Basque parliamentary election, 2001

Basque parliamentary election, 2001

May 13, 2001

All 75 seats of the Basque Parliament 38 seats needed for a majority Turnout 78.97%   First party Second party Third party   Leader Juan José Ibarretxe Jaime Mayor Oreja Nicolás Redondo Party EAJ-PNV PP PSOE Leader since 28 March 1998 2001 20 October 1997 Leader's seat Álava Gipuzkoa Vizcaya Last election 27 seats, 36.19% 16 seats, 19.85% 14 seats, 17.35% Seats won 33 19 13 Seat change 6 3 1 Popular vote 604,222 326,933 253,195 Percentage 42.38% 22.93% 17,76% Swing 6.02% 3.08% 0.41%   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Arnaldo Otegi Javier Madrazo Party EH IU Leader since 30 November 1998 December 1994 Leader's seat Gipuzkoa Vizcaya Last election 14 seats, 17.66% 2 seats, 5.60% Seats won 7 3 Seat change 7 1 Popular vote 143,139 78,862 Percentage 10.04% 5.53% Swing 7.62% 0.07%

Lehendakari before election Juan José Ibarretxe EAJ-PNV Elected Lehendakari Juan José Ibarretxe EAJ-PNV

Elections to the Parliament of the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country, Spain, were held on May 13, 2001.^[1]

Results

The electoral coalition Eusko Alkartasuna-Basque Nationalist Party won 33 seats, the People`s Party came second with 19 seats, the Socialist Party of the Basque Country came in third with 13 seats. The Batasuna party under the name Euskal Herritarrok won 7 seats.

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 Summary of the 13 May 2001 Basque Parliament elections results

Party		Popular Vote			Seats
		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	EAJ-PNV-Basque Solidarity Euzko Alderdi Jeltzalea-Eusko Alkartasuna – EAJ-PNV/EA	604,222	42.72	6.02	33	6
	PP Partido Popular – PP	326,933	23.12	2.99	19	3
	Socialist Party of the Basque Country – Basque Country Left Partido Socialista de Euskadi-Euskadiko Ezkerra – PSE-EE	253,195	17.90	0.30	13	1
	EH Euskal Herritarrok – EH	143,139	10.12	7.79	7	7
	United Left - Greens Ezker Batua-Berdeak – EB-B	78,862	5.58	0.10	3	1
	Other parties	7,918	0.56	0.16	0	2
Blank votes		11,508	0.80	0.58
Valid votes		1,425,777	99.57	0.10
Invalid votes		6,219	0.43	0.10
Totals and voter turnout		1,431,996	78.97	8.98	75	—
Electorate		1,813,356	100.00	—
Source: Departamento de Interior de Euskadi

Notes

External references

• (Spanish) Official results of elections held in the Basque Autonomous Community

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