Cantabrian regional election, 1999

Cantabrian regional election, 1999

13 June 1999
All 39 seats in the Parliament of Cantabria 20 seats needed for a majority
Registered	465,168 6.8%
Turnout	319,947 (68.8%) 5.2 pp
First party Second party Third party   Leader José Joaquín Martínez Sieso Ángel Duque Miguel Ángel Revilla Party PP PSOE–p PRC Leader since 1995 28 June 1998 1983 Leader's seat Cantabria Cantabria Cantabria Last election 13 seats, 32.5% 10 seats, 25.1% 6 seats, 14.6% Seats won 19 14 6 Seat change 6 4 0 Popular vote 134,924 105,004 42,896 Percentage 42.5% 33.1% 13.5% Swing 10.0 pp 8.0 pp 1.1 pp
President before election José Joaquín Martínez Sieso PP Elected President José Joaquín Martínez Sieso PP

The 1999 Cantabrian regional election was held on Sunday, 13 June 1999, to elect the 5th Parliament of the Autonomous Community of Cantabria. All 39 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 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 in all of the community (which include blank ballots—for none of the above) were entitled to enter the seat distribution.^[1]

Results

← Summary of the 13 June 1999 Parliament of Cantabria election results →

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
	People's Party (PP)	134,924	42.50	+10.00	19	+6
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party–Progressives (PSOE–p)	105,004	33.08	+7.94	14	+4
	Regionalist Party of Cantabria (PRC)	42,896	13.51	–1.05	6	±0
	United Left of Cantabria (IUC)	11,707	3.69	–3.67	0	–3
	Union for the Progress of Cantabria (UPCA)	9,743	3.07	–13.55	0	–7

Post-election

Investiture voting

22 July 1999 Investiture voting for José Joaquín Martínez Sieso (PP) Absolute majority: 20/39
Vote	Parties	Votes
Y Yes	PP (19), PRC (6)	25 / 39
No	PSOE (14)	14 / 39
Abstentions		0 / 39
Source: El País

References

Elections in Cantabria
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