2015 Valencian regional election

2015 Valencian regional election

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All 99 seats in the Corts Valencianes
50 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered3,609,265 Green arrow up1.7%
Turnout2,510,459 (69.6%)
Red arrow down0.6 pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Alberto Fabra Ximo Puig Mónica Oltra
Party PP PSPV–PSOE Compromís
Leader since 28 July 2011 31 March 2012 31 January 2015
Leader's seat Valencia Castellón Valencia
Last election 55 seats, 49.4% 33 seats, 28.0% 6 seats, 7.2%
Seats won 31 23 19
Seat change Red arrow down24 Red arrow down10 Green arrow up13
Popular vote 658,612 509,098 456,823
Percentage 26.6% 20.6% 18.5%
Swing Red arrow down22.8 pp Red arrow down7.4 pp Green arrow up11.3 pp

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Carolina Punset Antonio Montiel Ignacio Blanco
Party C's Podemos/Podem Acord Ciutadà
Leader since 2 February 2015 14 February 2015 8 November 2014
Leader's seat Valencia Valencia Valencia (lost)
Last election Did not contest Did not contest 5 seats, 7.6%[a]
Seats won 13 13 0
Seat change Green arrow up13 Green arrow up13 Red arrow down5
Popular vote 309,121 282,389 106,917
Percentage 12.5% 11.4% 4.3%
Swing New party New party Red arrow down3.3 pp

Election result by constituency

President before election

Alberto Fabra
PP

Elected President

Ximo Puig
PSPV–PSOE

The 2015 Valencian regional election was held on Sunday, 24 May 2015, to elect the 9th 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.

While incumbent President Alberto Fabra's People's Party (PP) remained as the party with the most votes, it lost 24 seats and 22 percentage points compared to its 2011 result, losing the absolute majority it had held in the Corts since 1999. This result was attributed to the party's management of the economic crisis, as well as the various corruption scandals that affected the PP throughout the entire 2011–2015 period, some of which were unveiled just weeks before the election. The Socialist Party of the Valencian Country (PSPV–PSOE) came second, with 23 seats, 10 fewer than in 2011 and the worst electoral result in its history.

Three other parties achieved representation, of which two were newly formed since 2011: Compromís, with 19 seats, Podemos and C's. EUPV, the main party in a coalition of other forces known as Acord Ciutadà (Valencian for "Citizen Agreement"), did not reach the 5% minimum threshold to achieve representation and therefore lost all of its seats in the Corts. Turnout was, at 69.6%, the lowest since 1999. Subsequently, Alberto Fabra announced he would retire from his party's leadership in the region after a PSPV–Compromís coalition with Podemos' support expelled the PP from the regional government after 20 years in power. Ximo Puig from the PSPV–PSOE was elected as new regional President.
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