Galician parliamentary election, 2001

Galician parliamentary election, 2001

21 October 2001

All 75 seats in the Parliament of Galicia 38 seats needed for a majority Registered 2,567,656 0.1% Turnout 1,544,687 (60.2%) 2.3 pp   First party Second party Third party   Leader Manuel Fraga Xosé Manuel Beiras Emilio Pérez Touriño Party PP BNG PSdeG-PSOE Leader since 1989 1982 10 October 1998 Last election 42 seats, 52.2% 18 seats, 24.8% 15 seats, 19.5% Seats won 41 17 17 Seat change 1 1 2 Popular vote 791,885 346,423 334,819 Percentage 51.6% 22.6% 21.8% Swing 0.6 pp 2.2 pp 2.3 pp

President before election Manuel Fraga PP Elected President Manuel Fraga PP

The 2001 Galician parliamentary election was held on Sunday, 21 October 2001, to elect the 6th 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.

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 2001 election, seats were distributed as follows: Corunna (24), Lugo (15), Ourense (14) and Pontevedra (22).

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]

Results

Overall

← Summary of the 21 October 2001 Galician Parliament election results →

Party		Vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
	People's Party (PP)	791,885	51.62	0.57	41	1
	Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG)	346,423	22.58	2.20	17	1
	Socialist Party of Galicia (PSdeG-PSOE)	334,819	21.83	2.37	17	2
	United Left (EU-IU)	10,431	0.68	0.20	0	±0
	Galician Progresist Democracy (DPG)	6,938	0.45	0.27	0	±0
	Left of Galicia (EdeG)	5,001	0.33	New	0	±0
	Freelance and Professionals' Party (AUTONOMO)	4,481	0.29	0.16	0	±0
	Humanist Party (PH)	4,137	0.27	0.11	0	±0
	Galician People's Front (FPG)	3,176	0.21	±0.00	0	±0
	Social Democratic Party of Law (SDD)	646	0.04	0.03	0	±0
	Blank ballots	25,988	1.69	0.38
Total		1,533,925	100.00		75	±0
Valid votes		1,533,925	99.30	0.20
Invalid votes		10,762	0.70	0.20
Votes cast / turnout		1,544,687	60.16	2.36
Abstentions		1,022,969	39.84	2.36
Registered voters		2,567,656
Source: Argos Information Portal

Vote share
PP			51.62%
BNG			22.58%
PSdeG-PSOE			21.83%
Others			2.27%
Blank ballots			1.69%

Parliamentary seats
PP			54.67%
BNG			22.67%
PSdeG-PSOE			22.67%

References

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