1991 Cantabrian regional election

Election in the Spanish region of Cantabria 1991 Cantabrian regional election Cantabria parliamentary no 1987 Cantabrian regional election 1987 1995 Cantabrian regional election 1995 All 39 seats in the Regional Assembly of Cantabria 20 #Opinion polls 412,406 10px 4.4% 298,348 (72.3%)10px 3.4 pp 26 May 1991 170x170px Jaime Blanco Socialist Party of Cantabria 1977 13 seats, 29.6% 16 10px 3 102,958 34.8% 10px 5.2 pp 170x170px Juan Hormaechea Union for the Progress of Cantabria 23 January 1991 Did not contest 15 10px 15 99,194 33.5% New party 170x170px José Luis Vallines People's Party of Cantabria 1990 18 seats, 43.7%Results for AP (41.68%, 19 seats) and PDP (2.36%, 0 seats) in the 1987 election. 6 10px 12 42,714 14.4% 10px 29.3 pp 170x170px Miguel Ángel Revilla Regionalist Party of Cantabria 1983 5 seats, 12.9% 2 10px 3 18,789 6.4% 10px 6.5 pp 170x170px Ángel Agudo United Left of Cantabria 1983 0 seats, 3.6% 0 10px 0 13,023 4.4% 10px 0.8 pp 170x170px Manuel Garrido Democratic and Social Centre (Spain) 1987 3 seats, 6.6% 0 10px 3 7,926 2.7% 10px 3.9 pp President Jaime Blanco Socialist Party of Cantabria Juan Hormaechea Union for the Progress of Cantabria The 1991 Cantabrian regional election was held on 26 May 1991 to elect the 3rd Regional Assembly of the autonomous community of Cantabria. All 39 seats in the Regional Assembly were up for election. It was held concurrently with regional elections in 12 other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain. The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) under incumbent President Jaime Blanco went on to win its first and only regional election in Cantabria. Juan Hormaechea's Union for the Progress of Cantabria (UPCA), a split from the People's Party (PP), won 15 seats and 33% of the vote, with the PP vote collapsing to 6 seats and 14% of the vote as a result. The Regionalist Party of Cantabria (PRC) suffered from the UPCA's surge and returned to its 1983 results, while the Democratic and Social Centre did not reach the required 5% threshold and was expelled from parliament. Juan Hormaechea managed to get re-elected as regional President thanks to a UPCA-PP agreement. He had been forced to resign in late 1990, after a no-confidence motion was passed against him by an alliance of PSOE, PP, PRC and CDS. Overview Electoral system The Regional Assembly of Cantabria was the devolved, unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of Cantabria, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution and the Cantabrian Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a President of the Regional Deputation.Statute of Autonomy of Cantabria of 1981 Organic Law 8 es 30 December 1981 https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1982-635&tn=1&p=19910314 18 September 2017 Voting for the Parliament was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over 18 years of age, registered in Cantabria and in full enjoyment of their political rights. The 39 members of the Regional Assembly of Cantabria were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of five percent of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied regionally.Regional Assembly of Cantabria Elections Law of 1987 Law 5 es 27 March 1987 https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1987-8958&tn=1&p=19910326 18 September 2017 The electoral law provided that parties, federations, coalitions and groupings of electors were allowed to present lists of candidates. However, groupings of electors were required to secure the signature of at least 1 percent of the electors registered in Cantabria. Electors were barred from signing for more than one list of candidates. Concurrently, parties and federations intending to enter in coalition to take part jointly at an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election being called.General Electoral System Organic Law of 1985 Organic Law 5 es 19 June 1985 https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1985-11672&tn=1&p=19910314 28 December 2016http://www.juntaelectoralcentral.es/cs/jec/documentos/LOREG_ENG Representation of the people Institutional Act www.juntaelectoralcentral.es Central Electoral Commission 16 June 2017 Election date The term of the Regional Assembly of Cantabria expired four years after the date of its previous election. Legal amendments earlier in 1991 established that elections to the Regional Assembly were to be fixed for the fourth Sunday of May every four years. The previous election was held on 10 June 1987, setting the election date for the Parliament on 26 May 1991. The Regional Assembly of Cantabria could not be dissolved before the expiration date of parliament except in the event of an investiture process failing to elect a regional President within a two-month period from the first ballot. In such a case, the Regional Assembly was to be automatically dissolved and a snap election called, with elected lawmakers serving the remainder of its original four-year term. Background The 1987 election had seen AP candidate Juan Hormaechea win the election with 19 out of 39 seats, 1 short for the absolute majority. Hormaechea, who had been Mayor of Santander between 1974 and 1987 and stood as an independent within AP, was elected as President of Cantabria thanks to the abstention vote of the CDS two deputies.http://elpais.com/diario/1987/07/25/espana/554162407_850215.html Elected the autonomic presidents of La Rioja, Asturias and Cantabria es El País 1987-07-25 However, from the beginning Hormaechea's tenure as regional President was controversial. Shortly after being elected, in August 1987, Hormaechea announced "difficulties" in forming a regional government, claiming pressures from AP to force him to name prominent party members as regional ministers,http://elpais.com/diario/1987/08/08/espana/555372018_850215.html AP Cantabria denies having "personal desires" to form a government es El País 1987-08-08 accusing AP of "seeking to create wealth for themselves instead of wanting to serve the region" and threatening to resign from his office.http://elpais.com/diario/1987/08/07/espana/555285614_850215.html Hormaechea criticizes his parliamentary group and threatens to resign es El País 1987-08-07http://elpais.com/diario/1987/08/11/espana/555631215_850215.html The crisis preventing Hormaechea from forming a government in Cantabria persists es El País 1987-08-11 The government crisis was temporarily solved with the naming of three independents and four AP members as regional ministers.http://elpais.com/diario/1987/08/12/espana/555717613_850215.html Three independents and four AP members, in the new Cantabrian government es El País 1987-08-12 Hormaechea would star another incidents throughout the legislature, including insults to other parties' deputies,http://elpais.com/diario/1988/03/11/espana/574038020_850215.html Hormaechea compares the fact of his suspension as deputy with the practice of the old dictatorships es El País 1988-03-11 accusations to the Assembly Speaker Eduardo Obregón (PSOE) of official misconducthttp://elpais.com/diario/1987/11/26/espana/564879624_850215.html Juan Hormaechea will be expelled from the Cantabrian Parliament if he causes further incidents es El País 1987-11-26 (which resulted in a legal complaint against Hormaechea),http://elpais.com/diario/1988/06/24/espana/583106411_850215.html Accepted the complaint of the Speaker of the Cantabrian Parliament against Hormaechea es El País 1988-06-24 as well as accusations from the three opposition parties (PSOE, PRC and CDS) of a continued disregard for the regional chamber.http://elpais.com/diario/1987/11/26/espana/564879624_850215.html The Regional Assembly reprobates the Cantabrian president, Juan Hormaechea es El País 1987-12-17 Hormaechea was also accused of political misconduct, such as extorting other deputies in exchange of their votes,http://elpais.com/diario/1987/12/21/espana/567039622_850215.html A Cantabrian deputy accuses Hormaechea of extorting him to get his vote es El País 1987-12-21 bribing MPs from other parties,http://elpais.com/diario/1989/05/31/espana/612568809_850215.html Hormaechea calls "insane" the allegations of bribery in Cantabria es El País 1989-05-31 as well as influence peddling favoring family membershttp://elpais.com/diario/1989/11/12/espana/626828417_850215.html Opposition accuses Hormaechea of favoring a familiar with the qualification of a solar es El País 1989-11-12 and physically attacking a PSOE senator.http://elpais.com/diario/1990/05/12/espana/642463216_850215.html Physical confrontation between the President of Cantabria and a PSOE senator es El País 1990-05-12 Further, in late 1989, a controversy arose after Hormaechea declared he was not supporting the People's Party, successor party to AP, for that year's general election.http://elpais.com/diario/1989/11/01/espana/625878019_850215.html Tocino recommends Hormaechea to shut up es El País 1989-11-01 From that point, the deteriorating relationship between the PP and Hormaechea as a result of the latter's personalism and marginalization of the party's structure in the region triggered a political crisis.http://elpais.com/diario/1990/03/17/espana/637628415_850215.html The PP Cantabrian government plans a no-confidence motion against its president es El País 1990-03-17http://elpais.com/diario/1990/03/20/espana/637887616_850215.html The PP discards a motion of censure against the President of Cantabria es El País 1990-03-20 Hormaechea's insults to party leaders in late 1990http://elpais.com/diario/1990/11/03/espana/657586807_850215.html Hormaechea insults Fraga, Tocino and Aznar and sings, arm-raised 'Snowy Mountains', in a 'pub' of Santander es El País 1990-11-03 motivated the PP's decision not to choose him as candidate for the incoming 1991 election,http://elpais.com/diario/1990/11/04/espana/657673205_850215.html Hormaechea will not be People's Party candidate for President of Cantabria es El País 1990-11-04 as well as the party presenting a motion of censure on Hormaechea to remove him from the regional government,http://elpais.com/diario/1990/11/06/espana/657846007_850215.html Aznar threatens to dissolve the People's Party of Cantabria if it does not support the no-confidence motion against Hormaechea es El País 1990-11-06 with the support from the PSOE, PRC and CDS, electing PSOE leader Jaime Blanco as the head of a coalition administration for the remainder of the legislature.http://elpais.com/diario/1990/12/06/espana/660438024_850215.html Socialist Jaime Blanco, new President of Cantabria with support from the People's Party es El País 1990-12-06 This caused a split within the regional PP, with 12 deputies supporting Hormaechea and 7 supporting the no-confidence motion against him. Hormaechea's grouping went on to form a separate party, the Union for the Progress of Cantabria (UPCA), to stand for the 1991 election.http://elpais.com/diario/1991/01/29/espana/665103611_850215.html Former President Hormaechea presents his new party in a conciliatory tone es El País 1991-01-29 Campaign The unveiling of irregularities within the finances of Hormaechea's government conducted by Blanco's coalition government marked the electoral campaign into the 1991 election. Hormaechea's management of the regional budget had left a public debt worth of 80,000 million pesetas,http://elpais.com/diario/1991/01/31/espana/665276407_850215.html A hole under the carpet es El País 1991-01-31 while auditors discovered expenditures during the 1987-1990 period that were difficult to justify,http://elpais.com/diario/1991/01/21/espana/664412410_850215.html Auditors discover Hormaechea's expenditures difficult to justify es El País 1991-01-21 with evidence pointing to embezzlement during Hormaechea's tenure.http://elpais.com/diario/1991/02/22/espana/667177213_850215.html Very serious irregularities in Hormaechea's management es El País 1991-02-22 The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) tried to benefit from the split in the centre-right vote, with former Deputy Prime Minister Alfonso Guerra asking conservative voters to vote the PSOE "for this time", reminding the chaotic political situation of the community as a result of the infighting between former President Juan Hormaechea and the People's Party leadership.http://elpais.com/diario/1991/05/17/espana/674431223_850215.html Alfonso Guerra calls in Cantabria for conservatives to vote the PSOE "for this time" es El País 1991-05-17 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; 20 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Regional Assembly of Cantabria. Polling firm/Commissioner Fieldwork date Sample size Turnout 30px|link=People's Alliance (Spain)|AP 17px|link=Socialist Party of Cantabria|PSOE PRC 27px|link=Democratic and Social Centre (Spain)|CDS 25px|link=United Left of Cantabria|IU 27px|link=People's Democratic Party (Spain)|PDP 35px|link=People's Party of Cantabria|PP 27px|link=Union for the Progress of Cantabria|UPCA Lead 1991 regional election 26 May 1991 72.3 "PP" Within PP. 34.875% Verdana 16 6.475% Verdana 2 2.775% Verdana 0 4.475% Verdana 0 "PP" 14.475% Verdana 6 33.575% Verdana 15 1.3 Sigma Dos/El MundoSeis comunidades dependen de pactos http://hemeroteca.abc.es/nav/Navigate.exe/hemeroteca/madrid/abc/1991/05/20/034.html es ABC 20 May 1991Las elecciones de 26-5-91 http://www.cepc.gob.es/publicaciones/revistas/revistaselectronicas?IDR=15&IDN=1239&IDA=35412 es CEPC August 1991 18 May 1991?? "PP" 35.175% Verdana 15/16 8.475% Verdana 3 4.575% Verdana 0 5.275% Verdana 2 "PP" 16.375% Verdana 7 26.575% Verdana 11/12 8.6 Metra Seis/El Independiente 12 May 1991?? "PP" 30.675% Verdana 13/14 11.075% Verdana 4/5 2.775% Verdana 0 7.475% Verdana 3 "PP" 23.075% Verdana 10 18.875% Verdana 8 7.6 Demoscopia/El PaísHormaechea será un fuerte opositor https://elpais.com/diario/1991/05/19/espana/674604012_850215.html es El País 19 May 1991Ficha técnica https://elpais.com/diario/1991/05/19/espana/674604006_850215.html es El País 19 May 1991 4–7 May 1991 400? "PP" 32.075% Verdana 14 8.575% Verdana 3 5.075% Verdana 0/2 7.875% Verdana 2/3 "PP" 18.875% Verdana 8 24.175% Verdana 10/11 7.9 Eco–GabesEl PP desiste de censurar a Juan Hormaechea por falta de votos http://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/preview/1990/11/10/pagina-14/33452811/pdf.html es La Vanguardia 10 November 1990 10 Nov 1990?? "PP" 33.275% Verdana 14 6.175% Verdana 2 – – "PP" 8.175% Verdana 3 46.975% Verdana 20 13.7 Demoscopia HemopúblicaLa oposición cántabra rechaza una encuesta sobre Homaechea http://elpais.com/diario/1990/10/02/espana/654822008_850215.html es El País 2 October 1990 2 Oct 1990?? "PP" 27.075% Verdana 11 8.075% Verdana 3 – – "PP" 9.075% Verdana 3 49.575% Verdana 22 22.5 Eco–GabesHormaechea hace públicos tres sondeos electorales que le dan mayoría absoluta http://hemeroteca.abc.es/nav/Navigate.exe/hemeroteca/madrid/abc/1990/03/17/050.html es ABC 17 March 1990 17 Mar 1990 1,860? "PP" 32.0 – – – "PP" 48.3 – 16.3 1989 general election 29 Oct 1989 74.3 "PP" 40.175% Verdana (17) – 9.775% Verdana (4) 6.475% Verdana (2) "PP" 38.475% Verdana (16) – 1.7 1989 EP election 15 Jun 1989 60.5 "PP" 40.375% Verdana (20) – 7.075% Verdana (3) 4.275% Verdana (0) "PP" 32.075% Verdana (16) – 8.3 1987 regional election 10 Jun 1987 75.7 41.775% Verdana 19 29.675% Verdana 13 12.975% Verdana 5 6.675% Verdana 2 3.675% Verdana 0 2.475% Verdana 0 – – 12.1 Results + ← Summary of the 26 May 1991 Regional Assembly of Cantabria election results → center|325px Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats Votes % ±pp Total +/− Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 102,958 34.81 +5.24 16 +3 Union for the Progress of Cantabria (UPCA) 99,194 33.53 New 15 +15 People's Party (PP)1 42,714 14.44 −29.60 6 −13 Regionalist Party of Cantabria (PRC) 18,789 6.35 −6.51 2 −3 United Left (IU) 13,023 4.40 +0.79 0 ±0 Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) 7,926 2.68 −3.89 0 −2 The Greens (LV) 2,045 0.69 New 0 ±0 Neighborhood Group of Cantabria (AAVV–C) 1,445 0.49 New 0 ±0 Ecologist–Humanist List (LE–H)2 1,184 0.40 +0.13 0 ±0 Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE) 896 0.30 New 0 ±0 Nationalist Party of Cantabria (PNC) 623 0.21 New 0 ±0 Blank ballots 5,009 1.69 +0.57 Total 295,806 39 ±0 Valid votes 295,806 99.15 +0.52 Invalid votes 2,542 0.85 −0.52 Votes cast / turnout 298,348 72.34 −3.38 Abstentions 114,058 27.66 +3.38 Registered voters 412,406 Sourceshttp://www.juntaelectoralcentral.es/cs/jec/documentos/CANTABRIA_1991_Resultados.pdf Regional Assembly of Cantabria election results, 26 May 1991 4 July 1991 es www.juntaelectoralcentral.es Electoral Commission of Cantabria 28 September 2017https://parlamento-cantabria.es/informacion-general/elecciones-auton%C3%B3micas-26-de-mayo-de-1991 Regional election, 26 May 1991 es parlamento-cantabria.es Parliament of Cantabria 28 September 2017https://www.tcu.es/repositorio/a87dacbc-aaab-4e38-a928-580581de5115/155_1993_I.pdf Number 155. Report-declaration of the Regional Assembly of Cantabria election of 26 May 1991 es tcu.es Court of Auditors 6 December 2019http://www.historiaelectoral.com/acantabria.html Elecciones al Parlamento de Cantabria (1983 - 2019) es Historia Electoral.com 28 September 2017 left Footnotes: 1 People's Party results are compared to the combined totals of People's Alliance and People's Democratic Party in the 1987 election. 2 Ecologist–Humanist List results are compared to Humanist Platform totals in the 1987 election. Popular vote #ddd 550px 500px PSOE Socialist Party of Cantabria 34.81 UPCA Union for the Progress of Cantabria 33.53 PP People's Party of Cantabria 14.44 PRC Regionalist Party of Cantabria 6.35 IU United Left of Cantabria 4.40 CDS Democratic and Social Centre (Spain) 2.68 Others #777777 2.09 Blank ballots #DDDDDD 1.69 Seats #ddd 550px 500px PSOE Socialist Party of Cantabria 41.03 UPCA Union for the Progress of Cantabria 38.46 PP People's Party of Cantabria 15.38 PRC Regionalist Party of Cantabria 5.13 Aftermath Government formation InvestitureJuan Hormaechea (UPCA) Ballot → 2 July 1991 Required majority → 20 out of 39 15 Yes • UPCA (15) • PP (6) 21 39 green 125px No • PSOE (16) • PRC (2) 18 39 red 125px Abstentions 0 39 gray 125px Absentees 0 39 black 125px Sources 1993 motion of no confidence Motion of no confidenceJaime Blanco (PSOE) Ballot → 1 July 1993 Required majority → 20 out of 39 15 Yes • PSOE (16) • PRC (2) 18 39 green 125px No • PP (12) • UPCA (9) 21 39 red 125px Abstentions 0 39 gray 125px Absentees 0 39 black 125px Sources 1994 motion of no confidence Motion of no confidenceJaime Blanco (PSOE) Ballot → 5 January 1994 Required majority → 20 out of 39 15 Yes • PSOE (16) • PRC (2) 18 39 green 125px No • PP (9) • UPCA (8) 17 39 red 125px Abstentions • UxC (4) 4 39 gray 125px Absentees 0 39 black 125px Sources 1994 failed investiture attempts InvestitureJosé Luis Vallines (PP) Ballot → 23 November 1994 25 November 1994 Required majority → 20 out of 39 15 Simple 15 Yes • PP (9) • UxC (4) 13 39 green 125px 13 39 green 125px No • PSOE (16) • UPCA (7) 23 39 red 125px 23 39 red 125px Abstentions • PRC (2) 2 39 gray 125px 2 39 gray 125px Absentees • UPCA (1) 1 39 black 125px 1 39 black 125px Sources   InvestitureMiguel Ángel Revilla (PRC) Ballot → 27 December 1994 29 December 1994 Required majority → 20 out of 39 15 Simple 15 Yes • PSOE (16) (15 on 27 Dec) • PRC (2) 17 39 green 125px 18 39 green 125px No • PP (9) • UPCA (7) • UxC (4) (3 on 27 Dec) 19 39 red 125px 20 39 red 125px Abstentions 2 39 gray 125px 2 39 gray 125px Absentees • UPCA (1) • PSOE (1) (on 27 Dec) • UxC (1) (on 27 Dec) 3 39 black 125px 1 39 black 125px Sources Notes References Opinion poll sources "p" Other Category:1991 in Cantabria Cantabria Category:Regional elections in Cantabria Category:May 1991 in Spain