Valencian regional election, 1999
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All 89 seats in the Corts Valencianes 45 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Registered | 3,361,989 7.4% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turnout |
2,279,805 (67.8%) 8.2 pp | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Constituency results map for the Corts Valencianes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1999 Valencian regional election was held on Sunday, 13 June 1999, to elect the 5th Corts of the Valencian Community. All 89 seats in the Corts 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), which had ruled the community from 1995 in a coalition government, won an absolute majority of seats; majority which it would maintain for the next 20 years. Its coalition partner, Valencian Union (UV), fell just below the 5% threshold, resulting in it losing all seats and being expelled from the Courts. The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) remained static on its 1995 vote share, though it gained 3 additional seats thanks to United Left (IU) electoral collapse from 10 to 5 seats.
Electoral system
The 89 members of the Corts Valencianes 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—being applied regionally. Parties not reaching the threshold were not taken into consideration for seat distribution. Seats were allocated to constituencies, corresponding to the provinces of Alicante, Castellón and Valencia. Each constituency was entitled to an initial minimum of 20 seats, with the remaining 29 allocated among the constituencies in proportion to their populations.[1][2] Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage, with all nationals over eighteen, registered in the Valencian Community 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.[1][3][4]
Elections were fixed for the fourth Sunday of May every four years.[2][3]
Results
Overall
Parties and coalitions | Popular vote | Seats | ||||
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Votes | % | ±pp | Won | +/− | ||
People's Party (PP) | 1,085,011 | 47.88 | +5.05 | 49 | +7 | |
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party–Progressives (PSOE–p) | 768,548 | 33.91 | –0.07 | 35 | +3 | |
United Left of the Valencian Country (EUPV) | 137,212 | 6.05 | –5.48 | 5 | –5 | |
Valencian Union (UV) | 106,119 | 4.68 | –2.33 | 0 | –5 | |
Valencian Nationalist Bloc–The Greens (BNV–EV)1 | 102,700 | 4.53 | +1.82 | 0 | ±0 |
Parties with less than 1.0% of the vote | 31,517 | 1.39 | — | 0 | ±0 | |
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Valencian Community Alternative (ACV) | 6,146 | 0.27 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
Liberal Centre (CL) | 4,813 | 0.21 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
The Ecologist–Pacifist Greens (LVEP) | 4,176 | 0.18 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
Centrist Union–Democratic and Social Centre (UC–CDS) | 2,978 | 0.13 | –0.10 | 0 | ±0 | |
Spanish Falange of the JONS (FE–JONS) | 2,973 | 0.13 | +0.06 | 0 | ±0 | |
Independent Initiative (II) | 2,524 | 0.11 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
Humanist Party (PH) | 2,253 | 0.10 | +0.07 | 0 | ±0 | |
Valencian Nationalist Left (ENV) | 2,070 | 0.09 | +0.01 | 0 | ±0 | |
Federal Republican Left–Federal Republican Party (IRF–PRF) | 1,660 | 0.07 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
Valencian Independent Organization (OIV) | 1,316 | 0.06 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
Spanish Autonomous League (LAE) | 608 | 0.03 | +0.01 | 0 | ±0 |
Blank ballots | 35,168 | 1.55 | +0.50 | ||||||
Total | 2,266,275 | 100.00 | 89 | ±0 | |||||
Valid votes | 2,266,275 | 99.41 | –0.03 | ||||||
Invalid votes | 13,530 | 0.59 | +0.03 | ||||||
Votes cast / turnout | 2,279,805 | 67.81 | –8.22 | ||||||
Abstentions | 1,082,184 | 32.19 | +8.22 | ||||||
Registered voters | 3,361,989 | ||||||||
Source(s): Corts Valencianes, historiaelectoral.com, Argos Information Portal | |||||||||
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Distribution by constituency
Constituency | PP | PSOE–p | EUPV | |||
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% | S | % | S | % | S | |
Alicante | 48.7 | 16 | 36.0 | 12 | 6.1 | 2 |
Castellón | 49.3 | 12 | 34.6 | 9 | 4.2 | 1 |
Valencia | 47.1 | 21 | 32.6 | 14 | 6.4 | 2 |
Total | 47.9 | 49 | 33.9 | 35 | 6.1 | 5 |
References
- 1 2 Valencian Electoral Law of 1987, Law No. 2 of March 31, 1987 Official Journal of the Valencian Community (in Spanish). Retrieved on 17 March 2017.
- 1 2 Statute of Autonomy of the Valencian Community of 1982, Organic Law No. 1 of July 1, 1982 Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved on 17 March 2017.
- 1 2 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.
- ↑ "Representation of the people Institutional Act". juntaelectoralcentral.es. Central Electoral Commission. Retrieved 16 June 2017.