2023 Asturian regional election

2023 Asturian regional election
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All 45 seats in the General Junta of the Principality of Asturias
23 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered958,658 Red arrow down1.6%
Turnout545,002 (56.8%)
Green arrow up1.7 pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Adrián Barbón Diego Canga Carolina López
Party PSOE PP Vox
Leader since 17 September 2017 28 November 2022 19 January 2023
Leader's seat Central Central Central
Last election 20 seats, 35.3% 10 seats, 17.5% 2 seats, 6.4%
Seats won 19 17 4
Seat change Red arrow down1 Green arrow up7 Green arrow up2
Popular vote 195,999 175,131 54,273
Percentage 36.5% 32.6% 10.1%
Swing Green arrow up1.2 pp Green arrow up15.1 pp Green arrow up3.7 pp
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Ovidio Zapico Covadonga Tomé Adrián Pumares
Party IU–MP–IAS Podemos Asturies Foro
Leader since 28 January 2023 4 November 2022 1 October 2022
Leader's seat Central Central Central
Last election 2 seats, 6.6%[a] 4 seats, 11.0% 2 seats, 6.5%
Seats won 3 1 1
Seat change Green arrow up1 Red arrow down3 Red arrow down1
Popular vote 40,774 21,052 19,652
Percentage 7.6% 3.9% 3.7%
Swing Green arrow up1.0 pp Red arrow down7.1 pp Red arrow down2.8 pp
President before election

Adrián Barbón
PSOE

Elected President

Adrián Barbón
PSOE

The 2023 Asturian regional election was held on Sunday, 28 May 2023, to elect the 12th General Junta of the Principality of Asturias. All 45 seats in the General Junta were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in eleven other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.

Overview

Electoral system

The General Junta of the Principality of Asturias was the devolved, unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of Asturias, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution and the Asturian Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a regional president.[1] Voting for the General Junta was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over 18 years of age, registered in Asturias and in full enjoyment of their political rights. Amendments to the electoral law in 2022 abolished the "begged" or expat vote system (Spanish: Voto rogado), under which Spaniards abroad were required to apply for voting before being permitted to vote.[2] The expat vote system was attributed responsibility for a major decrease in the turnout of Spaniards abroad during the years it had been in force.[3]

The 45 members of the General Junta of the Principality of Asturias were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of three percent of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied in each constituency. Seats were allocated to constituencies, which were established as follows:

Each constituency was allocated an initial minimum of two seats, with the remaining 39 being distributed in proportion to their populations.[4]

As a result of the aforementioned allocation, each General Junta constituency was entitled the following seats:[5]

Seats Constituencies
34 Central District
6 Western District
5 Eastern District

In smaller constituencies, the use of the electoral method resulted in an effective threshold based on the district magnitude and the distribution of votes among candidacies.[6]

Election date

The term of the General Junta of the Principality of Asturias expired four years after the date of its previous election. Elections to the General Junta were fixed for the fourth Sunday of May every four years. The previous election was held on 26 May 2019, setting the election date for the General Junta on Sunday, 28 May 2023.[1][4][7]

The president had the prerogative to dissolve the General Junta 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 within the legislature's last year ahead of its scheduled expiry, nor before one year had elapsed since a previous dissolution 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 General Junta was to be automatically dissolved and a fresh election called. Any snap election held as a result of these circumstances would not alter the period to the next ordinary election, with elected deputies merely serving out what remained of their four-year terms.[1]

The election to the General Junta of the Principality of Asturias was officially triggered on 4 April 2023 after the publication of the election decree in the Official Gazette of the Principality of Asturias (BOPA).[5]

Parliamentary composition

Further information: 11th General Junta of the Principality of Asturias

The table below shows the composition of the parliamentary groups in the General Junta at the time of the election call.[8]

Parliamentary composition in April 2023[9]
Groups Parties Legislators
Seats Total
Socialist Parliamentary Group PSOE 20 20
People's Parliamentary Group PP 10 10
Citizens Parliamentary Group CS 4 4
We Can Asturias Parliamentary Group Podemos 4 4
Asturias Forum Parliamentary Group Foro 2 2
United Left Parliamentary Group IU/IX 2 2
Vox Parliamentary Group Vox 2 2
Mixed Parliamentary Group INDEP 1[b] 1

Parties and candidates

The electoral law allowed for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, coalitions and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form a coalition ahead of an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten 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 of candidates.[4][7]

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

Candidacy Parties and
alliances 		Leading candidate Ideology Previous result Gov. Ref.
Votes (%) Seats
PSOE
List
 Adrián Barbón Social democracy 35.26% 20 checkY [11]
PP
List
 Diego Canga Conservatism
Christian democracy 		17.52% 10 ☒N [12]
CS
List
 Manuel Iñarra Liberalism 13.97% 5 ☒N [13]
[14]
[15]
Podemos
Asturies
List
 Covadonga Tomé Left-wing populism
Direct democracy
Democratic socialism 		11.04% 4 ☒N [16]
IU–MP–IAS
List
 Ovidio Zapico Socialism
Communism 		6.62%[a] 2 ☒N [17]
[18]
Foro
List
 Adrián Pumares Regionalism
Conservatism 		6.52% 2 ☒N [19]
Vox
List
 Carolina López Right-wing populism
Ultranationalism
National conservatism 		6.43% 2 ☒N [20]
[21]

Campaign

Election debates

2023 Asturian regional election debates
Date Organisers Moderator(s)     P  Present[c]  
PSOE PP CS Podemos CxAst Foro Vox Audience Ref.
17 May RTPA Nacho Monserrat
Natalia Alonso 		P
Barbón 		P
Canga 		P
Iñarra 		P
Tomé 		P
Zapico 		P
Pumares 		P
López 		6.8%
(19,000) 		[22]
[23]

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.

Graphical summary

Local regression trend line of poll results from 26 May 2019 to 28 May 2023, with each line corresponding to a political party.

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; 23 seats were required for an absolute majority in the General Junta of the Principality of Asturias.

Voting preferences

The table below lists raw, unweighted voting preferences.

Results

Overall

← Summary of the 28 May 2023 General Junta of the Principality of Asturias election results
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 195,999 36.50 +1.24 19 –1
People's Party (PP) 175,131 32.61 +15.09 17 +7
Vox (Vox) 54,273 10.11 +3.68 4 +2
Assembly for Asturias United Left–More Country–Asturian Left (IU–MP–IAS)1 40,774 7.59 +0.97 3 +1
We Can Asturias (Podemos Asturies) 21,052 3.92 –7.12 1 –3
Asturias Forum (Foro) 19,652 3.66 –2.86 1 –1
SOS Asturias–Empty Spain (SOS Asturias) 5,838 1.09 New 0 ±0
Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (CS) 4,974 0.93 –13.04 0 –5
Animalist Party with the Environment (PACMA)2 3,271 0.61 –0.03 0 ±0
Greens–Equo Asturias (V–Q) 1,717 0.32 –0.08 0 ±0
Communist Party of the Workers of Spain (PCTE) 1,401 0.26 +0.06 0 ±0
Andecha Astur (Andecha) 1,245 0.23 –0.07 0 ±0
Unite Principality (SMP) 1,148 0.21 New 0 ±0
For a Fairer World (PUM+J) 789 0.15 New 0 ±0
State of Spain Unionist Party (PUEDE) 236 0.04 New 0 ±0
Blank ballots 9,523 1.77 +0.67
Total 537,023 45 ±0
Valid votes 537,023 98.54 –0.52
Invalid votes 7,979 1.46 +0.52
Votes cast / turnout 545,002 56.85 +1.73
Abstentions 413,656 43.15 –1.73
Registered voters 958,658
Sources[8][24]
Footnotes:
Popular vote
PSOE
 
 36.50%
PP
 
 32.61%
Vox
 
 10.11%
IU–MP–IAS
 
 7.59%
Podemos Ast.
 
 3.92%
Foro
 
 3.66%
SOS Asturias
 
 1.09%
Others
 
 2.75%
Blank ballots
 
 1.77%
Seats
PSOE
 
 42.22%
PP
 
 37.78%
Vox
 
 8.89%
IU–MP–IAS
 
 6.67%
Podemos Ast.
 
 2.22%
Foro
 
 2.22%

Distribution by constituency

Constituency PSOE PP Vox CxAst Podemos Foro
% S % S % S % S % S % S
Central 36.2 13 32.0 12 10.7 4 8.2 3 4.3 1 3.2 1
Eastern 38.3 3 36.4 2 9.5 − 4.7 − 2.6 − 3.9 −
Western 37.0 3 35.0 3 6.5 − 5.4 − 1.7 − 6.7 −
Total 36.5 19 32.6 17 10.1 4 7.6 3 3.9 1 3.7 1
Sources[24]

Aftermath

Further information: Second government of Adrián Barbón

Barbón was elected invested as President with majority in the first voting.[25]

Investiture
Ballot → 19 July 2023
Required majority → 23 out of 45
23 / 45
 checkY
Abstentions
22 / 45
Absentees
0 / 45
Sources[25]

Notes

  1. ^ a b Results for IU–IAS in the 2019 election.
  2. ^ Luis Armando Fernández Bartolomé, former CS legislator.[10]
  3. ^ Denotes a main invitee attending the event.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Within Unidas Podemos.
  5. ^ Extrapolation from results for the Central District.
  6. ^ Vote+Simpathy figures with undecided and/or abstentionists excluded.
  7. ^ a b Within PP.

References

Opinion poll sources
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  2. ^ "El PSOE de Barbón solo alcanzaría la mayoría absoluta en Asturias junto a Podemos e IU". Público (in Spanish). 19 May 2023.
  3. ^ "¿Quién gobernará en Asturias el 28-M según el último sondeo? Los resultados no dejan lugar a dudas". El Plural (in Spanish). 20 May 2023.
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  34. ^ "ASTURIAS. Encuesta Metroscopia (interna PP) 17/07/2022: IU-IAS 5,1% (2), PODEMOS 8,7% (3), PSOE 33,7% (17), FORO 1,6%, Cs 1,0%, PP 35,4% (19), VOX 11,5% (4)". Electograph (in Spanish). 17 July 2022.
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  43. ^ "ASTURIAS. Encuesta SyM Consulting 11/05/2020: IU-IAS 6,6% (2), PODEMOS 6,3% (2/3), PSOE 43,9% (23/24), Cs 6,4% (2), PP 19,8% (10), FORO 4,2% (1), VOX 11,1% (4)". Electograph (in Spanish). 11 May 2020.
Other
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