2024 Basque regional election

2024 Basque regional election

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All 75 seats in the Basque Parliament 38 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered	1,795,213 0.0%[1]
Turnout	1,077,456 (60.0%) 9.2 pp
First party Second party Third party   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 31 seats, 38.7% 21 seats, 27.6% 10 seats, 13.5% Seats won 27 27 12 Seat change 4 6 2 Popular vote 372,456 343,609 150,752 Percentage 34.8% 32.1% 14.1% Swing 3.9 pp 4.5 pp 0.6 pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   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 Biscay (lost) Álava Last election 6 seats, 6.7%[a] 2 seats (EP)[b] 1 seat, 1.9% Seats won 7 1 1 Seat change 1 1 0 Popular vote 98,144 35,402 21,696 Percentage 9.2% 3.3% 2.0% Swing 2.5 pp n/a 0.1 pp
Election result by constituency
Lehendakari before election Iñigo Urkullu EAJ/PNV Elected Lehendakari Imanol Pradales EAJ/PNV

The 2024 Basque regional election was held on Sunday, 21 April 2024, to elect the 13th Parliament of the Basque Autonomous Community. All 75 seats in the Parliament were up for election.

This election was the first since 2009 not to see Iñigo Urkullu as the leading candidate of the Basque Nationalist Party (PNV), after the party chose to replace the incumbent Lehendakari with a low profile politician at the provincial level, Imanol Pradales, following 12 years of uninterrupted government. The main opposition, EH Bildu, also ran under a new candidate, Pello Otxandiano, amid speculation that long-time leader Arnaldo Otegi could have led the candidacy following the end of his disqualification from running for public office. All other parliamentary parties but Podemos and Vox also ran under new candidates: Eneko Andueza by the Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE–EE), Javier de Andrés by the People's Party (PP)—with the PP+Cs alliance being discontinued and Citizens (CS) deciding not to contest the election—and Alba García by Sumar.

The results showed a close race between the PNV and EH Bildu, with the latter slightly underperforming opinion polls but securing a large increase in its popular support. The PSE–EE, which had been the junior partner to the PNV-led government since 2016, saw an unexpected increase in support to secure its best result since 2012. The PP increased its seat totals by one compared to the PP+Cs results in 2020, whereas the dissolution of the Elkarrekin Podemos alliance saw Sumar clinging on to one seat and Podemos losing all its representation. Vox was able to retain its seat for Álava.

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