Basque regional election, 1990

Basque regional election, 1990
Basque Country (autonomous community)
28 October 1990
All 75 seats in the Basque Parliament
38 seats needed for a majority
Registered 1,687,936 1.7%
Turnout 1,029,457 (61.0%)
8.6 pp

  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader José Antonio Ardanza Ramón Jáuregui Iñaki Esnaola
Party EAJ/PNV PSE–PSOE HB
Leader since 2 March 1985 16 June 1988 1986
Leader's seat Guipúzcoa Guipúzcoa Guipúzcoa
Last election 17 seats, 23.6% 19 seats, 22.0% 13 seats, 17.4%
Seats won 22 16 13
Seat change 5 3 0
Popular vote 289,701 202,736 186,410
Percentage 28.3% 19.8% 18.2%
Swing 4.7 pp 2.2 pp 0.8 pp
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Carlos Garaikoetxea Jaime Mayor Oreja Kepa Aulestia
Party EA PP EE
Leader since 4 September 1986 20 January 1989 1987
Leader's seat Guipúzcoa Álava Biscay
Last election 13 seats, 15.8% 2 seats, 4.8% 9 seats, 10.8%
Seats won 9 6 6
Seat change 4 4 3
Popular vote 115,703 83,719 79,105
Percentage 11.3% 8.2% 7.7%
Swing 4.5 pp 3.4 pp 3.1 pp

Constituency results map for the Basque Parliament
Lehendakari before election

José Antonio Ardanza
EAJ/PNV

 Elected Lehendakari

José Antonio Ardanza
EAJ/PNV

The 1990 Basque regional election was held on Sunday, 28 October 1990, to elect the 4th Parliament of the Basque Autonomous Community. All 75 seats in the Parliament were up for election.

The Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) won 22 seats, the Socialist Party of the Basque Country (PSE–PSOE) came second with 16 seats, People's Unity (HB) came third with 13 seats and Basque Solidarity (EA) won 9 seats. The People's Party (PP) and Basque Country Left (EE) each won 6 seats.

Electoral system

The 75 members of the Basque Parliament were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with a threshold of 5 per 100 of valid votes—which included blank ballots, as introduced under the 1990 electoral law—being applied in each constituency. Parties not reaching the threshold were not taken into consideration for seat distribution. Seats were allocated to constituencies, corresponding to the Basque provinces of Álava, Biscay and Guipúzcoa. Each constituency was allocated a fixed number of 25 seats each, to provide for an equal representation of the three provinces in Parliament as required under the regional Statute of Autonomy.[n 1][2][3] Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage, with all nationals over eighteen, registered in the Basque Country and in full enjoyment of all political rights entitled to vote.

The electoral law provided that parties, federations, coalitions and groupings of electors were allowed to present lists of candidates. However, groupings of electors were required to secure at least the signature of 1 per 100 of the electors entered in electoral register of the constituency for which they were seeking election. Electors were barred from signing for more than one list of candidates. Concurrently, parties and federations intending to enter in coalition to take part jointly at an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days from the election call.[2][4][5]

Elections could be held up to 36 days from the previous legislature's expiry date, which would take place four years after the previous election.[n 2] The Lehendakari had the prerogative to dissolve the Parliament and call a snap election, provided that no motion of no confidence was in process. Additionally, the chamber was to be automatically dissolved and a new election called if an investiture process failed to elect a Lehendakari within a 60-day period from the Parliament re-assembly.[6]

Results

Overall

← Summary of the 28 October 1990 Basque Parliament election results →
Parties and coalitions Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) 289,701 28.28 +4.68 22 +5
Socialist Party of the Basque Country (PSE–PSOE) 202,736 19.79 –2.16 16 –3
Popular Unity (HB) 186,410 18.20 +0.80 13 ±0
Basque Solidarity (EA) 115,703 11.30 –4.47 9 –4
People's Party (PP)1 83,719 8.17 +3.33 6 +4
Basque Country Left (EE) 79,105 7.72 –3.11 6 –3
United Left (EB/IU) 14,440 1.41 +0.82 0 ±0
Alavese Unity (UA) 14,351 1.40 New 3 +3
Blank ballots 7,580 0.74 +0.30
Total 1,024,299 100.00 75 ±0
Valid votes 1,024,299 99.50 +0.09
Invalid votes 5,158 0.50 –0.09
Votes cast / turnout 1,029,457 60.99 –8.63
Abstentions 658,479 39.01 +8.63
Registered voters 1,687,936
Source(s): Basque Government, historiaelectoral.com
Popular vote
EAJ/PNV
  
 28.28%
PSE–PSOE
  
 19.79%
HB
  
 18.20%
EA
  
 11.30%
PP
  
 8.17%
EE
  
 7.72%
EB/IU
  
 1.41%
UA
  
 1.40%
Others
  
 2.98%
Blank ballots
  
 0.74%
Seats
EAJ/PNV
  
 29.33%
PSE–PSOE
  
 21.33%
HB
  
 17.33%
EA
  
 12.00%
PP
  
 8.00%
EE
  
 8.00%
UA
  
 4.00%

Distribution by constituency

Constituency PNV PSE HB EA PP EE UA
% S % S % S % S % S % S % S
Álava 22.3 6 21.2 6 12.7 3 8.1 2 10.8 3 6.7 2 11.1 3
Biscay 34.4 10 19.9 5 16.2 4 8.0 2 8.6 2 7.3 2 0.0 –
Guipúzcoa 20.4 6 19.0 5 23.6 6 18.0 5 6.4 1 8.8 2 0.0 –
Total 28.2 22 19.8 16 18.2 13 11.3 9 8.2 6 7.7 6 1.4 3

Aftermath

Investiture vote

First round: 31 January 1991
Absolute majority (38/75) required
Choice Vote
Parties Votes
José Antonio Ardanza PNV (22), EA (9), EE (6)
37 / 75
Blank ballots PSE (16), PP (6), UA (3)
25 / 75
Absences: HB (13)
Source: historiaelectoral.com
Second round: 1 February 1991
Simple majority required
Choice Vote
Parties Votes
YesJosé Antonio Ardanza PNV (22), EA (9), EE (6)
37 / 75
Blank ballots PSE (16), PP (6), UA (3)
25 / 75
Absences: HB (13)
Source: historiaelectoral.com

Notes

  1. ↑ This meant that Álava was allocated the same number of seats as Biscay and Gipuzkoa, despite their populations being, as of 1 July 1990: 272,282, 1,160,364 and 679,076, respectively.[1]
  2. ↑ As per Article 46 of the Basque Parliament Elections Law of 1990, the election Decree was to be issued no later than the twenty-fifth day prior to the date of expiry of Parliament and published on the following day in the Official Gazette of the Basque Country, with election day being held between the fifty-fourth and the sixtieth day from publication. As a result, an election could not be held later than the thirty-sixth day from the date of expiry of Parliament.

References

  1. ↑ "Principales series desde 1971. Resultados por Provincias. Población residente por fecha, sexo y edad". ine.es (in Spanish). National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  2. 1 2 Basque Parliament Elections Law of 1990, Law No. 5 of June 15, 1990 Official Gazette of the Basque Country (in Spanish). Retrieved on 17 July 2017.
  3. ↑ Statute of Autonomy of the Basque Country of 1979, Organic Law No. 3 of December 18, 1979 Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved on 17 July 2017.
  4. ↑ General Electoral System Organic Law of 1985, Organic Law No. 5 of June 19, 1985 Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved on 28 December 2016.
  5. ↑ "Representation of the people Institutional Act". juntaelectoralcentral.es. Central Electoral Commission. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  6. ↑ Government Law of 1981, Law No. 7 of June 30, 1981 Official Gazette of the Basque Country (in Spanish). Retrieved on 17 July 2017.
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