2015 Catalan regional election

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The 2015 Catalan regional election was a pivotal snap election in Catalonia widely viewed as a de facto referendum on independence, reshaping the region’s political landscape around the pro- and anti-independence divide.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf parliamentary election ⓘ
regional election ⓘ
calledBy President of the Generalitat of Catalonia ⓘ
campaignStartContext failure of agreed independence referendum with Spanish government ⓘ
characterization de facto referendum on Catalan independence ⓘ
constituency Barcelona ⓘ
Girona ⓘ
Lleida ⓘ
Tarragona ⓘ
country Spain ⓘ
date 27 September 2015 ⓘ
electoralBody Parliament of Catalonia ⓘ
electoralFormula D'Hondt method ⓘ
linked to: d’Hondt method
electoralThreshold 3% of valid votes in each constituency ⓘ
endDate 27 September 2015 ⓘ
highestTurnoutInCatalanElections true ⓘ
impact reconfigured Catalan politics around independence cleavage ⓘ
leadingCandidateOfCatalunyaSiQueEsPot Lluís Rabell ⓘ
leadingCandidateOfCiutadans Inés Arrimadas ⓘ
leadingCandidateOfCUP Antonio Baños ⓘ
leadingCandidateOfJuntsPelSi Raül Romeva ⓘ
leadingCandidateOfPPC Xavier García Albiol ⓘ
leadingCandidateOfPSC Miquel Iceta ⓘ
leftWingAlternative Catalunya Sí que es Pot ⓘ
legalFramework Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia ⓘ
legislatureTerm 11th Parliament of Catalonia ⓘ
locatedIn Catalonia ⓘ
mainIssue Catalan independence ⓘ
mainProIndependenceAlliance Junts pel Sí ⓘ
mainProIndependenceParty CUP – Crida Constituent ⓘ
mainUnionistParty Ciutadans – Partido de la Ciudadanía ⓘ
Partit Popular de Catalunya ⓘ
Partit dels Socialistes de Catalunya ⓘ
nextElection 2017 Catalan regional election ⓘ
numberOfSeatsContested 135 ⓘ
previousElection 2012 Catalan regional election ⓘ
proIndependencePartiesSeatTotal 72 ⓘ
proIndependencePartiesVoteShare approximately 47.8% ⓘ
prominentLeaderInJuntsPelSi Artur Mas ⓘ
Oriol Junqueras ⓘ
resultingGovernmentFormation Junts pel Sí–CUP agreement ⓘ
resultingGovernmentPresident Carles Puigdemont ⓘ
resultingParliamentaryMajority pro-independence majority in seats ⓘ
seatsWonByCatalunyaSiQueEsPot 11 ⓘ
seatsWonByCiutadans 25 ⓘ
seatsWonByCUP 10 ⓘ
seatsWonByJuntsPelSi 62 ⓘ
seatsWonByPPC 11 ⓘ
seatsWonByPSC 16 ⓘ
startDate 27 September 2015 ⓘ
totalVotes approximately 4,115,807 ⓘ
turnoutPercentage approximately 74.95% ⓘ
votingSystem proportional representation ⓘ
wasSnapElection true ⓘ

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2014 Catalan self-determination referendum → followedBy → 2015 Catalan regional election ⓘ
9N consultation → followedBy → 2015 Catalan regional election ⓘ
2017 Catalan regional election → follows → 2015 Catalan regional election ⓘ