A regional election was held in Asturias on 26 May 2019 to elect the 11th General Junta of the autonomous community. All 45 seats in the General Junta 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.
Overview Under the 1981 Statute of Autonomy, the General Junta of the Principality of Asturias 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 General Junta of the Principality of Asturias expired four years after the date of its previous election., with election day being fixed for the fourth Sunday of May every four years. The election decree was required to be issued no later than 54 days before the scheduled election date and published on the following day in the Official Gazette of the Principality of Asturias (BOPA).; . The previous election was held on 24 May 2015, setting the date for election day on the fourth Sunday of May four years later, which was 26 May 2019.
The regional president had the prerogative to dissolve the General Junta of the Principality of Asturias at any given time 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 during the last year of parliament before its planned expiration, nor 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 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 did not alter the date of the chamber's next ordinary election, with elected lawmakers serving the remainder of its original four-year term.; .
The election to the General Junta of the Principality of Asturias was officially called on 2 April 2019 with the publication of the corresponding decree in the BOPA, setting election day for 26 May..
Electoral system Voting for the General Junta was based on universal suffrage, comprising all Spanish nationals over 18 years of age, registered in Asturias and with full political rights, provided that they had not been deprived of the right to vote by a final sentence.; ( by ).
The General Junta had a minimum of 35 and a maximum of 45 seats, with electoral provisions fixing its size at the latter number. All were elected in three multi-member constituencies—corresponding to sub-provincial divisions, each of which was assigned an initial minimum of two seats and the remaining 39 distributed in proportion to population—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 General Junta constituency (comprising the municipalities indicated below) was entitled the following seats:; .
Seats Constituencies Municipalities 34 Central Aller, Avilés, Bimenes, Carreño, Caso, Castrillón, Corvera de Asturias, Gijón, Gozón, Illas, Las Regueras, Langreo, Laviana, Lena, Llanera, Mieres, Morcín, Noreña, Oviedo, Proaza, Quirós, Ribera de Arriba, Riosa, San Martín del Rey Aurelio, Santo Adriano, Sariego, Siero, Sobrescobio, Soto del Barco 6 Western Allande, Belmonte de Miranda, Boal, Candamo, Cangas del Narcea, Castropol, Coaña, Cudillero, Degaña, El Franco, Grado, Grandas de Salime, Ibias, Illano, Muros de Nalón, Navia, Pesoz, Pravia, Salas, San Martín de Oscos, Santa Eulalia de Oscos, San Tirso de Abres, Somiedo, Tapia de Casariego, Taramundi, Teverga, Tineo, Valdés, Vegadeo, Villanueva de Oscos, Villayón, Yernes y Tameza 5 Eastern Amieva, Cabrales, Cabranes, Cangas de Onís, Caravia, Colunga, Llanes, Nava, Onís, Parres, Peñamellera Alta, Peñamellera Baja, Piloña, Ponga, Ribadedeva, Ribadesella, Villaviciosa
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 the election call.
+ Parliamentary composition in April 2019 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, 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 PSOE Adrián Barbón Social democracy 26.5% PP Teresa Mallada ConservatismChristian democracy 21.6% PodemosAsturies Lorena Gil Left-wing populismDirect democracyDemocratic socialism 19.1% IU–IAS Ángela Vallina SocialismCommunism 11.9% FAC Carmen Moriyón RegionalismConservatism 8.2% Cs Juan Vázquez Liberalism 7.1% Vox Ignacio Blanco Right-wing populismUltranationalismNational conservatism 0.6%
Campaign Party slogans Slogan (Spanish) Slogan (Asturian) English translation PSOE « La mejor Asturias » « La meyor Asturies » "The best Asturias" PP « Ilusión por Asturias » « Centrados en tu futuro » « Ilusión por Asturies » « Centraos nel to futuru » "Illusion for Asturias" "Focused on your future" Podemos « Asturias en tus manos » « Asturies nes tos manes » "Asturias in your hands" IU–IAS « Asturias por la izquierda » « Asturies pela izquierda » "Asturias by the left" Cs « La Asturias de las oportunidades » « Sí, tú eres la oportunidad de Asturias » « L'Asturies de les oportunidades » « Sí, tu yes la oportunidá d'Asturies » "The Asturias of opportunities" "Yes, you are the opportunity of Asturias" FAC « Con Carmen Moriyón, Asturias cambia y avanza » « Con Carmen Moriyón, Asturies camuda y avanza » "With Carmen Moriyón, Asturias changes and advances" Vox « Tu voz en Asturias » « La to voz n'Asturies » "Your voice in Asturias"
Debates + 2019 Asturian regional election debates Date Organizer(s) Moderator(s) PSOE PP Podemos IU–IAS FAC Cs Vox Audience 20 May TPA Nacho Monserrat 6.9%
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.
Polling firm/Commissioner Fieldwork date Sample size Turnout Lead 2019 regional election 26 May 2019 55.1 35.3 17.5 11.0 6.6 6.5 14.0 0.6 6.4 – 17.8 ElectoPanel/Electomanía 22–23 May 2019?? 31.4 15.5 14.7 7.5 5.7 16.7 – 7.1 – 14.7 ElectoPanel/Electomanía 21–22 May 2019?? 31.5 15.6 14.1 7.4 5.9 16.7 – 7.0 – 14.8 ElectoPanel/Electomanía 20–21 May 2019?? 31.6 15.7 14.1 7.3 6.0 16.3 – 7.4 – 15.3 ElectoPanel/Electomanía 19–20 May 2019?? 31.7 15.8 14.0 7.2 6.0 16.4 – 7.1 – 15.3 NC Report/La Razón 19 May 2019?? 32.1 18.5???? –? – 13.6 DYM/La Nueva España 19 May 2019?? 35.0 16.0 13.0 7.0 4.0 15.0 – 9.0 – 19.0 ElectoPanel/Electomanía 16–19 May 2019?? 31.8 16.0 13.0 7.2 6.2 16.0 – 7.4 – 15.8 ElectoPanel/Electomanía 13–16 May 2019?? 31.9 16.1 12.5 7.2 6.8 15.7 – 7.6 – 15.8 InvesMark/El Comercio 8–15 May 2019 1,100? 31.2 13.4 15.1 7.4 5.2 17.6 – 7.3 – 13.6 ElectoPanel/Electomanía 10–13 May 2019?? 30.9 15.5 12.4 7.4 6.7 16.4 – 8.3 – 14.5 ElectoPanel/Electomanía 7–10 May 2019?? 30.6 14.8 12.0 7.7 6.7 16.2 – 9.2 – 14.4 ElectoPanel/Electomanía 4–7 May 2019?? 29.9 14.4 12.1 7.6 7.1 16.6 – 9.5 – 13.3 ElectoPanel/Electomanía 29 Apr–4 May 2019?? 29.6 14.8 12.0 8.0 7.0 16.4 – 8.8 – 13.2 April 2019 general election 28 Apr 2019 65.0 33.1 17.9 16.7 1.1 11.5 17.1 15.2 CIS 21 Mar–23 Apr 2019 584? 30.8 20.4 17.0 11.0 3.7 10.7 – 4.6 – 10.4 ElectoPanel/Electomanía 31 Mar–7 Apr 2019?? 27.2 18.2 11.9 7.9 4.0 14.4 – 10.8 – 9.0 ElectoPanel/Electomanía 24–31 Mar 2019?? 27.3 17.7 11.6 8.0 4.2 14.9 – 10.9 – 9.6 ElectoPanel/Electomanía 17–24 Mar 2019?? 28.2 17.9 11.2 7.7 4.1 14.6 – 10.7 – 10.3 ElectoPanel/Electomanía 10–17 Mar 2019?? 26.9 17.9 11.3 7.9 4.2 13.8 – 12.8 – 9.0 ElectoPanel/Electomanía 3–10 Mar 2019?? 26.5 17.5 11.5 8.0 4.3 14.4 – 12.7 – 9.0 ElectoPanel/Electomanía 22 Feb–3 Mar 2019?? 26.3 17.6 11.8 7.9 4.1 14.5 – 12.7 – 8.7 Asturbarómetro/La Nueva España 3 Jan 2019 401? 24.1 18.2 12.5 13.4 3.2 13.6 – 12.6 – 5.9 ElectoPanel/Electomanía 16–21 Dec 2018 450? 23.8 18.8 13.7 7.9 3.8 17.7 0.6 9.2 – 5.0 SyM Consulting 10–12 Mar 2018 1,078 63.2 27.6 20.8 16.1 14.6 5.9 10.1 – – – 6.8 Asturbarómetro/El Comercio 4 Feb 2018?? 26.6 22.4 14.5 12.1 4.2 15.3 – – – 4.2 NC Report/AsturiasDiario 12–20 May 2017 1,200 49.1 24.1 22.0 19.6 11.0 7.2 9.6 – – – 2.1 2016 general election 26 Jun 2016 61.1 24.9 35.3 12.6 1.1 0.2 23.9 10.4 2015 general election 20 Dec 2015 63.8 23.3 30.1 21.3 8.4 13.6 0.7 0.3 – 6.8 2015 regional election 24 May 2015 55.8 26.5 21.6 19.1 11.9 8.2 7.1 0.7 0.6 – 4.9
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) 187,462 35.26 +8.78 20 +6 People's Party (PP) 93,147 17.52 −4.07 10 −1 Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (Cs) 74,271 13.97 +6.85 5 +2 We Can Asturias (Podemos Asturies) 58,674 11.04 −8.02 4 −5 United Left–Asturian Left: Asturias by the Left (IU–IAS) 35,174 6.62 −5.32 2 −3 Forum of Citizens (FAC) 34,687 6.52 −1.67 2 −1 Vox (Vox) 34,210 6.43 +5.84 2 +2 Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA) 3,426 0.64 −0.09 0 ±0 Greens–Equo (V–Q) 2,128 0.40 +0.03 0 ±0 Andecha Astur (Andecha) 1,584 0.30 +0.12 0 ±0 Communist Party of the Workers of Spain (PCTE) 1,083 0.20 New 0 ±0 Blank ballots 5,858 1.10 −0.79 Total 531,704 45 ±0 Valid votes 531,704 99.06 +0.48 Invalid votes 5,030 0.94 −0.48 Votes cast / turnout 536,734 55.12 −0.67 Abstentions 437,003 44.88 +0.67 Registered voters 973,737 Sources
Distribution by constituency