1999 Spanish regional elections

none the local elections held concurrently 1999 Spanish local elections 1999 Spanish regional elections Spain parliamentary no 1998 Spanish regional elections 1998 2000 Andalusian regional election 2000 919 seats in the regional parliaments of Aragon, Asturias, Balearic Islands, Canary Islands, Cantabria, Castile and León, Castilla–La Mancha, Catalonia, Extremadura, La Rioja, Madrid, Murcia, Navarre and Valencian Community 13 June 199917 October 1999 File:1999 Spanish regional elections.svg x315px Regional administrations by leading party in 1999 National parties People's Party (Spain) PP (7+2) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party PSOE (6) Regional parties Convergence and Union CiU (1) Basque Nationalist Party EAJ/PNV (1) Canarian Coalition CC (1) Navarrese People's Union UPNPP's sister party in Navarre. (1) Regional elections were held in Spain during 1999 to elect the regional parliaments of fourteen of the seventeen autonomous communities: Aragon, Asturias, the Balearic Islands, the Canary Islands, Cantabria, Castile and León, Castilla–La Mancha, Catalonia, Extremadura, La Rioja, Madrid, Murcia, Navarre and the Valencian Community. 919 of 1,178 seats in the regional parliaments were up for election. The elections were held on 13 June for most regions (concurrently with local elections all across the country, as well as the 1999 European Parliament election) and on 17 October in Catalonia. Election date Determination of election day varied depending on the autonomous community. Typically, most autonomous communities held their elections on the fourth Sunday of May every four years, concurrently with nationwide local elections, while others had their own, separate electoral cycles. In some cases, regional presidents had the prerogative to dissolve parliament and call for extra elections at a different time, but newly elected assemblies were restricted to serving out what remained of their previous four year-terms without altering the period to their next ordinary election. In other cases—Andalusia (since 1994), the Basque Country (1981), Catalonia (1985) and Galicia (1985)—the law granted regional presidents the power to call snap elections resulting in fresh four-year parliamentary terms.LOREG 1985 art. 42.http://www10.gencat.cat/drep/binaris/_Navarra_esp_tcm112-131870.pdf Un paso más hacia la ruptura de la homogeneidad del calendario electoral de las comunidades autónomas: la reforma de la Ley Orgánica 13/1982, de 10 de agosto, de Reintegración y Amejoramiento del Régimen Foral de Navarra A further step towards breaking the homogeneity of the electoral calendar of the autonomous communities: the reform of the Organic Law 13/1982, of August 10, on Reintegration and Improvement of the Foral Regime of Navarre es Institute of Regional Studies 5 September 2017 bot: unknown https://web.archive.org/web/20150402103345/http://www10.gencat.cat/drep/binaris/_Navarra_esp_tcm112-131870.pdf 2 April 2015 Legal amendments introduced in 1998 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.LOREG 1985 add. prov. 5. Regional governments The following table lists party control in autonomous communities. Gains for a party are highlighted in that party's colour. Election day Region Previous control New control 13 June Aragon People's Party (PP) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Asturias Asturian Renewal Union (URAS) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Balearic Islands People's Party (PP) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Canary Islands Canarian Coalition (CC) Canarian Coalition (CC) Cantabria People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP) Castile and León People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP) Castilla–La Mancha Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Extremadura Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) La Rioja People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP) Madrid People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP) Murcia People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP) Navarre Navarrese People's Union (UPN) Navarrese People's Union (UPN) Valencian Community People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP) 17 October Catalonia Convergence and Union (CiU) Convergence and Union (CiU) Summary by region June (13 regions) Aragon 1999 Aragonese regional election center|200px Parties and alliances Votes % ±pp Seats +/− PP 249,458 38.21 +0.71 28 +1 PSOE 201,117 30.81 +5.09 23 +4 PAR 86,519 13.25 −7.18 10 −4 CHA 72,101 11.04 +6.19 5 +3 IU 25,040 3.86 −5.36 1 −4 Others 4,976 0.76 0 ±0 Blank ballots 13,599 2.08 +0.50 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 Registered voters 1,017,735 Asturias 1999 Asturian regional election center|200px Parties and alliances Votes % ±pp Seats +/− PSOE 284,972 46.00 +12.17 24 +7 PP 200,164 32.31 −9.69 15 −6 IU 55,747 9.00 −7.42 3 −3 URAS 44,261 7.14 New 3 +3 PAS 15,998 2.58 −0.61 0 −1 Others 8,624 1.39 0 ±0 Blank ballots 9,720 1.57 +0.39 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 Registered voters 979,618 Balearic Islands 1999 Balearic regional election center|200px Parties and alliances Votes % ±pp Seats +/− PP 160,545 44.01 −0.76 28 −2 PSIB–PSOE 80,327 22.02 +0.77 13 +1 PSM–EN 42,748 11.72 −0.33 5 −1 UM 26,682 7.31 +1.99 3 +1 EU–EV 19,793 5.43 −3.14 3 ±0 Pacte+COP 17,697 4.85 +0.77 7 +2 Others 10,262 2.81 0 ±0 Blank ballots 6,777 1.86 +0.50 Valid votes 364,831 99.22 −0.15 Invalid votes 2,852 0.78 +0.15 Votes cast / turnout 367,683 57.50 −6.06 Registered voters 639,398 Canary Islands 1999 Canarian regional election center|200px Parties and alliances Votes % ±pp Seats +/− CC 306,658 36.93 +4.13 24 +3 PP 225,316 27.13 −3.94 15 −3 PSOE 199,503 24.03 +0.95 19 +3 FNC 39,947 4.81 +1.81 0 −4 IUC 22,768 2.74 −2.36 0 ±0 LVC 12,146 1.46 New 0 ±0 AHI 2,773 0.33 +0.07 2 +1 Others 8,683 1.05 0 ±0 Blank ballots 12,558 1.51 +0.37 Valid votes 830,352 99.42 −0.01 Invalid votes 4,829 0.58 +0.01 Votes cast / turnout 835,181 60.80 −3.40 Registered voters 1,373,641 Cantabria 1999 Cantabrian regional election center|200px Parties and alliances Votes % ±pp Seats +/− PP 134,924 42.50 +10.00 19 +6 PSOE–p 105,004 33.08 +7.94 14 +4 PRC 42,896 13.51 −1.05 6 ±0 IUC 11,707 3.69 −3.67 0 −3 UPCA 9,743 3.07 −13.55 0 −7 Others 5,442 1.71 0 ±0 Blank ballots 7,717 2.43 +0.50 Valid votes 317,433 99.21 +0.02 Invalid votes 2,514 0.79 −0.02 Votes cast / turnout 319,947 68.78 −5.27 Registered voters 465,168 Castile and León 1999 Castilian-Leonese regional election center|200px Parties and alliances Votes % ±pp Seats +/− PP 737,982 50.45 −1.75 48 −2 PSOE 483,675 33.06 +3.35 30 +3 IUCyL 79,390 5.43 −4.15 1 −4 UPL 54,158 3.70 +1.15 3 +1 TC–PNC 20,274 1.39 +0.77 1 +1 Others 48,299 3.30 0 ±0 Blank ballots 39,036 2.67 +0.84 Valid votes 1,462,814 99.05 −0.06 Invalid votes 14,044 0.95 +0.06 Votes cast / turnout 1,476,858 67.58 −6.01 Registered voters 2,185,507 Castilla–La Mancha 1999 Castilian-Manchegan regional election center|200px Parties and alliances Votes % ±pp Seats +/− PSOE–p 561,332 53.42 +7.72 26 +2 PP 424,531 40.40 −3.90 21 −1 IU–ICAM 35,881 3.41 −4.19 0 −1 Others 14,191 1.35 0 ±0 Blank ballots 14,929 1.42 +0.37 Valid votes 1,050,864 99.32 +0.04 Invalid votes 7,146 0.68 −0.04 Votes cast / turnout 1,058,010 74.85 −3.98 Registered voters 1,413,503 Extremadura 1999 Extremaduran regional election center|200px Parties and alliances Votes % ±pp Seats +/− PSOE–p 313,417 48.48 +4.54 34 +3 PP 258,657 40.01 +0.55 28 +1 IU–CE 39,132 6.05 −4.49 3 −3 EU 10,783 1.67 New 0 ±0 CREx–PREx 7,437 1.15 −2.67 0 −1 Others 9,648 1.49 0 ±0 Blank ballots 7,408 1.15 +0.27 Valid votes 646,482 99.38 +0.04 Invalid votes 4,045 0.62 −0.04 Votes cast / turnout 650,527 73.44 −4.89 Registered voters 885,753 La Rioja 1999 Riojan regional election center|200px Parties and alliances Votes % ±pp Seats +/− PP 80,088 51.26 +1.82 18 +1 PSOE 55,126 35.28 +1.19 13 +1 PR 9,004 5.76 −0.94 2 ±0 IU 6,104 3.91 −3.30 0 −2 LV 1,971 1.26 New 0 ±0 MASH 418 0.27 New 0 ±0 Blank ballots 3,535 2.26 +0.53 Valid votes 156,246 99.13 −0.17 Invalid votes 1,377 0.87 +0.17 Votes cast / turnout 157,623 68.66 −7.50 Registered voters 229,569 Madrid 1999 Madrilenian regional election center|200px Parties and alliances Votes % ±pp Seats +/− PP 1,324,596 51.07 +0.09 55 +1 PSOE–p 944,819 36.43 +6.71 39 +7 IU 199,488 7.69 −8.34 8 −9 Others 70,251 2.71 0 ±0 Blank ballots 54,341 2.10 +0.76 Valid votes 2,593,495 99.51 −0.11 Invalid votes 12,830 0.49 +0.11 Votes cast / turnout 2,606,325 60.88 −9.51 Registered voters 4,281,075 Murcia 1999 Murcian regional election center|200px Parties and alliances Votes % ±pp Seats +/− PP 323,446 52.84 +0.61 26 ±0 PSOE 219,798 35.91 +4.04 18 +3 IURM 42,839 7.00 −5.46 1 −3 Others 17,148 2.80 0 ±0 Blank ballots 8,839 1.44 +0.33 Valid votes 612,070 99.30 +0.16 Invalid votes 4,327 0.70 −0.16 Votes cast / turnout 616,397 67.66 −7.61 Registered voters 911,054 Navarre 1999 Navarrese regional election center|200px Parties and alliances Votes % ±pp Seats +/− UPN 125,497 41.37 +10.02 22 +5 PSN–PSOE 61,531 20.28 −0.59 11 ±0 EH 47,271 15.58 +4.17 8 +3 IU/EB 20,879 6.88 −2.47 3 −2 CDN 20,821 6.86 −8.70 3 −7 EA–PNV 16,512 5.44 −0.12 3 +1 Others 3,704 1.22 0 ±0 Blank ballots 7,126 2.35 +0.44 Valid votes 303,341 99.17 −0.04 Invalid votes 2,539 0.83 +0.04 Votes cast / turnout 305,880 66.25 −2.15 Registered voters 461,729 Valencian Community 1999 Valencian regional election center|200px Parties and alliances Votes % ±pp Seats +/− PP 1,085,011 47.88 +5.05 49 +7 PSOE–p 768,548 33.91 −0.07 35 +3 EUPV 137,212 6.05 −5.48 5 −5 UV 106,119 4.68 −2.33 0 −5 BNV–EV 102,700 4.53 +1.82 0 ±0 Others 31,517 1.39 0 ±0 Blank ballots 35,168 1.55 +0.50 Valid votes 2,266,275 99.41 −0.03 Invalid votes 13,530 0.59 +0.03 Votes cast / turnout 2,279,805 67.81 −8.22 Registered voters 3,361,989 October (Catalonia) 1999 Catalan regional election center|200px Parties and alliances Votes % ±pp Seats +/− PSC–CpC 1,183,299 37.85 +11.75 52 +17 CiU 1,178,420 37.70 −3.25 56 −4 PP 297,265 9.51 −3.57 12 −5 ERC 271,173 8.67 −0.82 12 −1 IC–V 78,441 2.51 n/a 3 −5 EUiA 44,454 1.42 n/a 0 −1 Others 44,070 1.41 0 ±0 Blank ballots 28,968 0.93 −0.04 Valid votes 3,126,090 99.75 +0.03 Invalid votes 7,836 0.25 −0.03 Votes cast / turnout 3,133,926 59.20 −4.44 Registered voters 5,293,657 Notes References Bibliography 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 External links Central Electoral Commission – Regional elections (in Spanish). Historia Electoral.com – Regional elections since 1980 (in Spanish and Catalan). Regional elections Category:Elections in Spanish regions