Basque parliamentary election, 2012

Basque parliamentary election, 2012

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All 75 seats in the Basque Parliament 38 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered	1,775,351 0.0%
Turnout	1,135,568 (64.0%) 0.7 pp
First party Second party Third party   Leader Iñigo Urkullu Laura Mintegi Patxi López Party EAJ/PNV EH Bildu PSE–EE (PSOE) Leader since 2 December 2007 2 July 2012 23 March 2002 Leader's seat Biscay Biscay Álava Last election 30 seats, 38.1% 5 seats, 9.6% 25 seats, 30.4% Seats won 27 21 16 Seat change 3 16 9 Popular vote 384,766 277,923 212,809 Percentage 34.2% 24.7% 18.9% Swing 3.9 pp 15.1 pp 11.5 pp   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Antonio Basagoiti Gorka Maneiro Party PP UPyD Leader since 25 October 2008 2008 Leader's seat Biscay Álava Last election 13 seats, 13.9% 1 seat, 2.1% Seats won 10 1 Seat change 3 0 Popular vote 130,584 21,539 Percentage 11.6% 1.9% Swing 2.3 pp 0.2 pp
Constituency results map for the Basque Parliament
Lehendakari before election Patxi López PSE–EE (PSOE) Elected Lehendakari Iñigo Urkullu EAJ/PNV

Patxi López
PSE–EE (PSOE)

Iñigo Urkullu
EAJ/PNV

The 2012 Basque parliamentary election was held on Sunday, 21 October 2012, to elect the 10th Basque Parliament, the regional legislature of the Spanish autonomous community of the Basque Country. All 75 seats in the Parliament were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with a regional election in Galicia.

Lehendakari Patxi López announced the snap election half a year before scheduled as a result of the People's Party (PP) withdrawing their support from the government. The election saw a plummeting of the ruling Socialist Party (PSE–EE) share, with the Basque Nationalist Party (PNV) retaining first place and returning to government after its first time in opposition. The abertzale left experienced a major breakthrough under the EH Bildu label, after 9 years of political illegalization. The PP deepened on its long-term decline and scored its worst result since 1990, while Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) retained its single seat in Parliament.

Following the 2009 parliamentary election, Patxi López of the Basque Socialist Party (PSE-EE) became the first Lehendakari (i.e. regional president) in thirty years not to be affiliated to the Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ-PNV).