2027 Spanish regional elections
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23 May 2027
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At least 331 seats in the regional parliaments of Asturias, Cantabria, Castilla–La Mancha, La Rioja, Madrid and Murcia 50 seats in the regional assemblies of Ceuta and Melilla | |
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Regional elections will be held in Spain during 2027 to elect the regional parliaments of at least six of the seventeen autonomous communities: Andalusia and Castile and León; and the two autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla. At least 331 of 1,220[b] seats in the regional parliaments will be up for election, as well as the 50 seats in the regional assemblies of the autonomous cities. The elections will held on 23 May (concurrently with local elections all across the country). 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.[2][3][4]
Regional governments
[edit]The following table lists party control in autonomous communities and cities. Gains for a party are highlighted in that party's colour.
| Election day | Region | Previous control | New control | ||
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| Autonomous communities | |||||
| 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) | ||||
| Autonomous cities | |||||
| 23 May | Ceuta | People's Party (PP) | |||
| Melilla | People's Party (PP) | ||||
Summary by region
[edit]May (at least 6 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, regardless of whether an early election is held before.[2]
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, regardless of whether an additional early election is held.[2]
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, regardless of whether an additional early election is held.[2]
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, regardless of whether an additional early election is held.[2]
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, regardless of whether an additional early election is held.[2]
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, regardless of whether an additional early election is held.[2]
Autonomous cities
[edit]Ceuta
[edit]Melilla
[edit]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.
- ^ a b c d e f g 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.
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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