Navarrese regional election, 1999

Navarrese regional election, 1999

13 June 1999
All 50 seats in the Parliament of Navarre 26 seats needed for a majority
Registered	461,729 5.5%
Turnout	305,880 (66.2%) 2.2 pp
First party Second party Third party   Leader Miguel Sanz Juan José Lizarbe Pernando Barrena Party UPN PSN–PSOE EH Leader since 17 January 1995 18 December 1997 1998 Leader's seat Navarre Navarre Navarre Last election 17 seats, 31.3% 11 seats, 20.9% 5 seats, 11.4% Seats won 22 11 8 Seat change 5 0 3 Popular vote 125,497 61,531 47,271 Percentage 41.4% 20.3% 15.6% Swing 10.1 pp 0.6 pp 4.2 pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Félix Taberna Juan Cruz Alli Begoña Errazti Party IU CDN EA–PNV Leader since 1991 10 April 1995 1995 Leader's seat Navarre Navarre Navarre Last election 5 seats, 9.3% 10 seats, 18.6% 2 seats, 5.6% Seats won 3 3 3 Seat change 2 7 1 Popular vote 20,879 20,821 16,512 Percentage 6.9% 6.9% 5.4% Swing 2.4 pp 11.7 pp 0.2 pp
President before election Miguel Sanz UPN Elected President Miguel Sanz UPN

The 1999 Navarrese regional election was held on Sunday, 13 June 1999, to elect the 5th Parliament of the Foral Community of Navarre. All 50 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 50 members of the Parliament of Navarre were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with a threshold of 3 per 100 of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied regionally. Parties not reaching the threshold were not taken into consideration for seat distribution.^[1][2] Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage, with all nationals over eighteen, registered in Navarre 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 Navarre. 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.^[1][3][4]

Elections were fixed for the fourth Sunday of May every four years. In the event of an investiture process failing to elect a regional President within a two-month period from the first ballot, the candidate from the party with the highest number of seats was to be deemed automatically elected.^[2][3]

Results

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

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
	Navarrese People's Union (UPN)	125,497	41.37	+10.02	22	+5
	Socialist Party of Navarre (PSN–PSOE)	61,531	20.28	–0.59	11	±0
	Basque Citizens (EH)1	47,271	15.58	+4.17	8	+3
	United Left (IU/EB)	20,879	6.88	–2.47	3	–2
	Democrats' Convergence of Navarre (CDN)	20,821	6.86	–8.70	3	–7
	Basque Solidarity–Basque Nationalist Party (EA–PNV)2	16,512	5.44	–0.12	3	+1

Aftermath

Investiture

Investiture processes to elect the President of Navarre required for an absolute majority—more than half the votes cast—to be obtained in the first ballot. If unsuccessful, a new ballot would be held 48 hours later under the same majority requirement, with successive votes requiring only of a simple majority—more affirmative than negative votes—to succeed. If such majorities were not achieved, successive candidate proposals would be processed under the same procedure. In the event of the investiture process failing to elect a regional President within a two-month period from the first ballot, the candidate from the party with the highest number of seats was deemed to be automatically elected.^[2]

References