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