A regional election was held in Galicia on 19 June 2005 to elect the 7th Parliament of the autonomous community. All 75 seats in the Parliament were up for election.

Overview Under the 1981 Statute of Autonomy, the Parliament of Galicia was the unicameral legislature of the homonymous autonomous community, having legislative power in devolved matters, as well as the ability to grant or withdraw confidence from a regional president.. The electoral and procedural rules were supplemented by national law provisions..

Date The term of the Parliament of Galicia expired four years after the date of its previous election, unless it was dissolved earlier. The election decree was required to be issued no later than 25 days before the scheduled expiration date of parliament and published on the following day in the Official Journal of Galicia (DOG), with election day taking place 54 days after the decree's publication.; ( by ). The previous election was held on 21 October 2001, which meant that the chamber's term would have expired on 21 October 2005. The election decree was required to be published in the DOG no later than 27 September 2005, setting the latest possible date for election day on 20 November 2005.

The regional president had the prerogative to dissolve the Parliament of Galicia at any given time and call a snap election, provided that it did not occur before one year after a previous one 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 Parliament was to be automatically dissolved and a fresh election called..

The Parliament of Galicia was officially dissolved on 26 April 2005 with the publication of the corresponding decree in the DOG, setting election day for 19 June and scheduling for the chamber to reconvene on 18 July..

Electoral system Voting for the Parliament was based on universal suffrage, comprising all Spanish nationals over 18 years of age, registered in Galicia and with full political rights, provided that they had not been deprived of the right to vote by a final sentence, nor were legally incapacitated.; ( by ).

The Parliament of Galicia had a minimum of 60 and a maximum of 80 seats, with electoral provisions fixing its size at 75. All were elected in four multi-member constituencies—corresponding to the provinces of A Coruña, Lugo, Ourense and Pontevedra, each of which was assigned an initial minimum of 10 seats and the remaining 35 distributed in proportion to population—using the D'Hondt method and closed-list proportional voting, with a five percent-threshold of valid votes (including blank ballots) in each constituency.; . The use of this electoral method resulted in a higher effective threshold depending on district magnitude and vote distribution.

As a result of the aforementioned allocation, each Parliament constituency was entitled the following seats:.

Seats Constituencies 24 A Coruña 22 Pontevedra 15 Lugo 14 Ourense

The law did not provide for by-elections to fill vacant seats; instead, any vacancies arising after the proclamation of candidates and during the legislative term were filled by the next candidates on the party lists or, when required, by designated substitutes. ( by ).

Outgoing parliament The table below shows the composition of the parliamentary groups in the chamber at the time of dissolution.

+ Parliamentary composition in April 2005 Groups Parties Legislators Seats Total People's Parliamentary Group of Galicia PP 41 41 Galician Nationalist Bloc's Parliamentary Group BNG 17 17 Socialists of Galicia's Parliamentary Group PSdeG–PSOE 17 17

Parties and candidates The electoral law allowed for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, alliances and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form an alliance were required to inform the relevant electoral commission within 10 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. ( by ).

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

Candidacy Parties andalliances Leading candidate Ideology Previous result Vote % Seats PP Manuel Fraga ConservatismChristian democracy 51.6% BNG Anxo Quintana Galician nationalismLeft-wing nationalismSocialism 22.6% PSdeG–PSOE Emilio Pérez Touriño Social democracy 21.8%

Opinion polls The tables below list opinion polling results 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.

Voting intention estimates The table below lists weighted voting intention estimates. Refusals are generally excluded from the party vote percentages, while question wording and the treatment of "don't know" responses and those not intending to vote may vary between polling organisations. When available, seat projections determined by the polling organisations are displayed below (or in place of) the percentages in a smaller font; 38 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Parliament of Galicia.

Polling firm/Commissioner Fieldwork date Sample size Turnout BNG Lead 2005 regional election 19 Jun 2005 64.2 45.2 18.7 33.2 0.7 12.0 TNS Demoscopia/Antena 3 19 Jun 2005 18,000? 41.7 21.9 31.9 – 9.8 Ipsos–Eco/CRTVG 19 Jun 2005?? 41.5 22.6 32.0 – 9.5 Opina/Cadena SER 13–18 Jun 2005?? 46.8 11.6 37.3 – 9.5 Infortécnica 13 Jun 2005 250? 47.8 20.1 32.1 – 15.7 Opina/Cadena SER 12 Jun 2005 1,000? 42.0 19.0 35.0 – 7.0 Infortécnica 12 Jun 2005 250? 47.6 20.4 32.0 – 15.6 Opina/Cadena SER 11 Jun 2005 1,000? 42.5 19.0 35.0 – 7.5 Infortécnica 11 Jun 2005 250? 47.5 20.7 31.8 – 15.7 Sondaxe/La Voz de Galicia 7–11 Jun 2005 2,400? 42.7 21.4 31.3 – 11.4 Opina/Cadena SER 10 Jun 2005 1,000? 42.3 18.5 35.2 – 7.1 Sondaxe/La Voz de Galicia 6–10 Jun 2005 2,400? 42.6 21.1 32.2 – 10.4 Opina/Cadena SER 9 Jun 2005 1,000? 43.3 18.4 37.3 – 6.0 Metroscopia/ABC 6–9 Jun 2005 1,500 70 42.5 19.4 35.5 – 7.0 Noxa/La Vanguardia 6–9 Jun 2005 1,200? 43.3 19.6 33.9 – 9.4 Sondaxe/La Voz de Galicia 5–9 Jun 2005 2,400? 41.2 22.4 32.8 – 8.4 Iberconsulta/La Razón 30 May–9 Jun 2005 800 62.0 45.5 21.0 31.4 0.7 14.1 Opina/Cadena SER 8 Jun 2005 1,000? 43.4 18.0 37.5 – 5.9 Opina/El País 7–8 Jun 2005 1,500? 42.0 20.5 34.5 – 7.5 Sigma Dos/El Mundo 6–8 Jun 2005 1,000? 47.1 19.7 30.2 – 16.9 Sondaxe/La Voz de Galicia 4–8 Jun 2005 2,400? 42.2 22.4 31.2 – 11.0 Opina/Cadena SER 7 Jun 2005 1,000? 43.9 19.3 35.8 – 8.1 Sondaxe/La Voz de Galicia 3–7 Jun 2005 2,400? 42.9 21.1 32.1 – 10.8 Anova Multiconsulting/El Correo 31 May–7 Jun 2005 2,000 72.8 45.5 19.2 31.1 – 14.4 Opina/Cadena SER 6 Jun 2005 1,000? 44.6 18.9 32.2 – 12.4 Sondaxe/La Voz de Galicia 2–6 Jun 2005 2,400? 42.4 20.7 33.2 – 9.2 Opina/Cadena SER 5 Jun 2005 1,000? 44.5 19.5 32.1 – 12.4 Sondaxe/La Voz de Galicia 1–5 Jun 2005 2,400? 42.9 20.8 32.6 – 10.3 CIS 26 May–5 Jun 2005 3,205? 43.8 21.7 32.7 – 10.1 Opina/Cadena SER 4 Jun 2005 1,000? 43.8 18.7 33.6 – 10.2 Sondaxe/La Voz de Galicia 31 May–4 Jun 2005 2,400? 44.2 19.5 32.0 – 12.2 Opina/Cadena SER 3 Jun 2005 1,000? 41.5 20.7 34.9 – 6.6 Ipsos/Faro de Vigo 1–3 Jun 2005 1,300 64 45.2 18.0 32.4 – 12.8 Sondaxe/La Voz de Galicia 30 May–3 Jun 2005 2,400? 44.8 18.3 32.2 – 12.6 Opina/Cadena SER 2 Jun 2005 1,000? 42.0 19.8 34.2 – 7.8 Sondaxe/La Voz de Galicia 30 May–2 Jun 2005 1,920? 45.6 18.8 31.5 – 14.1 Infortécnica 19–26 May 2005 2,500???? –? Sondaxe/La Voz de Galicia 20 May 2005?? 44.7 20.6 31.8 – 12.9 CIS 29 Apr–11 May 2005 1,594? 45.6 20.6 32.8 – 12.8 Anova Multiconsulting/El Correo 8 May 2005?? 47.4 17.6 32.1 – 15.3 Opina/El País 2–4 May 2005 1,500? 45.8 16.3 33.9 – 11.9 Infortécnica 23 Apr 2005 2,400???? –? PP 22 Apr 2005 6,000???? –? USC 22 Nov–13 Dec 2004 1,200? 42.2 23.4 30.7 – 11.5 Sondaxe/La Voz de Galicia 23–29 Nov 2004????? –? 2004 EP election 13 Jun 2004 44.3 47.7 12.3 36.2 1.5 11.5 2004 general election 14 Mar 2004 71.0 47.1 11.4 37.2 1.7 9.9 Sondaxe/La Voz de Galicia 21 Feb 2003?? 42.6?? –? Sondaxe/La Voz de Galicia 19 Oct 2002? 53.1 45.2 20.2 25.0 – 20.2 CIS 9 Sep–9 Oct 2002 606 66.9 47.5 22.1 24.9 1.6 22.6 Sondaxe/La Voz de Galicia 14 Jul 2002? 52.5 44.4 21.3 24.4 – 20.0 USC 2 May 2002?? 50.8 22.5 24.5 – 26.3 Sondaxe/La Voz de Galicia 7 Apr 2002? 56.2 48.2 19.4 23.5 – 24.7 Sondaxe/La Voz de Galicia 12 Jan 2002? 58.9 48.7 23.3 22.9 – 25.4 2001 regional election 21 Oct 2001 60.2 51.6 22.6 21.8 0.7 29.0

Voting preferences The table below lists raw, unweighted voting preferences.

Polling firm/Commissioner Fieldwork date Sample size BNG Lead 2005 regional election 19 Jun 2005 30.5 13.3 22.0 0.5 31.9 8.5 CIS 26 May–5 Jun 2005 3,205 31.5 15.6 24.7 1.0 20.7 3.6 6.8 CIS 29 Apr–11 May 2005 1,594 27.8 13.1 24.4 1.4 26.5 4.2 3.4 2004 EP election 13 Jun 2004 22.7 6.0 16.6 0.7 52.9 6.1 2004 general election 14 Mar 2004 35.2 8.9 28.2 1.3 23.9 7.0 CIS 9 Sep–9 Oct 2002 606 29.9 12.5 13.2 1.2 33.7 5.8 16.7 2001 regional election 21 Oct 2001 29.0 13.3 12.5 0.4 35.8 15.7

Victory preferences The table below lists opinion polling on the victory preferences for each party in the event of a regional election taking place.

Polling firm/Commissioner Fieldwork date Sample size BNG Other/None Lead CIS 26 May–5 Jun 2005 3,205 34.3 17.0 27.7 0.7 1.6 18.6 6.6 CIS 29 Apr–11 May 2005 1,594 32.5 14.7 29.4 1.5 0.5 21.3 3.1

Victory likelihood The table below lists opinion polling on the perceived likelihood of victory for each party in the event of a regional election taking place.

Polling firm/Commissioner Fieldwork date Sample size BNG Other/None Lead CIS 26 May–5 Jun 2005 3,205 66.3 1.2 11.8 0.1 0.7 19.8 54.5 CIS 29 Apr–11 May 2005 1,594 60.0 1.2 13.7 0.1 0.0 25.0 46.3

Preferred President The table below lists opinion polling on leader preferences to become president of the Regional Government of Galicia.

Polling firm/Commissioner Fieldwork date Sample size Other/None/Notcare Lead Opina/Cadena SER 12 Jun 2005 1,000 29.6 14.3 25.1 4.2 26.8 4.5 Opina/Cadena SER 11 Jun 2005 1,000 29.6 13.5 24.3 4.5 28.2 5.3 Opina/Cadena SER 10 Jun 2005 1,000 29.1 11.7 26.0 6.4 26.8 3.1 Opina/Cadena SER 9 Jun 2005 1,000 29.1 11.4 26.7 6.2 26.5 2.4 Opina/Cadena SER 8 Jun 2005 1,000 29.3 11.1 27.2 6.5 25.9 2.1 Opina/Cadena SER 7 Jun 2005 1,000 29.6 12.0 26.9 6.3 25.3 2.7 Opina/Cadena SER 6 Jun 2005 1,000 31.2 12.9 26.5 4.8 24.5 4.7 Opina/Cadena SER 5 Jun 2005 1,000 31.1 13.1 25.8 5.2 24.9 5.3 CIS 26 May–5 Jun 2005 3,205 31.3 16.6 27.8 3.8 20.4 3.5 Opina/Cadena SER 4 Jun 2005 1,000 32.2 12.8 25.7 5.9 23.6 6.5 Opina/Cadena SER 3 Jun 2005 1,000 31.4 12.5 26.0 6.1 24.0 5.4 Opina/Cadena SER 2 Jun 2005 1,000 31.9 12.1 25.9 6.1 24.1 6.0 CIS 29 Apr–11 May 2005 1,594 30.4 14.2 27.5 2.6 25.3 2.9

Predicted President The table below lists opinion polling on the perceived likelihood for each leader to become president of the Regional Government of Galicia.