2019 Aragonese regional election

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2019 Aragonese regional election
← 2015 26 May 2019 2023 →
All 67 seats in the Cortes of Aragon
34 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered 1,018,530 Red Arrow Down.svg0.2%
Turnout 673,880 (66.2%)
Red Arrow Down.svg0.1 pp
  First party Second party Third party
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Leader Javier Lambán Luis María Beamonte Daniel Pérez Calvo
Party Socialists' Party of Aragon People's Party of Aragon C's
Leader since 31 March 2012 25 March 2017 2 March 2019
Leader's seat Zaragoza Zaragoza Zaragoza
Last election 18 seats, 21.4% 21 seats, 27.5% 5 seats, 9.4%
Seats won 24 16 12
Seat change Green Arrow Up Darker.svg6 Red Arrow Down.svg5 Green Arrow Up Darker.svg7
Popular vote 206,400 139,660 111,602
Percentage 30.8% 20.9% 16.7%
Swing Green Arrow Up Darker.svg9.4 pp Red Arrow Down.svg6.6 pp Green Arrow Up Darker.svg7.3 pp
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
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Leader Maru Díaz José Luis Soro Santiago Morón
Party Podemos–Equo CHA Vox (political party)
Leader since 27 November 2018 10 February 2012 22 April 2019
Leader's seat Zaragoza Zaragoza Zaragoza
Last election 14 seats, 20.8%[lower-alpha 1] 2 seats, 4.6% Did not contest
Seats won 5 3 3
Seat change Red Arrow Down.svg9 Green Arrow Up Darker.svg1 Green Arrow Up Darker.svg3
Popular vote 54,252 41,879 40,671
Percentage 8.1% 6.3% 6.1%
Swing Red Arrow Down.svg12.7 pp Green Arrow Up Darker.svg1.7 pp New party
  Seventh party Eighth party
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Leader Arturo Aliaga Álvaro Sanz
Party PAR United Left of Aragon
Leader since 29 November 2014 27 May 2017
Leader's seat Zaragoza Zaragoza
Last election 6 seats, 6.9% 1 seat, 4.2%
Seats won 3 1
Seat change Red Arrow Down.svg3 Arrow Blue Right 001.svg0
Popular vote 33,978 22,229
Percentage 5.1% 3.3%
Swing Red Arrow Down.svg1.8 pp Red Arrow Down.svg0.9 pp
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Constituency results map for the Cortes of Aragon
President before election

Javier Lambán
Socialists' Party of Aragon

 Elected President

Javier Lambán
Socialists' Party of Aragon

The 2019 Aragonese regional election was held on Sunday, 26 May 2019, to elect the 10th Cortes of the autonomous community of Aragon. All 67 seats in the Cortes were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in eleven other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain, as well as the 2019 European Parliament election.

The election resulted in the most fragmented parliament to date, with up to eight parliamentary groups being formed. The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) of regional president Javier Lambán emerged as the largest political party and was able to retain government throughout a diverse coalition agreement including Podemos, the Aragonese Party (PAR) and the Aragonese Union (CHA). The People's Party (PP) obtained the worst result in its history, whereas Citizens (Cs) emerged with a strong third-place position. The far-right, represented by Vox, entered parliament for the first time.

Overview

Electoral system

The Cortes of Aragon were the devolved, unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of Aragon, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution and the Aragonese Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a regional president.[1]

Voting for the Cortes was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over 18 years of age, registered in Aragon and in full enjoyment of their political rights. Additionally, Aragonese people abroad were required to apply for voting before being permitted to vote, a system known as "begged" or expat vote (Spanish: Voto rogado).[2] The 67 members of the Cortes of Aragon 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 Huesca, Teruel and Zaragoza, with each being allocated an initial minimum of 13 seats and the remaining 28 being distributed in proportion to their populations (provided that the seat-to-population ratio in the most populated province did not exceed 2.75 times that of the least populated one).[1][3]

The use of the D'Hondt method might result in a higher effective threshold, depending on the district magnitude.[4]

Election date

The term of the Cortes of Aragon expired four years after the date of their previous election, unless they were 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 Aragon (BOA), with election day taking place on the fifty-fourth day from publication. The previous election was held on 24 May 2015, which meant that the legislature's term would have expired on 24 May 2019. The election decree was required to be published in the BOA no later than 30 April 2019, with the election taking place on the fifty-fourth day from publication, setting the latest possible election date for the Assembly on Sunday, 23 June 2019.[1][3][5]

The president had the prerogative to dissolve the Cortes of Aragon and call a snap election, provided that no motion of no confidence was in process and that dissolution did not occur before one year had elapsed since the previous one. In the event of an investiture process failing to elect a regional president within a two-month period from the first ballot, the Cortes were to be automatically dissolved and a fresh election called.[1]

Parliamentary composition

The Cortes of Aragon were officially dissolved on 2 April 2019, after the publication of the dissolution decree in the Official Gazette of Aragon.[6] The table below shows the composition of the parliamentary groups in the Cortes at the time of dissolution.[7]

Parliamentary composition in April 2019
Groups Parties Legislators
Seats Total
People's Parliamentary Group PP 21 21
Socialist Parliamentary Group PSOE 18 18
We Can Aragon Parliamentary Group Podemos 14 14
Aragonese Parliamentary Group PAR 6 6
Citizens Parliamentary Group Cs 5 5
Mixed Parliamentary Group CHA 2 3
IU 1

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.[3][5]

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.
Votes (%) Seats
PP
List
 50px Luis María Beamonte Conservatism
Christian democracy		 27.50% 21 N [8]
PSOE
List
 50px Javier Lambán Social democracy 21.43% 18 YesY [9]
Podemos–
Equo
List
 50px Maru Díaz Left-wing populism
Direct democracy
Democratic socialism		 20.75%[lower-alpha 1] 14 N [10]
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PAR
List
 50px Arturo Aliaga Regionalism
Centrism		 6.86% 6 N [12]
Cs
List
 50px Daniel Pérez Calvo Liberalism 9.42% 5 N [13]
CHA
List
 50px José Luis Soro Aragonese nationalism
Eco-socialism		 4.58% 2 YesY [14]
IU
List
 50px Álvaro Sanz Socialism
Communism		 4.22% 1 N
Vox
List
 50px Santiago Morón Right-wing populism
Ultranationalism
National conservatism		 New party N [15]

Campaign

Party slogans

Party or alliance Original slogan English translation Ref.
PP « Piensa en Aragón » "Think of Aragon" [16]
PSOE « Juntos por Aragón » "Together for Aragon" [17][18]
Podemos–Equo « Aragón, contigo » "Aragon, with you" [19]
PAR « El centro necesario » "The necessary centre" [17][20]
Cs « Vamos Aragón » "Let's go Aragon" [21]
CHA « Construimos Aragón contigo »
« CHA cumple »		 "We build Aragon with you"
"CHA delivers"		 [17][22]
IU « Tu izquierda » "Your left" [17]
Vox « Tu voz en Aragón » "Your voice in Aragon" [23]

Election debates

2019 Aragonese regional election debates
Date Organisers Moderator(s)     P  Present  
PP PSOE Podemos PAR Cs CHA IU Vox Audience Ref.
9 May Heraldo de Aragón Mikel Iturbe P
Beamonte		 P
Lambán		 P
Díaz		 P
Aliaga		 P
Calvo		 P
Soro		 P
Sanz		 P
Morón		 [24]

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; 34 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Cortes of Aragon.

Color key:

      Poll conducted after legal ban on opinion polls       Exit poll

Results

Overall

← Summary of the 26 May 2019 Cortes of Aragon election results →
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Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes  % ±pp Total +/−
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 206,400 30.84 +9.41 24 +6
People's Party (PP) 139,660 20.87 –6.63 16 –5
Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (Cs) 111,602 16.67 +7.25 12 +7
We Can–Equo (Podemos–Equo)1 54,252 8.11 –12.64 5 –9
Aragonese Union (CHA) 41,879 6.26 +1.68 3 +1
Vox (Vox) 40,671 6.08 New 3 +3
Aragonese Party (PAR) 33,978 5.08 –1.78 3 –3
United Left of Aragon (IU) 22,229 3.32 –0.90 1 ±0
Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA) 4,543 0.68 –0.06 0 ±0
Ñ Platform (PAÑ) 3,145 0.47 New 0 ±0
Blank Seats (EB) 1,483 0.22 –0.58 0 ±0
Federation of Independents of Aragon (FIA) 821 0.12 +0.02 0 ±0
Upper Aragon in Common (AAeC) 728 0.11 New 0 ±0
Communist Party of the Workers of Spain (PCTE) 564 0.08 New 0 ±0
Social Aragonese Movement (MAS) 434 0.06 New 0 ±0
Aragonese Land (TA) 364 0.05 New 0 ±0
Blank ballots 6,587 0.98 –1.00
Total 669,340 67 ±0
Valid votes 669,340 99.33 +0.63
Invalid votes 4,540 0.67 –0.63
Votes cast / turnout 673,880 66.16 –0.17
Abstentions 344,650 33.84 +0.17
Registered voters 1,018,530
Sources[7][25][26]
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Footnotes:
  • 1 We Can–Equo results are compared to the combined totals of We Can and Equo in the 2015 election.
Popular vote
PSOE
  
 30.84%
PP
  
 20.87%
Cs
  
 16.67%
Podemos–Equo
  
 8.11%
CHA
  
 6.26%
Vox
  
 6.08%
PAR
  
 5.08%
IU
  
 3.32%
Others
  
 1.81%
Blank ballots
  
 0.98%
Seats
PSOE
  
 35.82%
PP
  
 23.88%
Cs
  
 17.91%
Podemos–Equo
  
 7.46%
CHA
  
 4.48%
Vox
  
 4.48%
PAR
  
 4.48%
IU
  
 1.49%

Distribution by constituency

Constituency PSOE PP Cs Podemos CHA Vox PAR IU
 % S  % S  % S  % S  % S  % S  % S  % S
Huesca 33.7 7 21.0 4 13.9 3 8.3 1 4.6 1 5.3 1 7.9 1 2.4 −
Teruel 31.5 6 24.1 4 13.7 2 5.9 1 4.6 − 4.8 − 10.4 1 3.1 −
Zaragoza 30.1 11 20.3 8 17.8 7 8.4 3 6.9 2 6.5 2 3.6 1 3.6 1
Total 30.8 24 20.9 16 16.7 12 8.1 5 6.3 3 6.1 3 5.1 3 3.3 1
Sources[7][25][26]

Aftermath

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Further information: Second government of Javier Lambán
Investiture
Javier Lambán (PSOE)
Ballot → 31 July 2019
Required majority → 34 out of 67 YesY
Yes
36 / 67
No
  • • PP (16)
  • • Cs (12)
  • • Vox (3)
31 / 67
Abstentions
0 / 67
Absentees
0 / 67
Sources[7]

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Results for Podemos (20.56%, 14 seats) and Equo (0.19%, 0 seats) in the 2015 election.
  2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 Within Unidas Podemos.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Within PP.
  4. ↑ Within IU–UPeC.

References

Opinion poll sources
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Other
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