2019 Riojan regional election

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2019 Riojan regional election
← 2015 26 May 2019 2023 →
All 33 seats in the Parliament of La Rioja
17 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered 249,863 Green Arrow Up Darker.svg0.9%
Turnout 164,765 (65.9%)
Red Arrow Down.svg1.4 pp
  First party Second party Third party
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Leader Concha Andreu José Ignacio Ceniceros Pablo Baena
Party Socialist Party of La Rioja People's Party of La Rioja C's
Leader since 19 October 2014 8 July 2015 9 March 2019
Last election 10 seats, 26.7% 15 seats, 38.6% 4 seats, 10.4%
Seats won 15 12 4
Seat change Green Arrow Up Darker.svg5 Red Arrow Down.svg3 Arrow Blue Right 001.svg0
Popular vote 63,068 53,925 18,807
Percentage 38.7% 33.1% 11.5%
Swing Green Arrow Up Darker.svg12.0 pp Red Arrow Down.svg5.5 pp Green Arrow Up Darker.svg1.1 pp
  Fourth party
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Leader Raquel Romero
Party Podemos–IU–Equo
Leader since 16 March 2018
Last election 4 seats, 15.4%[lower-alpha 1]
Seats won 2
Seat change Red Arrow Down.svg2
Popular vote 10,844
Percentage 6.6%
Swing Red Arrow Down.svg8.8 pp
President before election

José Ignacio Ceniceros
People's Party of La Rioja

 Elected President

Concha Andreu
Socialist Party of La Rioja

The 2019 Riojan regional election was held on Sunday, 26 May 2019, to elect the 10th Parliament of the autonomous community of La Rioja. All 33 seats in the Parliament 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.

Overview

Electoral system

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

Voting for the Parliament was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over 18 years of age, registered in La Rioja and in full enjoyment of their political rights. Additionally, Riojans 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 33 members of the Parliament of La Rioja were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of five percent of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied regionally.[1][3]

Election date

The term of the Parliament of La Rioja expired four years after the date of its previous election. Elections to the Parliament were fixed for the fourth Sunday of May every four years. The previous election was held on 24 May 2015, setting the election date for the Parliament on Sunday, 26 May 2019.[1][3][4]

The president had the prerogative to dissolve the Parliament of La Rioja and call a snap election, provided that no motion of no confidence was in process, no nationwide election was due and some time requirements were met: namely, that dissolution did not occur either during the first legislative session or within the legislature's last year ahead of its scheduled expiry, nor before one year had elapsed since a previous dissolution. In the event of an investiture process failing to elect a regional president within a two-month period from the first ballot, the Parliament was to be automatically dissolved and a fresh election called. Any snap election held as a result of these circumstances would not alter the period to the next ordinary election, with elected deputies merely serving out what remained of their four-year terms.[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 La Rioja, disallowing electors from signing for more than one list of candidates.[3][4]

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 José Ignacio Ceniceros Conservatism
Christian democracy		 38.62% 15 YesY
PSOE
List
 50px Concha Andreu Social democracy 26.74% 10 N
Podemos–
IU–Equo
List
 50px Raquel Romero Left-wing populism
Direct democracy
Democratic socialism		 15.37%[lower-alpha 1] 4 N
Cs
List
 50px Pablo Baena Liberalism 10.43% 4 N
PR+
List
 50px Rubén Antoñanzas Regionalism
Progressivism		 4.45% 0 N
Vox
List
 50px Ignacio Asín Right-wing populism
Ultranationalism
National conservatism		 New party N

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; 17 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Parliament of La Rioja.

Color key:

      Poll conducted after legal ban on opinion polls

Results

← Summary of the 26 May 2019 Parliament of La Rioja election results →
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Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes  % ±pp Total +/−
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 63,068 38.67 +11.93 15 +5
People's Party (PP) 53,925 33.06 –5.56 12 –3
Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (Cs) 18,807 11.53 +1.10 4 ±0
United We Can–United Left–Equo (Podemos–IU–Equo)1 10,844 6.65 –8.72 2 –2
Riojan Party (PR+) 7,512 4.61 +0.16 0 ±0
Vox (Vox) 6,314 3.87 New 0 ±0
Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA) 1,078 0.66 –0.08 0 ±0
Blank ballots 1,555 0.95 –0.85
Total 163,103 33 ±0
Valid votes 163,103 98.99 +0.96
Invalid votes 1,662 1.01 –0.96
Votes cast / turnout 164,765 65.94 –1.35
Abstentions 85,098 34.06 +1.35
Registered voters 249,863
Sources[5][6]
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Footnotes:
Popular vote
PSOE
  
 38.67%
PP
  
 33.06%
Cs
  
 11.53%
Unidas Podemos
  
 6.65%
PR+
  
 4.61%
Vox
  
 3.87%
PACMA
  
 0.66%
Blank ballots
  
 0.95%
Seats
PSOE
  
 45.45%
PP
  
 36.36%
Cs
  
 12.12%
Unidas Podemos
  
 6.06%

Aftermath

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Further information: Andreu government
Investiture
Concha Andreu (PSOE)
Ballot → 16 July 2019 18 July 2019
Required majority → 17 out of 33 N Simple N
Yes
16 / 33
16 / 33
No
17 / 33
17 / 33
Abstentions
0 / 33
0 / 33
Absentees
0 / 33
0 / 33
Sources[7][8][6]
Investiture
Concha Andreu (PSOE)
Ballot → 27 August 2019
Required majority → 17 out of 33 YesY
Yes
17 / 33
No
  • • PP (12)
  • • Cs (4)
16 / 33
Abstentions
0 / 45
Absentees
0 / 45
Sources[6]

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Results for Podemos (11.21%, 4 seats) and CR–IU–Equo (4.16%, 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 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 2.19 2.20 2.21 2.22 2.23 2.24 2.25 2.26 2.27 2.28 2.29 2.30 2.31 2.32 2.33 2.34 2.35 2.36 2.37 2.38 2.39 2.40 2.41 2.42 2.43 2.44 2.45 Within Unidas Podemos.

References

Opinion poll sources
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Other
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Ley Orgánica 3/1982, de 9 de junio, de Estatuto de Autonomía de La Rioja, Organic Law No. 3 of 9 June 1982 Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Español)
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  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Ley 3/1991, de 21 de marzo, de elecciones a la Diputación General de La Rioja, Law No. 3 of 21 March 1991 Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Español)
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Ley Orgánica 5/1985, de 19 de junio, del Régimen Electoral General, Organic Law No. 5 of 19 June 1985 Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Español)
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