.67
Votes cast / turnout		170,779	67.79	1.85
Registered voters		251,919

Madrid

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	/−
	PP	1,599,186	47.32	2.56	70	5
	MM–VQ	620,631	18.36	1.37	27	3
	PSOE	614,296	18.18	1.38	27	3
	Vox	248,379	7.35	–1.80	11	–2
	Podemos–IU–AV	161,032	4.76	–2.48	0	–10
	CS	52,925	1.57	–2.00	0	±0
	Others	80,668	2.39		0	±0
Blank ballots		35,107	1.04	0.51

Valid votes		3,379,477	98.99	–0.40
Invalid votes		34,342	1.01	0.40
Votes cast / turnout		3,413,819	65.50	–6.24
Registered voters		5,211,710

Murcia

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	/−
	PP	293,051	42.79	10.44	21	5
	PSOE	175,505	25.62	–6.84	13	–4
	Vox	121,321	17.71	8.24	9	5
	Podemos–IU–AV	32,173	4.69	–2.90	2	±0
	MC REG	20,206	2.95	0.72	0	±0
	CS	10,480	1.53	–10.46	0	–6
	MR–VE	8,919	1.30	New	0	±0
	Others	14,899	2.18		0	±0
Blank ballots		8,263	1.20	0.67

Valid votes		684,817	98.56	–0.74
Invalid votes		10,038	1.44	0.74
Votes cast / turnout		694,906	63.25	0.93
Registered voters		1,098,543

Navarre

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	/−
	UPN	92,392	28.01	n/a	15	±0
	PSN–PSOE	68,247	20.69	0.06	11	±0
	EH Bildu	56,535	17.14	2.60	9	2
	GBai	43,660	13.24	–4.08	7	–2
	PP	24,019	7.28	n/a	3	1
	Contigo/Zurekin	20,095	6.09	–1.66	3	±0
	Vox	14,197	4.30	3.00	2	2
	CS	1,273	0.39	n/a	0	–3
	Others	3,116	0.94		0	±0
Blank ballots		5,860	1.78	1.00

Valid votes		329,861	98.62	–0.76
Invalid votes		4,632	1.38	0.76
Votes cast / turnout		334,493	64.45	–4.08
Registered voters		518,998

Valencian Community

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	/−
	PP	881,893	35.75	16.63	40	21
	PSPV–PSOE	708,142	28.70	4.49	31	4
	Compromís	357,989	14.51	–2.17	15	–2
	Vox	310,184	12.57	1.98	13	3
	Unides Podem–EUPV	88,152	3.57	–4.53	0	–8
	CS	37,095	1.50	–16.20	0	–18
	Others	52,496	2.13		0	±0
Blank ballots		31,035	1.26	0.50

Valid votes		2,466,986	98.75	0.17
Invalid votes		31,104	1.25	–0.17
Votes cast / turnout		2,498,090	66.96	–6.76
Registered voters		3,730,659

Autonomous cities

Ceuta

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	/−
	PP	11,774	34.34	3.22	9	±0
	PSOE	7,198	21.00	–4.60	6	–1
	Vox	7,073	20.63	–1.74	5	–1
	MDyC	3,848	11.22	4.26	3	1
	CY!	3,442	10.04	3.82	2	1
	Others	553	1.61		0	±0
Blank ballots		394	1.15	0.55

Valid votes		34,282	98.89	–0.25
Invalid votes		403	1.16	0.30
Votes cast / turnout		34,685	54.79	0.25
Registered voters		63,301

Melilla

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	/−
	PP	15,640	52.57	14.73	14	4
	CpM	5,590	18.79	–11.83	5	–3
	PSOE	3,206	10.78	–3.63	3	–1
	Vox	2,957	9.94	2.18	2	±0
	SML	1,524	5.12	3.17	1	1
	Cs	n/a	n/a	–5.55	0	–1
	Others	442	1.49		0	±0
Blank ballots		394	1.32	0.86

Valid votes		29,753	98.39	–1.06
Invalid votes		486	1.61	1.06
Votes cast / turnout		30,239	49.46	–8.48
Registered voters		61,138

References

^ Ley Orgánica 5/1985, de 19 de junio, del Régimen Electoral General. Boletín Oficial del Estado (Organic Law 5) (in Spanish). 19 June 1985. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
^ "Un paso más hacia la ruptura de la homogeneidad del calendario electoral de las comunidades autónomas: la reforma de la Ley Orgánica 13/1982, de 10 de agosto, de Reintegración y Amejoramiento del Régimen Foral de Navarra" [A further step towards breaking the homogeneity of the electoral calendar of the autonomous communities: the reform of the Organic Law 13/1982, of August 10, on Reintegration and Improvement of the Foral Regime of Navarre] (PDF). gencat.cat (in Spanish). Institut d'Estudis Autonòmics. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

External links

Juntaelectoralcentral.es (in Spanish). Central Electoral Commission – Regional elections
Argos.gva.es (in Spanish). Argos Information Portal – Electoral Historical Archive
Historiaelectoral.com (in Spanish and Catalan). Electoral History – Regional elections since 1980

[SpaELaw-1] Ley Orgánica 5/1985, de 19 de junio, del Régimen Electoral General. Boletín Oficial del Estado (Organic Law 5) (in Spanish). 19 June 1985. Retrieved 7 February 2023.

[2] "Un paso más hacia la ruptura de la homogeneidad del calendario electoral de las comunidades autónomas: la reforma de la Ley Orgánica 13/1982, de 10 de agosto, de Reintegración y Amejoramiento del Régimen Foral de Navarra" [A further step towards breaking the homogeneity of the electoral calendar of the autonomous communities: the reform of the Organic Law 13/1982, of August 10, on Reintegration and Improvement of the Foral Regime of Navarre] (PDF). gencat.cat (in Spanish). Institut d'Estudis Autonòmics. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

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