Spanish elections get the facts

Spain went to the polls recently.
get the facts behind the election and the results using our academic links

Background.
the official website of the central election authority has background information on the electoral system, legislation . It is possible to generate maps of results.
The Ministry of the Interior website has information for voters and preliminary results.
Spain political data yearbook information from before the elections

News coverage of events.
Guardian newspaper.
El Pais
El Mundo
Spain report - English translations of Spanish text
RTVE has access to online TV debates between leaders
as well as analysis and news coverage 

Polls

Metroscopia polls

Celeste-Tel

GESOP 

Logica

Analysis 

from the Conversation blog.

It includes a very good background explainer.

Piedras de  papel blog

EUROPP - LSE. it includes live blog coverage of the polling night

CIS analysis of polls and social economic and political barometers.

Real Instituto Elcano

 

Catalan referendum recommended websites

This week Voters in Spain's Catalonia region have given a majority to parties seeking Catalan independence
here are some recommended websites for research.
The official administration site has results and information about the political system

The Guardian has some good background articles on the political importance of the vote and its outcome.
El Pais has detailed analysis and voting outcomes.
Coverage from Catalan News Agency (CNA) is the (English site of the Agència Catalana de Notícies (ACN), the publicly owned news agency of Catalonia)
Nacio digital Catalan newspaper has coverage
as does El Punta.

 CEO barometer maps public opinion in the region towards elections and independence
Information on key groups campaigning for independence can be found on these websites:



The Assemblea Nacional Catalana (Catalan National Assembly, ANC) is an organization that aims at regaining the political independence of Catalonia through the establishment of a free and democratic State.

Estatpropi.Cat, Webpage to count and to show the support to create an own state for the Catalan Countries

Solidariat Catalana per la Independència - grassroots social movement

For coverage of the 2012 independence pritests see also.
• 11s2012.cat http://www.11s2012.cat/ Monitoring of the activity of the hashtag #11s2012 on Instagram and Twitter. (Catalan)
and ara.cat 11th september pages.

Spain - the election game!

Here are some sites for Spanish voters.

Aritmetica 20N- Maths to break the electoral game.
calculates which party would have more chances of breaking 2 party politics in each province. It aims to encourages people to vote for a potential third party force.


Elecciones.es
Find out which political parties are closer to your ideology, answer some questions, choose topics and discover the parties.

Coming soon Spanish elections!

Spain will soon be going to the polls. Here (with some help from my colleague Eugenie Gozalo-Velasco) are some recommended starting points!

Official website from the Ministry of the Interior
Use this to check for legislations, electoral laws, regulation of candidates and parties. Also has online collection of previous election results.
Includes a 2011 section.Earlier election results can also be found from Manuel Álvarez-Rivera's site which includes results from 1977 onwards.


Junta Electoral central has further official documents.

The Electoral Census Office/ Oficina del Censo Electoral
Get official statistics on voter registration.
Tribunal de Cuentas- The Spanish Court of Audit. Includes documents and press releases relating to elections.

Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas
Major conductor of public opinion polls amongst the Spanish public. Its website has information about its work and access to recent findings. Consult the databank for the latest barometers. These include recent voting intentions. Some information is offered in English.

News
El MundoIncludes polls analysis.
RTVE TV coverage Includes extensive video , analysis, films and graphs.
ABC. ES – TV coverage and analysis
EL Pais
Includes blogs with political satire cartoons
YouTube Channel contains videos, Google tendencies.

Electrometro.es site by Gonzalo González has news links to recent polls and surveys relating to Spanish 2011 elections.


OSCE will be assessing the conduct of the elections. See previous assessments on the website