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Next Basque regional election

← 2024 No later than 21 May 2028

All 75 seats in the Basque Parliament
38 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
 
Leader Imanol Pradales Pello Otxandiano Eneko Andueza
Party EAJ/PNV EH Bildu PSE–EE (PSOE)
Leader since 27 January 2024 11 December 2023 30 October 2021
Leader's seat Biscay Álava Biscay
Last election 27 seats, 34.8% 27 seats, 32.1% 12 seats, 14.1%
Current seats 27 27 12
Seats needed Green arrow up11 Green arrow up11 Green arrow up26

 
Leader Javier de Andrés Alba García Amaia Martínez
Party PP Sumar Vox
Leader since 4 November 2023 9 January 2024 3 August 2020
Leader's seat Álava Álava
Last election 7 seats, 9.2% 1 seat, 3.3% 1 seat, 2.0%
Current seats 7 1 1
Seats needed Green arrow up31 Green arrow up37 Green arrow up37

Incumbent Lehendakari

Imanol Pradales
EAJ/PNV



The next Basque regional election will be held no later than Sunday, 21 May 2028, to elect the 14th Parliament of the Basque Autonomous Community. All 75 seats in the Parliament will be up for election.

Overview

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Electoral system

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The Basque Parliament is the devolved, unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of the Basque Country, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution and the Basque Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a lehendakari.[1] Voting for the Parliament is on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprises all nationals over 18 years of age, registered in the Basque Country and in full enjoyment of their political rights.

The 75 members of the Basque Parliament are elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of three percent of valid votes—which includes blank ballots—being applied in each constituency. Seats are allocated to constituencies, corresponding to the provinces of Álava, Biscay and Gipuzkoa, with each being allocated a fixed number of 25 seats in order to provide for an equal parliamentary representation of the three provinces, as required under the regional statute of autonomy.[1][2]

Election date

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The term of the Basque Parliament expires four years after the date of its previous election, unless it is dissolved earlier. The election decree shall be issued no later than the twenty-fifth day prior to the date of expiry of parliament and published on the following day in the Official Gazette of the Basque Country (BOPV), with election day taking place on the fifty-fourth day from publication. The previous election was held on 21 April 2024, which means that the legislature's term will expire on 21 April 2028. The election decree is required to be published in the BOPV no later than 28 March 2028 with the election taking place on the fifty-fourth day from publication, setting the latest possible election date for the Parliament on Sunday, 21 May 2028.[1][2]

The lehendakari has the prerogative to dissolve the Basque Parliament at any given time and call a snap election, provided that no motion of no confidence is in process. In the event of an investiture process failing to elect a lehendakari within a sixty-day period from the Parliament re-assembly, the Parliament is to be dissolved and a fresh election called.[3]

Parliamentary composition

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The table below shows the composition of the parliamentary groups in the Parliament at the present time of dissolution.[4]

Current parliamentary composition
Groups Parties Legislators
Seats Total
Basque Nationalists Parliamentary Group EAJ/PNV 27 27
EH Bildu Parliamentary Group EH Bildu 27 27
Basque Socialists Parliamentary Group PSE–EE (PSOE) 12 12
Basque People's Parliamentary Group PP 7 7
Mixed Group EzAn–IU 1 2
Vox 1

Parties and candidates

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The electoral law allows 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 are required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election call, whereas groupings of electors need to secure the signature of at least one percent of the electorate in the constituencies for which they seek election, disallowing electors from signing for more than one list of candidates.[2][5]

Below is a list of the main parties and electoral alliances which will likely contest the election:

Candidacy Parties and
alliances
Leading candidate Ideology Previous result Gov. Ref.
Votes (%) Seats
EAJ/PNV
List
Imanol Pradales Basque nationalism
Christian democracy
Social democracy
34.82% 27 checkY
EH Bildu
List
Pello Otxandiano Basque independence
Abertzale left
Socialism
32.13% 27 ☒N
PSE–EE
(PSOE)
Eneko Andueza Social democracy 14.09% 12 checkY
PP
List
Javier de Andrés Conservatism
Christian democracy
9.18% 7 ☒N
Sumar Alba García Progressivism
Left-wing populism
Green politics
3.31% 1 ☒N [6]
Vox
List
Amaia Martínez Right-wing populism
Ultranationalism
National conservatism
2.03% 1 ☒N

Opinion polls

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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

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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 are required for an absolute majority in the Basque Parliament.

Polling firm/Commissioner Fieldwork date Sample size Turnout PNV PSE–EE (PSOE) PP Sumar Podemos Vox Lead
Ikerfel/GPS[p 1] 5–8 Nov 2024 3,030 60.2 35.2
28
32.0
27
14.6
13
9.1
7
2.6
0
2.2
0
2.0
0
3.2
ElectoPanel/Electomanía[p 2] 29 Sep–27 Oct 2024 1,450 ? 34.0
27
31.8
27
12.4
10
9.5
7
3.4
1
4.5
3
1.7
0
2.2
2024 EP election 9 Jun 2024 48.8 22.4
(17)
26.3
(22)
26.0
(23)
11.6
(9)
3.3
(2)
3.2
(1)
2.7
(1)
0.3
2024 regional election 21 Apr 2024 60.0 34.8
27
32.1
27
14.1
12
9.2
7
3.3
1
2.2
0
2.0
1
2.7

Voting preferences

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The table below lists raw, unweighted voting preferences.

References

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Opinion poll sources
  1. ^ a b "Elecciones Autonómicas: previsión de voto (Noviembre 2024)" (PDF). Basque Government (in Spanish). 15 November 2024.
  2. ^ "ElectoPanel Euskadi (oct'24): PNV y EH Bildu empatan en escaños, Podemos se come a Sumar". Electomanía (in Spanish). 30 October 2024.
Other
  1. ^ a b c Ley Orgánica 3/1979, de 18 de diciembre, de Estatuto de Autonomía para el País Vasco (Organic Law 3) (in Spanish). 18 December 1979. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  2. ^ a b c Ley 5/1990, de 15 de junio, de Elecciones al Parlamento Vasco (Law 5) (in Spanish). 15 June 1990. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  3. ^ Ley 7/1981, de 30 de junio, sobre Ley de Gobierno (Law 7) (in Spanish). 30 June 1981. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
  4. ^ "Elecciones al Parlamento Vasco / Eusko Legebilitzarra (desde 1980)". Historia Electoral.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 November 2024.
  5. ^ Ley Orgánica 5/1985, de 19 de junio, del Régimen Electoral General (Organic Law 5) (in Spanish). 19 June 1985. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
  6. ^ "Alba García Martín, elegida coordinadora general de Sumar Mugimendua con un 85% de apoyo". elDiario.es (in Spanish). Bilbao. Europa Press. 30 November 2024. Retrieved 19 December 2024.