1999 Valencia municipal election

Election in the Spanish municipality of Valencia 1999 Valencia municipal election City of Valencia parliamentary no 1995 Valencia municipal election 1995 2003 Valencia municipal election 2003 All 33 seats in the City Council of Valencia 17 #Opinion polls 643,516 10px 2.5% 403,583 (62.7%)10px 10.4 pp 13 June 1999 170x170px Rita Barberá People's Party of the Valencian Community 1991 17 seats, 49.0% 20 10px 3 214,129 53.2% 10px 4.2 pp 170x170px Ana Noguera Socialist Party of the Valencian Country 27 June 1998 8 seats, 24.1% 11 10px 3 116,437 29.0% 10px 4.9 pp 170x170px Antonio Montalbán EUPV 19 December 1998 5 seats, 14.8% 2 10px 3 25,602 6.4% 10px 8.4 pp Mayor Mayor after election Rita Barberá People's Party of the Valencian Community Rita Barberá People's Party of the Valencian Community A municipal election was held in Valencia on 13 June 1999 to elect the 6th City Council of the municipality. All 33 seats in the City Council were up for election. It was held concurrently with regional elections in thirteen autonomous communities and local elections all across Spain, as well as the 1999 European Parliament election. Overview Under the 1978 Constitution, the governance of municipalities in Spain—part of the country's local government system—was centered on the figure of city councils (es ayuntamientos), local corporations with independent legal personality composed of a mayor, a government council and an elected legislative assembly.Constitution 1978 art. 140; LBRL 1985 art. 19. The mayor was indirectly elected by the local assembly, requiring an absolute majority; otherwise, the candidate from the most-voted party automatically became mayor (ties were resolved by drawing lots).LBRL 1985 art. 19; LOREG 1985 art. 196. In the case of Valencia, the top-tier administrative and governing body was the City Council of Valencia. Date The term of local assemblies in Spain expired four years after the date of their previous election, with election day being fixed for the fourth Sunday of May every four years, but a 1998 amendment allowed for local 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 State Gazette (BOE).LOREG 1985 arts. 42 & 194. The previous local elections were held on 28 May 1995, setting the date for election day concurrently with that year's European Parliament election on 13 June 1999. Local assemblies could not be dissolved before the expiration of their term, except in cases of mismanagement that seriously harmed the public interest and implied a breach of constitutional obligations, in which case the Council of Ministers could—optionally—decide to call a by-election.LBRL 1985 art. 61. Elections to the assemblies of local entities were officially called on 20 April 1999 with the publication of the corresponding decree in the BOE, setting election day for 13 June.Royal Decree 606/1999 1999 art. 1. Electoral system Voting for local assemblies was based on universal suffrage, comprising all Spanish nationals over 18 years of age, registered and residing in the municipality 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), as well as resident non-national European citizens, and those whose country of origin allowed reciprocal voting by virtue of a treaty.Constitution 1978 art. 13; LBRL 1985 art. 19; LOREG 1985 arts. 2–3 & 176. Local councillors were elected using the D'Hondt method and closed-list proportional voting, with a five percent-threshold of valid votes (including blank ballots) in each municipality.LOREG 1985 arts. 163 & 180. Each municipality was a multi-member constituency, with a number of seats based on the following scale:LOREG 1985 art. 179. Population Councillors <250 5 251–1,000 7 1,001–2,000 9 2,001–5,000 11 5,001–10,000 13 10,001–20,000 17 20,001–50,000 21 50,001–100,000 25 >100,001 +1 per each 100,000 inhabitants or fraction+1 if total is an even number 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.LOREG 1985 arts. 46, 48 & 182. 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 a determined amount of the electors registered in the municipality for which they sought election, disallowing electors from signing for more than one list. In the case of Valencia, as its population was between 300,001 and 1,000,000, at least 5,000 signatures were required.LOREG 1985 arts. 44 & 187. 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 Rita Barberá ConservatismChristian democracy 49.0% 17 Prats Jaime 29 March 1999 El PP proclama a Barberá y Giner en un clima de euforia al que no es ajeno la crisis del PSPV https://elpais.com/diario/1999/03/29/cvalenciana/922735101_850215.html es El País Valencia 29 November 2025 PSOE List on Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 50px Ana Noguera Social democracy 24.1% 8 García del Moral Juanjo 13 June 1998 Comienza la "batalla de Valencia" https://elpais.com/diario/1998/06/13/cvalenciana/897765489_850215.html es El País Valencia 30 November 2025Díez Anabel 28 June 1998 Los candidatos oficialistas ganan las primarias https://elpais.com/diario/1998/06/28/espana/898984801_850215.html es El País Madrid 29 November 202529 June 1998 El triunfo de Noguera en Valencia precipita la renuncia de Martínez https://elpais.com/diario/1998/06/29/cvalenciana/899147880_850215.html es El País Valencia 30 November 2025 EUPV List on United Left of the Valencian Country (EUPV)– Communist Party of the Valencian Country (PCPV)– Socialist Action Party (PASOC)– Republican Left (IR)– Revolutionary Workers' Party (POR)– Workers' Revolutionary Party (PRT) 50px Antonio Montalbán SocialismCommunism 14.8% 5 EFE 19 July 1998 El ex secretario general de CC OO Antonio Montalbán, elegido nuevo responsable comarcal de EU en Valencia https://elpais.com/diario/1998/07/19/cvalenciana/900875880_850215.html es El País Valencia 30 November 202520 December 1998 Antonio Montalbán es elegido candidato de EU a la alcaldía de Valencia por sólo cuatro votos de diferencia https://elpais.com/diario/1998/12/20/cvalenciana/914185084_850215.html es El País Valencia 30 November 2025 UV List on Valencian Union (UV) 50px Társilo Piles BlaverismConservatism 9.0% 3 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; 17 seats were required for an absolute majority in the City Council of Valencia. Polling firm/Commissioner Fieldwork date Sample size Turnout 30px|link=People's Party of the Valencian Community|PP 17px|link=Socialist Party of the Valencian Country|PSOE 25px|link=United Left of the Valencian Country|EU 27px|link=Valencian Union|UV Lead 1999 municipal election 13 Jun 1999 62.7 53.275% Verdana 20 29.075% Verdana 11 6.475% Verdana 2 4.775% Verdana 0 24.2 Demoscopia/El PaísBarberá amplía su victoria en Valencia https://elpais.com/diario/1999/06/06/espana/928620017_850215.html es El País 6 June 1999 26 May–1 Jun 1999?? 52.375% Verdana 19 27.275% Verdana 9 11.075% Verdana 3 6.575% Verdana 2 25.1 Sigma Dos/El MundoValencia: Barberá, mayoría de calle https://www.elmundo.es/papel/hemeroteca/1999/05/30/espana/680351.html es El Mundo 30 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 21–26 May 1999 400? 52.875% Verdana 18/19 27.875% Verdana 10 10.975% Verdana 3/4 5.375% Verdana 1/2 25.0 CISEl PP conserva su poder municipal, autonómico y europeo, e IU se hunde https://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/preview/1999/06/05/pagina-14/34493083/pdf.html es La Vanguardia 5 June 1999 3–20 May 1999?? 57.475% Verdana 20/21 23.475% Verdana 8/9 9.975% Verdana 3 5.475% Verdana 0/2 34.0 Tele 5Una encuesta da al PP la mayoría absoluta y otorga escaños al BNV https://elpais.com/diario/1999/05/04/cvalenciana/925845485_850215.html es El País 4 May 1999 4 May 1999?? 56.075% Verdana 20/21?75% Verdana 9/10?75% Verdana 2?75% Verdana 1/2? 1996 general election 3 Mar 1996 80.2 47.675% Verdana (17) 30.475% Verdana (10) 13.175% Verdana (4) 5.875% Verdana (2) 17.2 1995 municipal election 28 May 1995 73.1 49.075% Verdana 17 24.175% Verdana 8 14.875% Verdana 5 9.075% Verdana 3 24.9 Results + ← Summary of the 13 June 1999 City Council of Valencia election results → center|320px Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats Votes % ±pp Total +/− People's Party (PP) 214,129 53.25 +4.25 20 +3 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 116,437 28.95 +4.87 11 +3 United Left of the Valencian Country (EUPV) 25,602 6.37 −8.41 2 −3 Valencian Union (UV) 19,070 4.74 −4.23 0 −3 Valencian Nationalist Bloc–The Greens (BNV–EV)1 12,897 3.21 +2.27 0 ±0 Valencian Community Alternative (ACV) 3,389 0.84 New 0 ±0 Unemployed and Marginalized General Union (UGDM) 597 0.15 New 0 ±0 Centrist Union–Democratic and Social Centre (UC–CDS) 572 0.14 −0.22 0 ±0 Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS) 498 0.12 New 0 ±0 Federal Republican Left–Federal Republican Party (IRF–PRF) 476 0.12 New 0 ±0 Valencian Nationalist Left (ENV) 432 0.11 ±0.00 0 ±0 Humanist Party (PH) 364 0.09 +0.01 0 ±0 Spanish Autonomous League (LAE) 225 0.06 +0.01 0 ±0 Blank ballots 7,443 1.85 +0.67 Total 402,131 33 ±0 Valid votes 402,131 99.64 −0.01 Invalid votes 1,452 0.36 +0.01 Votes cast / turnout 403,583 62.72 −10.34 Abstentions 239,933 37.28 +10.34 Registered voters 643,516 SourcesLozano Carles https://www.historiaelectoral.com/mvalencia.html Eleccions municipals a València (des de 1979) ca Historia Electoral.com 4 November 2025http://www.valencia.es/ayuntamiento/webs/estadistica/Anuario/2007/Pdf/215.pdf Consultes electorals. 1. Eleccions municipals ca City Council of Valencia https://web.archive.org/web/20171206005841/http://www.valencia.es/ayuntamiento/webs/estadistica/Anuario/2007/Pdf/215.pdf 27 November 2025 6 December 2017 https://infoelectoral.interior.gob.es/es/elecciones-celebradas/resultados-electorales/ Elecciones celebradas. Resultados electorales es Ministry of the Interior 5 November 2025 5 August 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240805154842/https://infoelectoral.interior.gob.es/es/elecciones-celebradas/resultados-electorales/ dead Official State Gazette 178 (Supplement) 27 July 1999 es Acuerdo de 15 de julio de 1999, de la Junta Electoral Central, por el que se procede a la publicación del resumen de los resultados de las elecciones locales convocadas por Real Decreto 606/1999, de 19 de abril, y celebradas el 13 de junio, según los datos que figuran en las actas de proclamación remitidas por cada una de las Juntas Electorales de Zona https://www.boe.es/boe/dias/1999/07/27/pdfs/C00001-01182.pdf 0212-033X 1–1182 26 November 2025 left Footnotes: 1 Valencian Nationalist Bloc–The Greens results are compared to Valencian People's Union–Nationalist Bloc totals in the 1995 election. Popular vote #ddd 550px 500px PP People's Party of the Valencian Community 53.25 PSOE Socialist Party of the Valencian Country 28.95 EUPV United Left of the Valencian Country 6.37 UV Valencian Union 4.74 BNV–EV Valencian Nationalist Bloc 3.21 Others #777777 1.63 Blank ballots #DDDDDD 1.85 Seats #ddd 550px 500px PP People's Party of the Valencian Community 60.61 PSOE Socialist Party of the Valencian Country 33.33 EUPV United Left of the Valencian Country 6.06 Aftermath Government formation Investiture Ballot → 3 July 1999 Required majority → 17 out of 33 Rita Barberá (PP) • PP (20) 20 33 People's Party of the Valencian Community 125px 15 Ana Noguera (PSOE) • PSOE (11) 11 33 Socialist Party of the Valencian Country 125px 15 Antonio Montalbán (EUPV) • EUPV (2) 2 33 United Left of the Valencian Country 125px 15 Abstentions/Blank ballots 0 33 gray 125px Absentees 0 33 black 125px SourcesSimón Federico 4 July 1999 https://elpais.com/diario/1999/07/04/cvalenciana/931115882_850215.html Barberá se propone en su tercer mandato lograr una ciudad líder en Europa El País Valencia 29 November 2025 References Opinion poll sources "p" Other Bibliography y Constitución Española Constitution 27 December 1978 version as of 28 August 1992 Official State Gazette BOE-A-1978-31229 es https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1978-31229&tn=1&p=19920828 27 December 2016 Constitution 1978 y Ley 7/1985, de 2 de abril, Reguladora de las Bases del Régimen Local Law 7/1985 2 April 1985 version as of 22 April 1999 Official State Gazette BOE-A-1985-5392 es https://boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1985-5392&tn=1&p=19990422 4 November 2025 LBRL 1985 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 4 November 2025 LOREG 1985 y Real Decreto 606/1999, de 19 de abril, de convocatoria de elecciones Locales y a las Asambleas de Ceuta y Melilla Royal Decree 606/1999 19 April 1999 Official State Gazette BOE-A-1999-8719 es https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1999-8719 26 November 2025 Royal Decree 606/1999 1999 Municipal election Valencia Category:Elections in Valencia Valencia