Castile and León parliamentary election, 1999

Castile and León parliamentary election, 1999

13 June 1999

All 83 seats in the Courts of Castile and León 42 seats needed for a majority Registered 2,110,422 1.5% Turnout 1,464,809 (69.4%) 5.0 pp   First party Second party Third party   Leader Juan José Lucas Jaime González José Antonio Herreros Party PP PSOE IU Leader since 12 December 1990 14 June 1998 1991 Last election 50 seats, 52.3% 27 seats, 29.6% 5 seats, 9.6% Seats won 48 30 1 Seat change 2 3 4 Popular vote 733,557 478,060 78,933 Percentage 50.6% 33.0% 5.4% Swing 1.7 pp 3.4 pp 4.2 pp   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Joaquín Otero Juan Carlos Rad Moradillo Party UPL TC-PNC Leader since 1997 1999 Last election 2 seats, 2.6% 0 seats, 0.6% Seats won 3 1 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 53,791 20,063 Percentage 3.7% 1.4% Swing 1.1 pp 0.8 pp

President before election Juan José Lucas PP Elected President Juan José Lucas PP

The 1999 Castile and León parliamentary election was held on Sunday, 13 June 1999, to elect the 5th Courts of Castile and León, the regional legislature of the Spanish autonomous community of Castile and León. At stake were all seats in the Courts, determining the President of the Junta of Castile and León. The number of members decreased from 84 to 83 compared to the previous election.

Electoral system

The number of seats in the regional Courts was determined by the population count. For the 1999 election, the Courts size was set to 83 seats. All Courts members were elected in 9 multi-member districts, corresponding to Castile and León's nine provinces, using the D'Hondt method and a closed-list proportional representation system. Each district was entitled to an initial minimum of 3 seats, with 1 additional seat per each 45,000 inhabitants or fraction greater than 22,500. For the 1999 election, seats were distributed as follows: Avila (7), Burgos (11), Leon (14), Palencia (7), Salamanca (11), Segovia (6), Soria (5), Valladolid (14) and Zamora (8).

Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage in a secret ballot. Only lists polling above 3% of valid votes 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 13 June 1999 Castile and León Courts election results →

Party		Vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
	People's Party (PP)	733,557	50.56	1.74	48	2
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	478,060	32.95	3.35	30	3
	United Left of Castile and León (IUCyL)	78,933	5.44	4.16	1	4
	Leonese People's Union (UPL)	53,791	3.71	1.16	3	1
	Communal Land-Castilian Nationalist Party (TC-PNC)	20,063	1.38	0.77	1	1
	Regionalist Unity of Castile and León (URCL)	10,985	0.76	0.35	0	±0
	Centrist Union-Democratic and Social Centre (UC-CDS)	10,171	0.70	New	0	±0
	Valladolid Independent Candidate (CIV)	6,827	0.47	0.33	0	±0
	El Bierzo Party (PB)	3,644	0.25	0.18	0	±0
	Spanish Democratic Party (PADE)	3,165	0.22	New	0	±0
	Regionalist Party of the Leonese Country (PREPAL)	2,912	0.20	0.03	0	±0
	Humanist Party (PH)	2,232	0.15	New	0	±0
	Independent Salamancan Union (USI)	1,779	0.12	New	0	±0
	Zamoran People's Union (UPZ)	1,484	0.10	New	0	±0

Parties with less than 0.1% of the vote		4,260	0.29	–	0	±0
	The Greens-Green Group (LV-GV)	1,367	0.09	±0.00	0	±0
	Spanish Falange of the JONS (FE-JONS)	997	0.07	±0.00	0	±0
	Confederation of the Greens (LV)	777	0.05	New	0	±0
	Freelancers, Retired and Widows' Party (PAE)	560	0.04	New	0	±0
	Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE)	283	0.02	0.03	0	±0
	Nationalist Party of Castile and León (PANCAL)	276	0.02	New	0	±0

	Blank ballots	38,990	2.69	0.85
Total		1,450,853	100.00		83	1
Valid votes		1,450,853	99.05	0.06
Invalid votes		13,956	0.95	0.06
Votes cast / turnout		1,464,809	69.41	5.02
Abstentions		645,613	30.59	5.02
Registered voters		2,110,422
Source: Argos Information Portal

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