Riojan regional election, 1999

Riojan regional election, 1999

13 June 1999
All 33 seats in the Parliament of La Rioja 17 seats needed for a majority
Registered	229,569 5.1%
Turnout	157,623 (68.7%) 7.5 pp
First party Second party Third party   Leader Pedro Sanz José Ignacio Pérez Miguel González de Legarra Party PP PSOE PR Leader since 2 October 1993 1987 16 December 1995 Leader's seat La Rioja La Rioja La Rioja Last election 17 seats, 49.4% 12 seats, 34.1% 2 seats, 6.7% Seats won 18 13 2 Seat change 1 1 0 Popular vote 80,088 55,126 9,004 Percentage 51.3% 35.3% 5.8% Swing 1.9 pp 1.2 pp 0.9 pp
President before election Pedro Sanz PP Elected President Pedro Sanz PP

The 1999 Riojan regional election was held on Sunday, 13 June 1999, to elect the 5th Parliament of the Autonomous Community of La Rioja. All 33 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.

The People's Party (PP) under incumbent President Pedro Sanz was re-elected for a second term in office with an increased absolute majority. The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), with former President José Ignacio Pérez Sáenz standing as candidate, also gained 1 seat and saw a slight increase of its share. Both parties benefited of IU's expulsion from Parliament, after failing to meet the 5% threshold and losing all its 2 seats. The Riojan Party (PR) maintained its 2 seats, but lost some of the ground it had won in the previous election.

Electoral system

The number of seats in the Parliament of La Rioja was set to a fixed-number of 33. All Parliament members were elected in a single multi-member district, consisting of the Community's territory (the province of La Rioja), 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 La Rioja election results →

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
	People's Party (PP)	80,088	51.26	+1.82	18	+1
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	55,126	35.28	+1.19	13	+1
	Riojan Party (PR)	9,004	5.76	–0.94	2	±0
	United Left La Rioja (IU)	6,104	3.91	–3.30	0	–2
	The Greens (LV)	1,971	1.26	New	0	±0
	Movement to Humanist Socialism (MASH)	418	0.27	New	0	±0
	Blank ballots	3,535	2.26	+0.53
Total		156,246	100.00		33	±0
Valid votes		156,246	99.13	–0.17
Invalid votes		1,377	0.87	+0.17
Votes cast / turnout		157,623	68.66	–7.50
Abstentions		71,946	31.34	+7.50
Registered voters		229,569
Source(s): Argos Information Portal, historiaelectoral.com

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