1999 Aragonese regional election

Election in the Spanish region of Aragon 1999 Aragonese regional election Aragon parliamentary no 1995 Aragonese regional election 1995 2003 Aragonese regional election 2003 All 67 seats in the Cortes of Aragon 34 #Opinion polls 1,017,735 10px 2.4% 657,464 (64.6%)10px 6.5 pp 13 June 1999 170x170px Santiago Lanzuela People's Party of Aragon 24 September 1993 Zaragoza 27 seats, 37.5% 28 10px 1 249,458 38.2% 10px 0.7 pp 170x170px Marcelino Iglesias Socialists' Party of Aragon 15 February 1995 Zaragoza 19 seats, 25.7% 23 10px 4 201,117 30.8% 10px 5.1 pp 170x170px José María Mur Aragonese Party 1995 Zaragoza 14 seats, 20.4% 10 10px 4 86,519 13.3% 10px 7.1 pp 170x170px Chesús Bernal Chunta Aragonesista 29 June 1986 Zaragoza 2 seats, 4.8% 5 10px 3 72,101 11.0% 10px 6.2 pp 170x170px Jesús Lacasa United Left of Aragon 1998 Zaragoza 5 seats, 9.2% 1 10px 4 25,040 3.9% 10px 5.3 pp AragonProvinceMapCortes1999.png 225px Constituency results map for the Cortes of Aragon President President after election Santiago Lanzuela People's Party of Aragon Marcelino Iglesias Socialists' Party of Aragon A regional election was held in Aragon on 13 June 1999 to elect the 5th es Cortes no of the autonomous community. All 67 seats in the es Cortes no were up for election. It was held concurrently with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all across Spain, as well as the 1999 European Parliament election. The election saw increases in both vote share and seats for the People's Party (PP), which had formed the Government of Aragon since 1995, and the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE). The Aragonese Party (PAR) continued its long-term decline from its peak at the 1987 election while on the left, Chunta Aragonesista (CHA) gained most of United Left (IU) former support, which lost 4 of its 5 seats. Despite winning the election and gaining one seat from 1995, the PP went into opposition as incumbent President of Aragon Santiago Lanzuela was unable to gather the support from his former coalition partner the PAR. Instead, the PAR supported Socialist Marcelino Iglesias as new regional president, entering into a coalition administration with the PSOE. Overview Under the 1982 Statute of Autonomy, the Cortes of Aragon was the unicameral legislature of the homonymous autonomous community, having legislative power in devolved matters, as well as the ability to grant or withdraw confidence from a regional president.Statute 1982 arts. 12 & 15–17. The electoral and procedural rules were supplemented by national law provisions.LEAr 1987 final prov. 1. Date The term of the es Cortes no of Aragon expired four years after the date of its previous ordinary election, with election day being fixed for the fourth Sunday of May every four years, but a 1998 amendment allowed for regional elections held in May 1995 to be held concurrently with European Parliament elections, provided that they were scheduled for within a four month-timespan. The election decree was required to be issued no later than 54 days before the scheduled election date and published on the following day in the Official Gazette of Aragon (BOA).Statute 1982 art. 18; LEAr 1987 art. 11 (suppl. supplemented by LOREG 1985 art. 42 & add. prov. 5). The previous election was held on 28 May 1995, setting the date for election day concurrently with that year's European Parliament election on 13 June 1999. The regional president had the prerogative to dissolve the es Cortes no of Aragon at any given time and call a snap election, provided that no motion of no confidence was in process, no nationwide election had been called and that dissolution did not occur either during the first legislative session or during the last year of parliament before its planned expiration, nor before one year after a previous one.Statute 1982 art. 23 (am. amended by Statute 1996 art. 1); LPGAr 1995 art. 11. In the event of an investiture process failing to elect a regional president within a two-month period from the es Cortes no's reconvening, the chamber was to be automatically dissolved and a fresh election called. Any snap election held as a result of these circumstances did not alter the date of the chamber's next ordinary election, with elected lawmakers serving the remainder of its original four-year term.Statute 1982 art. 22; LPGAr 1995 art. 11 The election to the es Cortes no of Aragon was officially called on 20 April 1999 with the publication of the corresponding decree in the BOA, setting election day for 13 June and scheduling for the chamber to reconvene on 7 July.Decree of 19 April 1999 arts. 1 & 4. Electoral system Voting for the es Cortes no was based on universal suffrage, comprising all Spanish nationals over 18 years of age, registered in Aragon and with full political rights, provided that they had not been deprived of the right to vote by a final sentence, nor were legally incapacitated.Statute 1982 art. 18; LEAr 1987 art. 2 (suppl. supplemented by LOREG 1985 arts. 2–3). The es Cortes no of Aragon had a minimum of 60 and a maximum of 75 seats, with electoral provisions fixing its size at 67. All were elected in three multi-member constituencies—corresponding to the provinces of Huesca, Teruel and Zaragoza, each of which was assigned an initial minimum of 13 seats and the remaining 28 distributed in proportion to population (with the seat-to-population ratio in the most populated province not exceeding 2.75 times that of the least populated one)—using the D'Hondt method and closed-list proportional voting, with a three percent-threshold of valid votes (including blank ballots) in each constituency.Statute 1982 arts. 18–19; LEAr 1987 arts. 12–14. The use of this electoral method resulted in a higher effective threshold depending on district magnitude and vote distribution.Gallagher Michael 30 July 2012 http://www.tcd.ie/Political_Science/staff/michael_gallagher/ElSystems/Docts/effthresh.php Effective threshold in electoral systems Trinity College Dublin Dublin https://web.archive.org/web/20170730092518/http://www.tcd.ie/Political_Science/staff/michael_gallagher/ElSystems/Docts/effthresh.php 22 July 2017 30 July 2017 As a result of the aforementioned allocation, each es Cortes no constituency was entitled the following seats:Decree of 19 April 1999 art. 2. Seats Constituencies 34 Zaragozagreen (+1) 18 Huesca 15 Teruelred (−1) The law did not provide for by-elections to fill vacant seats; instead, any vacancies arising after the proclamation of candidates and during the legislative term were filled by the next candidates on the party lists or, when required, by designated substitutes.LEAr 1987 art. 15 (suppl. supplemented by LOREG 1985 arts. 46 & 48). Outgoing parliament The table below shows the composition of the parliamentary groups in the chamber at the time of the election call.Lozano Carles https://www.historiaelectoral.com/aaragon.html Elecciones a las Cortes de Aragón (desde 1983) es Historia Electoral.com 24 December 2023https://www.cortesaragon.es/Anteriores-legislaturas.2357.0.html?&no_cache=1&tx_t3comunicacion_pi3%5Bnumleg%5D=4 Grupos parlamentarios. IV Legislatura es Cortes of Aragon 17 March 2026 + Parliamentary composition in April 1999 Groups Parties Legislators Seats Total People's Parliamentary Group in the Cortes of Aragon PP 27 27 Socialist Parliamentary Group PSOE 19 19 Aragonese Party Parliamentary Group PAR 14 14 United Left of Aragon Parliamentary Group IU 5 5 Mixed Parliamentary Group CHA 2 2 Parties and candidates The electoral law allowed for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, alliances and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form an alliance were required to inform the relevant electoral commission within 10 days of the election call, whereas groupings of electors needed to secure the signature of at least one percent of the electorate in the constituencies for which they sought election, disallowing electors from signing for more than one list.LEAr 1987 arts. 18–19 (suppl. supplemented by LOREG 1985 art. 44). Below is a list of the main parties and alliances which contested the election: Candidacy Parties andalliances Leading candidate Ideology Previous result Gov. Government Ref. References Vote % Seats PP List on People's Party (PP) 50px Santiago Lanzuela ConservatismChristian democracy 37.5% 27 PSOE List on Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 50px Marcelino Iglesias Social democracy 25.7% 19 Giner Juan 22 December 1997 Ciscar impone una candidatura única en el PSOE aragonés https://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/1997/diciembre/22/nacional/ciscar.html es El Mundo Zaragoza 24 November 2025Montserrat Concha 9 July 1998 Marcelino Iglesias, proclamado vencedor de las primarias socialistas en Aragón https://elpais.com/diario/1998/07/09/espana/899935213_850215.html es El País Zaragoza 23 November 2025 PAR List on Aragonese Party (PAR) 50px José María Mur RegionalismCentrism 20.4% 14 IU List on United Left of Aragon (IU)– Communist Party of Aragon (PCE–A)– Socialist Action Party (PASOC)– Republican Left (IR)– Revolutionary Workers' Party (POR)– Workers' Revolutionary Party (PRT) 50px Jesús Lacasa SocialismCommunism 9.2% 5 CHA List on Aragonese Union (CHA) 50px Chesús Bernal Aragonese nationalismEco-socialism 4.8% 2 Opinion polls The tables below list opinion polling results in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first and using the dates when the survey fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. Where the fieldwork dates are unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed with its background shaded in the leading party's colour. If a tie ensues, this is applied to the figures with the highest percentages. The "Lead" column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the parties with the highest percentages in a poll. Voting intention estimates The table below lists weighted voting intention estimates. Refusals are generally excluded from the party vote percentages, while question wording and the treatment of "don't know" responses and those not intending to vote may vary between polling organisations. When available, seat projections determined by the polling organisations are displayed below (or in place of) the percentages in a smaller font; 34 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Cortes of Aragon. Polling firm/Commissioner Fieldwork date Sample size Turnout 27px|link=People's Party of Aragon|PP 17px|link=Socialists' Party of Aragon|PSOE 20px|link=Aragonese Party|PAR 25px|link=United Left of Aragon|IU 32px|link=Chunta Aragonesista|CHA Lead 1999 regional election 13 Jun 1999 64.6 38.275% Verdana 28 30.875% Verdana 23 13.375% Verdana 10 3.975% Verdana 1 11.075% Verdana 5 7.4 Eco Consulting/ABCEl PP volverá a necesitar a los regionalistas del PA para gobernar http://hemeroteca.abc.es/nav/Navigate.exe/hemeroteca/madrid/abc/1999/06/07/020.html es ABC 7 June 1999 24 May–2 Jun 1999?? 36.775% Verdana 26/27 26.075% Verdana 19/20 19.575% Verdana 13/14 7.375% Verdana 3/4 8.075% Verdana 4 10.7 Demoscopia/El PaísLos populares necesitarán pactar de nuevo https://elpais.com/diario/1999/06/07/espana/928706404_850215.html es El País 7 June 1999 26 May–1 Jun 1999? 70 38.075% Verdana 28 29.275% Verdana 21 18.075% Verdana 11 6.075% Verdana 3 8.075% Verdana 4 8.8 Sigma Dos/El MundoAragón: PP y PAR, obligados a entenderse https://www.elmundo.es/papel/hemeroteca/1999/06/01/espana/681488.html es El Mundo 1 June 1999ELECCIONES 13-J /BALANCE DE LAS ENCUESTAS https://www.elmundo.es/papel/hemeroteca/1999/06/06/espana/685357.html es El Mundo 6 June 1999 20–26 May 1999 800? 40.475% Verdana 27/30 30.475% Verdana 20/23 13.775% Verdana 9/10 8.175% Verdana 5 5.175% Verdana 2 10.0 CISPreelectoral elecciones autonómicas y municipales, 1999. Comunidad Autónoma de Aragón (Estudio nº 2326. Mayo 1999) https://www.cis.es/es/visor?migrado=true&fichero=e232600html es CIS 4 June 1999Estudio CIS nº 2326. Ficha técnica https://www.cis.es/documents/d/cis/ft2326_tot_y_provpdf es CIS 4 June 1999Bono e Ibarra repiten y el PSOE recuperará Asturias http://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/preview/1999/06/05/pagina-15/34493084/pdf.html es La Vanguardia 5 June 1999 3–20 May 1999 1,334 70.8 38.375% Verdana 27/28 24.175% Verdana 17/19 19.775% Verdana 12/14 7.875% Verdana 3/4 8.275% Verdana 4 14.2 1996 general election 3 Mar 1996 77.5 47.975% Verdana (34) 34.675% Verdana (26) "PP" Within PP. 9.175% Verdana (5) 6.475% Verdana (2) 13.3 1995 regional election 28 May 1995 71.1 37.575% Verdana 27 25.775% Verdana 19 20.475% Verdana 14 9.275% Verdana 5 4.875% Verdana 2 11.8 Voting preferences The table below lists raw, unweighted voting preferences. Polling firm/Commissioner Fieldwork date Sample size 27px|link=People's Party of Aragon|PP 17px|link=Socialists' Party of Aragon|PSOE 20px|link=Aragonese Party|PAR 25px|link=United Left of Aragon|IU 32px|link=Chunta Aragonesista|CHA Lead 1999 regional election"CERA" Does not include non-resident citizens. 13 Jun 1999 24.9 20.0 8.6 2.5 7.2 35.0 4.9 CIS 3–20 May 1999 1,334 24.5 15.5 8.3 3.1 5.0 33.7 8.6 9.0 1996 general election"CERA" 3 Mar 1996 37.2 26.8 "PP" 7.1 5.0 22.1 10.4 1995 regional election"CERA" 28 May 1995 26.5 18.0 14.4 6.5 3.4 28.4 8.5 Victory preferences The table below lists opinion polling on the victory preferences for each party in the event of a regional election taking place. Polling firm/Commissioner Fieldwork date Sample size 27px|link=People's Party of Aragon|PP 17px|link=Socialists' Party of Aragon|PSOE 20px|link=Aragonese Party|PAR 25px|link=United Left of Aragon|IU 32px|link=Chunta Aragonesista|CHA Other/None Lead CIS 3–20 May 1999 1,334 29.1 21.2 9.0 4.9 5.4 0.7 29.7 7.9 Victory likelihood The table below lists opinion polling on the perceived likelihood of victory for each party in the event of a regional election taking place. Polling firm/Commissioner Fieldwork date Sample size 27px|link=People's Party of Aragon|PP 17px|link=Socialists' Party of Aragon|PSOE 20px|link=Aragonese Party|PAR 25px|link=United Left of Aragon|IU 32px|link=Chunta Aragonesista|CHA Other/None Lead CIS 3–20 May 1999 1,334 59.5 3.8 3.7 0.3 0.1 0.0 32.6 55.7 Preferred President The table below lists opinion polling on leader preferences to become president of the Government of Aragon. Polling firm/Commissioner Fieldwork date Sample size 55px 55px 55px 55px 55px Other/None/Notcare Lead LanzuelaPP IglesiasPSOE MurPAR BernalCHA LacasaIU CIS 3–20 May 1999 1,334 29.5 9.5 5.3 1.3 5.2 1.4 47.8 20.0 Results Overall + ← Summary of the 13 June 1999 Cortes of Aragon election results → center|335px Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats Votes % ±pp Total +/− People's Party (PP) 249,458 38.21 +0.71 28 +1 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 201,117 30.81 +5.09 23 +4 Aragonese Party (PAR) 86,519 13.25 −7.18 10 −4 Aragonese Union (CHA) 72,101 11.04 +6.19 5 +3 United Left of Aragon (IU) 25,040 3.86 −5.36 1 −4 SOS Nature (SOS) 3,621 0.55 +0.42 0 ±0 Humanist Party (PH) 982 0.15 New 0 ±0 Upper Aragonese Territory Regenerationist Group (ARTA) 373 0.06 New 0 ±0 Blank ballots 13,599 2.08 +0.50 Total 652,810 67 ±0 Valid votes 652,810 99.29 −0.11 Invalid votes 4,654 0.71 +0.11 Votes cast / turnout 657,464 64.60 −6.52 Abstentions 360,271 35.40 +6.52 Registered voters 1,017,735 Sourceshttps://www.cortesaragon.es/Resultados-electorales.3352.0.html?&no_cache=1 Elecciones a Cortes de Aragón. Resultados del año 1999 en Aragón es Cortes of Aragon 23 November 2025https://servicios.aragon.es/aeaw/processSelect.do?process=CA1999&op=set Archivo Electoral de Aragón. Cortes de Aragón 1999. Resultados. Aragón es Government of Aragon 23 November 20252 July 1999 Resolución del Presidente de la Junta Electoral de Aragón, de 25 de junio de 1999, por la que se procede a la publicación del resumen de los resultados de las elecciones a las Cortes de Aragón convocadas por Decreto de 19 de abril de 1999, según los datos que figuran en las actas de proclamación remitidas por las Juntas Electorales Provinciales de la Comunidad Autónoma de Aragón https://www.juntaelectoralcentral.es/cs/jec/documentos/ARAGON_1999_Resultados.pdf es Official Gazette of Aragon 83 9941-3256 4102–4104 23 November 2025 Popular vote #ddd 550px 500px PP People's Party of Aragon 38.21 PSOE Socialists' Party of Aragon 30.81 PAR Aragonese Party 13.25 CHA Chunta Aragonesista 11.04 IU United Left of Aragon 3.84 Others #777777 0.76 Blank ballots #DDDDDD 2.08 Seats #ddd 550px 500px PP People's Party of Aragon 41.79 PSOE Socialists' Party of Aragon 34.33 PAR Aragonese Party 14.93 CHA Chunta Aragonesista 7.46 IU United Left of Aragon 1.49 Distribution by constituency Constituency PP PSOE PAR CHA IU % S % S % S % S % S Huesca 33.8 7 34.2 7 16.1 3 9.0 1 3.4 − Teruel 40.2 7 31.6 5 17.7 3 4.3 − 4.1 − Zaragoza 39.0 14 29.8 11 11.7 4 12.8 4 3.9 1 Total 38.2 28 30.8 23 13.3 10 11.0 5 3.9 1 Sources Aftermath Government formation InvestitureNomination of Marcelino Iglesias (PSOE) Ballot → 29 July 1999 Required majority → 34 out of 67 15 Yes • PSOE (23) • PAR (10) • IU (1) 34 67 green 125px No • PP (28) 28 67 red 125px Abstentions • CHA (5) 5 67 gray 125px Absentees 0 67 black 125px Sources30 July 1999 Los votos del Par e IU dan al socialista Iglesias la presidencia de Aragón https://elpais.com/diario/1999/07/30/espana/933285617_850215.html es El País Zaragoza 23 November 2025 Notes References Opinion poll sources "p" Other Bibliography 30em y Ley Orgánica 8/1982, de 10 de agosto, de Estatuto de Autonomía de Aragón Organic Law 8/1982 10 August 1982 Official State Gazette BOE-A-1982-20819 es https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1982-20819 23 November 2025 Statute 1982 y Ley Orgánica 5/1985, de 19 de junio, del Régimen Electoral General Organic Law 5/1985 19 June 1985 version as of 22 April 1999 Official State Gazette BOE-A-1985-11672 es https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1985-11672&tn=1&p=19990422 5 October 2025 LOREG 1985 y Ley 2/1987, de 16 de febrero, Electoral de la Comunidad Autónoma de Aragón Law 2/1987 16 February 1987 version as of 17 April 1999 Official State Gazette BOE-A-1987-5339 es https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1987-5339&tn=1&p=19990417 7 October 2025 LEAr 1987 y Ley 1/1995, de 16 de febrero, del Presidente y del Gobierno de Aragón Law 1/1995 16 February 1995 Official State Gazette BOE-A-1995-7642 es https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1995-7642 23 November 2025 LPGAr 1995 y Ley Orgánica 5/1996, de 30 de diciembre, de Reforma de la Ley Orgánica 8/1982, de 10 de agosto, de Estatuto de Autonomía de Aragón, modificada por la Ley Orgánica 6/1994, de 24 de marzo, de reforma de dicho Estatuto Organic Law 5/1996 30 December 1996 Official State Gazette BOE-A-1996-29115 es https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1996-29115 23 November 2025 Statute 1996 y Decreto de 19 de abril de 1999, de la Presidencia del Gobierno de Aragón, por el que se convocan elecciones a las Cortes de Aragón Decree 19 April 1999 Official Gazette of Aragon es https://www.boa.aragon.es/cgi-bin/EBOA/BRSCGI?CMD=VEROBJ&MLKOB=422454591917 23 November 2025 Decree of 19 April 1999 Regional election Aragon Category:Regional elections in Aragon Aragon