Cantabrian parliamentary election, 1999

Cantabrian parliamentary election, 1999

13 June 1999

All 39 seats in the Parliament of Cantabria 20 seats needed for a majority Registered 465,168 6.8% Turnout 319,947 (68.8%) 5.2 pp   First party Second party Third party   Leader José Joaquín Martínez Sieso Ángel Duque Miguel Ángel Revilla Party PP PSOE PRC Leader since 1995 28 June 1998 1983 Last election 13 seats, 32.5% 10 seats, 25.1% 6 seats, 14.6% Seats won 19 14 6 Seat change 6 4 ±0 Popular vote 134,924 105,004 42,896 Percentage 42.5% 33.1% 13.5% Swing 10.0 pp 8.0 pp 1.1 pp   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Luz Ruiz Vicente de la Hera Party IU UPCA Leader since 1999 13 December 1994 Last election 3 seats, 7.4% 7 seats, 16.6% Seats won 0 0 Seat change 3 7 Popular vote 11,707 9,743 Percentage 3.7% 3.1% Swing 3.7 pp 13.5 pp

President before election José Joaquín Martínez Sieso PP Elected President José Joaquín Martínez Sieso PP

The 1999 Cantabrian parliamentary election was held on Sunday, 13 June 1999, to elect the 5th Parliament of Cantabria, the regional legislature of the Spanish autonomous community of Cantabria. At stake were all 39 seats in the Parliament, determining the President of Cantabria.

Electoral system

The number of seats in the Parliament of Cantabria was set to a fixed-number of 39. All Parliament members were elected in a single multi-member district, consisting of the Community's territory (the province of Cantabria), using the D'Hondt method and a closed-list proportional representation system.

Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage in a secret ballot. Only lists polling above 5% of valid votes in all of the community (which include blank ballots—for none of the above) were entitled to enter the seat distribution.^[1]

Results

← Summary of the 13 June 1999 Cantabrian Parliament election results →

Party		Vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
	People's Party (PP)	134,924	42.50	10.00	19	6
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party-Progresists (PSOE-Progresistas)	105,004	33.08	7.94	14	4
	Regionalist Party of Cantabria (PRC)	42,896	13.51	1.05	6	±0
	United Left of Cantabria (IU)	11,707	3.69	3.67	0	3
	Union for the Progress of Cantabria (UPCA)	9,743	3.07	13.55	0	7
	Centrist Union-Democratic and Social Centre (UC-CDS)	1,479	0.47	0.07	0	±0
	Cantabrian Nationalist Council (CNC)	1,179	0.37	New	0	±0
	Independent Citizens of Cantabria (CCIIC)	924	0.29	New	0	±0
	Unemployed Collective of Cantabria (COPARCA)	761	0.24	New	0	±0
	Spanish Democratic Party (PADE)	650	0.20	New	0	±0
	Spanish Falange of the JONS (FE-JONS)	449	0.14	New	0	±0
	Blank ballots	7,717	2.43	0.50
Total		317,433	100.00		39	±0
Valid votes		317,433	99.21	0.02
Invalid votes		2,514	0.79	0.02
Votes cast / turnout		319,947	68.78	5.27
Abstentions		145,221	31.22	5.27
Registered voters		465,168
Source: Argos Information Portal

Vote share
PP			42.50%
PSOE-Progresistas			33.08%
PRC			13.51%
IU			3.69%
UPCA			3.07%
Others			1.71%
Blank ballots			2.43%

Parliamentary seats
PP			48.72%
PSOE-Progresistas			35.90%
PRC			15.38%

Post-election

Investiture voting

22 July 1999 Investiture voting for José Joaquín Martínez Sieso (PP) Absolute majority: 20/39
Vote	Parties	Votes
Yes	PP (19), PRC (6)	25 / 39
No	PSOE (14)	14 / 39
Abstentions		0 / 39
Source: El País

References

1. "Law 5/1987, of 27 March, of elections to the Parliament of Cantabria".