The Elections to the Aragonese Corts, 1991 were the third democratic elections to the Aragonese Corts, the Argonese regional parliament, in Spain since the death of the dictator Franco and were held on 26 May of that year. The elections were held using closed list proportional representation in three electoral districts corresponding to each of the three Provinces of Aragon. Seats were allocated on a Provincial basis using the D'Hondt method of allocation. Only lists which polled at least 3% of the total votes in a particular province (including votes "en blanco" i.e. for "none of the above") were eligible for seats in that province. With a total number of 67 seats, Zaragoza elected 33 members, Huesca 18 and Teruel 16.
The main losers in the elections were the Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) who lost all of their six seats. The Aragonese Party (PAR) also dropped two seats. The main gainers were the main two national parties, the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) and People's Party (PP). United Left also gained a seat.[1]
The new legislature elected Emilio Eiroa of the PAR as the new President of Aragon by 34 votes to 33. The PAR and PP deputies backed Eiroa while the PSOE and IU deputies voted against. The tight arithmetic in the new legislature was further complicated in November 1992 when a PP deputy, Emilio Gomáriz, resigned from the PP, leaving him holding the balance of power between the PP-PAR bloc and the PSOE-IU bloc. In September 1993 the PSOE introduced a no-confidence motion against President Eiroa. In the subsequent vote Gomáriz appeared visibly nervous and claimed that he had received death threats against his children. He voted with the PSOE and IU deputies for José Marco of the PSOE as new President.[2]
| Party | Votes | % | +/- | Seats | +/- |
| PSOE | 247,485 | 40.34 | +4.09 | 30 | +3 |
| Aragonese Party | 151,420 | 24.68 | -3.80 | 17 | -2 |
| People's Party | 126,892 | 20.68 | +3.68* | 17 | +4* |
| United Left | 41,367 | 6.74 | +1.76 | 3 | +1 |
| Democratic and Social Centre | 18,929 | 3.09 | -7.30 | -6 | |
| Chunta Aragonesista | 14,116 | 2.30 | +1.33 | ||
| Workers' Party of Spain-Communist Unity | 2,441 | 0.40 | -0.93 | ||
| Others | 2,914 | 0.48 | |||
Additionally 7,992 (1.3%) votes were cast “en blanco” i.e. for “none of the above.”
*The PP was formed in January 1989 as a merger of the Popular Alliance (AP) and the Democratic Popular Party (PDP). At the previous election the AP had received 15.75% of the votes and won 13 seats while the PDP had received 1.25% and no seats.
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