Valencian regional election, 1999

Valencian regional election, 1999

13 June 1999
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
First party Second party Third party   Leader Eduardo Zaplana Antoni Asunción Joan Ribó Party PP PSOE–p EUPV Leader since 26 September 1993 8 April 1999 1997 Leader's seat Valencia Valencia Valencia Last election 42 seats, 42.8% 32 seats, 34.0% 10 seats, 11.5% Seats won 49 35 5 Seat change 7 3 5 Popular vote 1,085,011 768,548 137,212 Percentage 47.9% 33.9% 6.1% Swing 5.1 pp 0.1 pp 5.4 pp   Fourth party   Leader Héctor Villalba Party UV Leader since 15 October 1995 Leader's seat Valencia (lost) Last election 5 seats, 7.0% Seats won 0 Seat change 5 Popular vote 106,119 Percentage 4.7% Swing 2.3 pp
Constituency results map for the Corts Valencianes
President before election Eduardo Zaplana PP Elected President Eduardo Zaplana PP

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

← Summary of the 13 June 1999 Corts Valencianes election results →

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		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

Distribution by constituency

References