2027 Spanish regional elections
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23 May 2027
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At least 381 seats in the regional parliaments of Asturias, Cantabria, Castilla–La Mancha, La Rioja, Madrid, Murcia and Navarre | |
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Regional elections will be held in Spain during 2027 to elect the regional parliaments of at least seven of the seventeen autonomous communities: Asturias, Cantabria, Castilla–La Mancha, La Rioja, Madrid, Murcia and Navarre, with regional elections also being likely in the Balearic Islands, the Canary Islands and the Valencian Community. At least 381 of 1,220[b] seats in the regional parliaments will be up for election. The elections will held on 23 May (concurrently with local elections all across the country).[2] Additional elections may be held throughout the year in the event of early dissolutions being triggered in other regions.
Election date
[edit]Determination of election day varies depending on the autonomous community. Typically, most autonomous communities hold their elections on the fourth Sunday of May every four years, concurrently with nationwide local elections, while others have their own, separate electoral cycles. In some cases, regional presidents have the prerogative to dissolve parliament and call for extra elections at a different time, but newly elected assemblies are restricted to serving out what remain of their previous four year-terms without altering the period to their next ordinary election. In other cases—Andalusia (since 1994), Aragon (2007), the Balearic Islands (2007), the Basque Country (1981), the Canary Islands (2018), Castile and León (2007), Catalonia (1985), Extremadura (2011), Galicia (1985), Navarre (2010) and the Valencian Community (2006)—the law grants regional presidents the power to call snap elections resulting in fresh four-year parliamentary terms.[3][4][5]
Regional governments
[edit]The following table lists party control in autonomous communities. Gains for a party are highlighted in that party's colour.
| Election day | Region | Previous control | New control | ||
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| 23 May | Asturias | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | |||
| Cantabria | People's Party (PP) | ||||
| Castilla–La Mancha | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | ||||
| La Rioja | People's Party (PP) | ||||
| Madrid | People's Party (PP) | ||||
| Murcia | People's Party (PP) | ||||
| Navarre | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | ||||
| TBD | Balearic Islands | People's Party (PP) | |||
| Canary Islands | Canarian Coalition (CCa) | ||||
| Valencian Community | People's Party (PP) | ||||
Summary by region
[edit]May (at least 7 regions)
[edit]Asturias
[edit]Under national and regional law, an election to the General Junta of the Principality of Asturias must be held on the fourth Sunday of May 2027, which is 23 May.[3]
Cantabria
[edit]Under national and regional law, an election to the Parliament of Cantabria must be held on the fourth Sunday of May 2027, which is 23 May.[3]
Castilla–La Mancha
[edit]Under national and regional law, an election to the Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha must be held on the fourth Sunday of May 2027, which is 23 May.[3]
La Rioja
[edit]Under national and regional law, an election to the Parliament of La Rioja must be held on the fourth Sunday of May 2027, which is 23 May.[3]
Madrid
[edit]Under national and regional law, an election to the Assembly of Madrid must be held on the fourth Sunday of May 2027, which is 23 May.[3]
Murcia
[edit]Under national and regional law, an election to the Regional Assembly of Murcia must be held on the fourth Sunday of May 2027, which is 23 May.[3]
Navarre
[edit]Under national and regional law, an election to the Parliament of Navarre must be held on the fourth Sunday of May 2027, which is 23 May.[3][6]
To be determined (up to regions)
[edit]Balearic Islands
[edit]Under regional law, an election to the Parliament of the Balearic Islands must be held on or before 27 June 2027.
Canary Islands
[edit]Under regional law, an election to the Parliament of the Canary Islands must be held on or before 27 June 2027.
Valencian Community
[edit]Under regional law, an election to the Corts Valencianes must be held on or before 27 June 2027.
Notes
[edit]- ↑ PSOE's sister party in Catalonia.
- ↑ Accounts for seat allocations due to population changes taking effect in Madrid (+8). These have been manually calculated by applying the electoral rules set out in the law, on the basis of the latest official population figures provided by the Spanish government as of 2026. As such, it should be deemed as a provisional, non-binding estimation. The definitive allocation will be determined by the election decree at the time of the parliament's dissolution.[1]
References
[edit]- ↑ Real Decreto 1117/2025, de 3 de diciembre, por el que se declaran oficiales las cifras de población resultantes de la revisión del Padrón municipal referidas al 1 de enero de 2025 (Royal Decree 1117/2025). Official State Gazette (in Spanish). 3 December 2025. Retrieved 12 December 2025.
- ↑ "Un año para las elecciones municipales: larga y dura precampaña con las generales de fondo". El Periódico (in Spanish). Madrid. EFE. 23 May 2026. Retrieved 15 June 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 LOREG (1985), art. 42.
- ↑ "Un paso más hacia la ruptura de la homogeneidad del calendario electoral de las comunidades autónomas: la reforma de la Ley Orgánica 13/1982, de 10 de agosto, de Reintegración y Amejoramiento del Régimen Foral de Navarra" [A further step towards breaking the homogeneity of the electoral calendar of the autonomous communities: the reform of the Organic Law 13/1982, of August 10, on Reintegration and Improvement of the Foral Regime of Navarre] (PDF). Institute of Regional Studies (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ "El Senado aprueba definitivamente el Estatuto canario con el voto en contra de Podemos" (in Spanish). Madrid: Europa Press. 24 October 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2025.
- ↑ Irisarri, Andoni (7 April 2026). "Chivite no adelantará elecciones: expira el plazo y los navarros votarán en mayo de 2027". Noticias de Navarra (in Spanish). Pamplona. Retrieved 25 April 2026.
Bibliography
[edit]- Ley Orgánica 5/1985, de 19 de junio, del Régimen Electoral General (Organic Law 5/1985). Official State Gazette (in Spanish). 19 June 1985 [version as of 14 July 2025]. BOE-A-1985-11672. Retrieved 5 October 2025.
External links
[edit]- Central Electoral Commission – Regional elections (in Spanish).
- Historia Electoral.com – Regional elections since 1980 (in Spanish and Catalan).
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