Elections to the Corts of Castile-La Mancha, 2011
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The 2011 elections to the Corts of Castile-La Mancha were the eighth elections to the unicameral
regional legislature of the Spanish autonomous community
of Castile-La Mancha
. The elections were held on 22 May 2011 to elect the 49 members of the Assembly, an increase of two seats on the previous Corts and the first increase in the size of the legislature since the 1987 elections. Voting was in five electoral districts, corresponding to the respective provinces
.
Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage
in a secret ballot
. The electoral system used was closed list
proportional representation
with seats allocated on a provincial basis using the D'Hondt method
. Only lists which polled at least 3% of the votes in a particular province (including votes "en blanco" i.e. for "none of the above") were eligible for seats.
The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
(PSOE) had formed the government of the region since the first democratic elections in 1983, winning a majority of seats at all elections. However the elections were won by the People's Party
, who gained control of the region for the first time.
One of the first tasks of the Assembly was to elect the President of Castile-La Mancha
from among their number, with the PP candidate Maria Dolores de Cospedal replacing the outgoing President, José María Barreda, incumbent since April 2004.
Unicameralism
In government, unicameralism is the practice of having one legislative or parliamentary chamber. Thus, a unicameral parliament or unicameral legislature is a legislature which consists of one chamber or house...
regional legislature of the Spanish autonomous community
Autonomous communities of Spain
An autonomous community In other languages of Spain:*Catalan/Valencian .*Galician .*Basque . The second article of the constitution recognizes the rights of "nationalities and regions" to self-government and declares the "indissoluble unity of the Spanish nation".Political power in Spain is...
of Castile-La Mancha
Castile-La Mancha
Castile-La Mancha is an autonomous community of Spain. Castile-La Mancha is bordered by Castile and León, Madrid, Aragon, Valencia, Murcia, Andalusia, and Extremadura. It is one of the most sparsely populated of Spain's autonomous communities...
. The elections were held on 22 May 2011 to elect the 49 members of the Assembly, an increase of two seats on the previous Corts and the first increase in the size of the legislature since the 1987 elections. Voting was in five electoral districts, corresponding to the respective provinces
Provinces of Spain
Spain and its autonomous communities are divided into fifty provinces .In other languages of Spain:*Catalan/Valencian , sing. província.*Galician , sing. provincia.*Basque |Galicia]] — are not also the capitals of provinces...
.
Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage
Universal suffrage
Universal suffrage consists of the extension of the right to vote to adult citizens as a whole, though it may also mean extending said right to minors and non-citizens...
in a secret ballot
Secret ballot
The secret ballot is a voting method in which a voter's choices in an election or a referendum are anonymous. The key aim is to ensure the voter records a sincere choice by forestalling attempts to influence the voter by intimidation or bribery. The system is one means of achieving the goal of...
. The electoral system used was closed list
Closed list
Closed list describes the variant of party-list proportional representation where voters can only vote for political parties as a whole and thus have no influence on the party-supplied order in which party candidates are elected...
proportional representation
Proportional representation
Proportional representation is a concept in voting systems used to elect an assembly or council. PR means that the number of seats won by a party or group of candidates is proportionate to the number of votes received. For example, under a PR voting system if 30% of voters support a particular...
with seats allocated on a provincial basis using the D'Hondt method
D'Hondt method
The d'Hondt method is a highest averages method for allocating seats in party-list proportional representation. The method described is named after Belgian mathematician Victor D'Hondt who described it in 1878...
. Only lists which polled at least 3% of the votes in a particular province (including votes "en blanco" i.e. for "none of the above") were eligible for seats.
The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party is a social-democratic political party in Spain. Its political position is Centre-left. The PSOE is the former ruling party of Spain, until beaten in the elections of November 2011 and the second oldest, exceeded only by the Partido Carlista, founded in...
(PSOE) had formed the government of the region since the first democratic elections in 1983, winning a majority of seats at all elections. However the elections were won by the People's Party
People's Party (Spain)
The People's Party is a conservative political party in Spain.The People's Party was a re-foundation in 1989 of the People's Alliance , a party led and founded by Manuel Fraga Iribarne, a former Minister of Tourism during Francisco Franco's dictatorship...
, who gained control of the region for the first time.
One of the first tasks of the Assembly was to elect the President of Castile-La Mancha
President of Castile-La Mancha
The President of the Junta of Communities of Castile-La Mancha , usually known in English as the President of Castile-La Mancha, is the head of government of Castile-La Mancha. The president leads the executive branch of the regional government....
from among their number, with the PP candidate Maria Dolores de Cospedal replacing the outgoing President, José María Barreda, incumbent since April 2004.
Representation by province
| Number of seats per province |
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| Province | Albacete | Ciudad Real | Cuenca | Guadalajara | Toledo | Total |
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Parties represented in the 2007-2011 Corts
| Candidates by Province |
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| Party | Albacete | Ciudad Real | Cuenca | Guadalajara | Toledo |
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| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party Spanish Socialist Workers' Party The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party is a social-democratic political party in Spain. Its political position is Centre-left. The PSOE is the former ruling party of Spain, until beaten in the elections of November 2011 and the second oldest, exceeded only by the Partido Carlista, founded in... (PSOE) |
Francisco Pardo | Nemesio de Lara | José Luis Martínez Guijarro | María Antonia Pérez León | José María Barreda José María Barreda José María Barreda Fontes is a Spanish politician and academic. A member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party, he was the President of the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha from 2004 until 2011.-Biography:... |
| People's Party People's Party (Spain) The People's Party is a conservative political party in Spain.The People's Party was a re-foundation in 1989 of the People's Alliance , a party led and founded by Manuel Fraga Iribarne, a former Minister of Tourism during Francisco Franco's dictatorship... (PP) |
Marcial Marín | Rosa Romero | María Ángeles García | Antonio Román | María Dolores de Cospedal María Dolores de Cospedal María Dolores de Cospedal García is a Spanish People's Party politician who is the President of Castile-La Mancha and Secretary-General of the People's Party.... |
Parties unrepresented in the 2007-2011 Corts
| Candidates by province |
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| Party | Albacete | Ciudad Real | Cuenca | Guadalajara | Toledo | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Left United Left (Spain) The United Left is a political coalition that was organized in 1986 bringing together several political organisations opposed to Spain joining NATO. It was formed by a number of groups of leftists, greens, left-wing socialists and republicans, but was dominated by the Communist Party of Spain... (IU) |
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| Union, Progress and Democracy Union, Progress and Democracy Union, Progress and Democracy is a Spanish political party founded in September 2007.It is a progressivist party, between social democracy and social liberalism. One of its goals is to build a federal system for Spain and European Union, with clear responsibilities distributed among local... (UPyD) |
Ignacio García Sotos | María de los Ángeles Mañas | Juan Andrés Buedo | Dámaso Cabrera | Luis Orgaz Fernández | |
Opinion Polls
| Poll | PSOE Spanish Socialist Workers' Party The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party is a social-democratic political party in Spain. Its political position is Centre-left. The PSOE is the former ruling party of Spain, until beaten in the elections of November 2011 and the second oldest, exceeded only by the Partido Carlista, founded in... |
PP People's Party (Spain) The People's Party is a conservative political party in Spain.The People's Party was a re-foundation in 1989 of the People's Alliance , a party led and founded by Manuel Fraga Iribarne, a former Minister of Tourism during Francisco Franco's dictatorship... |
IU United Left (Spain) The United Left is a political coalition that was organized in 1986 bringing together several political organisations opposed to Spain joining NATO. It was formed by a number of groups of leftists, greens, left-wing socialists and republicans, but was dominated by the Communist Party of Spain... |
UPyD Union, Progress and Democracy Union, Progress and Democracy is a Spanish political party founded in September 2007.It is a progressivist party, between social democracy and social liberalism. One of its goals is to build a federal system for Spain and European Union, with clear responsibilities distributed among local... |
Others |
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| 2007 results: | 26 | 21 | - | - | - |
| PSOE Spanish Socialist Workers' Party The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party is a social-democratic political party in Spain. Its political position is Centre-left. The PSOE is the former ruling party of Spain, until beaten in the elections of November 2011 and the second oldest, exceeded only by the Partido Carlista, founded in... (14/03/2010) |
48.1% | 44.1% | 3.1% | 3.3% | - |
| Público(14/03/2010) | 46.1% | 44.6% | 3.2% | 3.2% | - |
| Seat Projections | 25 | 24 | - | - | - |
| PP(04/04/2010) | 44.8% | 45.6% | 4.1% | 3.0% | - |
| Seat Projections | 24 | 25 | - | - | - |
| El Mundo El Mundo (Spain) El Mundo is the second largest printed and the largest digital daily newspaper in Spain and one of the newspapers of record in that country, with a daily circulation topping 300,000 readers for the printed edition and 24 million unique web visitors per month for the... (31/05/2010) |
41.4% | 49.7% | 4.1% | - | 4.8% |
| Seat Projections | 20-23 | 26-29 | - | - | - |
| La Tribuna de Ciudad Real(28/06/2010) | 47.4% | 45.0% | 4.2% | 2.5% | - |
| Seat Projections | 25 | 24 | - | - | - |
| PP(24/10/2010) | 41.3% | 47.4% | - | - | - |
| Seat Projections | 22 | 27 | - | - | - |
| PP(07/11/2011) | 42.2% | 46.9% | 5.9% | 4.2% | - |
| Seat Projections | 22 | 27 | - | - | - |
| El Mundo El Mundo (Spain) El Mundo is the second largest printed and the largest digital daily newspaper in Spain and one of the newspapers of record in that country, with a daily circulation topping 300,000 readers for the printed edition and 24 million unique web visitors per month for the... (05/01/2011) |
43.7% | 50.0% | - | - | 6.3% |
| Seat Projections | 20-25 | 24-29 | - | - | - |
| La Tribuna de Toledo(11/01/2011) | 47.2% | 45.3% | 4.4% | 2.1% | 1.0% |
| Seat Projections | 25 | 24 | - | - | - |
| ABC(14/01/2011) | 45.6% | 50.8% | - | - | - |
| Seat Projections | 23 | 26 | - | - | - |
| La Razón La Razón (Madrid) La Razón is Spain's fifth highest-circulation general-interest daily newspaper based in Madrid. It is the newest of the five most read, having been founded in 1998 by Luis Maria Ansón.... (22/01/2011) |
48.2% | 46.2% | - | - | - |
| Seat Projections | 24-25 | 24-25 | - | - | - |
| ABC(08/03/2011) | 44.0% | 50.3% | - | - | 4.2% |
| Seat Projections | 22-24 | 25-27 | - | - | - |
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| President and Government | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Seats | +/- |
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People's Party People's Party (Spain) The People's Party is a conservative political party in Spain.The People's Party was a re-foundation in 1989 of the People's Alliance , a party led and founded by Manuel Fraga Iribarne, a former Minister of Tourism during Francisco Franco's dictatorship... (PP) |
María Dolores de Cospedal María Dolores de Cospedal María Dolores de Cospedal García is a Spanish People's Party politician who is the President of Castile-La Mancha and Secretary-General of the People's Party.... |
564,954 | 48.92 | 25 | +4 |
| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party Spanish Socialist Workers' Party The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party is a social-democratic political party in Spain. Its political position is Centre-left. The PSOE is the former ruling party of Spain, until beaten in the elections of November 2011 and the second oldest, exceeded only by the Partido Carlista, founded in... (PSOE) |
José María Barreda José María Barreda José María Barreda Fontes is a Spanish politician and academic. A member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party, he was the President of the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha from 2004 until 2011.-Biography:... |
509,738 | 44.14 | 24 | -2 | |
| United Left of Castile La Mancha United Left (Spain) The United Left is a political coalition that was organized in 1986 bringing together several political organisations opposed to Spain joining NATO. It was formed by a number of groups of leftists, greens, left-wing socialists and republicans, but was dominated by the Communist Party of Spain... (IU) |
44,302 | 3.84 | 0 | |||
| Union, Progress and Democracy Union, Progress and Democracy Union, Progress and Democracy is a Spanish political party founded in September 2007.It is a progressivist party, between social democracy and social liberalism. One of its goals is to build a federal system for Spain and European Union, with clear responsibilities distributed among local... (UPyD) |
20,554 | 1.78 | 0 | |||
| Party Against Bullfighting, Cruelty and Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA) | 4,128 | 0.36 | 0 | |||
| Castillian Party (PCAS) | 2,752 | 0.24 | 0 | |||
| Confederation of the Greens Confederation of The Greens The Confederation of the Greens is a green political party in Spain.... (LV-GV) |
2,375 | 0.21 | 0 | |||
| Green Ecologists Guadalajara (ECOLO VERDES) | 1,673 | 0.14 | 0 | |||
| Citizens for Blank Votes Citizens for Blank Votes Citizens for Blank Votes is a Spanish political party.In Spanish electoral law, a distinction is made between valid votes, blank votes and null votes. Blank votes are interpreted as correctly executed votes for "none of the above", and consistently about 2% of votes are blank... (CENB) |
1,615 | 0.14 | 0 | |||
| Union of independent citizens of Toledo (UCIT) | 802 | 0.07 | 0 | |||
| Castillian Unity (UdCa) | 745 | 0.06 | 0 | |||
| Citizens of the Democratic Centre (CCD) | 507 | 0.04 | 0 | |||
| None of the above | N/A | 19,643 | 1.7 | N/A | N/A | |
| Void | N/A | N/A | N/A |