Catalonian parliamentary election, 2010

Catalan parliamentary election, 2010

2006 ← 28 November 2010 → 2012

All 135 seats in the Parliament of Catalonia 68 seats needed for a majority Opinion polls Registered 5,363,688 0.8% Turnout 3,152,630 (58.8%) 2.8 pp   First party Second party Third party   Leader Artur Mas José Montilla Alicia Sánchez-Camacho Party CiU PSC PPC Leader since 7 January 2002 15 July 2006 6 July 2008 Last election 48 seats, 31.5% 37 seats, 26.8% 14 seats, 10.7% Seats won 62 28 18 Seat change 14 9 4 Popular vote 1,202,830 575,233 387,066 Percentage 38.4% 18.4% 12.4% Swing 6.9 pp 8.4 pp 1.7 pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Joan Herrera Joan Puigcercós Joan Laporta Party ICV–EUiA ERC SI Leader since 23 November 2008 7 June 2008 4 September 2010 Last election 12 seats, 9.5% 21 seats, 14.0% Did not contest Seats won 10 10 4 Seat change 2 11 4 Popular vote 230,824 219,173 102,921 Percentage 7.4% 7.0% 3.3% Swing 2.1 pp 7.0 pp New party

On the left: Winning party map for each municipality.   CiU hold   CiU gain   PSC hold   ERC hold   ERC gain On the right: Map showing the winning party in each comarque and the distribution of seats in every election boundary.   CiU   CiU (less >5%)   PSC   PP   ICV   ERC   C's   SI

President before election José Montilla PSC Elected President Artur Mas CiU

José Montilla
PSC

Artur Mas
CiU

The 2010 Catalan parliamentary election was held on Sunday, 28 November 2010, to elect the 9th Parliament of Catalonia, the regional legislature of the Spanish autonomous community of Catalonia. At stake were all 135 seats in the Parliament, determining the President of Catalonia.

The election resulted in the ousting of the Catalan tripartite coalition, composed of the Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC), Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) and Initiative for Catalonia Greens (ICV) from the Catalan government and the return to power of Convergence and Union (CiU) after 7 years in opposition.

Artur Mas was sworn in as President of the Generalitat of Catalonia and was able to govern with confidence and supply support from the People's Party of Catalonia (PPC) until Mas' independentist drift in late-2012.