The regional elections of this May 12 in Catalonia have registered a participation that is close to 58%, which has represented an increase of 6.68 points compared to those of 2021, when it reached only 51.29%. This figure for 2021, the lowest in an election in Catalonia since the recovery of democracy, is partly explained because the last elections were held in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic and with many mobility restrictions in force for citizens.
Since 1980, when the first Catalan democratic elections were held, the participation recorded in the different calls has been as follows: 1980 (61.34%), 1984 (64.36%), 1988 (59.37%), 1992 (54.87%), 1995 (63.64%), 1999 (59.02%), 2003 (62.54%), 2006 (56.04%), 2010 (58.78%), 2012 ( 67.76%), 2015 (74.95%), 2017 (79.09) and 2021 (51.20%).
In absolute numbers, and with 99% of the vote counted this Sunday, more than 3,136,000 Catalans have gone to the polls, and just over 2,273,000 have not done so.
Many Catalan voters have been encouraged to vote in the last two hours before closing the polls, since at 6:00 p.m. participation stood at 45.8% of the census, almost identical to that recorded in the elections. of 2021, when 45.61% of citizens had exercised their right to vote at the same time, only 0.19 points more.
By constituencies, in Barcelona participation stood at 58.5 percent, 7 points more than in 2021, and in Tarragona at 55.5%, which represents an increase of 6.65 percent.
In the district of Girona, the voters who have come to vote have represented 57.2% of the total, 4.3 points more than three years ago, and in Lleida the voters have represented 56.4% of the census, 4. 5 points more than in the previous elections.
In Barcelona city, one of the highest participation rates of the day was recorded, exceeding 61.4%, 4.3 points more than in 2021, while in the capital of Tarragona it was 57.5%, 5 points higher than in 2021. above the previous elections.
In the capital of Girona it has reached 59%, which represents an increase of 1.4 points, although the provincial capital with the least participation was Lleida, with 53.6%, although it rose 3.3 percent compared to to 2021.
One of the large cities in the Barcelona metropolitan area where participation has increased the most has been Badalona, ??exceeding that registered in 2021 by more than 8% and reaching close to 54%.
