2011 Valencian regional election

2011 Valencian regional election

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All 99 seats in the Corts Valencianes 50 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered	3,549,687 1.7%
Turnout	2,491,588 (70.2%) 0.1 pp
First party Second party Third party   Leader Francisco Camps Jorge Alarte Enric Morera Party PP PSPV–PSOE Compromís Leader since 10 July 2002 28 September 2008 25 January 2010 Leader's seat Valencia Valencia Valencia Last election 54 seats, 52.5% 38 seats, 34.5% 2 seats (CPV)[a] Seats won 55 33 6 Seat change 1 5 4 Popular vote 1,211,112 687,141 176,213 Percentage 49.4% 28.0% 7.2% Swing 3.1 pp 6.5 pp n/a   Fourth party   Leader Marga Sanz Party EUPV Leader since 8 March 2009 Leader's seat Valencia Last election 5 seats (CPV)[a] Seats won 5 Seat change 0 Popular vote 144,703 Percentage 5.9% Swing n/a
Election result by constituency
President before election Francisco Camps PP Elected President Francisco Camps PP

The 2011 Valencian regional election was held on Sunday, 22 May 2011, to elect the 8th Corts of the Valencian Community. All 99 seats in the Corts were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.

The election was won by the People's Party (PP), which increased its majority despite a drop in its vote share. The Socialist Party of the Valencian Country (PSPV–PSOE) continued its long term decline and, similarly to the PSOE's performance in other regions with concurrent elections, it sustained severed damage from voters—weary of the ongoing financial crisis affecting the country—and obtained one of its worst electoral results since the autonomous community's inception. On the other hand, the electoral alliance between United Left of the Valencian Country (EUPV) and the Valencian Nationalist Bloc (Bloc) which contested the 2007 election had dissolved, with both parties entering the legislature much at the expense of the declining PSOE. The Bloc, running together with Valencian People's Initiative (IdPV) and The Greens–Ecologist Left of the Valencian Country (EV–EE) under the Coalició Compromís umbrella, entered parliament on its own for the first time in history.

As a result of the election, Francisco Camps was re-elected president for a third term in office in June 2011. However, his alleged implication in the Gürtel corruption scandal would see his resigned just one months into his term in July,^[1] being succeeded by Alberto Fabra, who would remain in the post for the remainder of the legislature.^[2]

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