Riojan regional election, 2015

Riojan regional election, 2015

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All 33 seats in the Parliament of La Rioja 17 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered	247,663 2.3%
Turnout	166,649 (67.3%) 2.5 pp
First party Second party Third party   Leader Pedro Sanz Concha Andreu Raúl Ausejo Party PP PSOE Podemos Leader since 2 October 1993 19 October 2014 23 January 2015 Leader's seat La Rioja La Rioja La Rioja Last election 20 seats, 52.0% 11 seats, 30.3% Did not contest Seats won 15 10 4 Seat change 5 1 4 Popular vote 63,094 43,689 18,319 Percentage 38.6% 26.7% 11.2% Swing 13.4 pp 3.6 pp New party   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Diego Ubis Miguel González de Legarra Party C's PR Leader since 8 March 2015 16 December 1995 Leader's seat La Rioja La Rioja (lost) Last election Did not contest 2 seats, 5.4% Seats won 4 0 Seat change 4 2 Popular vote 17,042 7,277 Percentage 10.4% 4.5% Swing New party 0.9 pp
President before election Pedro Sanz PP Elected President José Ignacio Ceniceros PP

Pedro Sanz
PP

José Ignacio Ceniceros
PP

The 2015 Riojan regional election was held on Sunday, 24 May 2015, to elect the 9th Parliament of the Autonomous Community of La Rioja. All 33 seats in the Parliament were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.

Reflecting a national trend, the governing People's Party (PP) and the opposition Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) both lost support, to the benefit of the new left-wing party Podemos (Spanish for "We can") and the centrist party Citizens (C's). The PP retained the largest number of seats, but lost its overall majority for the first time since 1995.

The Parliament of La Rioja was the devolved, unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of La Rioja, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution and the Riojan Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to grant or revoke confidence from a President of the Autonomous Community. Voting for the Parliament was on the basis of universal suffrage, with all nationals over eighteen, registered in La Rioja and in full enjoyment of all political rights entitled to vote. Additionally, Riojans abroad were required to apply for voting before being permitted to vote, a system known as "begged" or expat vote (Spanish: Voto rogado).

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