Madrilenian parliamentary election, 1991

Madrilenian parliamentary election, 1991
Community of Madrid
26 May 1991

All 101 seats in the Assembly of Madrid
51 seats needed for a majority
Registered 3,827,972 Increase8.9%
Turnout 2,251,613 (58.8%)
Decrease11.1 pp
  First party Second party
 
Leader Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón Joaquín Leguina
Party PP PSM-PSOE
Leader since 8 February 1987 14 December 1979
Last election 32 seats, 31.8%[lower-alpha 1] 40 seats, 38.4%
Seats won 47 41
Seat change Increase15 Increase1
Popular vote 956,865 820,510
Percentage 42.7% 36.6%
Swing Increase10.9 pp Decrease1.8 pp

  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Isabel Villalonga José Ramón Lasuén[1]
Party IU CDS
Leader since 1987 11 April 1991
Last election 7 seats, 7.5% 17 seats, 16.6%
Seats won 13 0
Seat change Increase6 Decrease17
Popular vote 270,558 75,081
Percentage 12.1% 3.3%
Swing Increase4.6 pp Decrease13.3 pp

President before election

Joaquín Leguina
PSM-PSOE

Elected President

Joaquín Leguina
PSM-PSOE

The 1991 Madrilenian parliamentary election was held on Sunday, 26 May 1991, to elect the 3rd 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 increased from 96 to 101 compared to the previous election.

The election saw the electoral collapse of the Democratic and Social Centre (CDS), which fell below the 5% threshold and lost all their 17 seats. Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón's People's Party (PP) emerged as the largest party in the community for the first time,[1] but was unable to form a government due to the lack of allies as a result of CDS expulsion from the Assembly. Consequently, Joaquín Leguina from the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) was re-elected President for a third term in office thanks to the support of United Left (IU).

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.[2] As the updated population census for the 1991 election was the corresponding to year 1990 (5,028,120), the Assembly size was set to 101 seats.[3]

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.[4]

Background

The 1987 election had resulted in a parliamentary deadlock. The opposition bloc of the People's Alliance (AP) and the CDS held 49 seats against 47 for the PSOE and IU. The ruling PSOE was initially able to hold on to power and have Joaquín Leguina re-elected President thanks to CDS' abstention, but nonetheless the government's majority remained precarious.

In 1988, an AP deputy, Nicolás Piñeiro Cuesta, resigned from the party as a result of ideological differences with the Madrid AP leader, Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón. Piñeiro launched his own party, the Independent Madrilenian Regional Party (PRIM), shortly after. Thereafter, in January 1989, AP along with other parties merged into the newly-created People's Party (PP).

In the first half of 1989, the PP and the CDS reached an agreement of cooperation in the Madrid Assembly, resulting in a motion of no confidence against Leguina's government in June 1989, in an attempt to replace it with a PP-CDS administration headed by Ruiz-Gallardón as Madrid President. To succeed, the motion needed the support of a majority of members, meaning that 49 votes were needed. With the PP and CDS having 48 members, Piñeiro's support was necessary. However, he abstained, and the United Left members blocked the motion alongside PSOE, resulting in the vote failing.[5]

Results

Summary of the 26 May 1991 Madrid Assembly election results
Party Vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
People's Party (PP)[lower-alpha 1] 956,865 42.67 Increase10.88 47 Increase15
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 820,510 36.59 Decrease1.86 41 Increase1
United Left (IU) 270,558 12.07 Increase4.59 13 Increase6
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) 75,081 3.35 Decrease13.28 0 Decrease17
The Greens (LV) 35,095 1.57 Increase0.49 0 ±0
The Ecologists (LE) 12,897 0.58 New 0 ±0
Green Union (UVE) 8,903 0.40 Decrease0.13 0 ±0
Madrilian Independent Regional Party (PRIM) 7,883 0.35 New 0 ±0
Workers' Socialist Party (PST) 7,736 0.34 New 0 ±0
Party of Madrid (PAM) 4,382 0.20 New 0 ±0
Independent Candidatures' Convergence (CCI) 2,248 0.10 New 0 ±0
Revolutionary Workers' Party of Spain (PORE) 2,187 0.10 New 0 ±0
Blank ballots 28,872 1.29 Decrease0.45
Total 2,242,344 100.00 101 Increase5
Valid votes 2,242,344 99.59 Increase0.81
Invalid votes 9,269 0.41 Decrease0.81
Votes cast / turnout 2,251,613 58.82 Decrease11.05
Abstentions 1,576,359 41.18 Increase11.05
Registered voters 3,827,972
Source(s):
Vote share
PP
 
42.67%
PSOE
 
36.59%
IU
 
12.07%
CDS
 
3.35%
LV
 
1.57%
Others
 
2.46%
Blank ballots
 
1.29%
Parliamentary seats
PP
 
46.53%
PSOE
 
40.59%
IU
 
12.87%

Notes

  1. 1 2 Compared to the People's Alliance+People's Democratic Party results in the 1987 election.

References

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