2015 Catalonian parliamentary election Sunday Sep 27,2015

 

The 2015 Catalonian parliamentary election is scheduled to be held on Sunday Sep 27,2015  to elect the 11th Parliament of Catalonia

At stake will be all 135 seats in the Parliament, determining the  President of Catalonia

The 135 members of the Catalan parliament are elected in four districts using proportional representation: Barcelona (85), Tarragona (18), Girona (17) and Lleida (15)

68 seats are needed for a majority

There are 5.5 million voters on the electoral role. And there will be 2,697 polling stations open on election day
It will take place as a result of the Catalan Independence Movement, and the third Catalan election in only five years, after the 2010 and 2012 elections

It will be the first regional Catalonian election in which Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (CDC) and Democratic Union of Catalonia (UDC) run separately, after the dissolution of the Convergence and Union (CiU) in June 2015

The UDC will run on its own, while CDC is running with the ERC, Democrats of Catalonia (DC) and Left Movement (MES) under the Together for Yes (JxSí) banner.
Members of the pro-independence Catalan National Assembly (ANC), Òmnium and the Municipalities’ Association for Independence (AMI) also support Together for Yes (JxSí)