Madrilenian parliamentary election, 1999

Madrilenian parliamentary election, 1999

13 June 1999

All 102 seats in the Assembly of Madrid 52 seats needed for a majority Registered 4,281,075 3.7% Turnout 2,606,325 (60.9%) 9.5 pp   First party Second party Third party   Leader Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón Cristina Almeida Ángel Pérez Party PP PSM-PSOE IU Leader since 8 February 1987 15 May 1998 24 February 1993 Last election 54 seats, 51.0% 32 seats, 29.7% 17 seats, 16.0% Seats won 55 39 8 Seat change 1 7 9 Popular vote 1,324,596 944,819 199,488 Percentage 51.1% 36.4% 7.7% Swing 0.1 pp 6.7 pp 8.3 pp

President before election Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón PP Elected President Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón PP

The 1999 Madrilenian parliamentary election was held on Sunday, 13 June 1999, to elect the 5th Assembly of Madrid, the regional legislature of the Spanish autonomous community of Madrid. At stake were all seats in the Assembly, determining the President of the Community of Madrid. The number of members decreased from 103 to 102 compared to the previous election.

The election saw the People's Party (PP) renew the absolute majority in the Assembly for a second successive time, slightly increasing their vote share and gaining a seat. The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), which ran with Cristina Almeida as candidate, increased its vote share after three consecutive elections losing ground. PSOE's recovery came at the expense of the United Left (IU), which lost half its votes and seats.

As a result of the election, Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón was able to be re-elected for a second term in office.

Electoral system

The number of seats in the regional Assembly was determined by the population count, with 1 seat per each 50,000 inhabitants or fraction greater than 25,000, according to the most updated census data.^[1] As the updated population census for the 1995 election was the corresponding to year 1998 (5,091,336), the Assembly size was set to 102 seats.^[2]

All Assembly members were elected in a single multi-member district, consisting of the Community's territory (the province of Madrid), 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.^[3]

Results

← Summary of the 13 June 1999 Madrid Assembly election results →

Party		Vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
	People's Party (PP)	1,324,596	51.07	0.09	55	1
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	944,819	36.43	6.71	39	7
	United Left (IU)	199,488	7.69	8.34	8	9
	The Greens (LV)	17,793	0.69	New	0	±0
	The Greens-Green Group (LV-GV)	15,597	0.60	0.13	0	±0
	Centrist Union-Democratic and Social Centre (UC-CDS)	8,379	0.32	New	0	±0
	The Falange (FE)	3,810	0.15	New	0	±0
	Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE)	3,109	0.12	0.05	0	±0
	Spanish Democratic Party (PADE)	2,686	0.10	New	0	±0
	Union Community of Madrid (UCMA)	2,532	0.10	New	0	±0
	Humanist Party (PH)	2,492	0.10	0.04	0	±0

Parties with less than 0.1% of the vote		13,853	0.53	–	0	±0
	Independent Spanish Falange (FEI)	2,349	0.09	0.05	0	±0
	Madrilian Independent Regional Party (PRIM)	2,042	0.08	0.03	0	±0
	Citizen Unity Party (PUC)	1,778	0.07	±0.00	0	±0
	Communal Land-Castilian Nationalist Party (TC-PNC)	1,553	0.06	New	0	±0
	Red-Green Party (PRV)	1,432	0.06	New	0	±0
	El Bierzo Party (PB)	1,415	0.05	New	0	±0
	Natural Law Party (PLN)	1,393	0.05	New	0	±0
	Federal Progresists (PF)	988	0.04	New	0	±0
	Independent Regional Union (URI)	903	0.03	0.03	0	±0

	Blank ballots	54,341	2.10	0.76
Total		2,593,495	100.00		102	1
Valid votes		2,593,495	99.51	0.11
Invalid votes		12,830	0.49	0.11
Votes cast / turnout		2,606,325	60.88	9.51
Abstentions		1,674,750	39.12	9.51
Registered voters		4,281,075
Source(s): Assembly of Madrid Argos Information Portal

Vote share
PP			51.07%
PSOE			36.43%
IU			7.69%
Others			2.71%
Blank ballots			2.10%

Parliamentary seats
PP			53.92%
PSOE			38.24%
IU			7.84%

References

1. "Statute of Autonomy of Madrid; Title I. Chapter I. Of the Assembly of Madrid.)".
2. "Continuous Register 1998.".
3. "Law 11/1986, of 16 December, electoral of the Community of Madrid; Chapter VII. The electoral system.".