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2019 Castilian-Manchegan regional election

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A regional election was held in Castilla–La Mancha on 26 May 2019 to elect the 10th Cortes of the autonomous community. All 33 seats in the Cortes were up for election. It was held concurrently with regional elections in eleven other autonomous communities and local elections all across Spain, as well as the 2019 European Parliament election.

Registered1,572,308 Decrease 0.3%
Turnout1,091,900 (69.4%)
Decrease 2.1 pp
Quick facts All 33 seats in the Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha 17 seats needed for a majority, Registered ...
2019 Castilian-Manchegan regional election
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All 33 seats in the Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha
17 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered1,572,308 Decrease 0.3%
Turnout1,091,900 (69.4%)
Decrease 2.1 pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Emiliano García-Page Francisco Núñez Carmen Picazo
Party PSOE PP Cs
Leader since 26 February 2012 7 October 2018 9 March 2019
Leader's seat Toledo Albacete Albacete
Last election 15 seats, 36.1% 16 seats, 37.5% 0 seats, 8.6%
Seats won 19 10 4
Seat change Increase 4 Decrease 6 Increase 4
Popular vote 476,469 308,184 122,955
Percentage 44.1% 28.5% 11.4%
Swing Increase 8.0 pp Decrease 9.0 pp Increase 2.9 pp
Constituency results map for the Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha
President before election

Emiliano García-Page
PSOE

 Elected President

Emiliano García-Page
PSOE

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Overview

Electoral system

The Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha were the devolved, unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of Castilla–La Mancha, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution and the Castilian-Manchegan 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 Castilla–La Mancha and in full enjoyment of their political rights. Additionally, Castilian-Manchegan 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 33 members of the Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha 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 Albacete, Ciudad Real, Cuenca, Guadalajara and Toledo, with each being allocated an initial minimum of three seats and the remaining 18 being distributed in proportion to their populations.[1][3]

As a result of the aforementioned allocation, each Cortes constituency was entitled the following seats:[4]

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Seats Constituencies
9 Toledo
7 Albacete, Ciudad Real
5 Cuenca, Guadalajara
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In smaller constituencies, the use of the electoral method resulted in an effective threshold based on the district magnitude and the distribution of votes among candidacies.[5]

Election date

The term of the Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha expired four years after the date of their previous election. Elections to the Cortes 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 Cortes on 26 May 2019.[1][3][6]

The president had the prerogative to dissolve the Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha 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. Any snap election held as a result of these circumstances would not alter the period to the next ordinary election, with elected lawmakers serving the remainder of its original four-year term. In the event of an investiture process failing to elect a regional president within a two-month period from the first ballot, the candidate from the party with the highest number of seats was to be deemed automatically elected.[1]

The election to the Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha were officially triggered on 2 April 2019 after the publication of the election decree in the Official Journal of Castilla–La Mancha (DOCM), scheduling for the chamber to convene on 19 June.[4]

Parliamentary composition

The tables below show the composition of the parliamentary groups in the Cortes at the time of dissolution.[7]

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Parliamentary composition in April 2019
Groups Parties Legislators
Seats Total
People's Parliamentary Group PP 16 16
Socialist Parliamentary Group PSOE 15 15
We Can Parliamentary Group Podemos 2 2
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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][6]

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

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Candidacy Parties and
alliances		 Leading candidate Ideology Previous result Gov. Ref.
Vote % Seats
PP
List
 Francisco Núñez Conservatism
Christian democracy		 37.5% 16 No [8]
PSOE
List
 Emiliano García-Page Social democracy 36.1% 15 Yes [9]
Podemos–
IU–Equo
List
 José García Molina Left-wing populism
Direct democracy
Democratic socialism
12.9%
[a]		 2 Yes [10]
[11]
Cs
List
 Carmen Picazo Liberalism 8.6% 0 No [12]
Vox
List
 Daniel Arias Vegas Right-wing populism
Ultranationalism
National conservatism		 0.5% 0 No [13]
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Campaign

Debates

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2019 Castilian-Manchegan regional election debates
Date Organizer(s) Moderator(s)     P  Present[b]  
PP PSOE UP Cs Vox Audience Ref.
20 May CMM Sonia Trigueros P
Núñez		 P
Page		 P
Molina		 P
Picazo		 P
Arias		 9.2%
(68,000)		 [14]
[15]
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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 Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha.

Color key:

  Poll conducted after legal ban on opinion polls   Exit poll

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Results

Overall

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← Summary of the 26 May 2019 Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha election results →
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 476,46944.10+7.99 19+4
People's Party (PP) 308,18428.53−8.96 10−6
Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (Cs) 122,95511.38+2.74 4+4
Vox (Vox) 75,8137.02+6.54 0±0
United We Can–United Left–Equo CLM (Podemos–IU–Equo)1 74,7776.92−5.93 0−2
Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA) 8,6620.80−0.01 0±0
Castilian Party–Commoners' Land (PCAS–TC) 1,4110.13−0.01 0±0
Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE) 1,2480.12+0.03 0±0
Traditions and Rural World (ANATUR–UDEC) 1,2440.12New 0±0
For a Fairer World (PUM+J) 7280.07New 0±0
Together We Win (JG) 1490.01New 0±0
Blank ballots 8,7540.81−0.94
Total 1,080,394 33±0
Valid votes 1,080,39498.95+1.13
Invalid votes 11,5061.05−1.13
Votes cast / turnout 1,091,90069.45−2.05
Abstentions 480,40830.55+2.05
Registered voters 1,572,308
Sources[7][16]
Footnotes:
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Popular vote
PSOE
 
 44.10%
PP
 
 28.53%
Cs
 
 11.38%
Vox
 
 7.02%
Unidas Podemos
 
 6.92%
Others
 
 1.24%
Blank ballots
 
 0.81%
Seats
PSOE
 
 57.58%
PP
 
 30.30%
Cs
 
 12.12%

Distribution by constituency

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Constituency PSOE PP Cs
% S % S % S
Albacete 41.9 4 29.1 2 13.2 1
Ciudad Real 46.3 4 28.6 2 11.3 1
Cuenca 46.4 3 32.8 2 7.9 −
Guadalajara 39.6 3 24.3 1 14.4 1
Toledo 44.6 5 28.3 3 10.5 1
Total 44.1 19 28.5 10 11.4 4
Sources[7][16]
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Aftermath

Further information: Second government of Emiliano García-Page
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Investiture
Emiliano García-Page (PSOE)
Ballot → 3 July 2019
Required majority → 17 out of 33 checkY
Yes
19 / 33
No
  • • PP (10)
  • • Cs (4)
14 / 33
Abstentions
0 / 33
Absentees
0 / 33
Sources[7][17]
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Notes

  1. [a]
    Results for Podemos (9.7%, 2 seats) and Let's Win Castilla–La Mancha–The Greens–United Left (3.1%, 0 seats) in the 2015 election.
  2. [b]
    Denotes a main invitee attending the event.
  3. [c]
    Within Unidas Podemos.

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