2005 Basque regional election

The 2005 Basque regional election was held on Sunday, 17 April 2005, to elect the 8th Parliament of the Basque Autonomous Community. All 75 seats in the Parliament were up for election.

2005 Basque regional election
17 April 2005
All 75 seats in the Basque Parliament
38 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered1,799,523 0.8%
Turnout1,223,634 (68.0%)
11.0 pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Juan José Ibarretxe Patxi López María San Gil
Party PNV–EA PSE–EE (PSOE) PP
Leader since 31 January 1998 23 March 2002 6 November 2004
Leader's seat Álava Biscay Guipúzcoa
Last election 33 seats, 42.4% 13 seats, 17.8% 19 seats, 22.9%
Seats won 29 18 15
Seat change 4 5 4
Popular vote 468,117 274,546 210,614
Percentage 38.4% 22.5% 17.3%
Swing 4.0 pp 4.7 pp 5.6 pp
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Maite Aranburu Javier Madrazo Aintzane Ezenarro
Party PCTV/EHAK EB–B Aralar
Leader since 2005 14 May 1994 14 November 2004
Leader's seat Biscay Biscay Guipúzcoa
Last election 7 seats, 10.0% 3 seats, 5.5% Did not contest
Seats won 9 3 1
Seat change 2 0 1
Popular vote 150,644 65,023 28,180
Percentage 12.4% 5.3% 2.3%
Swing 2.4 pp 0.2 pp New party
Lehendakari before election

Juan José Ibarretxe
EAJ/PNV

 Elected Lehendakari

Juan José Ibarretxe
EAJ/PNV

The electoral coalition Basque Nationalist Party–Basque Solidarity (PNV–EA) won 29 seats, the Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE–EE) came second with 18 seats, the People's Party (PP) came in third with 15 seats. The controversial Communist Party of the Basque Homelands (PCTV/EHAK) won 9 seats, having been endorsed by the banned Batasuna party.

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