Basque regional election, 2005

Basque regional election, 2005

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All 75 seats in the Basque Parliament 38 seats needed for a majority
Registered	1,799,523 0.8%
Turnout	1,223,634 (68.0%) 11.0 pp
First party Second party Third party   Leader Juan José Ibarretxe Patxi López María San Gil Party PNV–EA PSE–EE (PSOE) PP Leader since 31 January 1998 23 March 2002 6 November 2004 Leader's seat Álava Biscay Guipúzcoa Last election 33 seats, 42.4% 13 seats, 17.8% 19 seats, 22.9% Seats won 29 18 15 Seat change 4 5 4 Popular vote 468,117 274,546 210,614 Percentage 38.4% 22.5% 17.3% Swing 4.0 pp 4.7 pp 5.6 pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Maite Aranburu Javier Madrazo Aintzane Ezenarro Party PCTV/EHAK EB–B Aralar Leader since 2005 14 May 1994 14 November 2004 Leader's seat Biscay Biscay Guipúzcoa Last election 7 seats, 10.0% 3 seats, 5.5% Did not contest Seats won 9 3 1 Seat change 2 0 1 Popular vote 150,644 65,023 28,180 Percentage 12.4% 5.3% 2.3% Swing 2.4 pp 0.2 pp New party
Constituency results map for the Basque Parliament
Lehendakari before election Juan José Ibarretxe PNV–EA Elected Lehendakari Juan José Ibarretxe PNV–EA

Juan José Ibarretxe
PNV–EA

Juan José Ibarretxe
PNV–EA

The 2005 Basque regional election was held on Sunday, 17 April 2005, to elect the 8th Parliament of the Basque Autonomous Community. All 75 seats in the Parliament were up for election.

The electoral coalition Basque Nationalist Party–Basque Solidarity (PNV–EA) won 29 seats, the Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE–EE) came second with 18 seats, the People's Party (PP) came in third with 15 seats. The controversial Communist Party of the Basque Homelands (PCTV/EHAK) won 9 seats, having been endorsed by the banned Batasuna party.

The 75 members of the Basque Parliament were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with a threshold of 3 per 100 of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied in each constituency. Parties not reaching the threshold were not taken into consideration for seat distribution. Additionally, the use of the D'Hondt method might result in an effective threshold over three percent, dependant on the district magnitude. Seats were allocated to constituencies, corresponding to the Basque provinces of Álava, Biscay and Guipúzcoa. Each constituency was allocated a fixed number of 25 seats each, to provide for an equal representation of the three provinces in Parliament as required under the regional Statute of Autonomy. Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage, with all nationals over eighteen, registered in the Basque Country and in full enjoyment of all political rights entitled to vote.