Asturian parliamentary election, 1991

Asturian parliamentary election, 1991
Asturias
26 May 1991
All 45 seats in the Asturian General Junta
23 seats needed for a majority
Registered 913,215 Increase5.1%
Turnout 535,967 (58.7%)
Decrease8.1 pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Juan Luis Rodríguez-Vigil Isidro Fernández Laura González
Party PSOE PP IU
Leader since 20 March 1991 1983 1991
Last election 20 seats, 38.8% 13 seats, 25.9%[lower-alpha 1] 4 seats, 12.1%
Seats won 21 15 6
Seat change Increase1 Increase2 Increase2
Popular vote 218,193 161,703 78,982
Percentage 41.0% 30.4% 14.8%
Swing Increase2.2 pp Increase4.5 pp Increase2.7 pp
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Adolfo Barthe Aza Xuan Xosé Sánchez
Party CDS PAS
Leader since 1987 1985
Last election 8 seats, 18.5% 0 seats, 1.3%
Seats won 2 1
Seat change Decrease6 Increase1
Popular vote 35,884 14,569
Percentage 6.7% 2.7%
Swing Decrease11.8 pp Increase1.4 pp
President before election

Pedro de Silva
PSOE

 Elected President

Juan Luis Rodríguez-Vigil
PSOE

The 1991 Asturian parliamentary election was held on Sunday, 26 May 1991, to elect the 3rd General Junta of the Principality of Asturias, the regional legislature of the Spanish autonomous community of Asturias. At stake were all 45 seats in the General Junta, determining the President of the Principality of Asturias.

The Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) suffered a significant drop of its vote share, losing 6 out of the 8 seats it had held previous to the 1991 election and around 2/3 of its votes. On the other hand, all three Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), newly founded People's Party (PP) (successor party to the late People's Alliance) and United Left (IU) won seats. Additionally, the Asturianist Party (PAS) was able to overcome the 3% threshold in the Central District and entered the General Junta with 1 seat.

After the election, Juan Luis Rodríguez-Vigil was elected President of Asturias, succeeding Pedro de Silva who did not stand for re-election to a third term in office.

Electoral system

The 45 members of the General Junta of the Principality of Asturias were elected in 3 multi-member districts using the D'Hondt method and a closed-list proportional representation system. Unlike other regions, districts did not coincide with provincial limits, being determined by law as such:

Each district was entitled to an initial minimum of 2 seats, with the remaining 39 seats allocated among the three districts in proportion to their populations. For the 1991 election, seats were distributed as follows: Central District (32), Eastern District (5) and Western District (8).

Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage in a secret ballot. Only lists polling above 3% of the total vote in each district (which include blank ballots—for none of the above) were entitled to enter the seat distribution.[1]

Results

Overall

← Summary of the 26 May 1991 Asturian General Junta election results →
Party Vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 218,193 41.02 Increase2.17 21 Increase1
People's Party (PP)[lower-alpha 1] 161,703 30.40 Increase4.54 15 Increase2
United Left (IU) 78,982 14.85 Increase2.76 6 Increase2
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) 35,884 6.75 Decrease11.80 2 Decrease6
Asturian Coalition (PAS-UNA) 14,569 2.74 Increase1.46 1 Increase1
The Greens (LV) 7,299 1.37 New 0 ±0
Gijonese Garments Workers (TGC) 2,678 0.50 New 0 ±0
Independent Council of Asturias (Conceyu) 1,938 0.36 New 0 ±0
Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE) 1,768 0.33 New 0 ±0
Asturian People's Union (UPA) 1,263 0.24 New 0 ±0
Andecha Astur (AA) 1,137 0.21 New 0 ±0
Blank ballots 6,533 1.23 ±0.00
Total 531,947 100.00 45 ±0
Valid votes 531,947 99.25 Increase0.65
Invalid votes 4,020 0.75 Decrease0.65
Votes cast / turnout 535,967 58.69 Decrease8.13
Abstentions 377,248 41.31 Increase8.13
Registered voters 913,215
Source(s):
Vote share
PSOE
  
 41.02%
PP
  
 30.40%
IU
  
 14.85%
CDS
  
 6.75%
PAS-UNA
  
 2.74%
LV
  
 1.37%
Others
  
 1.64%
Blank ballots
  
 1.23%
Parliamentary seats
PSOE
  
 46.67%
PP
  
 33.33%
IU
  
 13.33%
CDS
  
 4.44%
PAS-UNA
  
 2.22%

Results by district

Election results by district.

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Compared to the People's Alliance+People's Democratic Party results in the 1987 election.

References

  1. ↑ "Law 14/1986, of 26 December, on the regulation of elections to the General Junta of the Principality of Asturias".
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