Galician parliamentary election, 1993

Galician parliamentary election, 1993

17 October 1993

All 75 seats in the Parliament of Galicia 38 seats needed for a majority Registered 2,293,169 2.1% Turnout 1,472,017 (64.2%) 4.7 pp   First party Second party Third party   Leader Manuel Fraga Antolín Sánchez Xosé Manuel Beiras Party PP PSdeG-PSOE BNG Leader since 1989 10 February 1991 1982 Last election 38 seats, 44.0% 28 seats, 32.7% 5 seats, 8.0% Seats won 43 19 13 Seat change 5 9 8 Popular vote 763,839 346,831 269,233 Percentage 52.1% 23.7% 18.4% Swing 8.1 pp 9.0 pp 10.4 pp

President before election Manuel Fraga PP Elected President Manuel Fraga PP

The 1993 Galician parliamentary election was held on Sunday, 17 October 1993, to elect the 4th Parliament of Galicia, the regional legislature of the Spanish autonomous community of Galicia. At stake were all 75 seats in the Parliament, determining the President of the Xunta of Galicia.

The People's Party (PP) won with an increased absolute majority over 1989, resulting in Manuel Fraga being re-elected for a second term in office as President of Galicia. The Socialist Party of Galicia (PSdeG-PSOE) suffered from a crisis of leadership and from a desire of punishment to the national government of Felipe González, losing many votes in the way. Meanwhile, the Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG) began to appear as the main alternative to power thanks to the its spokesman's, Xosé Manuel Beiras, charisma.

The Galician Unity coalition of United Left (EU) and the Galician Socialist Party-Galician Left (PSG-EG) did not enter Parliament due to a change of the electoral law in 1991, which raised the electoral threshold from 3% to 5%. Galician Coalition (CG) also failed to enter Parliament, and only got 0.4% of the share.

Electoral system

The 75 members of the Parliament of Galicia were elected in 4 multi-member districts, corresponding to Galicia's four provinces, using the D'Hondt method and a closed-list proportional representation. Each district was entitled to an initial minimum of 10 seats, with the remaining 35 seats being allocated among the four provinces in proportion to their populations. For the 1993 election, seats were distributed as follows: Corunna (24), Lugo (15), Ourense (15) and Pontevedra (21).

Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage in a secret ballot. Only lists polling above 5% of the total vote in each district (which includes blank ballots—for none of the above) were entitled to enter the seat distribution.^[1]

Opinion polls

Vote

Poll results are listed in the table below in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed in bold, and the background shaded in the leading party's colour. In the instance that there is a tie, then no figure is shaded. The lead column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the two parties with the highest figures. Poll results use the date the survey's fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. However, if such date is unknown, the date of publication will be given instead.

Date	Polling Firm/Source	PP	PSdeG	BNG	IU	Oth.	Lead
17 Oct 1993	Regional Election	52.1	23.7	18.4	3.1	2.7	28.4
Exit polls
10 Oct	Demoscopia	51.9	25.5	15.4	3.8	3.4	26.4
3 Oct	Sondaxe	51.0	24.1	16.5		8.4	26.9
1993
1992
1991
1990
17 Dec 1989	Regional Election	44.0	32.7	8.0	6.6	8.7	11.3

Seat projections

Opinion polls showing seat projections are displayed in the table below. The highest seat figures in each polling survey have their background shaded in the leading party's colour. In the instance that there is a tie, then no figure is shaded. 38 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Parliament of Galicia.

38 seats needed for majority

Date	Polling Firm/Source	PP	PSdeG	BNG	IU	Others
17 Oct 1993	Regional Election	43	19	13	0	0
Exit polls
10 Oct	Demoscopia	43	19−21	11	0−2	0
10 Oct	ICP-Research	39−43	22−24	9−10	0−2	0
10 Oct	Sigma-2	39	24	11	1	0
10 Oct	Faro	40−42	20−22	11−12	2	0
10 Oct	Correo	38−41	21−25	10−12	0−2	0
10 Oct	Ideal	39−43	22−24	9−10	0−2	0
10 Oct	Sondaxe	40−43	21−22	9−10	2−3	0
3 Oct	CIS	40	20	13	2	0
3 Oct	Sondaxe	40	21	12	2	0
3 Oct	PP	38−42	22−24	10−12	0−1	0
18 Sep	ABC	38	23	13	1	0
1993
1992
1991
1990
17 Dec 1989	Regional Election	38	28	5	2	2

Results

Overall

← Summary of the 17 October 1993 Galician Parliament election results →

Party		Vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
	People's Party (PP)	763,839	52.14	8.12	43	5
	Socialist Party of Galicia (PSdeG-PSOE)	346,831	23.68	9.00	19	9
	Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG)	269,233	18.38	10.41	13	8
	United Left-Galician Unity (EU-UG)[lower-alpha 1]	44,902	3.07	3.56	0	2
	Galician Coalition (CG)	6,098	0.42	3.22	0	2
	Ruiz Mateos' Group-European Democratic Alliance (ARM-ADE)	5,293	0.36	0.17	0	±0
	The Greens of Galicia (OVG)	4,682	0.32	0.08	0	±0
	Galician Alternative (AG)	3,187	0.22	New	0	±0
	The Ecologists (LE)	2,987	0.20	0.01	0	±0
	Humanist Citizen Platform (PCH)	2,508	0.17	0.11	0	±0
	United People's Assembly (APU)	1,492	0.10	New	0	±0
	New Socialist Party (NPS)	503	0.03	New	0	±0
	Blank ballots	13,355	0.91	0.51
Total		1,464,910	100.00		75	±0
Valid votes		1,464,910	99.52	0.34
Invalid votes		7,107	0.48	0.34
Votes cast / turnout		1,472,017	64.19	4.69
Abstentions		821,152	35.81	4.69
Registered voters		2,293,169
Source: Argos Information Portal

Vote share
PP			52.14%
PSdeG-PSOE			23.68%
BNG			18.38%
EU-UG			3.07%
Others			1.83%
Blank ballots			0.91%

Parliamentary seats
PP			57.33%
PSdeG-PSOE			25.33%
BNG			17.33%

Notes

1. Compared to the United Left+Galician Socialist Party-Galician Left+Galician Nationalist Party-Galicianist Party results in the 1989 election.

References

1. "Law 8/1985, of 13 August, of elections to the Parliament of Galicia.".