1999 Asturian regional election

Election in the Spanish region of Asturias 1999 Asturian regional election Asturias parliamentary no 1995 Asturian regional election 1995 2003 Asturian regional election 2003 All 45 seats in the General Junta of the Principality of Asturias 23 #Opinion polls 979,618 10px 3.7% 623,242 (63.6%)10px 5.5 pp 13 June 1999 170x170px Vicente Álvarez Areces Asturian Socialist Federation 14 June 1998 Central 17 seats, 33.8% 24 10px 7 284,972 46.0% 10px 12.2 pp 170x170px Ovidio Sánchez People's Party of Asturias 9 December 1998 Central 21 seats, 42.0% 15 10px 6 200,164 32.3% 10px 9.7 pp 170x170px Gaspar Llamazares IU 732021 1991 Central 6 seats, 16.4% 3 10px 3 55,747 9.0% 10px 7.4 pp 170x170px Sergio Marqués Asturian Renewal Union 2 December 1998 Central Did not contest 3 10px 3 44,261 7.1% New party Executiva Nacional del PAS. Presidente- Xuan Xosé Sánchez Vicente IMGP0541.jpg 380 110 170 145 135 Xuan Xosé Sánchez Vicente Partíu Asturianista 1985 Central (lost) 1 seat, 3.2% 0 10px 1 15,998 2.6% 10px 0.6 pp AsturiasDistrictMapJunta1999.png 350px Constituency results map for the General Junta of the Principality of Asturias President Sergio Marqués Asturian Renewal Union Vicente Álvarez Areces Asturian Socialist Federation The 1999 Asturian regional election was held on 13 June 1999 to elect the 5th General Junta of the Principality of Asturias. All 45 seats in the General Junta were up for election. It was held concurrently with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain, as well as the 1999 European Parliament election. An internal People's Party (PP) crisis starting in 1997 between the regional PP leadership and President Sergio Marqués resulted in a party split, with Marqués' government breaking away from the PP in 1998, maintaining the support of only 5 of the 21 PP deputies for the remainder of the legislature. As a result of the ensuing political crisis, the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) of Vicente Álvarez Areces went on to win an absolute majority of seats, at the cost of the greatly weakened PP. United Left (IU) also suffered from the party crisis at the national level and lost half of its support, while Sergio Marqués' party, the Asturian Renewal Union (URAS), entered parliament with 3 seats. Overview Electoral system The General Junta of the Principality of Asturias was the devolved, unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of Asturias, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution and the Asturian Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a regional president.Ley Orgánica 7/1981, de 30 de diciembre, de Estatuto de Autonomía del Principado de Asturias Organic Law 7 Boletín Oficial del Estado es 30 December 1981 https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1982-634&tn=1&p=19990108 14 March 2017 Voting for the General Junta was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over 18 years of age, registered in Asturias and in full enjoyment of their political rights. The 45 members of the General Junta of the Principality of Asturias were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of three percent of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied in each constituency. Seats were allocated to constituencies, which were established by law as follows: Central District, comprising the municipalities of Aller, Avilés, Bimenes, Carreño, Caso, Castrillón, Corvera de Asturias, Gijón, Gozón, Illas, Las Regueras, Langreo, Laviana, Lena, Llanera, Mieres, Morcín, Noreña, Oviedo, Proaza, Quirós, Ribera de Arriba, Riosa, San Martín del Rey Aurelio, Santo Adriano, Sariego, Siero, Sobrescobio and Soto del Barco. Eastern District, comprising the municipalities of Amieva, Cabrales, Cabranes, Cangas de Onís, Caravia, Colunga, Llanes, Nava, Onís, Parres, Peñamellera Alta, Peñamellera Baja, Piloña, Ponga, Ribadedeva, Ribadesella and Villaviciosa. Western District, comprising the municipalities of Allande, Belmonte de Miranda, Boal, Candamo, Cangas del Narcea, Castropol, Coaña, Cudillero, Degaña, El Franco, Grado, Grandas de Salime, Ibias, Illano, Muros de Nalón, Navia, Pesoz, Pravia, Salas, San Martín de Oscos, Santa Eulalia de Oscos, San Tirso de Abres, Somiedo, Tapia de Casariego, Taramundi, Teverga, Tineo, Valdés, Vegadeo, Villanueva de Oscos, Villayón and Yernes y Tameza. Each constituency was allocated an initial minimum of two seats, with the remaining 39 being distributed in proportion to their populations.Ley 14/1986, de 26 de diciembre, sobre régimen de elecciones a la Junta General del Principado de Asturias Law 14 Boletín Oficial del Estado es 26 December 1986 https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1987-3910&tn=1&p=19910327 14 March 2017 In smaller constituencies, the use of the electoral method resulted in an effective threshold based on the district magnitude and the distribution of votes among candidacies.Gallagher Michael 30 July 2012 http://www.tcd.ie/Political_Science/staff/michael_gallagher/ElSystems/Docts/effthresh.php https://web.archive.org/web/20170730092518/http://www.tcd.ie/Political_Science/staff/michael_gallagher/ElSystems/Docts/effthresh.php dead 30 July 2017 Effective threshold in electoral systems Trinity College, Dublin 22 July 2017 The electoral law allowed for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, coalitions and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form a coalition ahead of an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten 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 of candidates.Ley Orgánica 5/1985, de 19 de junio, del Régimen Electoral General Organic Law 5 Boletín Oficial del Estado es 19 June 1985 https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1985-11672&tn=1&p=19990422 28 December 2016 Election date The term of the General Junta of the Principality of Asturias expired four years after the date of its previous election. Elections to the General Junta were fixed for the fourth Sunday of May every four years. Legal amendments introduced in 1998 allowed for these to be held together with European Parliament elections, provided that they were scheduled for within a four month-timespan. The previous election was held on 28 May 1995, setting the election date for the General Junta concurrently with a European Parliament election on 13 June 1999. After legal amendments earlier in 1999, the president was granted the prerogative to dissolve the General Junta and call a snap election, provided that no motion of no confidence was in process, no nationwide election was due and some time requirements were met: namely, that dissolution did not occur either during the first legislative session or within the legislature's last year ahead of its scheduled expiry, nor before one year had elapsed since a previous dissolution under this procedure. In the event of an investiture process failing to elect a regional president within a two-month period from the first ballot, the General Junta was to be automatically dissolved and a fresh election called. Any snap election held as a result of these circumstances would not alter the period to the next ordinary election, with elected lawmakers serving the remainder of its original four-year term. Opinion polls The table below lists voting intention estimates 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. When available, seat projections determined by the polling organisations are displayed below (or in place of) the percentages in a smaller font; 23 seats were required for an absolute majority in the General Junta of the Principality of Asturias. Polling firm/Commissioner Fieldwork date Sample size Turnout 27px|link=People's Party of Asturias|PP 17px|link=Asturian Socialist Federation|PSOE 25px|link=United Left of Asturias|IU PAS 30px|link=Asturian Renewal Union|URAS Lead 1999 regional election 13 Jun 1999 63.6 32.375% Verdana 15 46.075% Verdana 24 9.075% Verdana 3 2.675% Verdana 0 7.175% Verdana 3 13.7 Eco Consulting/ABCEl tránsfuga Marqués abre el camino al PSOE http://hemeroteca.abc.es/nav/Navigate.exe/hemeroteca/madrid/abc/1999/06/07/025.html es ABC 7 June 1999 24 May–2 Jun 1999?? 38.175% Verdana 18/19 34.675% Verdana 19/20 14.475% Verdana 5/6 4.875% Verdana 1 4.675% Verdana 1 3.5 Demoscopia/El PaísEl PSOE cobra la factura que los votantes pasan al PP https://elpais.com/diario/1999/06/07/espana/928706402_850215.html es El País 7 June 1999 26 May–1 Jun 1999? 67 36.075% Verdana 17 41.375% Verdana 21 12.375% Verdana 4 3.775% Verdana 2 4.075% Verdana 1 5.3 Sigma Dos/El MundoAsturias: El PSOE aprovecha la crisis https://www.elmundo.es/papel/hemeroteca/1999/05/29/espana/679999.html es El Mundo 29 May 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 19–26 May 1999 600? 39.675% Verdana 19/20 41.275% Verdana 20/22 8.475% Verdana 3 2.775% Verdana 0/1 3.675% Verdana 1 1.6 CISPreelectoral elecciones autonómicas y municipales, 1999. Principado de Asturias (Estudio nº 2327. Mayo 1999) http://www.cis.es/cis/export/sites/default/-Archivos/Marginales/2320_2339/2327/e232700.html es CIS 4 June 1999Estudio CIS nº 2327. Ficha técnica http://www.cis.es/cis/export/sites/default/-Archivos/Marginales/2320_2339/2327/Ft2327_Tot_y_Prov.pdf 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 3–23 May 1999 1,057 67.6 31.975% Verdana 15/16 39.375% Verdana 19/20 13.675% Verdana 5 4.675% Verdana 1/2 8.475% Verdana 3/4 7.4 La Voz de Asturias Una encuesta atribuye un único escaño a Marqués en Asturias http://hemeroteca.abc.es/nav/Navigate.exe/hemeroteca/madrid/abc/1999/05/17/030.html es ABC 17 May 1999 16 May 1999???75% Verdana 17/19?75% Verdana 17/19?75% Verdana 6/7?75% Verdana 1/2?75% Verdana 1 Tie El ComercioLa sangría de votos del PP favorece a los socialistas https://elpais.com/diario/1998/07/20/espana/900885616_850215.html es El País 20 July 1998 19 Jul 1998?? 31.575% Verdana 14 40.175% Verdana 23 – –?75% Verdana 2 8.6 1996 general election 3 Mar 1996 75.9 41.0 39.9 15.5 1.7 – 1.1 1995 regional election 28 May 1995 69.1 42.075% Verdana 21 33.875% Verdana 17 16.475% Verdana 6 3.275% Verdana 1 – 8.2 Results Overall + ← Summary of the 13 June 1999 General Junta of the Principality of Asturias election results → center|325px Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats Votes % ±pp Total +/− Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 284,972 46.00 +12.17 24 +7 People's Party (PP) 200,164 32.31 −9.69 15 −6 United Left of Asturias (IU) 55,747 9.00 −7.42 3 −3 Asturian Renewal Union (URAS) 44,261 7.14 New 3 +3 Asturianist Party (PAS) 15,998 2.58 −0.61 0 −1 The Greens of Asturias (LV) 3,343 0.54 −0.15 0 ±0 Andecha Astur (AA) 2,206 0.36 +0.06 0 ±0 Asturian Left Bloc (BIA)1 1,366 0.22 +0.05 0 ±0 Centrist Union–Democratic and Social Centre (UC–CDS) 737 0.12 −1.66 0 ±0 Asturian Council (Conceyu) 496 0.08 −0.05 0 ±0 The Phalanx (FE) 453 0.07 New 0 ±0 Humanist Party (PH) 23 0.00 New 0 ±0 Blank ballots 9,720 1.57 +0.39 Total 619,486 45 ±0 Valid votes 619,486 99.40 −0.01 Invalid votes 3,756 0.60 +0.01 Votes cast / turnout 623,242 63.62 −5.43 Abstentions 356,376 36.38 +5.43 Registered voters 979,618 Sourceshttp://www.juntaelectoralcentral.es/cs/jec/documentos/ASTURIAS_1999_Resultados.pdf General Junta of the Principality of Asturias election results, 13 June 1999 18 November 1999 es www.juntaelectoralcentral.es Electoral Commission of Asturias 8 December 2019https://www.jgpa.es/documents/11156/18491/resultados-electorales-1999.pdf/b443e5f7-48fe-4446-9eac-092da262e7e5 Electoral Results. General Junta of the Principality of Asturias. 5th Legislature (1999–2003) es www.jgpa.es General Junta of the Principality of Asturias 29 November 2019http://www.sadei.es/datos/sad/Eleccionesasp/eleccioneshtmlaut.aspx?vano=1999&vmun=00&vele=aut&vcircun=0 Electoral Results. 1999 es www.sadei.es SADEI 27 September 2017http://www.historiaelectoral.com/aasturias.html Elecciones a la Junta General (1983 - 2019) es Historia Electoral.com 27 September 2017 left Footnotes: 1 Asturian Left Bloc results are compared to Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain totals in the 1995 election. Popular vote #ddd 550px 500px PSOE Asturian Socialist Federation 46.00 PP People's Party of Asturias 32.31 IU United Left of Asturias 9.00 URAS Asturian Renewal Union 7.14 PAS Partíu Asturianista 2.58 Others #777777 1.39 Blank ballots #DDDDDD 1.57 Seats #ddd 550px 500px PSOE Asturian Socialist Federation 53.33 PP People's Party of Asturias 33.33 IU United Left of Asturias 6.67 URAS Asturian Renewal Union 6.67 Distribution by constituency Constituency PSOE PP IU URAS % S % S % S % S Central 46.3 17 31.7 11 10.2 3 5.9 2 Eastern 44.2 3 37.0 2 3.9 − 9.5 − Western 45.3 4 32.9 2 4.9 − 13.1 1 Total 46.0 24 32.3 15 9.0 3 7.1 3 Sources Aftermath Investiture Ballot → 22 July 1999 Required majority → 23 out of 45 Vicente Álvarez Areces (PSOE) • PSOE (24) 24 45 Asturian Socialist Federation 125px 15 Abstentions • PP (15) • IU (3) • URAS (2) 20 45 gray 125px Absentees • URAS (1) 1 45 black 125px Sources References Opinion poll sources "p" Other Category:1999 in Asturias Asturias Category:Regional elections in Asturias Category:June 1999 in Spain