2011 Castilian-Leonese regional election

2011 Castilian-Leonese regional election

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All 84 seats in the Cortes of Castile and León 43 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered	2,166,385 0.2%
Turnout	1,462,397 (67.5%) 3.2 pp
First party Second party Third party   Leader Juan Vicente Herrera Óscar López José María González Party PP PSOE IUCyL Leader since 16 March 2001 20 September 2008 21 May 2006 Leader's seat Burgos Segovia Valladolid Last election 48 seats, 49.2% 33 seats, 37.7% 0 seats, 3.1% Seats won 53 29 1 Seat change 5 4 1 Popular vote 739,502 425,777 69,872 Percentage 51.6% 29.7% 4.9% Swing 2.4 pp 8.0 pp 1.8 pp   Fourth party   Leader Alejandro Valderas Party UPL Leader since 27 January 2011 Leader's seat León Last election 2 seats, 2.7% Seats won 1 Seat change 1 Popular vote 26,660 Percentage 1.9% Swing 0.8 pp
Constituency results map for the Cortes of Castile and León
President before election Juan Vicente Herrera PP Elected President Juan Vicente Herrera PP

The 2011 Castilian-Leonese regional election was held on Sunday, 22 May 2011, to elect the 8th Cortes of the autonomous community of Castile and León. All 84 seats in the Cortes 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 saw the People's Party (PP), which had formed the government of the region since the second democratic election in 1987, winning its largest majority to date with over 63% of the seats at stake (53 out of 84 seats), with incumbent president Juan Vicente Herrera being subsequently re-elected for a fourth term in office. The opposition Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) and Leonese People's Union (UPL) both lost ground, with the former securing its worst result since 1995, whereas United Left (IU) re-entered parliament for the first time since the 1999 election. The new Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) party, while achieving a remarkable result for a first-time national party with 3.3% of the share (and scoring in third place in the Ávila and Burgos constituencies), failed to obtain any seats.