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2007 Aragonese regional election

Election in the Spanish region of Aragon

Field	Value
election_name	2007 Aragonese regional election
country	Aragon
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
previous_election	2003 Aragonese regional election
previous_year	2003
next_election	2011 Aragonese regional election
next_year	2011
seats_for_election	All 67 seats in the Cortes of Aragon
majority_seats	34
opinion_polls	#Opinion polls
registered	1,017,085 0.2%
turnout	676,491 (66.5%)
3.9 pp
election_date	27 May 2007
image1	[[File:Marcelino Iglesias 2010 (cropped).jpg	170x170px]]
leader1	Marcelino Iglesias
party1	Socialists' Party of Aragon
leader_since1	15 February 1995
leaders_seat1	Zaragoza
last_election1	27 seats, 37.9%
seats1	30
seat_change1	3
popular_vote1	276,415
percentage1	41.1%
swing1	3.2 pp
image2	[[File:Portrait placeholder.svg	170x170px]]
leader2	Gustavo Alcalde
party2	People's Party of Aragon
leader_since2	18 May 2001
leaders_seat2	Zaragoza
last_election2	22 seats, 30.7%
seats2	23
seat_change2	1
popular_vote2	208,642
percentage2	31.1%
swing2	0.4 pp
image3	[[File:José Ángel Biel 2001 (cropped).jpg	170x170px]]
leader3	José Ángel Biel
party3	Aragonese Party
leader_since3	2 June 2000
leaders_seat3	Zaragoza
last_election3	8 seats, 11.2%
seats3	9
seat_change3	1
popular_vote3	81,135
percentage3	12.1%
swing3	0.9 pp
image4	[[File:Chesús Bernal en la noche electoral de 1995.jpg	170x170px]]
leader4	Chesús Bernal
party4	Chunta Aragonesista
leader_since4	29 June 1986
leaders_seat4	Zaragoza
last_election4	9 seats, 13.7%
seats4	4
seat_change4	5
popular_vote4	54,752
percentage4	8.1%
swing4	5.6 pp
image5	[[File:Adolfo Barrena 2012 (cropped).jpg	170x170px]]
leader5	Adolfo Barrena
party5	United Left of Aragon
leader_since5	May 2002
leaders_seat5	Zaragoza
last_election5	1 seat, 3.1%
seats5	1
seat_change5	0
popular_vote5	27,440
percentage5	4.1%
swing5	1.0 pp
map_image	AragonProvinceMapCortes2007.png
map_size	225px
map_caption	Constituency results map for the Cortes of Aragon
title	President
before_election	Marcelino Iglesias
before_party	Socialists' Party of Aragon
after_election	Marcelino Iglesias
after_party	Socialists' Party of Aragon

3.9 pp

A regional election was held in Aragon on Sunday, 27 May 2007, to elect the 7th Cortes of the autonomous community. All 67 seats in the Cortes were up for election. It was held concurrently with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all across Spain.

The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), which had ruled Aragon since the 1999 election, saw an increase of three seats and obtained its best result since the 1983 election in terms of votes received. The People's Party (PP) also managed to slightly increase its vote share and gained one seat. On the other hand, the Aragonese Union (CHA) lost ground for the first time, losing 5 of its 9 seats and falling behind the Aragonese Party (PAR), which regained third place and increased its vote share for the first time since the 1987 election. United Left (IU) held its single seat and increased its vote share for the first time since 1995.

The PSOE and PAR renewed their coalition administration for a third consecutive time, resulting in Marcelino Iglesias being re-elected as regional President for a third term in office.

Overview

Under the 2007 Statute of Autonomy, the Cortes of Aragon were the unicameral legislature of the homonymous autonomous community, having legislative power in devolved matters, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a regional president.

Electoral system

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, provided that they were not sentenced—by a final court ruling—to deprivation of the right to vote, nor being legally incapacitated.

The Cortes of Aragon were entitled to a minimum of 65 and a maximum of 80 seats, with the electoral law setting its size at 67. All members were elected in three multi-member 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)—using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional voting system, with an electoral threshold of three percent of valid votes (which included blank ballots) being applied in each constituency. The use of the electoral method resulted in an effective threshold based on the district magnitude and the distribution of votes among candidacies.

As a result of the aforementioned allocation, each Cortes constituency was entitled the following seats:

Seats	Constituencies
35	Zaragoza
18	Huesca
14	Teruel

The law did not provide for by-elections to fill vacated seats; instead, any vacancies that occurred after the proclamation of candidates and into the legislative term were to be covered by the successive candidates in the list and, when required, by the designated substitutes.

Election date

The term of the Cortes of Aragon expired four years after the date of its previous election. Amendments earlier in 2007 abolished fixed-term elections, instead allowing the term of the Cortes to expire after an early dissolution. The election decree was required to be issued no later than the twenty-fifth day prior to the scheduled 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 25 May 2003, which meant that the legislature's term would have expired on 25 May 2007. The election decree was required to be published in the BOA no later than 1 May 2007, with the election taking place on the fifty-fourth day from publication, setting the latest possible date for election day on Sunday, 24 June 2007.

The regional 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.

The election to the Cortes of Aragon was officially called on 3 April 2007 with the publication of the corresponding decree in the BOA, setting election day for 27 May and scheduling for the chamber to reconvene on 21 June.

Outgoing parliament

The table below shows the composition of the parliamentary groups in the chamber at the time of the election call.

Groups	Parties	Legislators	Seats	Total
Socialists' Party of Aragon}}"		Socialist Parliamentary Group	Socialists' Party of Aragon}}"		PSOE	27
People's Party of Aragon}}"		People's Parliamentary Group	People's Party of Aragon}}"		PP	22
Chunta Aragonesista}}"		Aragonese Union Parliamentary Group	Chunta Aragonesista}}"		CHA	9
Aragonese Party}}"		Aragonese Parliamentary Group	Aragonese Party}}"		PAR	8
	Mixed Parliamentary Group	United Left of Aragon}}"		IU	1

Parties and candidates

The electoral law allowed for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, alliances and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form an alliance 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. Amendments to the electoral law in 2007 introduced requirements for a balanced composition of men and women in the electoral lists, so that candidates of either sex made up at least 40 percent of the total composition.

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
Socialists' Party of Aragon}}"		PSOE	{{Collapsible list	title = List	bullets = on	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	[[File:Marcelino Iglesias 2010 (cropped).jpg	50px]]	Marcelino Iglesias	Social democracy
People's Party of Aragon}}"		PP	{{Collapsible list	title = List	bullets = on	People's Party (PP)	[[File:Portrait placeholder.svg	50px]]	Gustavo Alcalde	Conservatism
Christian democracy
Chunta Aragonesista}}"		CHA	{{Collapsible list	title = List	bullets = on	Aragonese Union (CHA)	[[File:Chesús Bernal en la noche electoral de 1995.jpg	50px]]	Chesús Bernal	Aragonese nationalism
Eco-socialism
Aragonese Party}}"		PAR	{{Collapsible list	title = List	bullets = on	Aragonese Party (PAR)	[[File:José Ángel Biel 2001 (cropped).jpg	50px]]	José Ángel Biel	Regionalism
Centrism
United Left of Aragon}}"		IU	{{Collapsible list	title = List	bullets = on	United Left of Aragon (IU)
– Communist Party of Aragon (PCE–A)
– Revolutionary Workers' Party (POR)	[[File:Adolfo Barrena 2012 (cropped).jpg	50px]]	Adolfo Barrena	Socialism
Communism

Opinion polls

The tables below list opinion polling results 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.

Voting intention estimates

The table below lists weighted voting intention estimates. Refusals are generally excluded from the party vote percentages, while question wording and the treatment of "don't know" responses and those not intending to vote may vary between polling organisations. 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:

Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size	Turnout	[[File:Logo PSOE Aragón.svg	25px	link=Socialists' Party of Aragon	PSOE]]	[[File:People's Party (Spain) Logo (2007).svg	33px	link=People's Party of Aragon	PP]]	32px
2007 regional election	27 May 2007		66.5		41.1
31.1
8.1
12.1
4.1
Socialists' Party of Aragon}}; color:white;"	10.0
title=Sólo Navarra y Baleares podrían cambiar de gobierno, según el sondeo de RTVE y FORTA	url=http://www.europapress.es/nacional/noticia-solo-navarra-baleares-podrian-cambiar-gobierno-sondeo-rtve-forta-20070527213337.html	language=es	work=Europa Press	date=27 May 2007}}	27 May 2007	?	?		?
?
?
?
?
Socialists' Party of Aragon}}; color:white;"	?
title=El PSOE volvería a ganar las elecciones y podría pactar con PAR o CHA	url=https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/236351/0/elecciones/sondeo/heralso/	language=es	work=20 minutos	date=20 May 2007}}	20 May 2007	?	?		37.8
33.1
11.0
12.8
3.6
Socialists' Party of Aragon}}; color:white;"	4.7
title=Vuelco electoral en Navarra, Baleares y Canarias y aplastante victoria del PP en Madrid	url=http://actualidad.terra.es:80/especiales/elecciones-2007/articulo/vuelco_navarra_baleares_canarias_pp_1579088.htm	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070520115817/http://actualidad.terra.es/especiales/elecciones-2007/articulo/vuelco_navarra_baleares_canarias_pp_1579088.htm	url-status=dead	archive-date=20 May 2007	language=es	work=Terra	date=17 May 2007	access-date=25 February 2021 }}	9–15 May 2007	?	?	41.2
28.4
11.5
10.6
4.2
Socialists' Party of Aragon}}; color:white;"	12.8
title=El PSOE volverá a ganar y el PAR le disputará a CHA la tercera plaza	url=http://www.elperiodicodearagon.com/noticias/elecciones2011/psoe-volvera-ganar-par-disputara-cha-tercera-plaza_322692.html	language=es	work=El Periódico de Aragón	date=20 May 2007}}	7–12 May 2007	?	?		39.4
34.0
10.9
12.7
3.0
Socialists' Party of Aragon}}; color:white;"	5.4
title=Sondeo de Sigma Dos: El PSOE mantendría sus comunidades si revalida las coaliciones	url=http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2007/05/13/espana/1179021904.html	language=es	work=El Mundo	date=13 May 2007}}	27 Apr–8 May 2007	850	?		41.4
32.0
10.9
9.3
3.4
Socialists' Party of Aragon}}; color:white;"	9.4
title=Preelectoral elecciones autonómicas, 2007. CA de Aragón (Estudio nº 2687. Abril-Mayo 2007)	url=https://www.cis.es/documents/d/cis/es2687mar_apdf	language=es	work=CIS	date=11 May 2007}}	9 Apr–6 May 2007	1,538	?		42.0
27.9
11.9
10.7
4.3
Socialists' Party of Aragon}}; color:white;"	14.1
title=La intención de voto de los aragoneses se mantiene estable en relación a las elecciones autonómicas de 2003	url=http://aragonhoy.aragon.es/index.php/mod.noticias/mem.detalle/id.16427/relcategoria.103	language=es	work=Aragón Hoy	date=12 March 2007}}	3–11 Feb 2007	2,586	67.0		36.1
31.0
15.8
11.8
4.2
Socialists' Party of Aragon}}; color:white;"	5.1
title=El PP y el PSOE mantendrán sus gobiernos autonómicos, aunque los socialistas bajan	url=http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2006/11/27/espana/1164592596.html	language=es	work=El Mundo	date=27 November 2006}}	16–24 Nov 2006	?	?		?
?
?
?
?
Socialists' Party of Aragon}}; color:white;"	?
2004 EP election	13 Jun 2004		47.3		45.8
40.0
6.1
2.9
3.1
Socialists' Party of Aragon}}; color:white;"	5.8
2004 general election	14 Mar 2004		77.0		41.3
36.5
12.1
4.7
2.8
Socialists' Party of Aragon}}; color:white;"	4.8
[2003 regional election](2003-aragonese-regional-election)	25 May 2003		70.4		37.9
30.7
13.7
11.2
3.1
Socialists' Party of Aragon}}; color:white;"	7.2

Voting preferences

The table below lists raw, unweighted voting preferences.

Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size	25px	link=Socialists' Party of Aragon	PSOE]]	[[File:People's Party (Spain) Logo (2007).svg	33px	link=People's Party of Aragon	PP]]	[[File:Logo CHA until 2009.svg	32px
2007 regional election	27 May 2007		27.7	21.0	5.5	8.2	2.8		32.0	Socialists' Party of Aragon}}; color:white;"	6.7
CIS	9 Apr–6 May 2007	1,538	24.5	11.2	3.3	4.4	2.1	41.6	10.6	Socialists' Party of Aragon}}; color:white;"	13.3
A+M/DGA	3–11 Feb 2007	2,586	24.2	16.6	5.7	4.5	2.9	29.6	11.5	Socialists' Party of Aragon}}; color:white;"	7.6
2004 EP election	13 Jun 2004		21.8	19.1	2.9	1.4	1.5		52.1	Socialists' Party of Aragon}}; color:white;"	2.7
2004 general election	14 Mar 2004		32.0	28.3	9.4	3.6	2.2		22.0	Socialists' Party of Aragon}}; color:white;"	3.7
[2003 regional election](2003-aragonese-regional-election)	25 May 2003		26.9	21.8	9.7	7.9	2.2		28.7	Socialists' Party of Aragon}}; color:white;"	5.1

Victory preferences

The table below lists opinion polling on the victory preferences for each party in the event of a regional election taking place.

Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size	[[File:Logo PSOE Aragón.svg	25px	link=Socialists' Party of Aragon	PSOE]]	[[File:People's Party (Spain) Logo (2007).svg	33px	link=People's Party of Aragon	PP]]	[[File:Logo CHA until 2009.svg	32px	link=Chunta Aragonesista	CHA]]	[[File:Logo PAR.jpg	25px	link=Aragonese Party	PAR]]	[[File:IU500PNG.png	27px	link=United Left of Aragon	IU]]	Other/
None	Lead	Socialists' Party of Aragon}};"		People's Party of Aragon}};"		Chunta Aragonesista}};"		Aragonese Party}};"		United Left of Aragon}};"
CIS	9 Apr–6 May 2007	1,538		36.3	16.6	4.5	6.0	2.3	9.4	24.8	Socialists' Party of Aragon}}; color:white;"	19.7

Victory likelihood

The table below lists opinion polling on the perceived likelihood of victory for each party in the event of a regional election taking place.

Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size	[[File:Logo PSOE Aragón.svg	25px	link=Socialists' Party of Aragon	PSOE]]	[[File:People's Party (Spain) Logo (2007).svg	33px	link=People's Party of Aragon	PP]]	[[File:Logo CHA until 2009.svg	32px	link=Chunta Aragonesista	CHA]]	[[File:Logo PAR.jpg	25px	link=Aragonese Party	PAR]]	[[File:IU500PNG.png	27px	link=United Left of Aragon	IU]]	Other/
None	Lead	Socialists' Party of Aragon}};"		People's Party of Aragon}};"		Chunta Aragonesista}};"		Aragonese Party}};"		United Left of Aragon}};"
CIS	9 Apr–6 May 2007	1,538		53.7	8.0	0.5	1.6	0.0	0.9	35.2	Socialists' Party of Aragon}}; color:white;"	45.7

Preferred President

The table below lists opinion polling on leader preferences to become president of the Government of Aragon.

Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size	50px]]	[[File:Portrait placeholder.svg	50px]]	[[File:Chesús Bernal en la noche electoral de 1995.jpg	50px]]	[[File:José Ángel Biel 2001 (cropped).jpg	50px]]	[[File:Adolfo Barrena 2012 (cropped).jpg	50px]]
None/
Not
care	Lead	Socialists' Party of Aragon}};"	People's Party of Aragon}};"		Chunta Aragonesista}};"		Aragonese Party}};"		United Left of Aragon}};"		Iglesias
PSOE	Alcalde
PP	Bernal
CHA	Biel
PAR	Barrena
IU
CIS	9 Apr–6 May 2007	1,538	37.0	11.4	3.9	7.2	1.7	1.7	37.0	Socialists' Party of Aragon}}; color:white;"	25.6
A+M/DGA	3–11 Feb 2007	2,586	35.8	10.9	5.0	3.6	1.9	3.4	38.8	Socialists' Party of Aragon}}; color:white;"	24.9

Results

Overall

Parties and alliances	Popular vote	Seats	Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
Socialists' Party of Aragon}}"		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	276,415	41.14	+3.20	30	+3
People's Party of Aragon}}"		People's Party (PP)	208,642	31.06	+0.33	23	+1
Aragonese Party}}"		Aragonese Party (PAR)	81,135	12.08	+0.90	9	+1
Chunta Aragonesista}}"		Aragonese Union (CHA)	54,752	8.15	−5.56	4	−5
United Left of Aragon}}"		United Left of Aragon (IU)	27,440	4.08	+1.02	1	±0
Confederation of the Greens}}"		The Greens–Federation of Independents of Aragon (LV–FIA)1	4,417	0.66	+0.06	0	±0
Aragon United Citizens Party}}"		Aragon United Citizens Party (pCUA)	2,463	0.37	New	0	±0
Family and Life Party}}"		Family and Life Party (PFyV)	1,105	0.16	−0.02	0	±0
Humanist Party (Spain)}}"		Humanist Party (PH)	577	0.09	+0.04	0	±0
Blank ballots	14,890	2.22	+0.13
Total	671,836		67	±0
Valid votes	671,836	99.31	−0.05
Invalid votes	4,655	0.69	+0.05
Votes cast / turnout	676,491	66.51	−3.85
Abstentions	340,594	33.49	+3.85
Registered voters	1,017,085
Sources
{{hidden	ta1=left	title=Footnotes:	content={{ubl	1 The Greens–Federation of Independents of Aragon results are compared to The Greens–SOS Nature totals in the 2003 election.}}}}

Distribution by constituency

Constituency	PSOE	PP	PAR	CHA	IU	Socialists' Party of Aragon}}"		People's Party of Aragon}}"		Aragonese Party}}"
Huesca	Socialists' Party of Aragon}}; color:white;"	44.3	9	29.2	6	12.7	2	7.5	1	3.1	−
Teruel	Socialists' Party of Aragon}}; color:white;"	36.1	6	31.1	5	19.1	3	5.9	−	5.0	−
Zaragoza	Socialists' Party of Aragon}}; color:white;"	41.2	15	31.5	12	10.6	4	8.7	3	4.2	1
Total	Socialists' Party of Aragon}}; color:white;"	41.1	30	31.1	23	12.1	9	8.1	4	4.1	1

Aftermath

Government formation

Ballot →	5 July 2007	Required majority →
34 out of 67
{{Collapsible list	title = Yes	• PSOE (30)	• PAR (9)
{{Collapsible list	title = No	• PP (23)	• CHA (4)
Abstentions
Absentees
Sources

References

;Opinion poll sources

;Other

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