2007 Valencian regional election

2007 Valencian regional election

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All 99 seats in the Corts Valencianes 50 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered	3,491,365 2.0%
Turnout	2,448,830 (70.1%) 1.4 pp
First party Second party Third party   Leader Francisco Camps Joan Ignasi Pla Glòria Marcos Party PP PSPV–PSOE Compromís PV Leader since 10 July 2002 24 September 2000 26 January 2007 Leader's seat Valencia Valencia Valencia Last election 48 seats, 47.2% 35 seats, 36.0% 6 seats, 11.0%[a] Seats won 54 38 7 Seat change 6 3 1 Popular vote 1,277,458 838,987 195,116 Percentage 52.5% 34.5% 8.0% Swing 5.3 pp 1.5 pp 3.0 pp
Election result by constituency
President before election Francisco Camps PP Elected President Francisco Camps PP

The 2007 Valencian regional election was held on Sunday, 27 May 2007, to elect the 7th 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.

As in the three previous elections, the People's Party (PP) with an increased absolute majority of seats, as well as winning an absolute majority of votes, the first and only time to date the party has reached this threshold, and only the second time since 1983 that any party has achieved this feat. The PP increased its vote share by more than 5% and gained six of the additional ten seats in the parliament, enlarged as a result of 2006 amendments to the regional Statute of Autonomy, all but ensuring incumbent president Francisco Camps's re-election for a second term in office. The Socialist Party of the Valencian Country (PSPV–PSOE) gained three seats despite seeing its vote share decrease by one point. This came as a result of the enlarged parliament, but the new election defeat and the below-expectations result for the party led to PSPV leader Joan Ignasi Pla to announce that he would step down as party secretary-general in the next congress.

The Valencian Nationalist Bloc (Bloc), whose performance in the previous election brought it within 0.3% of reaching the five percent threshold, had formed an electoral alliance with United Left of the Valencian Country (EUPV) under the name Commitment for the Valencian Country (CPV). This combined list, which also included smaller Green and left-wing groups, saw the Bloc gain its first seat representation in the Corts, though the combined vote for both EUPV and Bloc was considerably lesser than what both had polled separately in 2003.
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