Madrilenian parliamentary election, 1999

Madrilenian parliamentary election, 1999
Community of Madrid
13 June 1999

All 102 seats in the Assembly of Madrid
52 seats needed for a majority
Registered 4,281,075 Increase3.7%
Turnout 2,606,325 (60.9%)
Decrease9.5 pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón Cristina Almeida Ángel Pérez
Party PP PSM–PSOE IU
Leader since 8 February 1987 15 May 1998 24 February 1993
Last election 54 seats, 51.0% 32 seats, 29.7% 17 seats, 16.0%
Seats won 55 39 8
Seat change Increase1 Increase7 Decrease9
Popular vote 1,324,596 944,819 199,488
Percentage 51.1% 36.4% 7.7%
Swing Increase0.1 pp Increase6.7 pp Decrease8.3 pp

President before election

Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón
PP

Elected President

Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón
PP

The 1999 Madrilenian parliamentary election was held on Sunday, 13 June 1999, to elect the 5th Assembly of Madrid, the regional legislature of the Spanish autonomous community of Madrid. At stake were all seats in the Assembly, determining the President of the Community of Madrid. The number of members decreased from 103 to 102 compared to the previous election.

The election saw the People's Party (PP) renew the absolute majority in the Assembly for a second successive time, slightly increasing their vote share and gaining a seat. The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), which ran with Cristina Almeida as candidate, increased its vote share after three consecutive elections losing ground. PSOE's recovery came at the expense of the United Left (IU), which lost half its votes and seats.

As a result of the election, Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón was able to be re-elected for a second term in office.

Electoral system

The number of seats in the regional Assembly was determined by the population count, with 1 seat per each 50,000 inhabitants or fraction greater than 25,000, according to the most updated census data.[1] As the updated population census for the 1995 election was the corresponding to year 1998 (5,091,336), the Assembly size was set to 102 seats.[2]

All Assembly members were elected in a single multi-member district, consisting of the Community's territory (the province of Madrid), using the D'Hondt method and a closed-list proportional representation system. Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage in a secret ballot. Only lists polling above 5% of valid votes in all of the community (which include blank ballotsfor none of the above) were entitled to enter the seat distribution.[3]

Results

Summary of the 13 June 1999 Madrid Assembly election results
Party Vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
People's Party (PP) 1,324,596 51.07 Increase0.09 55 Increase1
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 944,819 36.43 Increase6.71 39 Increase7
United Left (IU) 199,488 7.69 Decrease8.34 8 Decrease9
The Greens (LV) 17,793 0.69 New 0 ±0
The Greens-Green Group (LV-GV) 15,597 0.60 Decrease0.13 0 ±0
Centrist Union-Democratic and Social Centre (UC-CDS) 8,379 0.32 New 0 ±0
The Falange (FE) 3,810 0.15 New 0 ±0
Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE) 3,109 0.12 Increase0.05 0 ±0
Spanish Democratic Party (PADE) 2,686 0.10 New 0 ±0
Union Community of Madrid (UCMA) 2,532 0.10 New 0 ±0
Humanist Party (PH) 2,492 0.10 Increase0.04 0 ±0
Blank ballots 54,341 2.10 Increase0.76
Total 2,593,495 100.00 102 Decrease1
Valid votes 2,593,495 99.51 Decrease0.11
Invalid votes 12,830 0.49 Increase0.11
Votes cast / turnout 2,606,325 60.88 Decrease9.51
Abstentions 1,674,750 39.12 Increase9.51
Registered voters 4,281,075
Source(s):
Vote share
PP
 
51.07%
PSOE
 
36.43%
IU
 
7.69%
Others
 
2.71%
Blank ballots
 
2.10%
Parliamentary seats
PP
 
53.92%
PSOE
 
38.24%
IU
 
7.84%

References

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