Valencian regional election, 2015

Valencian regional election, 2015

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All 99 seats in the Corts Valencianes 50 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered	3,609,265 1.7%
Turnout	2,510,459 (69.6%) 0.6 pp
First party Second party Third party   Leader Alberto Fabra Ximo Puig Mònica Oltra Party PP PSPV–PSOE Compromís Leader since 28 July 2011 31 March 2012 31 January 2015 Leader's seat Valencia Castellón Valencia Last election 55 seats, 49.4% 33 seats, 28.0% 6 seats, 7.2% Seats won 31 23 19 Seat change 24 10 13 Popular vote 658,612 509,098 456,823 Percentage 26.6% 20.6% 18.5% Swing 22.8 pp 7.4 pp 11.3 pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Carolina Punset Antonio Montiel Ignacio Blanco Party C's Podemos/Podem AC Leader since 2 February 2015 14 February 2015 8 November 2014 Leader's seat Valencia Valencia Valencia (lost) Last election Did not contest Did not contest 5 seats, 7.6% Seats won 13 13 0 Seat change 13 13 5 Popular vote 309,121 282,389 106,917 Percentage 12.5% 11.4% 4.3% Swing New party New party 3.3 pp
Constituency results map for the Corts Valencianes
President before election Alberto Fabra PP Elected President Ximo Puig PSPV–PSOE

Alberto Fabra
PP

Ximo Puig
PSPV–PSOE

The 2015 Valencian regional election was held on Sunday, 24 May 2015, to elect the 9th 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.

While incumbent President Alberto Fabra's People's Party (PP) remained as the party with the most votes, it lost 24 seats and 22 percentage points compared to its 2011 result, and lost the absolute majority it had held in the Corts since 1999. This result was attributed to the party's management of the economic crisis, as well as the various corruption scandals that affected the PP throughout the entire 2011–2015 period, some of which were unveiled just weeks before the election. The Socialist Party of the Valencian Country (PSPV–PSOE) came second, with 23 seats, 10 fewer than in 2011 and the worst electoral result in its history.

Three other parties achieved representation, of which two were newly formed since 2011: Compromís, with 19 seats, Podemos and C's. EUPV, the main party in a coalition of other forces known as Acord Ciutadà (Valencian for "Citizen Agreement"), did not reach the 5% minimum threshold to achieve representation and therefore lost all of its seats in the Corts. Turnout was, at 69.6%, the lowest since 1999. Subsequently Alberto Fabra announced he would retire from his party's leadership in the region after a PSPV–Compromís coalition with Podemos' support expelled the PP from the regional government after 20 years in power. Ximo Puig from the PSPV–PSOE was elected as new regional President.