Murcian parliamentary election, 1991

Murcian parliamentary election, 1991

26 May 1991

All 45 seats in the Regional Assembly of Murcia 23 seats needed for a majority Registered 777,934 10.8% Turnout 522,802 (67.2%) 5.8 pp   First party Second party   Leader Carlos Collado Juan Ramón Calero Party PSOE PP Leader since 31 March 1984 1987 Last election 25 seats, 43.7% 16 seats, 31.5%[lower-alpha 1] Seats won 24 17 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 234,421 173,491 Percentage 45.3% 33.5% Swing 1.6 pp 2.0 pp   Third party Fourth party   Leader Pedro Antonio Ríos Ángel Morenilla Party IU CDS Leader since 1983 1991 Last election 1 seat, 7.5% 3 seats, 11.9% Seats won 4 0 Seat change 3 3 Popular vote 52,863 25,938 Percentage 10.2% 5.0% Swing 2.7 pp 6.9 pp

President before election Carlos Collado PSOE Elected President Carlos Collado PSOE

The 1991 Murcian parliamentary election was held on Sunday, 26 May 1991, to elect the 3rd Regional Assembly of Murcia, the regional legislature of the Spanish autonomous community of the Region of Murcia. At stake were all 45 seats in the Assembly, determining the President of the Region of Murcia.

Electoral system

The number of seats in the Regional Assembly of Murcia was set to a fixed-number of 45. All Assembly members were elected in 5 multi-member districts using the D'Hondt method and a closed-list proportional representation system. Unlike other regions, districts did not coincide with provincial limits, being determined by law as such:

• District One, comprising the municipalities of: Lorca, Aguilas, Puerto Lumbreras, Totana, Alhama de Murcia, Librilla, Aledo and Mazarrón.
• District Two, comprising the municipalities of: Cartagena, La Unión, Fuente Alamo de Murcia, Torre-Pacheco, San Javier and San Pedro del Pinatar.
• District Three, comprising the municipalities of: Murcia, Alcantarilla, Beniel, Molina de Segura, Alguazas, Las Torres de Cotillas, Lorquí, Ceutí, Cieza, Abarán, Blanca, Archena, Ricote, Ulea, Villanueva del Río Segura, Ojós, Fortuna, Abanilla and Santomera.
• District Four, comprising the municipalities of: Caravaca, Cehegín, Calasparra, Moratalla, Bullas, Pliego, Mula, Albudeite and Campos del Río.
• District Five, comprising the municipalities of: Jumilla and Yecla.

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. This meant that in the case a list polled above 5% in one or more of the districts but below 5% in the community totals, it would remain outside of the seat apportionment.^[1]

Results

Overall

← Summary of the 26 May 1991 Murcian Regional Assembly election results →

Party		Vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	234,421	45.27	1.56	24	1
	People's Party (PP)[lower-alpha 1]	173,491	33.51	2.01	17	1
	United Left (IU)	52,863	10.21	2.76	4	3
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	25,938	5.01	6.92	0	3
	Regional Electoral Coalition (PCAN-PRM)	15,702	3.03	0.76	0	±0
	The Greens (LV)	5,760	1.11	New	0	±0
	Rainbow (Arcoiris)	2,941	0.57	New	0	±0
	The Greens Ecologist-Humanist List (LVLE-H)	1,812	0.35	0.07	0	±0
	Blank ballots	4,846	0.94	0.02
Total		517,774	100.00		45	±0
Valid votes		517,774	99.04	0.20
Invalid votes		5,028	0.96	0.20
Votes cast / turnout		522,802	67.20	5.79
Abstentions		255,132	32.80	5.79
Registered voters		777,934
Source(s): Argos Information Portal

Vote share
PSOE			45.27%
PP			33.51%
IU			10.21%
CDS			5.01%
PCAN-PRM			3.03%
LV			1.11%
Others			0.92%
Blank ballots			0.94%

Parliamentary seats
PSOE			53.33%
PP			37.78%
IU			8.89%

Notes

1. Compared to the People's Alliance results in the 1987 election.

References

1. "Law 2/1987, of 12 February, electoral of the Region of Murcia".