Cantabrian parliamentary election, 1999
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The 1999 Cantabrian parliamentary election was held on Sunday, 13 June 1999, to elect the 5th Parliament of Cantabria, the regional legislature of the Spanish autonomous community of Cantabria. At stake were all 39 seats in the Parliament, determining the President of Cantabria.
Electoral system
The number of seats in the Parliament of Cantabria was set to a fixed-number of 39. All Parliament members were elected in a single multi-member district, consisting of the Community's territory (the province of Cantabria), 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 (which include blank ballots—for none of the above) in all of the community were entitled to enter the seat distribution.[1]
Results
Party | Vote | Seats | ||||||||
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Votes | % | ±pp | Won | +/− | ||||||
People's Party (PP) | 134,924 | 42.50 | 10.00 | 19 | 6 | |||||
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party-Progresists (PSOE) | 105,004 | 33.08 | 7.94 | 14 | 4 | |||||
Regionalist Party of Cantabria (PRC) | 42,896 | 13.51 | 1.05 | 6 | ±0 | |||||
United Left (IU) | 11,707 | 3.69 | 3.67 | 0 | 3 | |||||
Union for the Progress of Cantabria (UPCA) | 9,743 | 3.07 | 13.55 | 0 | 7 | |||||
Centrist Union-Democratic and Social Centre (UC-CDS) | 1,479 | 0.47 | 0.07 | 0 | ±0 | |||||
Cantabrian Nationalist Council (CNC) | 1,179 | 0.37 | New | 0 | ±0 | |||||
Independent Citizens of Cantabria (CCIIC) | 924 | 0.29 | New | 0 | ±0 | |||||
Unemployed Collective of Cantabria (COPARCA) | 761 | 0.24 | New | 0 | ±0 | |||||
Spanish Democratic Party (PADE) | 650 | 0.20 | New | 0 | ±0 | |||||
Spanish Falange of the JONS (FE-JONS) | 449 | 0.14 | New | 0 | ±0 | |||||
Blank ballots | 7,717 | 2.43 | 0.50 | |||||||
Total | 317,433 | 100.00 | 39 | ±0 | ||||||
Valid votes | 317,433 | 99.21 | 0.02 | |||||||
Invalid votes | 2,514 | 0.79 | 0.02 | |||||||
Votes cast / turnout | 319,947 | 68.78 | 5.27 | |||||||
Abstentions | 145,221 | 31.22 | 5.27 | |||||||
Registered voters | 465,168 | |||||||||
Source: Argos Information Portal |
Post-election
Investiture voting
Investiture voting for José Joaquín Martínez Sieso (PP) Absolute majority: 20/39 | ||
Vote | Parties | Votes |
Yes | PP (19), PRC (6) | 25 / 39 |
No | PSOE (14) | 14 / 39 |
Abstentions | 0 / 39 | |
Source: El País | ||
References
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