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The 2020 Galician regional election was held on Sunday, 12 July 2020, to elect the 11th Parliament of the autonomous community of Galicia.[1] All 75 seats in the Parliament were up for election. The election was initially scheduled for 5 April 2020 but was postponed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] It was held simultaneously with a regional election in the Basque Country.
In early February 2020, concerns about a possible snap election in the Basque Country to be called for 5 April raised speculation on whether regional president Alberto Núñez Feijóo would be willing to advance the Galician regional election to be held concurrently with the Basque one, as had happened in 2009, 2012 and 2016, despite Feijóo's earlier claims that his will was against bringing about a premature end to the legislature.[3][4] On 10 February, Lehendakari Iñigo Urkullu's confirmation of a Basque election for 5 April prompted Feijóo to precipitate the end of the Galician legislature and announce a regional election for the same day.[5][6][7] However, on 16 March it was announced that the vote would be postponed for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain, shortly after Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez's declaration of a nationwide lockdown in the country starting on the previous day.[2][8][9]
Feijóo's ruling People's Party (PP) maintained its dominance at the regional level, maintaining its vote share and seat count from the 2016 election. The Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG) picked up the vast majority of losses from Galicia in Common–Renewal–Tides (GeC–AM), the successor alliance to En Marea after several party splits, seeing their results spike by over 15% to second place of the vote and seeing their seat count increase by 13 to their best result since 1997. The Socialists' Party of Galicia (PSdeG–PSOE) remained in third place, neither gaining nor losing any seats compared to the previous election. Support for GeC–AM plummeted in comparison to En Marea's results in 2016, failing to cross the electoral threshold and losing all 14 of the seats they held prior to the vote. The far-right Vox, which had seen a rise in support in the region during the November 2019 general election, failed to cross the electoral threshold and suffered from tactical voting to Feijóo's PP.
- ^ Salgado, Daniel; Rioja Andueza, Iker (18 May 2020). "Feijóo convoca elecciones para el 12 de julio y abre una campaña limitada por el coronavirus". eldiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 May 2020.
- ^ a b Cortizo, Gonzalo (16 March 2020). "Feijóo acuerda con el resto de los grupos la suspensión de las elecciones gallegas". eldiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- ^ Vizoso, Sonia (6 February 2020). "Feijóo medita si Galicia se une al posible adelanto electoral del País Vasco". El País (in Spanish). Santiago de Compostela. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
- ^ Capeáns, Juan (7 February 2020). "El PPdeG, preparado para las elecciones, admite ahora estar atento a lo que haga Urkullu". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). Santiago de Compostela. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
- ^ Santamarta, Rubén; Capeáns, Juan (10 February 2020). "Feijoo decide hacer coincidir las elecciones gallegas y vascas". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 February 2020.
- ^ Gil, Ivan (10 February 2020). "Feijóo hace coincidir las gallegas con las vascas para "reducir al máximo la campaña"". El Confidencial (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 February 2020.
- ^ Lombao, David; Reinero, David (10 February 2020). "Feijóo adelanta las elecciones gallegas al 5 de abril para hacerlas coincidir con las vascas". eldiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 February 2020.
- ^ "Feijóo y Pedro Sánchez coinciden en que se deben aplazar las elecciones gallegas" (in Spanish). Cadena SER. Europa Press. 15 March 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
- ^ Reyero, Itziar (15 March 2020). "Sánchez deja en manos de Urkullu y Feijóo la decisión de aplazar las urnas". ABC (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 March 2020.