A regional election was held in Aragon on 26 May 2019 to elect the 10th of the autonomous community. All 67 seats in the were up for election. It was held concurrently with regional elections in eleven other autonomous communities and local elections all across Spain, as well as the 2019 European Parliament election.
The election resulted in the most fragmented parliament to date, with up to eight parliamentary groups being formed. The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) of regional president Javier Lambán emerged as the largest political party and was able to retain government throughout a diverse coalition agreement including Podemos, the Aragonese Party (PAR) and the Aragonese Union (CHA). The People's Party (PP) obtained the worst result in its history, whereas Citizens (Cs) emerged with a strong third-place position. The far-right, represented by Vox, entered parliament for the first time.
Overview Under the 2007 Statute of Autonomy, the Cortes of Aragon 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 of Aragon 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 Gazette of Aragon (BOA), with election day taking place 54 days after the decree's publication.; ( by ). The previous election was held on 24 May 2015, which meant that the chamber's term would have expired on 24 May 2019. The election decree was required to be published in the BOA no later than 30 April 2019, setting the latest possible date for election day on 23 June 2019.
The regional president had the prerogative to dissolve the of Aragon at any given time and call a snap election, provided that no motion of no confidence was in process and that dissolution did not occur before one year after a previous one.; ; . In the event of an investiture process failing to elect a regional president within a two-month period from the 's reconvening, the chamber was to be automatically dissolved and a fresh election called..
The of Aragon was officially dissolved on 2 April 2019 with the publication of the corresponding decree in the BOA, setting election day for 26 May and scheduling for the chamber to reconvene on 20 June..
Electoral system Voting for the was based on universal suffrage, comprising all Spanish nationals over 18 years of age, registered in Aragon and with full political rights, provided that they had not been deprived of the right to vote by a final sentence.; ( by ). Additionally, non-resident citizens were required to apply for voting, a system known as "begged" voting ()..
The of Aragon had a minimum of 65 and a maximum of 80 seats, with electoral provisions fixing its size at 67. All were elected in three multi-member constituencies—corresponding to the provinces of Huesca, Teruel and Zaragoza, each of which was assigned an initial minimum of 13 seats and the remaining 28 distributed in proportion to population (with the seat-to-population ratio in the most populated province not exceeding 2.75 times that of the least populated one)—using the D'Hondt method and closed-list proportional voting, with a three 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 constituency was entitled the following seats:.
Seats Constituencies 35 Zaragoza 18 Huesca 14 Teruel
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 2019 Groups Parties Legislators Seats Total People's Parliamentary Group in the Cortes of Aragon PP 21 21 Socialist Parliamentary Group PSOE 18 18 We Can Aragon Parliamentary Group Podemos 14 14 Aragonese Parliamentary Group PAR 6 6 Citizens–Party of the Citizenry Parliamentary Group Cs 5 5 Mixed Parliamentary Group CHA 2 3 IU 1
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 ). Additionally, a balanced composition of men and women was required in the electoral lists, so that candidates of either sex made up at least 40 percent of the total composition..
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 Luis María Beamonte ConservatismChristian democracy 27.5% PSOE Javier Lambán Social democracy 21.4% Podemos–Equo Maru Díaz Left-wing populismDirect democracyDemocratic socialism 20.8% PAR Arturo Aliaga RegionalismCentrism 6.9% Cs Daniel Pérez Calvo Liberalism 9.4% CHA José Luis Soro Aragonese nationalismEco-socialism 4.6% IU Álvaro Sanz SocialismCommunism 4.2% Vox Santiago Morón Right-wing populismUltranationalismNational conservatism colspan="2"
Campaign Party slogans Original slogan English translation PP « Piensa en Aragón » "Think of Aragon" PSOE « Juntos por Aragón » "Together for Aragon" Podemos–Equo « Aragón, contigo » "Aragon, with you" PAR « El centro necesario » "The necessary centre" Cs « Vamos Aragón » "Let's go Aragon" CHA « Construimos Aragón contigo »« CHA cumple » "We build Aragon with you""CHA delivers" IU « Tu izquierda » "Your left" Vox « Tu voz en Aragón » "Your voice in Aragon"
Debates + 2019 Aragonese regional election debates Date Organizer(s) Moderator(s) PP PSOE Podemos PAR Cs CHA IU Vox Audience 9 May Heraldo de Aragón Mikel Iturbe — 14 May Aragón TV Inma Otal 5.7%
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; 34 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Cortes of Aragon.
Polling firm/Commissioner Fieldwork date Sample size Turnout Lead 2019 regional election 26 May 2019 66.2 20.9 30.8 8.1 16.7 5.1 6.3 3.3 6.1 – 9.9 GfK/FORTA 26 May 2019 11,896? 17.9 32.9 10.5 14.3 4.9 7.2 4.2 5.2 – 15.0 ElectoPanel/Electomanía 22–23 May 2019?? 19.0 30.0 13.3 16.2 5.9 5.3 2.1 7.1 – 11.0 ElectoPanel/Electomanía 21–22 May 2019?? 19.4 30.0 13.1 15.9 5.9 5.4 2.0 6.9 – 10.6 ElectoPanel/Electomanía 20–21 May 2019?? 19.3 30.1 13.3 15.7 6.0 5.2 1.8 7.5 – 10.8 ElectoPanel/Electomanía 19–20 May 2019?? 19.1 30.0 13.4 16.0 5.8 5.1 1.8 7.2 – 10.9 KeyData/Público 19 May 2019? 68.7 18.3 25.4 12.9 18.4 6.5 3.5 3.9 7.5 – 7.0 NC Report/La Razón 19 May 2019?? 21.7 28.1?????? – 6.4 Sigma Dos/El Mundo 19 May 2019?? 19.6 30.8 13.1 13.8 6.5 4.9 1.8 7.7 – 11.2 ElectoPanel/Electomanía 16–19 May 2019?? 19.0 29.5 13.7 17.1 5.7 5.0 1.9 7.3 – 10.5 ElectoPanel/Electomanía 13–16 May 2019?? 17.3 29.7 12.2 18.6 5.6 5.4 2.3 7.4 – 11.1 ElectoPanel/Electomanía 10–13 May 2019?? 16.7 28.4 12.3 19.5 5.5 5.5 2.2 8.1 – 8.9 A+M/Heraldo de Aragón 6–11 May 2019? 71.2 20.5 25.3 15.1 16.7 6.5 4.9 3.8 5.5 – 4.8 ElectoPanel/Electomanía 7–10 May 2019?? 16.6 28.0 12.6 19.9 4.9 5.7 2.6 8.8 – 8.1 ElectoPanel/Electomanía 4–7 May 2019?? 16.2 27.9 12.0 20.6 4.7 6.0 2.5 8.8 – 7.3 ElectoPanel/Electomanía 29 Apr–4 May 2019?? 15.9 28.0 11.9 21.1 4.8 6.1 2.4 8.6 – 6.9 April 2019 general election 28 Apr 2019 75.2 18.9 31.7 20.5 – – 12.2 13.6 11.2 CIS 21 Mar–23 Apr 2019 892? 22.2 26.4 15.0 12.7 6.0 3.9 4.8 3.0 – 4.2 ElectoPanel/Electomanía 31 Mar–7 Apr 2019?? 21.9 25.3 11.9 12.2 4.5 6.2 2.4 12.7 – 3.4 ElectoPanel/Electomanía 24–31 Mar 2019?? 21.3 25.4 11.6 12.6 4.5 6.1 2.6 12.7 – 4.1 ElectoPanel/Electomanía 17–24 Mar 2019?? 21.6 26.2 12.4 4.6 6.5 11.3 11.7 4.6 ElectoPanel/Electomanía 10–17 Mar 2019?? 22.0 25.0 11.6 4.6 6.4 13.1 11.6 3.0 ElectoPanel/Electomanía 3–10 Mar 2019?? 21.6 24.7 12.1 4.8 6.2 13.0 11.8 3.1 ElectoPanel/Electomanía 22 Feb–3 Mar 2019?? 21.4 24.7 12.4 6.0 4.9 12.9 12.0 3.3 A+M/Heraldo de Aragón 1–2 Oct 2018 1,200 65.2 22.3 23.6 21.4 5.7 3.2 2.7 17.3 1.3 A+M/Heraldo de Aragón 11–15 Apr 2018 5,600 64.6 23.8 25.1 12.7 22.1 5.9 3.5 4.3 – – 1.3 SyM Consulting 15–18 Mar 2018 1,800 70.4 20.0 24.1 14.2 17.6 8.4 6.3 4.7 – – 4.1 A+M/Heraldo de Aragón 22–27 Nov 2017 2,000 68.9 26.3 25.0 13.6 15.3 5.4 3.2 5.5 – – 1.3 2016 general election 26 Jun 2016 69.9 35.8 24.8 16.2 – 0.3 19.7 11.0 2015 general election 20 Dec 2015 72.6 31.3 23.0 18.6 17.2 6.2 0.3 – 8.3 2015 regional election 24 May 2015 66.3 27.5 21.4 20.6 9.4 6.9 4.6 4.2 – – 6.1
Voting preferences The table below lists raw, unweighted voting preferences.
Polling firm/Commissioner Fieldwork date Sample size Lead 2019 regional election 26 May 2019 14.1 20.8 5.5 11.3 3.4 4.2 2.2 4.1 – 31.9 6.7 April 2019 general election 28 Apr 2019 14.0 23.5 15.2 – – 9.0 10.0 21.6 8.3 CIS 21 Mar–23 Apr 2019 892 13.6 19.4 5.0 4.5 2.0 1.5 1.9 2.2 – 40.4 7.0 5.8 2016 general election 26 Jun 2016 24.7 17.1 11.2 – 0.2 13.6 27.2 7.6 2015 general election 20 Dec 2015 22.5 16.5 13.3 12.4 4.4 0.2 – 24.5 6.0 2015 regional election 24 May 2015 18.5 14.4 13.8 6.3 4.6 3.1 2.8 – – 31.7 4.1
Results Overall