Castilian-Leonese regional election, 2007

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27 May 2007

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All 83 seats in the Cortes of Castile and León
42 seats needed for a majority

Registered

2,171,192

0.3%

Turnout

1,535,096 (70.7%)

2.0 pp

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Juan Vicente Herrera	Ángel Villalba	Joaquín Otero
Party	PP	PSOE	UPL–UZ
Leader since	16 March 2001	22 October 2000	1997
Last election	48 seats, 48.5%	32 seats, 36.8%	2 seats, 4.0%
Seats won	48	33	2
Seat change	0	1	0
Popular vote	748,746	574,596	41,519
Percentage	49.2%	37.7%	2.7%
Swing	0.7 pp	0.9 pp	1.3 pp

President before election

Juan Vicente Herrera
PP

Elected President

Juan Vicente Herrera
PP

The 2007 Castilian-Leonese regional election was held on Sunday, 27 May 2007, to elect the 7th Cortes of the Autonomous Community of Castile and León. All 83 seats in the Cortes were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.

The Cortes of Castile and León were the devolved, unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of Castile and León, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution and the Castilian-Leonese Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to grant or revoke confidence from a President of the Junta. Voting for the Cortes was on the basis of universal suffrage, with all nationals over eighteen, registered in Castile and León and in full enjoyment of all political rights entitled to vote.

All members of the Cortes of Castile and León were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with a threshold of 3 per 100 of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied in each constituency. Parties not reaching the threshold were not taken into consideration for seat distribution. Additionally, the use of the D'Hondt method might result in an effective threshold over three percent, dependant on the district magnitude. Seats were allocated to constituencies, corresponding to the provinces of Ávila, Burgos, León, Palencia, Salamanca, Segovia, Soria, Valladolid and Zamora. Each constituency was entitled to an initial minimum of three seats, being allocated one additional member per each 45,000 inhabitants or fraction greater than 22,500.

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