2019 Asturian regional election

The 2019 Asturian regional election was held on Sunday, 26 May 2019, to elect the 11th General Junta of the Principality of Asturias. All 45 seats in the General Junta were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in eleven other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain, as well as the 2019 European Parliament election.

2019 Asturian regional election
26 May 2019
All 45 seats in the General Junta of the Principality of Asturias
23 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered973,737 1.4%
Turnout536,734 (55.1%)
0.7 pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Adrián Barbón Teresa Mallada Juan Vázquez
Party PSOE PP Cs
Leader since 17 September 2017 11 January 2019 2 March 2019
Leader's seat Central Central Central
Last election 14 seats, 26.5% 11 seats, 21.6% 3 seats, 7.1%
Seats won 20 10 5
Seat change 6 1 2
Popular vote 187,462 93,147 74,271
Percentage 35.3% 17.5% 14.0%
Swing 8.8 pp 4.1 pp 6.9 pp
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Lorena Gil Ángela Vallina Carmen Moriyón
Party Podemos Asturies IU–IAS FAC
Leader since 27 November 2018 10 March 2019 29 September 2018
Leader's seat Central Central Central
Last election 9 seats, 19.1% 5 seats, 11.9% 3 seats, 8.2%
Seats won 4 2 2
Seat change 5 3 1
Popular vote 58,674 35,174 34,687
Percentage 11.0% 6.6% 6.5%
Swing 8.1 pp 5.3 pp 1.7 pp
  Seventh party
 
Leader Ignacio Blanco
Party Vox
Leader since 13 April 2015
Leader's seat Central
Last election 0 seats, 0.6%
Seats won 2
Seat change 2
Popular vote 34,210
Percentage 6.4%
Swing 5.8 pp
Constituency results map for the General Junta of the Principality of Asturias
President before election

Javier Fernández
PSOE

 Elected President

Adrián Barbón
PSOE

Overview

Electoral system

The General Junta of the Principality of Asturias was the devolved, unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of Asturias, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution and the Asturian Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a regional president.[1] Voting for the General Junta was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over 18 years of age, registered in Asturias and in full enjoyment of their political rights. Additionally, Asturians abroad were required to apply for voting before being permitted to vote, a system known as "begged" or expat vote (Spanish: Voto rogado).[2]

The 45 members of the General Junta of the Principality of Asturias were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of three percent of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied in each constituency. Seats were allocated to constituencies, which were established as follows:

Each constituency was allocated an initial minimum of two seats, with the remaining 39 being distributed in proportion to their populations.[3]

As a result of the aforementioned allocation, each General Junta constituency was entitled the following seats:[4]

Seats Constituencies
34 Central District
6 Western District
5 Eastern District

The use of the D'Hondt method might result in a higher effective threshold, depending on the district magnitude.[5]

Election date

The term of the General Junta of the Principality of Asturias expired four years after the date of its previous election. Elections to the General Junta were fixed for the fourth Sunday of May every four years. The previous election was held on 24 May 2015, setting the election date for the General Junta on Sunday, 26 May 2019.[1][3][6]

The president had the prerogative to dissolve the General Junta and call a snap election, provided that no motion of no confidence was in process, no nationwide election was due and some time requirements were met: namely, that dissolution did not occur either during the first legislative session or within the legislature's last year ahead of its scheduled expiry, nor before one year had elapsed since a previous dissolution under this procedure. In the event of an investiture process failing to elect a regional president within a two-month period from the first ballot, the General Junta was to be automatically dissolved and a fresh election called. Any snap election held as a result of these circumstances would not alter the period to the next ordinary election, with elected deputies merely serving out what remained of their four-year terms.[1]

The election to the General Junta of the Principality of Asturias was officially triggered on 2 April 2019 after the publication of the election decree in the Official Gazette of the Principality of Asturias (BOPA).[4]

Parliamentary composition
Further information: 10th General Junta of the Principality of Asturias

The table below shows the composition of the parliamentary groups in the General Junta at the time of dissolution.[7]

Parliamentary composition in April 2019[8]
Groups Parties Legislators
Seats Total
Socialist Parliamentary Group PSOE 14 14
People's Parliamentary Group PP 11 11
We Can Asturias Parliamentary Group Podemos 9 9
United Left Parliamentary Group IU/IX 5 5
Asturias Forum Parliamentary Group FAC 3 3
Citizens Parliamentary Group Cs 3 3

Parties and candidates

The electoral law allowed for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, coalitions and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form a coalition ahead of an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election call, whereas groupings of electors needed to secure the signature of at least one percent of the electorate in the constituencies for which they sought election, disallowing electors from signing for more than one list of candidates.[3][6]

Below is a list of the main parties and electoral alliances which contested the election:

Candidacy Parties and
alliances		 Leading candidate Ideology Previous result Gov. Ref.
Votes (%) Seats
PSOE
List
 Adrián Barbón Social democracy 26.48% 14 checkY [9]
PP
List
 Teresa Mallada Conservatism
Christian democracy		 21.59% 11 ☒N [10]
Podemos
Asturies
List
 Lorena Gil Left-wing populism
Direct democracy
Democratic socialism		 19.06% 9 ☒N [11]
IU–IAS
List
 Ángela Vallina Socialism
Communism		 11.94% 5 ☒N [12]
[13]
FAC
List
 Carmen Moriyón Regionalism
Conservatism		 8.19% 3 ☒N [14]
Cs
List
 Juan Vázquez Liberalism 7.12% 3 ☒N [15]
Vox
List
 Ignacio Blanco Right-wing populism
Ultranationalism
National conservatism		 0.59% 0 ☒N [16]
[17]

Campaign

Party slogans
Party or alliance Slogan (Spanish) Slogan (Asturian) English translation Ref.
PSOE « La mejor Asturias » « La meyor Asturies » "The best Asturias" [18]
PP « Ilusión por Asturias »
« Centrados en tu futuro »		 « Ilusión por Asturies »
« Centraos nel to futuru »		 "Illusion for Asturias"
"Focused on your future"		 [19][20]
Podemos « Asturias en tus manos » « Asturies nes tos manes » "Asturias in your hands" [21]
IU–IAS « Asturias por la izquierda » « Asturies pela izquierda » "Asturias by the left" [22]
Cs « La Asturias de las oportunidades »
« Sí, tú eres la oportunidad de Asturias »		 « L'Asturies de les oportunidaes »
« Sí, tu yes la oportunidá d'Asturies »		 "The Asturias of opportunities"
"Yes, you are the opportunity of Asturias"		 [23]
FAC « Con Carmen Moriyón, Asturias cambia y avanza » « Con Carmen Moriyón, Asturies camuda y avanza » "With Carmen Moriyón, Asturias changes and advances" [24]
Vox « Tu voz en Asturias » « La to voz n'Asturies » "Your voice in Asturias" [25]

Election debates
2019 Asturian regional election debates
Date Organisers Moderator(s)     P  Present[lower-alpha 1]  
PSOE PP Podemos IU–IAS FAC Cs Vox Audience Ref.
20 May TPA Nacho Monserrat P
Barbón		 P
Mallada		 P
Gil		 P
Vallina		 P
Moriyón		 P
Vázquez		 P
Blanco		 6.9%
(24,000)		 [26]
[27]

Opinion polls

The table below lists voting intention estimates in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first and using the dates when the survey fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. Where the fieldwork dates are unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed with its background shaded in the leading party's colour. If a tie ensues, this is applied to the figures with the highest percentages. The "Lead" column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the parties with the highest percentages in a poll. When available, seat projections determined by the polling organisations are displayed below (or in place of) the percentages in a smaller font; 23 seats were required for an absolute majority in the General Junta of the Principality of Asturias.

Color key:

  Poll conducted after legal ban on opinion polls

Results

Overall
← Summary of the 26 May 2019 General Junta of the Principality of Asturias election results →
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes  % ±pp Total +/−
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 187,46235.26+8.78 20+6
People's Party (PP) 93,14717.52–4.07 10–1
Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (Cs) 74,27113.97+6.85 5+2
We Can Asturias (Podemos Asturies) 58,67411.04–8.02 4–5
United Left–Asturian Left: Asturias by the Left (IU–IAS) 35,1746.62–5.32 2–3
Forum of Citizens (FAC) 34,6876.52–1.67 2–1
Vox (Vox) 34,2106.43+5.84 2+2
Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA) 3,4260.64–0.09 0±0
Greens–Equo (V–Q) 2,1280.40+0.03 0±0
Andecha Astur (Andecha) 1,5840.30+0.12 0±0
Communist Party of the Workers of Spain (PCTE) 1,0830.20New 0±0
Blank ballots 5,8581.10–0.79
Total 531,704 45±0
Valid votes 531,70499.06+0.48
Invalid votes 5,0300.94–0.48
Votes cast / turnout 536,73455.12–0.67
Abstentions 437,00344.88+0.67
Registered voters 973,737
Sources[7][28]
Popular vote
PSOE
 
 35.26%
PP
 
 17.52%
Cs
 
 13.97%
Podemos Ast.
 
 11.04%
IU–IAS
 
 6.62%
FAC
 
 6.52%
Vox
 
 6.43%
Others
 
 1.55%
Blank ballots
 
 1.10%
Seats
PSOE
 
 44.44%
PP
 
 22.22%
Cs
 
 11.11%
Podemos Ast.
 
 8.89%
IU–IAS
 
 4.44%
FAC
 
 4.44%
Vox
 
 4.44%

Distribution by constituency
Constituency PSOE PP Cs Podemos IU–IAS FAC Vox
 % S  % S  % S  % S  % S  % S  % S
Central 33.9 13 16.1 6 14.9 5 11.8 4 7.2 2 6.5 2 6.8 2
Eastern 40.5 3 22.2 2 10.5 − 7.8 − 3.3 − 8.9 − 5.1 −
Western 41.5 4 24.7 2 9.5 − 7.6 − 4.9 − 5.2 − 4.4 −
Total 35.3 20 17.5 10 14.0 5 11.0 4 6.6 2 6.5 2 6.4 2
Sources[7][28]

Aftermath
Further information: First government of Adrián Barbón

Just after the election, Asturias Forum candidate Carmen Moriyón renounced to take her seat in the General Junta, but continued as president of the party.[29]

On 24 June 2019, the day of the constitution of the 11th General Junta, Juan Vázquez resigned as regional Cs spokesman due to divergences with the national leadership of the party.[30]

Investiture
Ballot → 12 July 2019 15 July 2019
Required majority → 23 out of 45 Simple
22 / 45
 ☒N
22 / 45
 checkY
Abstentions
23 / 45
23 / 45
Absentees
0 / 45
0 / 45
Sources[7][31][32]

Notes
  1. Denotes a main invitee attending the event.
  2. Within Unidas Podemos.
  3. Within PP.

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