Castile and León parliamentary election, 1999

Castile and León parliamentary election, 1999
Castile and León
13 June 1999

All 83 seats in the Courts of Castile and León
42 seats needed for a majority
Registered 2,110,422 Increase1.5%
Turnout 1,464,809 (69.4%)
Decrease5.0 pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Juan José Lucas Jaime González José Antonio Herreros
Party PP PSOE IU
Leader since 12 December 1990 14 June 1998 1991
Last election 50 seats, 52.3% 27 seats, 29.6% 5 seats, 9.6%
Seats won 48 30 1
Seat change Decrease2 Increase3 Decrease4
Popular vote 733,557 478,060 78,933
Percentage 50.6% 33.0% 5.4%
Swing Decrease1.7 pp Increase3.4 pp Decrease4.2 pp

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Joaquín Otero Juan Carlos Rad Moradillo
Party UPL TC-PNC
Leader since 1997 1999
Last election 2 seats, 2.6% 0 seats, 0.6%
Seats won 3 1
Seat change Increase1 Increase1
Popular vote 53,791 20,063
Percentage 3.7% 1.4%
Swing Increase1.1 pp Increase0.8 pp

President before election

Juan José Lucas
PP

Elected President

Juan José Lucas
PP

The 1999 Castile and León parliamentary election was held on Sunday, 13 June 1999, to elect the 5th Courts of Castile and León, the regional legislature of the Spanish autonomous community of Castile and León. At stake were all seats in the Courts, determining the President of the Junta of Castile and León. The number of members decreased from 84 to 83 compared to the previous election.

Electoral system

The number of seats in the regional Courts was determined by the population count. For the 1999 election, the Courts size was set to 83 seats. All Courts members were elected in 9 multi-member districts, corresponding to Castile and León's nine provinces, using the D'Hondt method and a closed-list proportional representation system. Each district was entitled to an initial minimum of 3 seats, with 1 additional seat per each 45,000 inhabitants or fraction greater than 22,500. For the 1999 election, seats were distributed as follows: Avila (7), Burgos (11), Leon (14), Palencia (7), Salamanca (11), Segovia (6), Soria (5), Valladolid (14) and Zamora (8).

Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage in a secret ballot. Only lists polling above 3% of valid votes in each district (which include blank ballotsfor none of the above) were entitled to enter the seat distribution.[1]

Results

Overall

Summary of the 13 June 1999 Castile and León Courts election results
Party Vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
People's Party (PP) 733,557 50.56 Decrease1.74 48 Decrease2
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 478,060 32.95 Increase3.35 30 Increase3
United Left of Castile and León (IUCyL) 78,933 5.44 Decrease4.16 1 Decrease4
Leonese People's Union (UPL) 53,791 3.71 Increase1.16 3 Increase1
Communal Land-Castilian Nationalist Party (TC-PNC) 20,063 1.38 Increase0.77 1 Increase1
Regionalist Unity of Castile and León (URCL) 10,985 0.76 Increase0.35 0 ±0
Centrist Union-Democratic and Social Centre (UC-CDS) 10,171 0.70 New 0 ±0
Valladolid Independent Candidate (CIV) 6,827 0.47 Increase0.33 0 ±0
El Bierzo Party (PB) 3,644 0.25 Decrease0.18 0 ±0
Spanish Democratic Party (PADE) 3,165 0.22 New 0 ±0
Regionalist Party of the Leonese Country (PREPAL) 2,912 0.20 Decrease0.03 0 ±0
Humanist Party (PH) 2,232 0.15 New 0 ±0
Independent Salamancan Union (USI) 1,779 0.12 New 0 ±0
Zamoran People's Union (UPZ) 1,484 0.10 New 0 ±0
Blank ballots 38,990 2.69 Increase0.85
Total 1,450,853 100.00 83 Decrease1
Valid votes 1,450,853 99.05 Decrease0.06
Invalid votes 13,956 0.95 Increase0.06
Votes cast / turnout 1,464,809 69.41 Decrease5.02
Abstentions 645,613 30.59 Increase5.02
Registered voters 2,110,422
Source: Argos Information Portal
Vote share
PP
 
50.56%
PSOE
 
32.95%
IUCyL
 
5.44%
UPL
 
3.71%
TC-PNC
 
1.38%
Others
 
3.27%
Blank ballots
 
2.69%
Parliamentary seats
PP
 
57.83%
PSOE
 
36.14%
UPL
 
3.61%
IUCyL
 
1.20%
TC-PNC
 
1.20%

References

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