Cantabrian parliamentary election, 1999

Cantabrian parliamentary election, 1999
Cantabria
13 June 1999

All 39 seats in the Parliament of Cantabria
20 seats needed for a majority
Registered 465,168 Increase6.8%
Turnout 319,947 (68.8%)
Decrease5.2 pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader José Joaquín Martínez Sieso Ángel Duque Miguel Ángel Revilla
Party PP PSOE PRC
Leader since 1995 28 June 1998 1983
Last election 13 seats, 32.5% 10 seats, 25.1% 6 seats, 14.6%
Seats won 19 14 6
Seat change Increase6 Increase4 ±0
Popular vote 134,924 105,004 42,896
Percentage 42.5% 33.1% 13.5%
Swing Increase10.0 pp Increase8.0 pp Decrease1.1 pp

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Luz Ruiz Vicente de la Hera
Party IU UPCA
Leader since 1999 13 December 1994
Last election 3 seats, 7.4% 7 seats, 16.6%
Seats won 0 0
Seat change Decrease3 Decrease7
Popular vote 11,707 9,743
Percentage 3.7% 3.1%
Swing Decrease3.7 pp Decrease13.5 pp

President before election

José Joaquín Martínez Sieso
PP

Elected President

José Joaquín Martínez Sieso
PP

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 ballotsfor none of the above) in all of the community were entitled to enter the seat distribution.[1]

Results

Summary of the 13 June 1999 Cantabrian Parliament election results
Party Vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
People's Party (PP) 134,924 42.50 Increase10.00 19 Increase6
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party-Progresists (PSOE) 105,004 33.08 Increase7.94 14 Increase4
Regionalist Party of Cantabria (PRC) 42,896 13.51 Decrease1.05 6 ±0
United Left (IU) 11,707 3.69 Decrease3.67 0 Decrease3
Union for the Progress of Cantabria (UPCA) 9,743 3.07 Decrease13.55 0 Decrease7
Centrist Union-Democratic and Social Centre (UC-CDS) 1,479 0.47 Increase0.07 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 Increase0.50
Total 317,433 100.00 39 ±0
Valid votes 317,433 99.21 Increase0.02
Invalid votes 2,514 0.79 Decrease0.02
Votes cast / turnout 319,947 68.78 Decrease5.27
Abstentions 145,221 31.22 Increase5.27
Registered voters 465,168
Source: Argos Information Portal
Vote share
PP
 
42.50%
PSOE
 
33.08%
PRC
 
13.51%
IU
 
3.69%
UPCA
 
3.07%
Others
 
1.71%
Blank ballots
 
2.43%
Parliamentary seats
PP
 
48.72%
PSOE
 
35.90%
PRC
 
15.38%

Post-election

Investiture voting

22 July 1999
Investiture voting for José Joaquín Martínez Sieso (PP)

Absolute majority: 20/39
Vote Parties Votes
Yes Yes PP (19), PRC (6)
25 / 39
No PSOE (14)
14 / 39
Abstentions
0 / 39
Source: El País

References