1993 Galician regional election

Election in the Spanish region of Galicia 1993 Galician regional election Galicia parliamentary no 1989 Galician regional election 1989 1997 Galician regional election 1997 All 75 seats in the Parliament of Galicia 38 #Opinion polls 2,293,169 10px 2.1% 1,472,017 (64.2%)10px 4.7 pp 17 October 1993 170x170px Manuel Fraga People's Party of Galicia 1989 Lugo 38 seats, 44.0% 43 10px 5 763,839 52.1% 10px 8.1 pp 170x170px Antolín Sánchez PSdeG–PSOE 10 February 1991 La Coruña 28 seats, 32.7% 19 10px 9 346,831 23.7% 10px 9.0 pp 170x170px Xosé Manuel Beiras Galician Nationalist Bloc 1982 La Coruña 5 seats, 9.3%"BNG+PNG" Results for BNG (8.0%, 5 seats) and PNG–PG (1.4%, 0 seats) in the 1989 election. 13 10px 8 269,233 18.4% 10px 9.1 pp 1993 Galician regional election.svg 350px Constituency results map for the Parliament of Galicia President President after election Manuel Fraga People's Party of Galicia Manuel Fraga People's Party of Galicia A regional election was held in Galicia on 17 October 1993 to elect the 4th Parliament of the autonomous community. All 75 seats in the Parliament were up for election. The People's Party (PP) won with an increased absolute majority over 1989, resulting in Manuel Fraga being re-elected for a second term in office as President of Galicia. The Socialists' Party of Galicia (PSdeG–PSOE) suffered from a crisis of leadership and from a desire of punishment to the national government of Felipe González, losing many votes in the way. Meanwhile, the Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG) began to appear as the main alternative to power thanks to its spokesman, Xosé Manuel Beiras's, charisma.18 October 1993 https://elpais.com/diario/1993/10/18/portada/750898801_850215.html Fraga aplasta al PSOE en Galicia al superar la barrera del 50% de votos es El País 7 June 202618 October 1993 https://elpais.com/diario/1993/10/18/espana/750898823_850215.html Fraga amplía su mayoría absoluta en Galicia es El País Santiago de Compostela 7 June 202618 October 1993 https://elpais.com/diario/1993/10/18/espana/750898824_850215.html El PP señala a González entre los grandes perdedores es El País Madrid 7 June 2026 The Galician Unity coalition of United Left (EU) and the Galician Socialist Party–Galician Left (PSG–EG) did not enter Parliament due to a change of the electoral law which raised the electoral threshold from 3% to 5%. Galician Coalition (CG) also failed to enter Parliament, and only got 0.4% of the share.19 October 1993 https://elpais.com/diario/1993/10/19/espana/750985205_850215.html Esquerda Unida mantendrá su coalición con Unidade Galega es El País Santiago de Compostela 7 June 2026 Overview Under the 1981 Statute of Autonomy, the Parliament of Galicia 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 1981 arts. 10 & 13. The electoral and procedural rules were supplemented by national law provisions.LEG 1985 final prov. 1. Date The term of the Parliament of Galicia expired four years after the date of its previous election, unless it was dissolved earlier. The election decree was required to be issued no later than 25 days before the scheduled expiration date of parliament and published on the following day in the Official Journal of Galicia (DOG), with election day taking place between 54 and 60 days after the decree's publication.Statute 1981 art. 11; LEG 1985 art. 12 (suppl. supplemented by LOREG 1985 art. 42). The previous election was held on 17 December 1989, which meant that the legislature's term would have expired on 17 December 1993. The election decree was required to be published in the DOG no later than 23 November 1993, setting the latest possible date for election day on 22 January 1994. The regional president had the prerogative to dissolve the Parliament of Galicia at any given time and call a snap election, provided that it did not occur before one year after a previous one 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 Parliament was to be automatically dissolved and a fresh election called.LJP 1983 arts. 17 & 24. The Parliament of Galicia was officially dissolved on 24 August 1993 with the publication of the corresponding decree in the DOG, setting election day for 17 October and scheduling for the chamber to reconvene on 16 November.Decree 198/1993 1993 arts. 1–2 & 5. Electoral system Voting for the Parliament was based on universal suffrage, comprising all Spanish nationals over 18 years of age, registered in Galicia 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 1981 art. 11; LEG 1985 art. 2 (suppl. supplemented by LOREG 1985 arts. 2–3). The Parliament of Galicia had a minimum of 60 and a maximum of 80 seats, with electoral provisions fixing its size at 75. All were elected in four multi-member constituencies—corresponding to the provinces of A Coruña, Lugo, Ourense and Pontevedra, each of which was assigned an initial minimum of 10 seats and the remaining 35 distributed in proportion to population—using the D'Hondt method and closed-list proportional voting, with a fiveAmendments earlier in 1993 had seen the electoral threshold being increased from three to five percent.Varela Manuel 13 February 2020 https://www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/galicia/2020/02/13/clave-5-entrar-parlamento/0003_202002G13P6992.htm La clave del 5 % para entrar en el Parlamento es La Voz de Galicia 7 June 2026 percent-threshold of valid votes (including blank ballots) in each constituency.Statute 1981 art. 11; LEG 1985 arts. 8–10. 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 Parliament constituency was entitled the following seats:Decree 198/1993 1993 art. 3. Seats Constituencies 24 La Coruña 21 Pontevedra 15 Lugo, Orense 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.LEG 1985 art. 11 (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 dissolution.Lozano Carles https://www.historiaelectoral.com/agalicia.html Elecciones al Parlamento de Galicia (desde 1981) es Historia Electoral.com 17 May 2026https://www.parlamentodegalicia.es/sitios/web/BibliotecaResultadoAnteriores/3.pdf Parlamento de Galicia. V Lexislatura (16-01-90 ó 24-08-93) gl Parliament of Galicia 6 June 2026 19 July 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20250719055317/https://www.parlamentodegalicia.es/sitios/web/BibliotecaResultadoAnteriores/3.pdf dead + Parliamentary composition in August 1993 Groups Parties Legislators Seats Total People's Parliamentary Group of Galicia PP 38 38 Socialists of Galicia's Parliamentary Group PSdeG–PSOE 28 28 Galician Nationalist Bloc's Parliamentary Group UPG 2 5 EN 2 CS 1 Mixed Parliamentary Group UG 2 4 CG 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.LEG 1985 art. 21 (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 Manuel Fraga ConservatismChristian democracy 44.0% 38 PSdeG–PSOE List on Socialists' Party of Galicia (PSdeG–PSOE) 50px Antolín Sánchez Social democracy 32.7% 28 BNG List on Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG)– Galician People's Union (UPG)– Socialist Collective (CS)– Galician Nationalist Party–Galicianist Party (PNG–PG)– Nationalist Left (EN)– Inzar (Inzar) 50px Xosé Manuel Beiras Galician nationalismLeft-wing nationalismSocialism 9.3%"BNG+PNG" 5 EU–UG List on United Left (EU) Galician Unity (UG) 50px Camilo Nogueira SocialismCommunism 5.3%Results for PSG–EG (3.8%, 2 seats) and EU (1.5%, 0 seats) in the 1989 election. 2 CG List on Galician Coalition (CG) 50px César Quintián Noas Galician nationalismLiberalismChristian democracy 3.6% 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; 38 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Parliament of Galicia. Polling firm/Commissioner Fieldwork date Sample size Turnout 27px|link=People's Party of Galicia|PP 27px|link=Socialists' Party of Galicia|PSdG–PSOE BNG 28px|link=Galician Socialist Party–Galician Left|PSG–EG CG 25px|link=United Left (Galicia)|EU–UG Lead 1993 regional election 17 Oct 1993 64.2 52.175% Verdana 43 23.775% Verdana 19 18.475% Verdana 13 "EU" Within EU–UG. 0.475% Verdana 0 3.075% Verdana 0 28.4 Demoscopia/El PaísLos socialistas ceden entre 7 y 9 escaños http://elpais.com/diario/1993/10/10/espana/750207619_850215.html es El País 10 October 1993Fraga refuerza su mayoría absoluta https://elpais.com/diario/1993/10/10/espana/750207618_850215.html es El País 10 October 1993 10 Oct 1993 2,500 66 51.975% Verdana 43 25.575% Verdana 19/21 15.475% Verdana 11 "EU" – 3.875% Verdana 0/2 26.4 ICP–Research/Diario 16Elecciones de 17 de octubre de 1993 al Parlamento Gallego http://e-spacio.uned.es/fez/eserv/bibliuned:Derechopolitico-1994-39-0AF6C44D/PDF es Revista de Derecho Político 1995Fraga: "La verdadera encuesta es la que sale de las urnas. No hay que confiarse" http://hemeroteca.abc.es/nav/Navigate.exe/hemeroteca/madrid/abc/1993/10/12/030.html es ABC 12 October 1993Todos los sondeos amplían la mayoría absoluta para Fraga y dan un descenso del PSOE http://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/preview/1993/10/11/pagina-13/33740216/pdf.html es La Vanguardia 11 October 1993 10 Oct 1993? 61.9 47.075% Verdana 39/43 27.875% Verdana 22/24 13.375% Verdana 9/10 "EU" –?75% Verdana 0/2 19.2 Sigma Dos/El Mundo 10 Oct 1993???75% Verdana 39?75% Verdana 24?75% Verdana 11 "EU" –?75% Verdana 1? Eco Consulting/Faro de Vigo 10 Oct 1993???75% Verdana 40/42?75% Verdana 20/22?75% Verdana 11/12 "EU" –?75% Verdana 2? Ecom 6/El Correo Gallego 10 Oct 1993???75% Verdana 38/41?75% Verdana 21/25?75% Verdana 10/12 "EU" –?75% Verdana 0/2? Gallup/La Voz de Galicia 10 Oct 1993???75% Verdana 40/43?75% Verdana 22?75% Verdana 9 "EU" –?75% Verdana 2/3? Sondaxe/La Voz de GaliciaLos sondeos pronostican una nueva mayoría absoluta del PP y el descalabro del PSOE http://hemeroteca.abc.es/nav/Navigate.exe/hemeroteca/madrid/abc/1993/10/03/037.html es ABC 3 October 1993 3 Oct 1993?? 51.075% Verdana 40 24.175% Verdana 20/21 16.575% Verdana 12 "EU" –?75% Verdana 1/2 26.9 PP 3 Oct 1993 1,800??75% Verdana 38/42?75% Verdana 22/24?75% Verdana 10/12 "EU" –?75% Verdana 0/1? ABCClaves de siete días http://hemeroteca.abc.es/nav/Navigate.exe/hemeroteca/madrid/abc/1993/09/18/062.html es ABC 18 September 1993 17 Sep 1993???75% Verdana 38?75% Verdana 23?75% Verdana 13 "EU" –?75% Verdana 1? 1993 general election 6 Jun 1993 69.6 47.175% Verdana (38) 36.075% Verdana (29) 8.075% Verdana (6) "EU" 0.375% Verdana (0) 4.775% Verdana (2) 11.1 IMOPEl "caso Naseiro" y las "listas negras" no deterioraron la imagen de Fraga en la Xunta http://hemeroteca.abc.es/nav/Navigate.exe/hemeroteca/sevilla/abc.sevilla/1990/06/17/024.html es ABC Sevilla 17 June 1990 18–29 May 1990?? 45.2 30.6 9.6 – – – 14.6 1989 regional election 17 Dec 1989 59.5 44.075% Verdana 38 32.775% Verdana 28 8.075% Verdana 5 3.875% Verdana 2 3.675% Verdana 2 1.575% Verdana 0 11.3 Voting preferences The table below lists raw, unweighted voting preferences. Polling firm/Commissioner Fieldwork date Sample size 27px|link=People's Party of Galicia|PP 27px|link=Socialists' Party of Galicia|PSdG–PSOE BNG 28px|link=Galician Socialist Party–Galician Left|PSG–EG CG 25px|link=United Left (Galicia)|EU–UG Lead 1993 regional election"CERA" Does not include non-resident citizens. 17 Oct 1993 32.7 14.7 11.7 "EU" 0.3 1.9 34.2 18.0 CISPreelectoral Galicia. Elecciones autonómicas 1993 (I) (Estudio nº 2067. Septiembre-octubre 1993) https://www.cis.es/documents/d/cis/es2067marpdf es CIS 5 October 1993Estudio CIS nº 2067. Ficha técnica https://www.cis.es/documents/d/cis/ft2067pdf es CIS 5 October 1993 24 Sep–5 Oct 1993 2,199 27.7 12.9 10.8 "EU" 0.4 3.1 37.3 5.9 14.8 1993 general election"CERA" 6 Jun 1993 33.6 25.2 5.8 "EU" 0.2 3.4 28.7 8.4 CISOpinión pública y cultura política en las comunidades autónomas. Galicia (Estudio nº 2036. Noviembre 1992) https://www.cis.es/documents/d/cis/es2036marpdf es CIS 19 November 1992Estudio CIS nº 2036. Ficha técnica https://www.cis.es/documents/d/cis/ft2036pdf es CIS 19 November 1992 7–19 Nov 1992 2,192 20.3 13.3 6.6 2.8 0.7 1.1 42.1 11.6 7.0 1989 regional election"CERA" 17 Dec 1989 25.8 19.0 4.7 2.2 2.1 0.9 40.8 6.8 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 Galicia|PP 27px|link=Socialists' Party of Galicia|PSdG–PSOE Other/None Lead CIS 24 Sep–5 Oct 1993 2,199 36.0 20.4 10.2 33.4 15.6 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 Galicia|PP 27px|link=Socialists' Party of Galicia|PSdG–PSOE Other/None Lead CIS 24 Sep–5 Oct 1993 2,199 59.5 4.1 6.5 29.9 55.4 Results Overall + ← Summary of the 17 October 1993 Parliament of Galicia election results → center|350px Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats Votes % ±pp Total +/− People's Party (PP) 763,839 52.14 +8.12 43 +5 Socialists' Party of Galicia (PSdeG–PSOE) 346,831 23.68 −9.00 19 −9 Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG)1 269,233 18.38 +9.05 13 +8 United Left–Galician Unity (EU–UG)2 44,902 3.07 −2.20 0 −2 Galician Coalition (CG) 6,098 0.42 −3.22 0 −2 Ruiz-Mateos Group–European Democratic Alliance (ARM–ADE) 5,293 0.36 −0.17 0 ±0 The Greens of Galicia (Os Verdes) 4,682 0.32 +0.08 0 ±0 Galician Alternative (AG) 3,187 0.22 New 0 ±0 The Ecologists (LE) 2,987 0.20 −0.01 0 ±0 Humanist Citizen Platform (PCH) 2,508 0.17 +0.11 0 ±0 United People's Assembly (APU) 1,492 0.10 New 0 ±0 Coalition for a New Socialist Party (NPS)3 503 0.03 ±0.00 0 ±0 Blank ballots 13,355 0.91 +0.51 Total 1,464,910 75 ±0 Valid votes 1,464,910 99.52 +0.34 Invalid votes 7,107 0.48 −0.34 Votes cast / turnout 1,472,017 64.19 +4.69 Abstentions 821,152 35.81 −4.69 Registered voters 2,293,169 Sources11 November 1993 Resolución de 3 de noviembre de 1993 por la que se hacen públicos los resultados generales y por circunscripciones y la relación de diputados proclamados electos en las elecciones al Parlamento de Galicia celebradas el día 17 de octubre de 1993 https://www.xunta.gal/dog/Publicados/1993/19931111/AnuncioF39E_es.pdf es Official Journal of Galicia 217 1130-9229 7367–7369 6 June 2026 left Footnotes: 1 Galician Nationalist Bloc results are compared to the combined totals of Galician Nationalist Bloc and Galician Nationalist Party–Galicianist Party totals in the 1989 election. 2 United Left–Galician Unity results are compared to the combined totals of Galician Socialist Party–Galician Left and United Left totals in the 1989 election. 3 Coalition for a New Socialist Party results are compared to Alliance for the Republic totals in the 1989 election. Popular vote #ddd 550px 500px PP People's Party of Galicia 52.14 PSdeG–PSOE Socialists' Party of Galicia 23.68 BNG Galician Nationalist Bloc 18.38 EU–UG United Left (Galicia) 3.07 Others #777777 1.83 Blank ballots #DDDDDD 0.91 Seats #ddd 550px 500px PP People's Party of Galicia 57.33 PSdeG–PSOE Socialists' Party of Galicia 25.33 BNG Galician Nationalist Bloc 17.33 Distribution by constituency Constituency PP PSdeG BNG % S % S % S La Coruña 49.0 13 24.6 6 19.6 5 Lugo 56.5 9 23.1 4 16.5 2 Orense 54.5 9 25.4 4 17.0 2 Pontevedra 53.0 12 22.0 5 18.4 4 Total 52.1 43 23.7 19 18.4 13 Sources Aftermath Government formation InvestitureNomination of Manuel Fraga (PP) Ballot → 1 December 1993 Required majority → 38 out of 75 15 Yes • PP (43) 43 75 green 125px No • PSdeG (19) • BNG (13) 32 75 red 125px Abstentions 0 75 gray 125px Absentees 0 75 black 125px Sources Notes References Opinion poll sources "p" Other Bibliography 30em y Ley Orgánica 1/1981, de 6 de abril, de Estatuto de Autonomía para Galicia Organic Law 1/1981 6 April 1981 version as of 28 April 1981 Official State Gazette BOE-A-1981-9564 es https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1981-9564&tn=1&p=19810428 17 May 2026 Statute 1981 y Ley 1/1983, de 22 de febrero, reguladora de la Junta y su Presidente Law 1/1983 22 February 1983 version as of 10 October 1989 Official State Gazette BOE-A-1983-23788 es https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1983-23788&tn=1&p=19891010 17 May 2026 LJP 1983 y Ley Orgánica 5/1985, de 19 de junio, del Régimen Electoral General Organic Law 5/1985 19 June 1985 version as of 3 November 1992 Official State Gazette BOE-A-1985-11672 es https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1985-11672&tn=1&p=19921103 5 October 2025 LOREG 1985 y Ley 8/1985, de 13 de agosto, de elecciones al Parlamento de Galicia Law 8/1985 13 August 1985 version as of 4 January 1993 Official State Gazette BOE-A-1985-21380 es https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1985-21380&tn=1&p=19930104 17 May 2026 LEG 1985 y Decreto 198/1993, de 23 de agosto, de disolución del Parlamento de Galicia y de convocatoria de elecciones Decree 198/1993 27 August 2001 Official Journal of Galicia es https://www.xunta.gal/dog/Publicados/1993/19930824/AnuncioB62E_es.pdf 6 June 2026 Decree 198/1993 1993 Regional election Galicia Category:Regional elections in Galicia (Spain) Galicia