Catalan Parliament election, 2006
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Elections to the Parliament of the Autonomous Community of Catalonia, Spain, were held on November 1, 2006.
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[edit] Background
The November 2006 Catalan regional election was an early one (the original election date was due for the Fall of 2007, roughly one year after the actual early election took place). This was mostly a result of the uneasy and controversial redaction of the Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia amended text, which has further expanded the authority of the Catalan Government ever since it was passed in June 2006.
The Statute amendment was approved in a referendum on June 18 2006 in which 73.24% of voters were in favour of the new Statute, 20.57% of the votes were against. This referendum was noted for its huge abstention: only 48.85% of the electorate participated in it.
Since the 2003 elections a coalition of three left-wing parties, PSC, ERC and ICV-EUiA had been in power, with Pasqual Maragall i Mira as President. However, in May 2006 ERC, following internal tensions, left the coalition due to its disagreement on the final draft of the Statute of Autonomy which themselves had partially redacted, thus leaving Maragall without a majority and forcing him to call for this early election. On June 21 2006 Maragall announced his intention to personally step down at the upcoming election, arguably due to the political erosion his government had suffered after an uneasy relationship with ERC.
Besides the issue of Catalan nationalism, the main issues of the campaign were taxes, social security, housing and immigration.
Unlike the previous 2003 elections, when CiU achieved a plurality of seats in the autonomous Parliament but did not get the highest number of votes (PSC achieved a narrow lead in votes, the discrepancy between votes number and seats being explained by the electoral law) in this occasion CiU won the elections both in seats and votes numbers. Still those weren't enough to have an absolute majority. Then, after coalition negotiations, the PSC, ERC and ICV-EUiA agreed to renew the three-party coalition that had been in power, which made PSC's leader José Montilla President.
This elections saw a new party (Ciutadans - Partido de la Ciudadanía) entering the autonomous parliament, which has increased the already high diversity of this parliament from five political parties with representation to now six, which contrasts with the increasingly bipartisan Spanish -and European in general- politic scenario.
[edit] Parties
- CiU (Convergence and Unity). Presidential candidate: Artur Mas. Union of the Catalan nationalist, fiscally liberal Democratic Convergence of Catalonia and the conservative Democratic Union of Catalonia.
- PSC-PSOE (Socialist Party of Catalonia). Presidential candidate: José Montilla. Social democratic. Affiliated to the Spanish Socialist Party, (PSOE).
- ERC (Republican Left of Catalonia). Presidential candidate: Josep-Lluís Carod-Rovira. Catalan republican and independentist, left-wing.
- PP (People's Party). Presidential candidate: Josep Piqué. The main party of the centre-right in Spain.
- ICV-EUiA (Green Initiative for Catalonia-Left United Alternative). Presidential candidate: Joan Saura. Green (eco-socialist) and radical left.
- Ciutadans - Partido de la Ciudadanía (Citizens' Party). Presidential candidate: Albert Rivera. Social democratic, social liberalist and non nationalist party.
[edit] Results
[edit] General
| Party | Party List votes | Vote percentage (change) | Total Seats (change) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Convergence and Union (CiU) | 935,756 | 31.5% | +0.6% | 48 | +2 | |
| Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC) | 796,173 | 26.8% | -4.4% | 37 | -5 | |
| Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) | 416,355 | 14.0% | -2.4% | 21 | -2 | |
| People's Party of Catalonia (PPC) | 316,222 | 10.7% | -1.2% | 14 | -1 | |
| Initiative for Catalonia Greens-United and Alternative Left (ICV-EUiA) | 282,693 | 9.5% | +2.2% | 12 | +3 | |
| Citizens – Party of the Citizenry (C's) | 89,840 | 3.0% | +3.0% | 3 | +3 | |
| All Others | 71,251 | 2.3% | 0 | |||
| Totals | 2,908,290 | 100.0% | 135 | |||
[edit] By constituencies
[edit] Barcelona
| Party | Party List votes | Vote percentage (change) | Total Seats (change) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Convergence and Union (CiU) | 664,723 | 29.9% | +1.2% | 27 | +2 | |
| Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC) | 620,601 | 27.9% | -5.2% | 25 | -4 | |
| Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) | 280,566 | 12.6% | -2.5% | 11 | -2 | |
| People's Party of Catalonia (PPC) | 248,165 | 11.1% | -1.4% | 10 | -1 | |
| Initiative for Catalonia Greens-United and Alternative Left (ICV-EUiA) | 230,968 | 10.3% | +2.3% | 9 | +2 | |
| Citizens – Party of the Citizenry (C's) | 78,525 | 3.5% | +3.5% | 3 | +3 | |
| All Others | 55,013 | 2,0% | 0 | |||
| Totals | 2,178,561 | 100.0% | 85 | |||
[edit] Girona
| Party | Party List votes | Vote percentage (change) | Total Seats (change) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Convergence and Union (CiU) | 104,840 | 38.1% | -0.5% | 7 | = | |
| Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC) | 60,755 | 22.1% | -1.5% | 4 | = | |
| Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) | 52,799 | 19.2% | -2.7% | 4 | = | |
| Initiative for Catalonia Greens-United and Alternative Left (ICV-EUiA) | 20,798 | 7.6% | +2.3% | 1 | = | |
| People's Party of Catalonia (PPC) | 19,808 | 7.2% | -0.8% | 1 | = | |
| Citizens – Party of the Citizenry (C's) | 2,584 | 0.9% | +0.9% | 0 | new | |
| All Others | 7,229 | 1.9% | 0 | |||
| Totals | 268,993 | 100.0% | 17 | |||
[edit] Lleida
| Party | Party List votes | Vote percentage (change) | Total Seats (change) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Convergence and Union (CiU) | 72,916 | 39.9% | -1.5% | 7 | = | |
| Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC) | 40,097 | 21.9% | -0.5% | 3 | -1 | |
| Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) | 32,304 | 17.7% | -2.2% | 3 | = | |
| People's Party of Catalonia (PPC) | 16,605 | 9.1% | -0.5% | 1 | = | |
| Initiative for Catalonia Greens-United and Alternative Left (ICV-EUiA) | 12,018 | 6.5% | +2.2% | 1 | +1 | |
| Citizens – Party of the Citizenry (C's) | 1,761 | 0.9% | +0.9% | 0 | new | |
| All Others | 2,456 | 0.9% | 0 | |||
| Totals | 178,157 | 100.0% | 15 | |||
[edit] Tarragona
| Party | Party List votes | Vote percentage (change) | Total Seats (change) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Convergence and Union (CiU) | 93,277 | 32.4% | -1.3% | 7 | = | |
| Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC) | 74,720 | 25.9% | -2.3% | 5 | = | |
| Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) | 50,686 | 17.6% | -1.4% | 3 | = | |
| People's Party of Catalonia (PPC) | 31,644 | 11.0% | -0.7% | 2 | = | |
| Initiative for Catalonia Greens-United and Alternative Left (ICV-EUiA) | 18,729 | 6.5% | +1.3% | 1 | = | |
| Citizens – Party of the Citizenry (C's) | 6,970 | 2.4% | +2.4% | 0 | new | |
| All Others | 6,553 | 1.7% | 0 | |||
| Totals | 282,579 | 100.0% | 18 | |||
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