2009 Galician regional election

A regional election was held in Galicia on 1 March 2009 to elect the 8th Parliament of the autonomous community. All 75 seats in the Parliament were up for election. It was held concurrently with a regional election in the Basque Country.

Registered2,648,276

1.2%

Turnout1,706,198 (64.4%)

0.2 pp

Quick facts All 75 seats in the Parliament of Galicia 38 seats needed for a majority, Registered ...

2009 Galician regional election

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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	PP	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

Constituency results map for the Parliament of Galicia

President before election

Emilio Pérez Touriño
PSdeG–PSOE

Elected President

Alberto Núñez Feijóo
PP

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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.

Overview

Under the 1981 Statute of Autonomy, the Parliament of Galicia was the unicameral legislature of the homonymous autonomous community, having legislative power in devolved matters, as well as the ability to grant or withdraw confidence from a regional president.^[1] The electoral and procedural rules were supplemented by national law provisions.^[2]

Date

The term of the Parliament of Galicia 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 25 days before the scheduled expiration date of parliament and published on the following day in the Official Journal of Galicia (DOG), with election day taking place 54 days after the decree's publication.^[3] The previous election was held on 19 June 2005, which meant that the chamber's term would have expired on 19 June 2009. The election decree was required to be published in the DOG no later than 26 May 2009, setting the latest possible date for election day on 19 July 2009.

The regional president had the prerogative to dissolve the Parliament of Galicia at any given time and call a snap election, provided that it did not occur before one year after a previous one under this procedure. 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.^[4]

The Parliament of Galicia was officially dissolved on 6 January 2009 with the publication of the corresponding decree in the DOG, setting election day for 1 March and scheduling for the chamber to reconvene on 1 April.^[5]

Electoral system

Voting for the Parliament is based on universal suffrage, comprising all Spanish nationals over 18 years of age, registered in Galicia and with full political rights, provided that they have not been deprived of the right to vote by a final sentence, nor were legally incapacitated.^[6]

The Parliament of Galicia had a minimum of 60 and a maximum of 80 seats, with electoral provisions fixing its size at 75. All were elected in four multi-member constituencies—corresponding to the provinces of A Coruña, Lugo, Ourense and Pontevedra, each of which was assigned an initial minimum of 10 seats and the remaining 35 distributed in proportion to population—using the D'Hondt method and closed-list proportional voting, with a five percent-threshold of valid votes (including blank ballots) in each constituency.^[7] The use of this electoral method resulted in a higher effective threshold depending on district magnitude and vote distribution.^[8]

As a result of the aforementioned allocation, each Parliament constituency was entitled the following seats:^[9]

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Seats	Constituencies
24	A Coruña
22	Pontevedra
15	Lugo
14	Ourense

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The law did not provide for by-elections to fill vacant seats; instead, any vacancies arising after the proclamation of candidates and during the legislative term were filled by the next candidates on the party lists or, when required, by designated substitutes.^[10]

Outgoing parliament

The table below shows the composition of the parliamentary groups in the chamber at the time of dissolution.^[11]^[12]

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Parliamentary composition in January 2009
Groups		Parties		Legislators
Groups		Parties		Seats	Total
	People's Parliamentary Group of Galicia		PP	37	37
	Socialists of Galicia's Parliamentary Group		PSdeG–PSOE	25	25
	Galician Nationalist Bloc's Parliamentary Group		BNG	13	13

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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 were required to inform the relevant electoral commission within 10 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.^[13] Amendments in 2007 required 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.^[14]

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

More information Candidacy, Parties and alliances ...

Candidacy		Parties and alliances	Leading candidate		Ideology	Previous result		Gov.	Ref.
Candidacy		Parties and alliances	Leading candidate		Ideology	Vote %	Seats	Gov.	Ref.
	PP	List People's Party (PP)		Alberto Núñez Feijóo	Conservatism Christian democracy	45.2%	37
	PSdeG– PSOE	List Socialists' Party of Galicia (PSdeG–PSOE)		Emilio Pérez Touriño	Social democracy	33.2%	25
	BNG	List Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG) – Galician People's Union (UPG) – Socialist Collective (CS) – Galician Nationalist Party–Galicianist Party (PNG–PG) – Nationalist Left (EN) – Inzar (Inzar) – Movement for the Grassroots (MpB) – Irmandiño Meeting (EI) – Galician Socialist Space (ESG)		Anxo Quintana	Galician nationalism Left-wing nationalism Socialism	18.7%	13

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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; 38 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Parliament of Galicia.

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Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size	Turnout			BNG			Lead
Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size	Turnout						Lead

2009 regional election	1 Mar 2009	N/a	64.4	46.7 38	31.0 25	16.0 12	1.0 0	1.4 0	15.7

Ipsos/Popular TV^{[p 1]}	1 Mar 2009	?	?	? 35/38	? 24/27	? 11/13	–	–	?
Ipsos/CRTVG^{[p 2]}^{[p 3]}^{[p 4]}	1 Mar 2009	21,719	69.2	44.6 36/38	31.7 25/27	17.2 11/13	1.2 0	1.2 0	12.9
TNS Demoscopia/Antena 3^{[p 5]}	1 Mar 2009	?	?	? 37/39	? 24/26	? 11/13	–	–	?
Sondaxe/La Voz de Galicia^{[p 6]}^{[p 7]}	25–28 Feb 2009	2,000	68.2	44.4 37	29.7 25	17.8 13	–	–	14.7
Sondaxe/La Voz de Galicia^{[p 7]}	24–27 Feb 2009	2,000	64.9	44.1 37	29.7 24	17.9 14	–	–	14.4
Sondaxe/La Voz de Galicia^{[p 7]}	23–26 Feb 2009	2,000	64.9	44.1 37	29.2 24	18.0 14	–	–	14.9
Sondaxe/La Voz de Galicia^{[p 7]}	22–25 Feb 2009	2,000	63.8	43.8 37	29.1 24	19.2 14	–	–	14.7
Sondaxe/La Voz de Galicia^{[p 7]}	21–24 Feb 2009	2,000	64.8	43.3 37	30.0 25	19.5 13	–	–	13.3
Sondaxe/La Voz de Galicia^{[p 7]}	20–23 Feb 2009	2,000	65.2	42.8 36	29.5 26	18.5 13	–	–	13.3
Obradoiro de Socioloxía/El Progreso^{[p 8]}	22 Feb 2009	?	?	? 35/36	? 25/26	? 14	–	–	?
Quadernas Consultoría/Xornal^{[p 9]}	22 Feb 2009	?	?	43.8 35	30.3 24	19.8 16	–	–	13.5
Ipsos/Faro de Vigo^{[p 10]}	22 Feb 2009	?	61	43.6 35/36	33.0 26/27	17.5 13/14	1.0 0	1.6 0	10.6
Sondaxe/La Voz de Galicia^{[p 11]}^{[p 7]}	18–21 Feb 2009	2,000	65.1	42.4 36	29.6 26	18.9 13	–	–	12.8
Sondaxe/La Voz de Galicia^{[p 12]}^{[p 7]}	17–20 Feb 2009	2,000	64.9	42.3 36	29.2 26	18.8 13	–	–	13.1
NC Report/La Razón^{[p 13]}	16–20 Feb 2009	1,000	62.3	44.4 35/37	32.2 25/26	19.7 13/14	1.1 0	1.6 0	12.2
Infortécnica/La Región^{[p 14]}^{[p 15]}	16–19 Feb 2009	2,006	?	48.0– 50.7 37/38	30.7– 34.6 24/25	16.0– 18.7 13	–	–	16.1– 17.3
Sondaxe/La Voz de Galicia^{[p 7]}	16–19 Feb 2009	2,000	65.0	42.5 36	28.8 26	18.7 13	–	–	13.7
DYM/ABC^{[p 16]}	16–19 Feb 2009	816	?	45.7 37/38	28.5 22/23	21.6 15/16	–	1.3 0	17.2
Sigma Dos/El Mundo^{[p 17]}	13–19 Feb 2009	1,300	?	44.5 36/38	33.1 25/26	18.1 12/13	–	–	11.4
Obradoiro de Socioloxía/Público^{[p 18]}	12–19 Feb 2009	2,411	?	45.3 36/37	30.2 23/24	19.4 14/16	–	–	15.1
Sondaxe/La Voz de Galicia^{[p 7]}	15–18 Feb 2009	2,000	64.8	43.0 36	30.2 25	19.2 14	–	–	12.8
Sondaxe/La Voz de Galicia^{[p 7]}	14–17 Feb 2009	2,000	64.9	43.1 35	30.3 26	18.7 14	–	–	12.8
TNS Demoscopia/Antena 3^{[p 19]}^{[p 20]}	13–16 Feb 2009	?	64.8	43.5 35/37	32.8 24/26	19.5 13/15	–	–	10.7
Sondaxe/La Voz de Galicia^{[p 7]}	13–16 Feb 2009	2,000	64.8	42.6 35	31.8 26	18.9 14	–	–	10.8
Anova Multiconsulting/El Correo^{[p 21]}	12–16 Feb 2009	2,000	66.4	43.1 35/37	32.4 24/25	20.9 14/15	–	–	10.7
Metroscopia/El País^{[p 22]}	12–16 Feb 2009	1,600	60.5	44.1 36	33.8 25/27	18.0 12/14	–	–	10.3
Noxa/La Vanguardia^{[p 23]}	10–16 Feb 2009	1,000	?	43.8 35/37	31.7 24/26	19.9 13/15	0.7 0	1.7 0	12.1
ASCA/Galicia Diario^{[p 24]}	15 Feb 2009	?	?	? 39	? 23	? 13	–	–	?
Sondaxe/La Voz de Galicia^{[p 25]}^{[p 7]}	12–15 Feb 2009	2,000	65.0	41.9 35	31.9 26	19.2 14	–	–	10.0
Sondaxe/La Voz de Galicia^{[p 7]}	11–14 Feb 2009	2,000	65.4	42.1 34	31.6 27	19.1 14	–	–	10.5
Infortécnica/La Región^{[p 26]}^{[p 27]}^{[p 28]}	13 Feb 2009	1,953	?	48.0– 50.6 36/38	33.3– 34.6 25/27	14.6– 17.3 12/13	–	–	14.7– 16.0
Sondaxe/La Voz de Galicia^{[p 7]}	10–13 Feb 2009	2,000	?	42.4 35	32.1 27	18.4 13	–	–	10.3
NC Report/La Razón^{[p 29]}	9–13 Feb 2009	1,000	61.2	44.1 35/37	32.6 25/26	19.8 13/14	0.9 0	1.6 0	11.5
Opina/Cadena SER^{[p 30]}^{[p 31]}^{[p 32]}	9 Feb 2009	?	?	44.2 34/36	34.0 25/27	17.9 14	–	–	10.2
Obradoiro de Socioloxía/El Progreso^{[p 33]}	8 Feb 2009	?	?	43.2 35	32.5 26	19.0 14	–	–	10.7
Quadernas Consultoría/Xornal^{[p 34]}^{[p 35]}	30 Jan–5 Feb 2009	?	?	43.2 34/35	31.7 24/25	21.6 16	–	–	11.5
Obradoiro de Socioloxía/Público^{[p 36]}	2 Feb 2009	?	?	43.6 35/36	32.6 25/26	19.5 14	–	–	11.0
CIS^{[p 37]}^{[p 38]}	15 Jan–2 Feb 2009	2,999	?	43.1 35/36	33.2 27	18.3 12/13	1.5 0	1.5 0	9.9
Infortécnica/La Región^{[p 39]}	1 Feb 2009	?	?	? 37/38	? 25/26	? 11/13	–	–	?
Sondaxe/La Voz de Galicia^{[p 40]}	12–19 Jan 2009	1,700	66.1	42.8 35	31.7 26	18.5 14	–	–	10.1
TNS Demoscopia/Antena 3^{[p 41]}^{[p 42]}^{[p 43]}	15–18 Jan 2009	?	63.1	41.2 35/36	34.9 26/27	19.4 13	–	–	6.3
NC Report/La Razón^{[p 44]}	12–16 Jan 2009	1,000	60.9	44.4 35/37	32.0 24/25	20.1 14/15	0.9 0	1.5 0	12.4
Quadernas Consultoría/Xornal^{[p 45]}^{[p 46]}	29 Dec–7 Jan 2009	1,600	?	40.8 33/34	34.3 25/26	21.7 16	–	–	6.5
PSdeG^[15]^{[p 47]}	15 Sep 2008	3,400	?	? 32	? 30	? 13	–	–	?
Sondaxe/La Voz de Galicia^[15]^{[p 48]}	2–10 Sep 2008	1,700	68.0	43.0 35	30.8 26	18.3 14	–	–	12.2
2008 general election	9 Mar 2008	N/a	70.5	43.9 (35)	40.6 (33)	11.5 (7)	1.4 (0)	0.5 (0)	3.3
USC^{[p 49]}^{[p 50]}^{[p 51]}	23 Nov–7 Dec 2006	2,000	?	37.0 29	39.0 31	20.8 15	–	–	2.0
Opina/Cadena SER^{[p 52]}^{[p 53]}	21–22 Jun 2006	1,000	?	40.0	38.0	20.0	1.0	–	2.0

2005 regional election	19 Jun 2005	N/a	64.2	45.2 37	33.2 25	18.7 13	0.7 0	–	12.0

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Voting preferences

The table below lists raw, unweighted voting preferences.

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Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size			BNG			?	N	Lead
Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size						?	N	Lead

2009 regional election^[a]	1 Mar 2009	N/a	32.9	20.9	11.6	0.7	1.0	N/a	29.5	12.0

Infortécnica/La Región^{[p 15]}	16–19 Feb 2009	2,006	22.6	20.3	13.9	–	–	27.4	13.4	2.3
Metroscopia/El País^{[p 22]}	12–16 Feb 2009	1,600	26.6	24.3	12.9	–	–	27.9		2.3
Infortécnica/La Región^{[p 28]}	13 Feb 2009	1,953	21.2	20.0	13.7	–	–	30.9	11.8	1.2
Quadernas Consultoría/Xornal^{[p 35]}	30 Jan–5 Feb 2009	?	24.3	29.5	18.5	–	–	–	–	5.2
CIS^{[p 37]}	15 Jan–2 Feb 2009	2,999	23.3	24.0	12.2	1.0	1.0	29.4	5.3	0.7
Quadernas Consultoría/Xornal^{[p 45]}	29 Dec–7 Jan 2009	1,600	24.8	29.7	17.7	–	–	–	–	4.9
Obradoiro de Socioloxía^{[p 54]}^{[p 55]}	12 Dec 2008	2,000	20.9	24.4	12.3	–	–	–	–	3.5
Sondaxe/La Voz de Galicia^{[p 56]}	2–10 Sep 2008	1,700	28.5	17.8	11.0	–	–	–	–	10.7
Obradoiro de Socioloxía^{[p 57]}^{[p 58]}	29 Jul 2008	?	21.4	23.4	13.6	–	–	–	–	2.0
2008 general election^[a]	9 Mar 2008	N/a	33.4	29.6	9.1	1.1	0.4	N/a	24.5	3.8
Obradoiro de Socioloxía^{[p 59]}	17 Oct 2007	?	16.9	23.7	13.7	–	–	25.2	–	6.8
Obradoiro de Socioloxía^{[p 60]}^{[p 61]}^{[p 62]}	28 Jul 2007	2,000	18.2	27.0	15.8	–	–	28.1	8.6	8.8
Obradoiro de Socioloxía^{[p 63]}^{[p 64]}	4 Apr 2007	2,000	17.0	23.7	12.4	–	–	–	–	6.7
Obradoiro de Socioloxía^{[p 65]}	18 Jul 2006	2,001	18.1	25.3	13.0	–	–	–	–	7.2
Sondaxe/La Voz de Galicia^{[p 66]}	24 Jan–2 Feb 2006	1,200	20.3	24.7	11.0	–	–	33.8	–	4.4
USC^{[p 67]}	7–16 Dec 2005	2,000	23.9	28.2	17.0	–	–	–	–	4.3

2005 regional election^[a]	19 Jun 2005	N/a	30.5	22.0	13.3	0.5	–	N/a	31.9	8.5

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Victory preferences

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

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Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size			BNG			Other/ None	?	Lead
Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size						Other/ None	?	Lead
Metroscopia/El País^{[p 22]}	12–16 Feb 2009	1,600	35.0	30.0	14.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	18.0	5.0
Noxa/La Vanguardia^{[p 23]}	10–16 Feb 2009	1,000	34.0	30.0	19.0	1.0	1.0	15.0		4.0
Opina/Cadena SER^{[p 31]}	9 Feb 2009	?	33.7	32.5	12.2	1.1	–	6.0	14.6	1.2
CIS^{[p 37]}	15 Jan–2 Feb 2009	2,999	27.7	29.5	13.6	0.9	0.9	1.7	25.7	1.8

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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.

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Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size			BNG			Other/ None	?	Lead
Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size						Other/ None	?	Lead
Infortécnica/La Región^{[p 15]}	16–19 Feb 2009	2,006	44.0	47.6	8.4	–	–	–	–	3.6
Metroscopia/El País^{[p 22]}	12–16 Feb 2009	1,600	46.0	39.0	2.0	–	–	2.0	13.0	7.0
Infortécnica/La Región^{[p 28]}	13 Feb 2009	1,953	46.8	46.6	6.6	–	–	–	–	0.2
Opina/Cadena SER^{[p 31]}	9 Feb 2009	?	28.5	45.1	1.7	0.1	–	0.3	24.4	16.6
CIS^{[p 37]}	15 Jan–2 Feb 2009	2,999	25.2	40.3	3.1	–	0.0	0.1	31.2	15.1

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Preferred President

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

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Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size				Other/ None/ Not care	?	Lead

			Feijóo PP	Touriño PSdeG	Quintana BNG
Obradoiro de Socioloxía/Público^{[p 18]}	12–19 Feb 2009	2,411	26.4	24.4	13.0	36.2		2.0
Noxa/La Vanguardia^{[p 23]}	10–16 Feb 2009	1,000	30.0	34.0	20.0	16.0		4.0
Opina/Cadena SER^{[p 31]}	9 Feb 2009	?	31.2	30.5	16.6	8.3	13.4	0.7
Obradoiro de Socioloxía/Público^{[p 36]}	2 Feb 2009	?	24.7	30.4	15.6	29.3		5.7
CIS^{[p 37]}	15 Jan–2 Feb 2009	2,999	23.9	29.8	14.3	10.6	21.5	5.9

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Predicted President

The table below lists opinion polling on the perceived likelihood for each leader to become president of the Regional Government of Galicia.

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Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size				Other/ None/ Not care	?	Lead

			Feijóo PP	Touriño PSdeG	Quintana BNG
Infortécnica/La Región^{[p 15]}	16–19 Feb 2009	2,006	31.3	64.0	4.7	–	–	32.7
Obradoiro de Socioloxía/Público^{[p 18]}	12–19 Feb 2009	2,411	12.9	49.1	2.4	35.6		36.2
Infortécnica/La Región^{[p 28]}	13 Feb 2009	1,953	24.6	68.5	6.9	–	–	43.9
Opina/Cadena SER^{[p 31]}	9 Feb 2009	?	14.0	60.9	5.6	0.3	19.2	46.9
Obradoiro de Socioloxía/Público^{[p 36]}	2 Feb 2009	?	14.8	52.3	3.2	29.7		37.5

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Results

Overall

More information Parties and alliances, Popular vote ...

← Summary of the 1 March 2009 Parliament of Galicia election results →
Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	People's Party (PP)	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
	United Left (EU–IU)	16,441	0.97	+0.23	0	±0
	The Greens–Green Group (OV–GV)	5,911	0.35	New	0	±0
	For a Fairer World (PUM+J)	3,507	0.21	New	0	±0
	Galician People's Front (FPG)	2,903	0.17	−0.01	0	±0
	We–People's Unity (Nós–UP)	1,510	0.09	−0.01	0	±0
	Humanist Party (PH)	1,227	0.07	−0.02	0	±0
	Ourensan Democracy (DO)	1,066	0.06	+0.02	0	±0
	More Galicia (+G)	923	0.05	New	0	±0
	Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS)	675	0.04	−0.02	0	±0
	Internationalist Solidarity and Self-Management (SAIn)	420	0.02	New	0	±0
	United Galicia (GU)	369	0.02	New	0	±0
	Liberal Centrist Union (UCL)	311	0.02	New	0	±0
	Social Democratic Party of Law (SDD)	262	0.02	+0.01	0	±0
	Electronic Voting Assembly (AVE)	230	0.01	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		28,071	1.66	+0.41

Total		1,690,975			75	±0

Valid votes		1,690,975	99.11	−0.43
Invalid votes		15,223	0.89	+0.43
Votes cast / turnout		1,706,198	64.43	+0.22
Abstentions		942,078	35.57	−0.22
Registered voters		2,648,276

Sources^[11]^[16]

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Popular vote

PP			46.68%
PSdeG–PSOE			31.02%
BNG			16.01%
UPyD			1.41%
TeGa			1.11%
Others			2.11%
Blank ballots			1.66%

Seats

PP			50.67%
PSdeG–PSOE			33.33%
BNG			16.00%

Distribution by constituency

More information Constituency, PP ...

Constituency	PP		PSdeG		BNG

	%	S	%	S	%	S
A Coruña	45.5	12	30.6	8	15.7	4
Lugo	47.8	8	32.7	5	14.6	2
Ourense	48.5	7	31.9	5	16.0	2
Pontevedra	46.9	11	30.5	7	16.9	4
Total	46.7	38	31.0	25	16.0	12

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Aftermath

Government formation

More information Ballot →, 16 April 2009 ...

Ballot →		16 April 2009
Investiture Nomination of Alberto Núñez Feijóo (PP)
Required majority →		38 out of 75 Y
	Yes • PP (38)	38 / 75
	No • PSdeG (24) • BNG (12)	36 / 75
	Abstentions	0 / 75
	Absentees • PSdeG (1)	1 / 75
Sources^[11]

2009 Galician regional election

Overview

Date

Electoral system

Outgoing parliament

Parties and candidates

Opinion polls

Voting intention estimates

Voting preferences

Victory preferences

Victory likelihood

Preferred President

Predicted President

Results

Overall

Distribution by constituency

Aftermath

Government formation

Notes

References

Bibliography

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