Canarian regional election, 1999
Canarian regional election, 1999
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All 60 seats in the Parliament of the Canaries 31 seats needed for a majority |
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Registered |
1,331,110 6.6% |
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Turnout |
835,181 (62.7%) 1.5 pp |
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First party |
Second party |
Third party |
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Leader |
Román Rodríguez |
Jerónimo Saavedra |
José Miguel Bravo de Laguna |
Party |
CC |
PSOE |
PP |
Leader since |
1999 |
1999 |
1991 |
Last election |
21 seats, 32.8% |
16 seats, 23.1% |
18 seats, 31.1% |
Seats won |
24 |
19 |
15 |
Seat change |
3 |
3 |
3 |
Popular vote |
306,658 |
199,503 |
225,316 |
Percentage |
36.9% |
24.0% |
27.1% |
Swing |
4.1 pp |
0.9 pp |
4.0 pp |
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Island-level units won by CC (yellow), PP (blue), PSOE (red) and AHI (green) |
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The 1999 Canarian regional election was held on Sunday, 13 June 1999, to elect the 5th Parliament of the Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands. All 60 seats in the Parliament were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in 12 other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain, as well as the 1999 European Parliament election.
Electoral system
The 60 members of the Canarian Parliament were elected in 7 multi-member districts using the D'Hondt method and a closed-list proportional representation system. Unlike other regions, districts did not coincide with provincial limits, being determined by law for each of the main islands to become a district of its own. The electoral system came regulated under the Autonomous Statute of Autonomy. Each district was assigned a fixed set of seats, distributed as follows: El Hierro (3), Fuerteventura (7), Gran Canaria (15), La Gomera (4), La Palma (8), Lanzarote (8) and Tenerife (15).
Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage in a secret ballot. Only lists polling above 30% of the total vote in each district or above 6% in all of the community (which include blank ballots—for none of the above) were entitled to enter the seat distribution.[1]
Results
Overall
Parties with less than 1.0% of the vote |
11,456 |
1.38 |
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2 |
+1 |
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Centrist Union–Democratic and Social Centre (UC–CDS) |
4,442 | 0.53 | –0.14 |
0 | ±0 |
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Independent Herrenian Group (AHI) |
2,773 | 0.33 | +0.07 |
2 | +1 |
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Humanist Party (PH) |
1,346 | 0.16 | –0.04 |
0 | ±0 |
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Nationalist Maga Alternative (AMAGA) |
864 | 0.10 | New |
0 | ±0 |
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Canarian Alternative–Independent Citizens of the Canaries (AC–CICA) |
806 | 0.10 | New |
0 | ±0 |
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Canarian Pensionist Tagoror (TPC) |
692 | 0.08 | New |
0 | ±0 |
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Fuerteventura Popular Platform (PPF) |
533 | 0.06 | New |
0 | ±0 |
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Blank ballots |
12,558 | 1.51 | +0.37 |
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Total |
830,352 | 100.00 | |
60 | ±0 |
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Valid votes |
830,352 | 99.42 | –0.01 |
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Invalid votes |
4,829 | 0.58 | +0.01 |
Votes cast / turnout |
835,181 | 62.74 | –1.46 |
Abstentions |
495,929 | 37.26 | +1.46 |
Registered voters |
1,331,110 | |
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Source(s): Argos Information Portal, ISTAC, historiaelectoral.com |
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Popular vote |
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CC |
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36.93% |
PP |
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27.13% |
PSOE |
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24.03% |
FNC |
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4.81% |
IUC |
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2.74% |
LV |
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1.46% |
AHI |
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0.33% |
Others |
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1.05% |
Blank ballots |
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1.51% |
References