Murcian parliamentary election, 1991

Murcian parliamentary election, 1991
Region of Murcia
26 May 1991

All 45 seats in the Regional Assembly of Murcia
23 seats needed for a majority
Registered 777,934 Increase10.8%
Turnout 522,802 (67.2%)
Decrease5.8 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 Decrease1 Increase1
Popular vote 234,421 173,491
Percentage 45.3% 33.5%
Swing Increase1.6 pp Increase2.0 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 Increase3 Decrease3
Popular vote 52,863 25,938
Percentage 10.2% 5.0%
Swing Increase2.7 pp Decrease6.9 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:

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 ballotsfor 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 Increase1.56 24 Decrease1
People's Party (PP)[lower-alpha 1] 173,491 33.51 Increase2.01 17 Increase1
United Left (IU) 52,863 10.21 Increase2.76 4 Increase3
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) 25,938 5.01 Decrease6.92 0 Decrease3
Regional Electoral Coalition (PCAN-PRM) 15,702 3.03 Decrease0.76 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 Increase0.07 0 ±0
Blank ballots 4,846 0.94 Decrease0.02
Total 517,774 100.00 45 ±0
Valid votes 517,774 99.04 Increase0.20
Invalid votes 5,028 0.96 Decrease0.20
Votes cast / turnout 522,802 67.20 Decrease5.79
Abstentions 255,132 32.80 Increase5.79
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. 1 2 Compared to the People's Alliance results in the 1987 election.

References

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