after legal amendments in 2006 taking effect after the 2007 election, fixed-term mandates were abolished, instead allowing the term of the corts valencianes to expire after an early dissolution. the election decree was required to be issued no later than the twenty-fifth day prior to the date of expiry of parliament and published on the following day in the official journal of the valencian community, with election day taking place on the fifty-fourth day from publication. the previous election was held on 27 may 2007, which meant that the legislature's term would have expired on 27 may 2011. the election decree was required to be published no later than 3 may 2011, with the election taking place on the fifty-fourth day from publication, setting the latest possible election date for the corts on sunday, 26 june 2011.