Galician parliamentary election, 1993

Galician parliamentary election, 1993
Galicia (Spain)
17 October 1993

All 75 seats in the Parliament of Galicia
38 seats needed for a majority
Registered 2,293,169 Increase2.1%
Turnout 1,472,017 (64.2%)
Increase4.7 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 Increase5 Decrease9 Increase8
Popular vote 763,839 346,831 269,233
Percentage 52.1% 23.7% 18.4%
Swing Increase8.1 pp Decrease9.0 pp Increase10.4 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 ballotsfor 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.

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.

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 Increase8.12 43 Increase5
Socialist Party of Galicia (PSdeG-PSOE) 346,831 23.68 Decrease9.00 19 Decrease9
Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG) 269,233 18.38 Increase10.41 13 Increase8
United Left-Galician Unity (EU-UG)[lower-alpha 1] 44,902 3.07 Decrease3.56 0 Decrease2
Galician Coalition (CG) 6,098 0.42 Decrease3.22 0 Decrease2
Ruiz Mateos' Group-European Democratic Alliance (ARM-ADE) 5,293 0.36 Decrease0.17 0 ±0
The Greens of Galicia (OVG) 4,682 0.32 Increase0.08 0 ±0
Galician Alternative (AG) 3,187 0.22 New 0 ±0
The Ecologists (LE) 2,987 0.20 Decrease0.01 0 ±0
Humanist Citizen Platform (PCH) 2,508 0.17 Increase0.11 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 Increase0.51
Total 1,464,910 100.00 75 ±0
Valid votes 1,464,910 99.52 Increase0.34
Invalid votes 7,107 0.48 Decrease0.34
Votes cast / turnout 1,472,017 64.19 Increase4.69
Abstentions 821,152 35.81 Decrease4.69
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

References

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