1999 Murcian regional election

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1999 Murcian regional election
Flag of the Region of Murcia.svg
  1995 13 June 1999 2003  

All 45 seats in the Regional Assembly of Murcia
23 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered911,054 Green Arrow Up Darker.svg 7.4%
Turnout616,397 (67.7%)
Red Arrow Down.svg 7.6 pp
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Ramon Luis Valcarcel 2009 (cropped).jpg Portrait placeholder.svg Portrait placeholder.svg
Leader Ramón Luis Valcárcel Ramón Ortiz Antonio Joaquín Dólera
Party PP PSOE IURM
Leader since5 October 199119951995
Leader's seat Three Three Three
Last election26 seats, 52.2%15 seats, 31.9%4 seats, 12.5%
Seats won26181
Seat change Arrow Blue Right 001.svg 0 Green Arrow Up Darker.svg 3 Red Arrow Down.svg 3
Popular vote323,446219,79842,839
Percentage52.8%35.9%7.0%
Swing Green Arrow Up Darker.svg 0.6 pp Green Arrow Up Darker.svg 4.0 pp Red Arrow Down.svg 5.5 pp

MurciaDistrictMapAssembly1999.png
Constituency results map for the Regional Assembly of Murcia

President before election

Ramón Luis Valcárcel
PP

Elected President

Ramón Luis Valcárcel
PP

The 1999 Murcian regional election was held on Sunday, 13 June 1999, to elect the 5th Regional Assembly of the autonomous community of the Region of Murcia. All 45 seats in the Regional Assembly 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.

Contents

Overview

Electoral system

The Regional Assembly of Murcia was the devolved, unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of Murcia, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution and the Murcian Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a regional president. [1]

Voting for the Regional Assembly was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over 18 years of age, registered in the Region of Murcia and in full enjoyment of their political rights. The 45 members of the Regional Assembly of Murcia were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of five percent of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied regionally. Seats were allocated to constituencies, which were established by law as follows:

Each constituency was entitled to an initial minimum of one seat, with the remaining 40 allocated among the constituencies in proportion to their populations. [2]

Election date

The term of the Regional Assembly of Murcia expired four years after the date of its previous election. Elections to the Regional Assembly 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 Regional Assembly concurrently with a European Parliament election on Sunday, 13 June 1999. [1] [2] [3]

After legal amendments in 1998, the president was granted the prerogative to dissolve the Regional Assembly of Murcia and call a snap election, provided that no motion of no confidence was in process, no nationwide election was due and some time requirements were met: namely, that dissolution did not occur either during the first legislative session or within the legislature's last year ahead of its scheduled expiry, nor before one year had elapsed since a previous dissolution 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 Regional Assembly was to be automatically dissolved and a fresh election called. Any snap election held as a result of these circumstances would not alter the period to the next ordinary election, with elected deputies merely serving out what remained of their four-year terms. [1]

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 Region of Murcia, disallowing electors from signing for more than one list of candidates. [2] [3]

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

CandidacyParties and
alliances
Leading candidateIdeologyPrevious resultGov.Ref.
Votes (%)Seats
PP
List
Ramon Luis Valcarcel 2009 (cropped).jpg Ramón Luis Valcárcel Conservatism
Christian democracy
52.23%26Yes check.svg
PSOE Portrait placeholder.svg Ramón Ortiz Social democracy 31.87%15X mark.svg
IURM Portrait placeholder.svg Antonio Joaquín Dólera Socialism
Communism
12.46%4X mark.svg

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 poll. When available, seat projections determined by the polling organisations are displayed below (or in place of) the percentages in a smaller font; 23 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Regional Assembly of Murcia.

Results

Overall

Summary of the 13 June 1999 Regional Assembly of Murcia election results
MurciaAssemblyDiagram1999.svg
Parties and alliancesPopular voteSeats
Votes %±pp Total+/−
People's Party (PP)323,44652.84+0.6126±0
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)219,79835.91+4.0418+3
United Left of the Region of Murcia (IURM)42,8397.00–5.461–3
The Greens (LV)5,6830.93New0±0
Spanish Democratic Party (PADE)5,5270.90New0±0
Centrist Union–Democratic and Social Centre (UC–CDS)1,8450.30–0.390±0
Minor Sea Independent Party–Neighbourhood Indep. Movement (PIMM–MIV)1,5790.26New0±0
Union of the Peoples of Murcia (UPM)1,5020.25New0±0
Citizens' Convergence of the South-East (CCSE)8440.14New0±0
National Workers' Party (PNT)1680.03New0±0
Blank ballots8,8391.44+0.33
Total612,07045±0
Valid votes612,07099.30+0.16
Invalid votes4,3270.70–0.16
Votes cast / turnout616,39767.66–7.61
Abstentions294,65732.34+7.61
Registered voters911,054
Sources [4] [5] [6]
Popular vote
PP
52.84%
PSOE
35.91%
IURM
7.00%
Others
2.80%
Blank ballots
1.44%
Seats
PP
57.78%
PSOE
40.00%
IURM
2.22%

Distribution by constituency

Constituency PP PSOE IURM
 %S %S %S
One 43.5343.648.3
Two 54.6633.646.0
Three 56.31333.276.41
Four 46.9244.227.0
Five 49.9233.8113.3
Total52.82635.9187.01
Sources [4] [5] [6]

Aftermath

Investiture
Ramón Luis Valcárcel (PP)
Ballot →8 July 1999
Required majority →23 out of 45 Yes check.svg
Yes
  • PP (26)
26 / 45
No
19 / 45
Abstentions
0 / 45
Absentees
0 / 45
Sources [6]

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References

Opinion poll sources
  1. "El Partido Popular mantiene su hegemonía". ABC (in Spanish). 7 June 1999.
  2. "El PP renueva su mayoría absoluta en Murcia". El País (in Spanish). 7 June 1999.
  3. "Murcia: el nuevo feudo del PP". El Mundo (in Spanish). 26 May 1999.
  4. "ELECCIONES 13-J /BALANCE DE LAS ENCUESTAS". El Mundo (in Spanish). 6 June 1999.
  5. "Preelectoral elecciones autonómicas y municipales, 1999. Región de Murcia (Estudio nº 2336. Mayo 1999)". CIS (in Spanish). 4 June 1999.
  6. "Estudio CIS nº 2336. Ficha técnica" (PDF). CIS (in Spanish). 4 June 1999.
  7. "Bono e Ibarra repiten y el PSOE recuperará Asturias". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 5 June 1999.
Other
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  2. 1 2 3 Ley 2/1987, de 24 de febrero, Electoral de la Región de Murcia (Law 2) (in Spanish). 24 February 1987. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  3. 1 2 Ley Orgánica 5/1985, de 19 de junio, del Régimen Electoral General (in Spanish). 19 June 1985. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  4. 1 2 "Regional Assembly of Murcia election results, 13 June 1999" (PDF). www.juntaelectoralcentral.es (in Spanish). Electoral Commission of Murcia. 26 July 1999. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
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