Galician regional election, 2012

Galician regional election, 2012

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All 75 seats in the Parliament of Galicia 38 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered	2,697,717 1.9%
Turnout	1,481,379 (54.9%) 9.5 pp
First party Second party Third party   Leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo Pachi Vázquez Xosé Manuel Beiras Party PP PSdeG–PSOE AGE Leader since 15 January 2006 25 April 2009 4 September 2012 Leader's seat Pontevedra Ourense A Coruña Last election 38 seats, 46.7% 25 seats, 31.0% 0 seats, 1.0% Seats won 41 18 9 Seat change 3 7 9 Popular vote 661,281 297,584 200,828 Percentage 45.8% 20.6% 13.9% Swing 0.9 pp 10.4 pp 12.9 pp   Fourth party   Leader Francisco Jorquera Party BNG Leader since 15 January 2012 Leader's seat A Coruña Last election 12 seats, 16.0% Seats won 7 Seat change 5 Popular vote 146,027 Percentage 10.1% Swing 5.9 pp
Constituency results map for the Parliament of Galicia
President before election Alberto Núñez Feijóo PP Elected President Alberto Núñez Feijóo PP

Alberto Núñez Feijóo
PP

Alberto Núñez Feijóo
PP

The 2012 Galician regional election was held on Sunday, 21 October 2012, to elect the 9th Parliament of the Autonomous Community of Galicia. All 75 seats in the Parliament were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with a regional election in the Basque Country.

This was a snap election held several months before scheduled. Incumbent President Alberto Núñez Feijóo stood for re-election for a 2nd consecutive term in office, running for the People's Party (PP). For the Socialists' Party of Galicia (PSdeG-PSOE) ran its Secretary-General Pachi Vázquez. Former congressman Francisco Jorquera ran for the left-wing Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG), while former BNG leader Xosé Manuel Beiras, stood for Galician Left Alternative (AGE), a newly formed left-wing alliance between United Left and Anova, Beiras' split party from BNG.

The election resulted in a surprise result for both Núñez Feijóo, who enlarged his absolute majority from 38 and 41 seats, and Beiras' coalition AGE, which won 200,000 votes and 14% of the share, scoring in third position. In contrast, the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party obtained one of the worst results in the history of the party in Galicia. All in all, the enlarged PP majority came as a result of the enormous fragmentation of the left vote within several parties, as Feijóo's party lost almost 130,000 votes from 2009.