Castile and León parliamentary election, 1999
Castile and León parliamentary election, 1999
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All 83 seats in the Courts of Castile and León 42 seats needed for a majority |
Registered |
2,110,422 1.5% |
Turnout |
1,464,809 (69.4%) 5.0 pp |
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First party |
Second party |
Third party |
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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 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Popular vote |
733,557 |
478,060 |
78,933 |
Percentage |
50.6% |
33.0% |
5.4% |
Swing |
1.7 pp |
3.4 pp |
4.2 pp |
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Fourth party |
Fifth party |
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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 |
1 |
1 |
Popular vote |
53,791 |
20,063 |
Percentage |
3.7% |
1.4% |
Swing |
1.1 pp |
0.8 pp |
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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 ballots—for 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 →
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Party |
Vote |
Seats |
Votes |
% |
±pp |
Won |
+/− |
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People's Party (PP) |
733,557 | 50.56 | 1.74 |
48 | 2 |
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Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
478,060 | 32.95 | 3.35 |
30 | 3 |
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United Left of Castile and León (IUCyL) |
78,933 | 5.44 | 4.16 |
1 | 4 |
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Leonese People's Union (UPL) |
53,791 | 3.71 | 1.16 |
3 | 1 |
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Communal Land-Castilian Nationalist Party (TC-PNC) |
20,063 | 1.38 | 0.77 |
1 | 1 |
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Regionalist Unity of Castile and León (URCL) |
10,985 | 0.76 | 0.35 |
0 | ±0 |
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Centrist Union-Democratic and Social Centre (UC-CDS) |
10,171 | 0.70 | New |
0 | ±0 |
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Valladolid Independent Candidate (CIV) |
6,827 | 0.47 | 0.33 |
0 | ±0 |
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El Bierzo Party (PB) |
3,644 | 0.25 | 0.18 |
0 | ±0 |
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Spanish Democratic Party (PADE) |
3,165 | 0.22 | New |
0 | ±0 |
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Regionalist Party of the Leonese Country (PREPAL) |
2,912 | 0.20 | 0.03 |
0 | ±0 |
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Humanist Party (PH) |
2,232 | 0.15 | New |
0 | ±0 |
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Independent Salamancan Union (USI) |
1,779 | 0.12 | New |
0 | ±0 |
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Zamoran People's Union (UPZ) |
1,484 | 0.10 | New |
0 | ±0 |
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Blank ballots |
38,990 | 2.69 | 0.85 |
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Total |
1,450,853 | 100.00 | |
83 | 1 |
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Valid votes |
1,450,853 | 99.05 | 0.06 |
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Invalid votes |
13,956 | 0.95 | 0.06 |
Votes cast / turnout |
1,464,809 | 69.41 | 5.02 |
Abstentions |
645,613 | 30.59 | 5.02 |
Registered voters |
2,110,422 | |
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Source: Argos Information Portal |
Vote share |
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PP |
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50.56% |
PSOE |
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32.95% |
IUCyL |
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5.44% |
UPL |
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3.71% |
TC-PNC |
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1.38% |
Others |
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3.27% |
Blank ballots |
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2.69% |
Parliamentary seats |
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PP |
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57.83% |
PSOE |
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36.14% |
UPL |
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3.61% |
IUCyL |
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1.20% |
TC-PNC |
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1.20% |
References