1994 European Parliament election in Spain

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1994 European Parliament election in Spain
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  1989 12 June 1994 1999  

All 64 Spanish seats in the European Parliament
Opinion polls
Registered31,558,999 Green Arrow Up Darker.svg 7.8%
Turnout18,664,055 (59.1%)
Green Arrow Up Darker.svg 4.4 pp
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Abel Matutes 1996 (cropped).jpg Fernando Moran 1985 (cropped).jpg Alonso Puerta 2012b (cropped).jpg
Leader Abel Matutes Fernando Morán Alonso Puerta
Party PP PSOE IU
Alliance EPP PES NI (EUL)
Leader since18 November 199310 April 19872 March 1994
Leader's seat Spain Spain Spain
Last election15 seats, 21.4%27 seats, 40.2% [lower-alpha 1] 4 seats, 6.1%
Seats won28229
Seat change Green Arrow Up Darker.svg 13 Red Arrow Down.svg 5 Green Arrow Up Darker.svg 5
Popular vote7,453,9005,719,7072,497,671
Percentage40.1%30.8%13.4%
Swing Green Arrow Up Darker.svg 18.7 pp Red Arrow Down.svg 9.4 pp Green Arrow Up Darker.svg 7.3 pp

 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
  Portrait placeholder.svg Josu Jon Imaz 2014 (cropped).jpg Carlos Garaikoetxea 1979 (cropped).jpg
Leader Carles Gasòliba Josu Jon Imaz Carlos Garaikoetxea
Party CiU CN PEP
Alliance ELDR
EPP
EPP
ERA
RBW
Leader since1 January 198627 February 199429 April 1987
Leader's seat Spain Spain Spain (lost)
Last election2 seats, 4.5% [lower-alpha 2] 1 seat, 2.6% [lower-alpha 3] 1 seat, 1.6% [lower-alpha 4]
Seats won320
Seat change Green Arrow Up Darker.svg 1 Green Arrow Up Darker.svg 1 Red Arrow Down.svg 1
Popular vote865,913518,532239,339
Percentage4.7%2.8%1.3%
Swing Green Arrow Up Darker.svg 0.2 pp Green Arrow Up Darker.svg 0.2 pp Red Arrow Down.svg 0.1 pp

1994 European election in Spain - Vote Strength.svg
1994 European election in Spain - AC results.svg

The 1994 European Parliament election in Spain was held on Sunday, 12 June 1994, as part of the EU-wide election to elect the 4th European Parliament. All 64 seats allocated to Spain as per the 1993 Council Decision amending the Direct Elections Act were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with a regional election in Andalusia.

Contents

The election was held against the backdrop of the early 1990s recession and a string of corruption scandals affecting the ruling Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) of Prime Minister Felipe González. The most recent involved former Civil Guard director Luis Roldán, who had fled the country in early 1994 when it was discovered that he had used his office to amass a fortune through fraudulent means, resulting in the resignation of interior minister Antoni Asunción in the month leading to the election. The People's Party (PP) won in a landslide victory, the first PP win over the PSOE in a nationwide election. [1]

Electoral system

64 members of the European Parliament were allocated to Spain as per the 1993 Council Decision amending the Direct Elections Act. Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals and resident non-national European citizens over 18 years of age and in full enjoyment of their political rights. [2] [3]

All seats were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with no electoral threshold being applied in order to be entitled to enter seat distribution. Seats were allocated to a single multi-member constituency comprising the entire national territory. [2] The use of the D'Hondt method might result in an effective threshold depending on the district magnitude. [4]

Outgoing delegation

Outgoing delegation in May 1994 [5]
GroupsPartiesMEPs
SeatsTotal
Party of European Socialists PSOE 2828
European People's Party PP 1617
UDC 1
Liberal and Democratic Reformist Group CDS 35
CDC 1
Foro 1
Rainbow Group ERC 13
PA 1
CG 1
European Democratic Alliance ARM 22
Non-Inscrits IU 35
IC 1
HB 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. In order to be entitled to run, parties, federations, coalitions and groupings of electors needed to secure the signature of at least 15,000 registered electors; this requirement could be lifted and replaced through the signature of at least 50 elected officials—deputies, senators, MEPs or members from the legislative assemblies of autonomous communities or from local city councils. Electors and elected officials were disallowed from signing for more than one list of candidates. [2]

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

CandidacyParties and
alliances
Leading candidateIdeologyPrevious resultRef.
Votes (%)Seats
PSOE Fernando Moran 1985 (cropped).jpg Fernando Morán Social democracy 40.22% [lower-alpha 1] 27 [6]
[7]
PP Abel Matutes 1996 (cropped).jpg Abel Matutes Conservatism
Christian democracy
21.41%15 [8]
ForoCDS Eduard Punset 2008 (cropped).jpg Eduard Punset Centrism
Liberalism
7.15%5 [9]
IU Alonso Puerta 2012b (cropped).jpg Alonso Puerta Socialism
Communism
6.06%4 [10]
CiU Portrait placeholder.svg Carles Gasòliba Catalan nationalism
Centrism
4.54% [lower-alpha 2] 2
Ruiz-Mateos
List
Portrait placeholder.svg José María Ruiz-Mateos Right-wing populism 3.84%2
CN Josu Jon Imaz 2014 (cropped).jpg Josu Jon Imaz Peripheral nationalism
Regionalism
2.61% [lower-alpha 3] 1 [11]
PA–PAP Portrait placeholder.svg Diego de los Santos Andalusian nationalism
Social democracy
1.86%1
HB Portrait placeholder.svg Karmelo Landa Basque independence
Abertzale left
Revolutionary socialism
1.70%1
PEP Carlos Garaikoetxea 1979 (cropped).jpg Carlos Garaikoetxea Left-wing nationalism 1.43% [lower-alpha 4] 1 [12]

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.

Color key:

  Exit poll

Results

Overall

Summary of the 12 June 1994 European Parliament election results in Spain
SpainEuropeanParliamentDiagram1994.svg
Parties and alliancesPopular voteSeats
Votes %±pp Total+/−
People's Party (PP)7,453,90040.12+18.7128+13
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)15,719,70730.79–9.4322–5
United Left (IU)2,497,67113.44+7.389+5
Convergence and Union (CiU)2865,9134.66+0.123+1
Nationalist Coalition (CN)3518,5322.79+0.182+1
For the Europe of the Peoples (PEP)4239,3391.29–0.140–1
ForumDemocratic and Social Centre (Foro–CDS)183,4180.99–6.160–5
Popular Unity (HB)180,3240.97–0.730–1
Andalusian Coalition–Andalusian Power (PAPAP)5140,4450.76–1.100–1
Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG)139,2210.75+0.460±0
Green Group (GV)109,5670.59New0±0
Ruiz-Mateos Group (Ruiz-Mateos)82,4100.44–3.400–2
The Greens–Ecologist Confederation of Catalonia (EV–CEC)642,2370.23–0.070±0
Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE)29,6920.16–0.340±0
Hunting, Fishing, Nature, Tradition (CPNT)29,0250.16New0±0
Revolutionary Workers' Party (POR)16,1440.09New0±0
Asturianist Party (PAS)714,8460.08+0.050±0
United Extremadura (EU)813,5800.07±0.000±0
Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS)11,7330.06–0.090±0
Regionalist Unity of Castile and León (URCL)10,0190.05New0±0
Natural Law Party (PLN)7,8450.04New0±0
Humanist Party (PH)7,4990.04–0.080±0
Coalition for a New Socialist Party (CNPS)97,3490.04–0.070±0
Regionalist Party of the Leonese Country (PREPAL)6,1970.03New0±0
Independent Spanish Phalanx (FEI)5,6020.03New0±0
Carlist Traditionalist Communion (CTC)5,2260.03New0±0
Justice and Welfare Party (JyB)4,9920.03New0±0
Extremaduran Regionalist Party (PREx)4,8360.03New0±0
National Democratic Alternative (ADN)4,6890.03New0±0
Carlist Party (PC)4,6400.02–0.030±0
Galician Alternative (AG)4,4310.02New0±0
GPOR–PST (LVS) Coalition (GPOR–PST)103,7650.02–0.220±0
Lanzarote Independents Party (PIL)00.00New0±0
The Greens of the Region of Murcia (LVRM)00.00New0±0
Canarian Nationalist Party (PNC)00.00New0±0
Left of the Peoples (IP)11 n/a n/a–0.810–1
Blank ballots213,6211.15–0.12
Total18,578,41564+4
Valid votes18,578,41599.54+0.56
Invalid votes85,6400.46–0.56
Votes cast / turnout18,664,05559.14+4.43
Abstentions12,894,94440.86–4.43
Registered voters31,558,999
Sources [13] [14]
Footnotes:
Popular vote
PP
40.12%
PSOE
30.79%
IU
13.44%
CiU
4.66%
CN
2.79%
PEP
1.29%
Others
5.76%
Blank ballots
1.15%
Seats
PP
43.75%
PSOE
34.38%
IU
14.06%
CiU
4.69%
CN
3.13%

Distribution by European group

Summary of political group distribution in the 4th European Parliament (1994–1999) [5]
GroupsPartiesSeatsTotal %
European People's Party (EPP)27
1
1
1
3046.88
Party of European Socialists (PES)222234.38
European United Left (EUL)9914.06
European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (ELDR)223.13
European Radical Alliance (ERA)111.56
Total6464100.00

Elected legislators

The following table lists the elected legislators: [15]

Notes

  1. 1 2 Results for PSOE (39.57%, 27 seats) and IP in the Basque Country and Navarre (0.65%, 0 seats) in the 1989 election.
  2. 1 2 Results for CiU (4.20%, 2 seats) and IP in the Balearic Islands and the Valencian Community (0.34%, 0 seats) in the 1989 election.
  3. 1 2 Results for CN, not including Castile and León (1.88%, 1 seat) and FPR in the Valencian Community (0.74%, 0 seats) in the 1989 election.
  4. 1 2 Results for PEP in the 1989 election, not including Galicia.

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