2023 Spanish regional elections
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 .
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 [ edit ] The following table lists party control in autonomous communities and cities. Gains for a party are highlighted in that party's colour.
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
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
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
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 AIH 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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