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Valencian regional election, 2011

Valencian regional election, 2011
Valencian Community
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All 99 seats in the Corts Valencianes
50 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered 3,549,687 Green Arrow Up Darker.svg1.7%
Turnout 2,491,588 (70.2%)
Green Arrow Up Darker.svg0.1 pp
  First party Second party Third party
  Francisco Camps (2009) (Recortada).jpg Jorge Alarte 2012 (cropped).jpg Morera micros.jpg
Leader Francisco Camps Jorge Alarte Enric Morera
Party PP PSPV–PSOE Compromís
Leader since 10 July 2002 28 September 2008 25 January 2010
Leader's seat Valencia Valencia Valencia
Last election 54 seats, 52.5% 38 seats, 34.5% 2 seats, 2.3%
Seats won 55 33 6
Seat change Green Arrow Up Darker.svg1 Red Arrow Down.svg5 Green Arrow Up Darker.svg4
Popular vote 1,211,112 687,141 176,213
Percentage 49.4% 28.0% 7.2%
Swing Red Arrow Down.svg3.1 pp Red Arrow Down.svg6.5 pp Green Arrow Up Darker.svg4.9 pp

  Fourth party
  Marga Sanz (Recortada).jpg
Leader Marga Sanz
Party EUPV
Leader since 8 March 2009
Leader's seat Valencia
Last election 5 seats, 5.7%
Seats won 5
Seat change Arrow Blue Right 001.svg0
Popular vote 144,703
Percentage 5.9%
Swing Green Arrow Up Darker.svg0.2 pp

ValencianCommunityProvinceMapCorts2011.png
Constituency results map for the Corts Valencianes

President before election

Francisco Camps
PP

Elected President

Francisco Camps
PP


Francisco Camps
PP

Francisco Camps
PP

The 2011 Valencian regional election was held on Sunday, 22 May 2011, to elect the 8th Corts of the Valencian Community. All 99 seats in the Corts were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.

The election was won by the People's Party (PP), which increased its majority despite a drop in its vote share. The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) continued its long term decline in the area and, in line with what happened in other regions, obtained one of its worst electoral results since the autonomous community's inception. On the other hand, the electoral alliance between United Left of the Valencian Country (EUPV) and the Valencian Nationalist Bloc (BNV) which stood in the 2007 election had dissolved, with both parties entering the legislature much at the expense of the declining PSOE.

As a result of the election, Francisco Camps was elected President for a third term in office. However, he resigned just two months into his term in July 2011, being succeeded by Alberto Fabra, who would remain in the post for the remainder of the legislature.

The Corts Valencianes were the devolved, unicameral legislature of the Valencian autonomous community, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution and the Valencian Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to grant or revoke confidence from a President of the Generalitat. Voting for the Corts was on the basis of universal suffrage, with all nationals over eighteen, registered in the Valencian Community and in full enjoyment of all political rights entitled to vote. Amendments to the electoral law in 2011 required for Valencians abroad to apply for voting before being permitted to vote, a system known as "begged" or expat vote (Spanish: Voto rogado).


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