1999 Valencian regional election

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 twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain, as well as the 1999 European Parliament election.

1999 Valencian regional election

13 June 1999

All 89 seats in the Corts Valencianes
45 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered3,361,989 7.4%
Turnout2,279,805 (67.8%)
8.2 pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Eduardo Zaplana Antoni Asunción Joan Ribó
Party PP PSOEp 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

Constituency results map for the Corts Valencianes

President before election

Eduardo Zaplana
PP

Elected President

Eduardo Zaplana
PP

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.

Overview

Electoral system

The Corts Valencianes were the devolved, unicameral legislature of the Valencian autonomous community, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution and the Valencian Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a President of the Government.[1] Voting for the Corts was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over eighteen, registered in the Valencian Community and in full enjoyment of their political rights.

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 percent 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 on the condition that the seat to population ratio in any given province did not exceed three times that of any other.[1][2]

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 the signature of at least 1 percent of the electors registered in the constituency for which they sought 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 of the election being called.[2][3][4]

Election date

The term of the Corts Valencianes expired four years after the date of their previous election. Elections to the Corts were fixed for the fourth Sunday of May every four years. Legal amendments introduced in 1998 allowed for these to be held together with European Parliament elections, provided that they were scheduled for within a four month-timespan. The previous election was held on 28 May 1995, setting the election date for the Corts concurrently with a European Parliament election on Sunday, 13 June 1999.[1][2][3][4]

The Corts Valencianes could not be dissolved before the date of expiry of parliament.[1]

Opinion polls

The table below lists voting intention estimates in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first and using the dates when the survey fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. Where the fieldwork dates are unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed with its background shaded in the leading party's colour. If a tie ensues, this is applied to the figures with the highest percentages. The "Lead" column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the parties with the highest percentages in a given poll. When available, seat projections are also displayed below the voting estimates in a smaller font. 45 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Corts Valencianes.

Results

Overall

Summary of the 13 June 1999 Corts Valencianes election results
Parties and coalitions Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
People's Party (PP) 1,085,01147.88+5.05 49+7
Spanish Socialist Workers' PartyProgressives (PSOE–p) 768,54833.91–0.07 35+3
United Left of the Valencian Country (EUPV) 137,2126.05–5.48 5–5
Valencian Union (UV) 106,1194.68–2.33 0–5
Valencian Nationalist BlocThe Greens (BNV–EV)1 102,7004.53+1.82 0±0
Valencian Community Alternative (ACV) 6,1460.27New 0±0
Liberal Centre (CL) 4,8130.21New 0±0
The Ecologist–Pacifist Greens (LVEP) 4,1760.18New 0±0
Centrist Union–Democratic and Social Centre (UC–CDS) 2,9780.13–0.10 0±0
Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS) 2,9730.13+0.06 0±0
Independent Initiative (II) 2,5240.11New 0±0
Humanist Party (PH) 2,2530.10+0.07 0±0
Valencian Nationalist Left (ENV) 2,0700.09+0.01 0±0
Federal Republican Left–Federal Republican Party (IRF–PRF) 1,6600.07New 0±0
Valencian Independent Organization (OIV) 1,3160.06New 0±0
Spanish Autonomous League (LAE) 6080.03+0.01 0±0
Blank ballots 35,1681.55+0.50
Total 2,266,275 89±0
Valid votes 2,266,27599.41–0.03
Invalid votes 13,5300.59+0.03
Votes cast / turnout 2,279,80567.81–8.22
Abstentions 1,082,18432.19+8.22
Registered voters 3,361,989
Sources[5][6][7]
Popular vote
PP
47.88%
PSOEp
33.91%
EUPV
6.05%
UV
4.68%
BNVEV
4.53%
Others
1.39%
Blank ballots
1.55%
Seats
PP
55.06%
PSOEp
39.33%
EUPV
5.62%

Distribution by constituency

Constituency PP PSOEp EUPV
% 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
Sources[6][7]

Aftermath

Government formation

Investiture
Candidate Ballot → 16 July 1999
Required majority → 45 out of 89
Eduardo Zaplana (PP)
49 / 89
Y
40 / 89
Abstentions
0 / 89
Absentees
0 / 89
Antoni Asunción (PSOE) Cancelled
Joan Ribó (EUPV) Cancelled
Sources[7]

2002 investiture

Investiture
Candidate Ballot → 16 July 2002
Required majority → 45 out of 89
José Luis Olivas (PP)
49 / 89
Y
40 / 89
Abstentions
0 / 89
Absentees
0 / 89
Joan Ribó (EUPV) Cancelled
Sources[7]

References

Opinion poll sources
Other
  1. "Statute of Autonomy of the Valencian Community of 1982". Organic Law No. 1 of 1 July 1982. Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  2. "Valencian Electoral Law of 1987". Law No. 2 of 31 March 1987. Official Journal of the Valencian Community (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  3. "General Electoral System Organic Law of 1985". Organic Law No. 5 of 19 June 1985. Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  4. "Representation of the people Institutional Act". www.juntaelectoralcentral.es. Central Electoral Commission. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  5. "Electoral Results. Electoral Data - Regional Election: 1999". www.cortsvalencianes.es (in Spanish). Valencian Government. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  6. "Corts Valencianes election results, 13 June 1999" (PDF). www.juntaelectoralcentral.es (in Spanish). Electoral Commission of the Valencian Community. 5 July 1999. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
  7. "Eleccions a les Corts Valencianes (1983 - 2019)". Historia Electoral.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 September 2017.
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