the election was won by the people's party (pp), which increased its majority despite a drop in its vote share. the spanish socialist workers' party (psoe) continued its long term decline in the area and, in line with what happened in other regions, obtained one of its worst electoral results since the autonomous community's inception. on the other hand, the electoral alliance between united left of the valencian country (eupv) and the valencian nationalist bloc (bnv) which stood in the 2007 election had dissolved, with both parties entering the legislature much at the expense of the declining psoe.