Galician parliamentary election, 2009

Galician parliamentary election, 2009

1 March 2009

All 75 seats in the Parliament of Galicia 38 seats needed for a majority Opinion polls Registered 2,648,276 1.2% Turnout 1,706,198 (64.4%) 0.2 pp   First party Second party Third party   Leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo Emilio Pérez Touriño Anxo Quintana Party PPdeG PSdeG–PSOE BNG Leader since 15 January 2006 10 October 1998 23 November 2003 Leader's seat Pontevedra Pontevedra Ourense Last election 37 seats, 45.2% 25 seats, 33.2% 13 seats, 18.7% Seats won 38 25 12 Seat change 1 ±0 1 Popular vote 789,427 524,488 270,712 Percentage 46.7% 31.0% 16.0% Swing 1.5 pp 2.2 pp 2.7 pp

President before election Emilio Pérez Touriño PSdeG–PSOE Elected President Alberto Núñez Feijóo PPdeG

The 2009 Galician parliamentary election was held on Sunday, 1 March 2009, to elect the 8th Parliament of Galicia, the regional legislature of the Spanish autonomous community of Galicia. All 75 seats in the Parliament were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with a regional election in the Basque Country.

The election saw the People's Party (PP) retake control of the parliament from the coalition of the Socialists' Party of Galicia (PSdeG-PSOE) and the Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG), with a majority of 1 seat. As a result, Alberto Núñez Feijoo became the new President of Galicia.

Electoral system

The 75 members of the Parliament of Galicia were elected in 4 multi-member districts, corresponding to Galicia's four provinces, using the D'Hondt method and a closed-list proportional representation. Each district was entitled to an initial minimum of 10 seats, with the remaining 35 seats being allocated among the four provinces in proportion to their populations. For the 2005 election, seats were distributed as follows: Corunna (24), Lugo (15), Ourense (14) and Pontevedra (22).

Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage in a secret ballot. Only lists polling above 5% of the total vote in each district (which includes blank ballots—for none of the above) were entitled to enter the seat distribution.^[1]

Opinion polling

Party vote

Poll results are listed in the tables below in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first, and using the date the survey's fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. If such date is unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed in bold, and the background shaded in the leading party's colour. In the instance that there is a tie, then no figure is shaded. The lead column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the two parties with the highest figures.

Color key:

  Poll conducted after legal ban on opinion polls

Polling firm/Link	Fieldwork/ publication date	Sample size	TO						Lead
Regional Election	01.03.09	N/A	64.4%	46.7	31.0	16.0	1.0	1.4	15.7
Sondaxe	25.02.09–28.02.09	2,000	68.2%	44.4	29.7	17.8	—	—	14.7
Sondaxe	24.02.09–27.02.09	2,000	64.9%	44.1	29.7	17.9	—	—	14.4
Sondaxe	23.02.09–26.02.09	2,000	64.9%	44.1	29.2	18.0	—	—	14.9
Sondaxe	22.02.09–25.02.09	2,000	63.8%	43.8	29.1	19.2	—	—	14.7
Sondaxe	21.02.09–24.02.09	2,000	64.8%	43.3	30.0	19.5	—	—	13.3
Sondaxe	20.02.09–23.02.09	2,000	65.2%	42.8	29.5	18.5	—	—	13.3
Xornal	22.02.09	?	?	43.8	30.3	19.8	—	—	13.5
Ipsos	22.02.09	?	61%	43.6	33.0	17.5	1.0	1.6	10.6
USC	22.02.09	?	?	43.1	32.4	20.9	—	—	10.7
Sondaxe	19.02.09–22.02.09	2,000	65.1%	42.4	29.6	18.9	—	—	12.8
Sondaxe	18.02.09–21.02.09	2,000	64.9%	42.3	29.2	18.8	—	—	13.1
Sondaxe	17.02.09–20.02.09	2,000	65.0%	42.5	28.8	18.7	—	—	13.7
NC Report	16.02.09–20.02.09	?	62.3%	44.4	32.2	19.7	1.1	1.6	12.2
TNS Demoscopia	19.02.09	?	?	43.5	32.8	19.5	—	—	10.7
Sondaxe	16.02.09–19.02.09	2,000	64.8%	43.0	30.2	19.2	—	—	12.8
DYM	16.02.09–19.02.09	816	?	45.7	28.5	21.6	—	1.3	17.2
Sigma Dos	13.02.09–19.02.09	1,300	?	44.5	33.1	18.1	—	—	11.4
Obradoiro	12.02.09–19.02.09	2,411	?	45.3	30.2	19.4	—	—	15.1
Sondaxe	15.02.09–18.02.09	2,000	64.9%	43.1	30.3	18.7	—	—	12.8
Sondaxe	14.02.09–17.02.09	2,000	64.8%	42.6	31.8	18.9	—	—	10.8
Sondaxe	13.02.09–16.02.09	2,000	65.0%	41.9	31.9	19.2	—	—	10.0
Metroscopia	12.02.09–16.02.09	1,600	60.5%	44.1	33.8	18.0	—	—	10.3
Noxa	10.02.09–16.02.09	1,000	?	43.8	31.7	19.9	0.7	1.7	12.1
Sondaxe	12.02.09–15.02.09	2,000	65.4%	42.1	31.6	19.1	—	—	10.5
Sondaxe	11.02.09–14.02.09	2,000	?	42.4	32.1	18.4	—	—	10.3
NC Report	09.02.09–13.02.09	?	61.2%	44.1	32.6	19.8	0.9	1.6	11.5
Opina	09.02.09	?	?	44.2	34.0	17.9	—	—	10.2
Obradoiro	08.02.09	?	?	43.2	32.5	19.0	—	—	10.7
Xornal	08.02.09	?	?	43.2	31.7	21.6	—	—	11.5
Obradoiro	02.02.09	?	?	43.6	32.6	19.5	—	—	11.0
CIS	15.01.09–02.02.09	2,999	?	43.1	33.2	18.3	1.5	1.5	9.9
TNS Demoscopia	22.01.09	?	?	41.2	34.9	19.4	—	—	6.3
Sondaxe	12.01.09–19.01.09	1,700	66.1%	42.8	31.7	18.5	—	—	10.1
Xornal	18.01.09	?	?	40.8	34.3	21.7	—	—	6.5
NC Report	12.01.09–16.01.09	1,000	60.9%	44.4	32.0	20.1	0.9	1.5	12.4
Sondaxe	02.09.08–10.09.08	1,700	68.0%	43.0	30.8	18.3	—	—	12.2
General Election	09.03.08	N/A	70.5%	43.9	40.6	11.5	1.4	0.5	3.3
Municipal Elections	27.05.07	N/A	63.5%	39.8	29.0	19.2	1.4	—	10.8
USC	23.11.06–07.12.06	?	?	37.0	39.0	20.8	—	—	2.0
Regional Election	19.06.05	N/A	64.2%	45.2	33.2	18.7	0.7	—	12.0

Seat projections

Opinion polls showing seat projections are displayed in the table below. The highest seat figures in each polling survey have their background shaded in the leading party's colour. In the instance that there is a tie, then no figure is shaded. 38 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Parliament of Galicia.

Polling firm/Link	Fieldwork/ publication date
Regional Election	01.03.09	38	25	12	0	0
Sondaxe	25.02.09–28.02.09	37	25	13	0	0
Sondaxe	24.02.09–27.02.09	37	24	14	0	0
Sondaxe	23.02.09–26.02.09	37	24	14	0	0
Sondaxe	22.02.09–25.02.09	37	24	14	0	0
Sondaxe	21.02.09–24.02.09	37	25	13	0	0
Sondaxe	20.02.09–23.02.09	36	26	13	0	0
La Región	22.02.09	37/38	24/25	13	0	0
Obradoiro	22.02.09	35/36	25/26	14	0	0
Xornal	22.02.09	35	24	16	0	0
Ipsos	22.02.09	35/36	26/27	13/14	0	0
USC	22.02.09	35/37	24/25	14/15	0	0
Sondaxe	19.02.09–22.02.09	36	26	13	0	0
Sondaxe	18.02.09–21.02.09	36	26	13	0	0
Sondaxe	19.02.09–20.02.09	36	26	13	0	0
NC Report	16.02.09–20.02.09	35/37	25/26	13/14	0	0
TNS Demoscopia	19.02.09	35/37	24/26	13/15	0	0
Sondaxe	16.02.09–19.02.09	36	25	14	0	0
DYM	16.02.09–19.02.09	37/38	22/23	15/16	0	0
Sigma Dos	13.02.09–19.02.09	36/38	25/26	12/13	0	0
Obradoiro	12.02.09–19.02.09	36/37	23/24	14/16	0	0
Sondaxe	15.02.09–18.02.09	35	26	14	0	0
Sondaxe	14.02.09–17.02.09	35	26	14	0	0
Sondaxe	13.02.09–16.02.09	35	26	14	0	0
Metroscopia	12.02.09–16.02.09	36	25/27	12/14	0	0
Noxa	10.02.09–16.02.09	35/37	24/26	13/15	0	0
La Región	15.02.09	36/38	27	12/13	0	0
Xornal	15.02.09	35	24	16	0	0
Sondaxe	12.02.09–15.02.09	34	27	14	0	0
Sondaxe	11.02.09–14.02.09	35	27	13	0	0
NC Report	09.02.09–13.02.09	35/37	25/26	13/14	0	0
Opina	09.02.09	34/36	25/27	14	0	0
Obradoiro	08.02.09	35	26	14	0	0
Xornal	08.02.09	34/35	24/25	16	0	0
Obradoiro	02.02.09	35/36	25/26	14	0	0
CIS	15.01.09–02.02.09	35/36	27	12/13	0	0
La Región	01.02.09	37/38	25/26	11/13	0	0
TNS Demoscopia	22.01.09	35/36	26/27	13	0	0
Sondaxe	12.01.09–19.01.09	35	26	14	0	0
Xornal	18.01.09	33/34	25/26	16	0	0
NC Report	12.01.09–16.01.09	35/37	24/25	14/15	0	0
Sondaxe	02.09.08–10.09.08	35	26	14	0	0
PSdeG	27.04.08	32	30	13	0	0
USC	23.11.06–07.12.06	29	31	15	0	0
Regional Election	19.06.05	37	25	13	0	—

Results

Overall

← Summary of the 1 March 2009 Galician Parliament election results →

Party		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
	People's Party of Galicia (PPdeG)	789,427	46.68	+1.45	38	+1
	Socialists' Party of Galicia (PSdeG–PSOE)	524,488	31.02	–2.20	25	±0
	Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG)	270,712	16.01	–2.64	12	–1
	Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)	23,796	1.41	New	0	±0
	Galician Land (TeGa)	18,726	1.11	New	0	±0

References

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