2005 Basque regional election

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". A regional election was held in the Basque Country on Sunday, 17 April 2005, to elect the 8th Parliament of the autonomous community. All 75 seats in the Parliament were up for election.

The electoral coalition Basque Nationalist Party–Basque Solidarity (PNV–EA) won 29 seats, the Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE–EE) came second with 18 seats, the People's Party (PP) came in third with 15 seats. The controversial Communist Party of the Basque Homelands (PCTV/EHAK) won 9 seats, having been endorsed by the banned Batasuna party.

Overview

Electoral system

The Basque Parliament was the devolved, unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of the Basque Country, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution and the Basque Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a lehendakari.[1] Voting for the Parliament was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over 18 years of age, registered in the Basque Country and in full enjoyment of their political rights.

The 75 members of the Basque Parliament were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of three percent of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied in each constituency. Seats were allocated to constituencies, corresponding to the provinces of Álava, Biscay and Guipúzcoa, with each being allocated a fixed number of 25 seats in order to provide for an equal parliamentary representation of the three provinces, as required under the regional statute of autonomy.[1][2]

Election date

The term of the Basque Parliament expired four years after the date of its previous election, unless it was dissolved earlier. The election decree was required to be issued no later than the twenty-fifth day prior to the date of expiry of parliament and published on the following day in the Official Gazette of the Basque Country (BOPV), with election day taking place on the fifty-fourth day from publication. The previous election was held on 13 May 2001, which meant that the legislature's term would have expired on 13 May 2005. The election decree was required to be published in the BOPV no later than 19 April 2005, with the election taking place on the fifty-fourth day from publication, setting the latest possible election date for the Parliament on Sunday, 12 June 2005.[1][2]

The lehendakari had the prerogative to dissolve the Basque Parliament at any given time and call a snap election, provided that no motion of no confidence was in process. In the event of an investiture process failing to elect a lehendakari within a sixty-day period from the Parliament re-assembly, the Parliament was to be dissolved and a fresh election called.[3]

Parliamentary composition

The table below shows the composition of the parliamentary groups in the chamber at the time of dissolution.[4]

Parliamentary composition in February 2005[5]
Groups Parties Legislators
Seats Total
width="1" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| Basque Nationalists Parliamentary Group width="1" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| EAJ/PNV 26 26
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| Basque People's Parliamentary Group style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| PP 19 19
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| Basque Socialists Parliamentary Group style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| PSE–EE (PSOE) 13 13
Patriotic Socialist Parliamentary Group Batasuna 7 7
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| Basque Solidarity Parliamentary Group style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| EA 7 7
Mixed Group style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| EB–B 3 3

Parties and candidates

The electoral law allowed for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, coalitions and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form a coalition ahead of an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election call, whereas groupings of electors needed to secure the signature of at least one percent of the electorate in the constituencies for which they sought election, disallowing electors from signing for more than one list of candidates.[2][6]

Below is a list of the main parties and electoral alliances which contested the election:

Candidacy Parties and
alliances 		Leading candidate Ideology Previous result Gov. Ref.
Vote % Seats
width="1" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| PNV–EA Script error: No such module "collapsible list". File:Juan José Ibarretxe 2007 (cropped).jpg Juan José Ibarretxe Basque nationalism
Christian democracy
Conservative liberalism 		42.4% 33 Template:Ya
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| PP Script error: No such module "collapsible list". File:María San Gil-2.jpg María San Gil Conservatism
Christian democracy 		22.9% 19 Template:Na [7]
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style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| PSE–EE
(PSOE) 		Script error: No such module "collapsible list". File:Patxi López 2010 (cropped).jpg Patxi López Social democracy 17.8% 13 Template:Na [10]
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style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| PCTV/EHAK Script error: No such module "collapsible list". File:Portrait placeholder.svg Maite Aranburu Basque independence
Abertzale left
Communism
10.0%
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style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| EB–B Script error: No such module "collapsible list". File:Javier Madrazo 2007 (cropped).jpg Javier Madrazo Eco-socialism
Social democracy
Democratic socialism
5.5%
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style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| UA Script error: No such module "collapsible list". File:Portrait placeholder.svg Enriqueta Benito Alavese regionalism
Christian democracy 		—Template:Efn Template:Na
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| Aralar Script error: No such module "collapsible list". File:Aintzane Ezenarro 2009 (cropped).jpg Aintzane Ezenarro Basque independence
Left-wing nationalism
Democratic socialism 		— Template:Na

Opinion polls

The table below lists voting intention estimates in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first and using the dates when the survey fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. Where the fieldwork dates are unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed with its background shaded in the leading party's colour. If a tie ensues, this is applied to the figures with the highest percentages. The "Lead" column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the parties with the highest percentages in a poll. When available, seat projections determined by the polling organisations are displayed below (or in place of) the percentages in a smaller font; 38 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Basque Parliament.

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Results

Overall

← Summary of the 17 April 2005 Basque Parliament election results →
File:BasqueParliamentDiagram2005.svg
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
width="1" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| Basque Nationalist Party–Basque Solidarity (PNV–EA) 468,117 38.38 −4.00 29 −4
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE–EE (PSOE)) 274,546 22.51 +4.75 18 +5
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| People's Party (PP) 210,614 17.27 −5.66 15 −4
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| Communist Party of the Basque Homelands (PCTV/EHAK)1 150,644 12.35 +2.31 9 +2
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| United Left–Greens (EB–B)2 65,023 5.33 −0.20 3 ±0
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| Aralar (Aralar) 28,180 2.31 New 1 +1
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| Alavese Unity (UA) 4,117 0.34 New 0 ±0
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| Greens–Anti-Bullfighting Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (B–PACMA) 4,049 0.33 New 0 ±0
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| Internationalist Socialist Workers' Party (POSI) 2,354 0.19 New 0 ±0
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| Humanist Party (PH) 1,514 0.12 −0.14 0 ±0
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| For a Fairer World (PUM+J) 1,261 0.10 New 0 ±0
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| Carlist Party of the Basque Country–Carlist Party (EKA–PC) 179 0.01 −0.03 0 ±0
Blank ballots 9,001 0.74 −0.07
Total 1,219,599 75 ±0
Valid votes 1,219,599 99.67 +0.10
Invalid votes 4,035 0.33 −0.10
Votes cast / turnout 1,223,634 68.00 −10.97
Abstentions 575,889 32.00 +10.97
Registered voters 1,799,523
Sources[4][12]
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Popular vote
PNV–EA
 
 38.38%
PSE–EE (PSOE)
 
 22.51%
PP
 
 17.27%
PCTV/EHAK
 
 12.35%
EB–B
 
 5.33%
Aralar
 
 2.31%
Others
 
 1.10%
Blank ballots
 
 0.74%
Seats
PNV–EA
 
 38.67%
PSE–EE (PSOE)
 
 24.00%
PP
 
 20.00%
PCTV/EHAK
 
 12.00%
EB–B
 
 4.00%
Aralar
 
 1.33%

Distribution by constituency

Constituency PNV–EA PSE–EE PP EHAK EB–B Aralar
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% S % S % S % S % S % S
Álava style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 30.4 8 25.3 7 25.8 7 13.2 2 4.9 1 1.5 –
Biscay style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 40.7 11 23.2 6 17.5 5 10.0 2 5.5 1 1.6 –
Guipúzcoa style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 38.0 10 20.1 5 13.2 3 18.1 5 5.2 1 3.9 1
Total style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 38.4 29 22.5 18 17.3 15 12.4 9 5.3 3 2.3 1
Sources[4][12]

Aftermath

Investiture
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Notes

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References

Opinion poll sources

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