Basque parliamentary election, 1994

Basque parliamentary election, 1994

23 October 1994

All 75 seats in the Basque Parliament 38 seats needed for a majority Registered 1,749,250 3.6% Turnout 1,044,085 (59.7%) 1.3 pp   First party Second party Third party   Leader José Antonio Ardanza Ramón Jáuregui Karmelo Landa Party EAJ-PNV PSE-EE (PSOE) HB Leader since 2 March 1985 16 June 1988 1994 Last election 22 seats, 28.3% 22 seats, 27.5%[lower-alpha 1] 13 seats, 18.2% Seats won 22 12 11 Seat change ±0 10 2 Popular vote 304,346 174,682 166,147 Percentage 29.3% 16.8% 16.0% Swing 1.0 pp 10.7 pp 2.2 pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Jaime Mayor Oreja Carlos Garaikoetxea Javier Madrazo Party PP EA IU Leader since 20 January 1989 4 September 1986 14 May 1994 Last election 6 seats, 8.2% 9 seats, 11.3% 0 seats, 1.4% Seats won 11 8 6 Seat change 5 1 6 Popular vote 146,960 105,136 93,291 Percentage 14.2% 10.1% 9.0% Swing 6.0 pp 1.2 pp 7.6 pp

Lehendakari before election José Antonio Ardanza EAJ-PNV Elected Lehendakari José Antonio Ardanza EAJ-PNV

The 1994 Basque parliamentary election was held on Sunday, 23 October 1994, to elect the 5th Basque Parliament, the regional legislature of the Spanish autonomous community of the Basque Country. At stake were all 75 seats in the Parliament, determining the Lehendakari (President of the Basque Country).

The Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ-PNV) won 22 seats, the Socialist Party of the Basque Country (PSE-PSOE) came second with 12 seats, People's Unity (HB) and the People's Party (PP) both won 11 seats each. Basque Solidarity (EA) won 8 seats.

This was also the first election to the Basque parliament that the Socialist Party and the Basque Country Left (EE) party contested together as a unified party.

Electoral system

The 75 members of the Basque Parliament were elected in 3 multi-member districts, corresponding to the Basque Country's three provinces, using the D'Hondt method and a closed-list proportional representation system. Each district was assigned a fixed set of seats, distributed as follows: Alava (25), Biscay (25) and Gipuzkoa (25).

Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage in a secret ballot. Only lists polling above 5% 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 23 October 1994 Basque Parliament election results →

Party		Vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
	Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ-PNV)	304,346	29.32	1.04	22	±0
	Socialist Party of the Basque Country-Basque Country Left (PSE-EE/PSOE)[lower-alpha 1]	174,682	16.83	10.68	12	10
	People's Unity (HB)	166,147	16.01	2.19	11	2
	People's Party (PP)	146,960	14.16	5.99	11	5
	Basque Solidarity (EA)	105,136	10.13	1.17	8	1
	United Left-Greens (EB-B)	93,291	8.99	7.58	6	6
	Alavese Unity (UA)	27,797	2.68	1.28	5	2
	New Socialist Party (NPS)	1,462	0.14	New	0	±0
	Blank ballots	18,080	1.74	1.00
Total		1,037,901	100.00		75	±0
Valid votes		1,037,901	99.41	0.09
Invalid votes		6,184	0.59	0.09
Votes cast / turnout		1,044,085	59.69	1.30
Abstentions		705,165	40.31	1.30
Registered voters		1,749,250
Source: Argos Information Portal

Vote share
EAJ-PNV			29.32%
PSE-EE/PSOE			16.83%
HB			16.01%
PP			14.16%
EA			10.13%
EB-B			8.99%
UA			2.68%
NPS			0.14%
Blank ballots			1.74%

Parliamentary seats
EAJ-PNV			29.33%
PSE-EE/PSOE			16.00%
HB			14.67%
PP			14.67%
EA			10.66%
EB-B			8.00%
UA			6.67%

Notes

1. Compared to the Socialist Party of the Basque Country+Basque Country Left results in the 1990 election.

References

1. "Law 5/1990, of 15 June, of elections to the Basque Parliament.".