Lehendakari Iñigo Urkullu announced the election would be held one month ahead of schedule , on September 2016 , as a result of the ongoing " climate of ungovernability " affecting national politics and intending to move the regional election away from a possible new general election and from the speculation surrounding the national government formation process . In a domino effect , this prompted Galician President Alberto Núñez Feijóo to also set the Galician regional election , scheduled for autumn 2016 , for the same date
climate of ungovernability
2015–16 Spanish government formation
2016 Basque regional election