1999 Catalan regional election

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1999 Catalan regional election
Flag of Catalonia.svg
  1995 17 October 1999 2003  

All 135 seats in the Parliament of Catalonia
68 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered5,293,657 Green Arrow Up Darker.svg 4.2%
Turnout3,133,926 (59.2%)
Red Arrow Down.svg 4.4 pp
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Jordi Pujol 1996 (cropped).jpg Pasqual Maragall 2004 (cropped).jpg Alberto Fernandez Diaz (cropped).jpg
Leader Jordi Pujol Pasqual Maragall Alberto Fernández Díaz
Party CiU PSCCpC PP
Leader since17 November 19746 March 199928 September 1996
Leader's seat Barcelona Barcelona Barcelona
Last election60 seats, 40.9%35 seats, 26.1% [lower-alpha 1] 17 seats, 13.1%
Seats won565212
Seat change Red Arrow Down.svg 4 Green Arrow Up Darker.svg 17 Red Arrow Down.svg 5
Popular vote1,178,4201,183,299297,265
Percentage37.7%37.9%9.5%
Swing Red Arrow Down.svg 3.2 pp Green Arrow Up Darker.svg 11.8 pp Red Arrow Down.svg 3.6 pp

 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
  Josep-Lluis Carod-Rovira - 001 cropped.jpg Rafael Ribo 1996 (cropped).jpg Portrait placeholder.svg
Leader Josep-Lluís Carod-Rovira Rafael Ribó Antoni Lucchetti
Party ERC IC–V EUiA
Leader since25 November 199623 February 19876 November 1998
Leader's seat Barcelona Barcelona Barcelona
Last election13 seats, 9.5%8 seats (ICEV) [lower-alpha 2] 1 seat (ICEV) [lower-alpha 2]
Seats won1230
Seat change Red Arrow Down.svg 1 Red Arrow Down.svg 5 Red Arrow Down.svg 1
Popular vote271,17378,44144,454
Percentage8.7%2.5%1.4%
Swing Red Arrow Down.svg 0.8 pp n/a n/a

1999 Catalan regional parliamentary election.svg
Election result by constituency

President before election

Jordi Pujol
CDC (CiU)

Elected President

Jordi Pujol
CDC (CiU)

The 1999 Catalan regional election was held on Sunday, 17 October 1999, to elect the 6th Parliament of the autonomous community of Catalonia. All 135 seats in the Parliament were up for election.

Contents

The election saw the Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC) under former Mayor of Barcelona Pasqual Maragall achieve a razor-thin victory in the popular vote, the first time since 1980 that the Convergence and Union (CiU) alliance of incumbent president Jordi Pujol did not come out in top of voters' preferences. However, as a result of the electoral system, CiU was able to retain first place in terms of seats, and together with the conservative People's Party (PP), secure a small majority of 68 seats in the Parliament of Catalonia, compared to the 67 garnered by the combined total of all three left-from-centre parties: the PSC, Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) and Initiative for Catalonia–Greens (IC–V). The latter had recently split from its national referent, United Left (IU), which ahead of the election established a new regional branch, United and Alternative Left (EUiA), which failed to secure any parliamentary representation.

Overview

Electoral system

The Parliament of Catalonia was the devolved, unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of Catalonia, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution and the Catalan Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a regional president. [1] Transitory Provision Fourth of the Statute established a specific electoral procedure for elections to the Parliament of Catalonia, of application for as long as a regional electoral law was not approved, to be supplemented by the provisions within the national electoral law. Voting for the Parliament was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over 18 years of age, registered in Catalonia and in full enjoyment of their political rights.

The 135 members of the Parliament of Catalonia were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of three percent of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied in each constituency. Seats were allocated to constituencies, corresponding to the provinces of Barcelona, Girona, Lleida and Tarragona, with each being allocated a fixed number of seats: [1]

SeatsConstituencies
85 Barcelona
18 Tarragona
17 Girona
15 Lleida

In smaller constituencies, the use of the electoral method resulted in an effective threshold based on the district magnitude and the distribution of votes among candidacies. [2]

Election date

The term of the Parliament of Catalonia expired four years after the date of its previous election, unless it was dissolved earlier. The regional president was required to call an election fifteen days prior to the date of expiry of parliament, with election day taking place within sixty days after the call. The previous election was held on 19 November 1995, which meant that the legislature's term would have expired on 19 November 1999. The election was required to be called no later than 4 November 1999, with it taking place on the sixtieth day from the call, setting the latest possible election date for the Parliament on Monday, 3 January 2000. [1]

The president had the prerogative to dissolve the Parliament of Catalonia and call a snap election, provided that no motion of no confidence was in process and that dissolution did not occur before one year had elapsed since a previous one under this procedure. In the event of an investiture process failing to elect a regional President within a two-month period from the first ballot, the Parliament was to be automatically dissolved and a fresh election called. [3] [4]

Parties and candidates

The electoral law allowed for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, coalitions and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form a coalition ahead of an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election call, whereas groupings of electors needed to secure the signature of at least one percent of the electorate in the constituencies for which they sought election, disallowing electors from signing for more than one list of candidates. [5]

Below is a list of the main parties and electoral alliances which contested the election:

CandidacyParties and
alliances
Leading candidateIdeologyPrevious resultGov.Ref.
Votes (%)Seats
CiU Jordi Pujol 1996 (cropped).jpg Jordi Pujol Catalan nationalism
Centrism
40.95%60Yes check.svg
PSCCpC Pasqual Maragall 2004 (cropped).jpg Pasqual Maragall Social democracy 24.89%34X mark.svg [6]
PP
List
Alberto Fernandez Diaz (cropped).jpg Alberto Fernández Díaz Conservatism
Christian democracy
13.08%17X mark.svg
ERC Josep-Lluis Carod-Rovira - 001 cropped.jpg Josep-Lluís Carod-Rovira Catalan independence
Left-wing nationalism
Social democracy
9.49%13X mark.svg
IC–V Rafael Ribo 1996 (cropped).jpg Rafael Ribó Regionalism
Eco-socialism
Green politics
9.71% [lower-alpha 2] 11X mark.svg
EUiA Portrait placeholder.svg Antoni Lucchetti Socialism
Communism
[7]
EV–CEC Portrait placeholder.svg Elisenda Fores Ecologism

Opinion polls

The tables below list opinion polling results 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 poll.

Graphical summary

OpinionPollingCataloniaRegionalElection1999.svg
Local regression trend line of poll results from 19 November 1995 to 17 October 1999, with each line corresponding to a political party.

Voting intention estimates

The table below lists weighted voting intention estimates. Refusals are generally excluded from the party vote percentages, while question wording and the treatment of "don't know" responses and those not intending to vote may vary between polling organisations. When available, seat projections determined by the polling organisations are displayed below (or in place of) the percentages in a smaller font; 68 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Parliament of Catalonia.

Color key:

  Exit poll

Results

Overall

Summary of the 17 October 1999 Parliament of Catalonia election results
CataloniaParliamentDiagram1999.svg
Parties and alliancesPopular voteSeats
Votes %±pp Total+/−
Socialists' Party of CataloniaCitizens for Change (PSC–CpC)1,183,29937.85+11.7552+17
Socialists' Party of CataloniaCitizens for Change (PSC–CpC)1948,20230.33+11.0836+14
Socialists' PartyCitizens for ChangeInitiative–Greens (PSC–CpC–IC–V)2235,0977.52+0.6716+3
Convergence and Union (CiU)1,178,42037.70–3.2556–4
People's Party (PP)297,2659.51–3.5712–5
Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC)271,1738.67–0.8212–1
Initiative for Catalonia–Greens (IC–V)2378,4412.51 n/a 3–5
United and Alternative Left (EUiA)344,4541.42n/a0–1
The Greens–Ecologist Confederation of Catalonia (EV–CEC)322,7970.73n/a0–1
The Greens–Green Alternative (EV–AV)8,2540.26New0±0
Internationalist Socialist Workers' Party (POSI)2,7840.09New0±0
Catalan State (EC)1,7740.06New0±0
Humanist Party of Catalonia (PHC)1,3270.04New0±0
Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS)1,2810.04+0.030±0
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)1,1610.04New0±0
Natural Law Party (PLN)1,0290.03New0±0
UNIC–Federation of Independents of Catalonia (UNIC–FIC)8810.03New0±0
Bounced Public Workers (TPR)8330.03New0±0
Espinalist Party (PE)7990.03New0±0
Internationalist Struggle (LI (LIT–CI))4850.02New0±0
Federal Democratic Union (UFD)4470.01New0±0
Catalans in the World (CAM)1100.00New0±0
Democratic Party of the People (PDEP)1080.00±0.000±0
Blank ballots28,9680.93–0.04
Total3,126,090135±0
Valid votes3,126,09099.75+0.03
Invalid votes7,8360.25–0.03
Votes cast / turnout3,133,92659.20–4.44
Abstentions2,159,73140.80+4.44
Registered voters5,293,657
Sources [8] [9]
Footnotes:
Popular vote
PSCCpC
37.85%
CiU
37.70%
PP
9.51%
ERC
8.67%
IC–V
2.51%
EUiA
1.42%
Others
1.41%
Blank ballots
0.93%
Seats
CiU
41.48%
PSCCpC
38.52%
PP
8.89%
ERC
8.89%
IC–V
2.22%

Distribution by constituency

Constituency PSCCpC CiU PP ERC IC–V
 %S %S %S %S %S
Barcelona 40.03635.1319.987.773.33
Girona 29.2548.696.0112.82
Lleida 29.5548.188.0111.61
Tarragona 34.1641.3810.6210.52
Total37.95237.7569.5128.7122.53
Sources [10] [11] [12] [13] [9]

Aftermath

Government formation

Investiture
Jordi Pujol (CDC)
Ballot →16 November 1999
Required majority →68 out of 135 Yes check.svg
Yes
  • CiU (56)
  • PP (12)
68 / 135
No
55 / 135
Abstentions
12 / 135
Absentees
0 / 135
Sources [9]

2001 motion of no confidence

Motion of no confidence
Pasqual Maragall (PSC)
Ballot →17 October 2001
Required majority →68 out of 135 X mark.svg
Yes
55 / 135
No
  • CiU (56)
  • PP (12)
68 / 135
Abstentions
12 / 135
Absentees
0 / 135
Sources [9]

Notes

  1. Results for PSC–PSOE and ICEV in Girona, Lleida and Tarragona in the 1995 election.
  2. 1 2 3 Results for ICEV in the 1995 election, not including results in Girona, Lleida and Tarragona.
  3. In Girona, Lleida and Tarragona.
  4. Large turnout from CiU's voters.
  5. Large turnout from PSC's voters.

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