Cantabrian regional election, 1999
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All 39 seats in the Parliament of Cantabria 20 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Registered |
465,168 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turnout |
319,947 (68.8%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1999 Cantabrian regional election was held on Sunday, 13 June 1999, to elect the 5th Parliament of the Autonomous Community of Cantabria. All 39 seats in the Parliament were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in 12 other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain, as well as the 1999 European Parliament election.
Overview
Electoral system
The Parliament of Cantabria was the devolved, unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of Cantabria, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution and the Cantabrian Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a President of the Autonomous Community.[1] Voting for the Parliament was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over eighteen, registered in Cantabria and in full enjoyment of all political rights, entitled to vote.
The 39 members of the Parliament of Cantabria were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with a threshold of 5 percent of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied regionally. Parties not reaching the threshold were not taken into consideration for seat distribution.[1][2]
The electoral law provided that parties, federations, coalitions and groupings of electors were allowed to present lists of candidates. However, groupings of electors were required to secure the signature of at least 1 percent of the electors registered in Cantabria. Electors were barred from signing for more than one list of candidates. Concurrently, parties and federations intending to enter in coalition to take part jointly at an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election being called.[2][3][4]
Election date
The term of the Parliament of Cantabria expired four years after the date of its previous election. Elections to the Parliament were fixed for the fourth Sunday of May every four years. Legal amendments introduced in 1998 allowed for these to be held together with European Parliament elections, provided that they were scheduled for within a four month-timespan. The previous election was held on 28 May 1995, setting the election date for the Parliament concurrently with a European Parliament election on Sunday, 13 June 1999.[1][2][3][4]
After legal amendments in 1998, the President of the Autonomous Community was granted the prerogative to dissolve the Parliament of Cantabria and call a snap election, provided that no motion of no confidence was in process, no nationwide election was due and some time requirements were met: namely, that dissolution did not occur either during the first legislative session or within the legislature's last year ahead of its scheduled expiry, nor before one year has elapsed since a previous dissolution. In the event of an investiture process failing to elect a regional President within a two-month period from the first ballot, the Parliament was to be automatically dissolved and a fresh election called. Any snap election held as a result of these circumstances would not alter the period to the next ordinary election, with elected deputies merely serving out what remained of their four-year terms.[1]
Results
Parties and coalitions | Popular vote | Seats | ||||
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Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− | ||
People's Party (PP) | 134,924 | 42.50 | +10.00 | 19 | +6 | |
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party–Progressives (PSOE–p) | 105,004 | 33.08 | +7.94 | 14 | +4 | |
Regionalist Party of Cantabria (PRC) | 42,896 | 13.51 | –1.05 | 6 | ±0 | |
United Left of Cantabria (IUC) | 11,707 | 3.69 | –3.67 | 0 | –3 | |
Union for the Progress of Cantabria (UPCA) | 9,743 | 3.07 | –13.55 | 0 | –7 | |
Centrist Union–Democratic and Social Centre (UC–CDS) | 1,479 | 0.47 | +0.07 | 0 | ±0 | |
Cantabrian Nationalist Council (CNC) | 1,179 | 0.37 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
Independent Citizens of Cantabria (CCIIC) | 924 | 0.29 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
Unemployed Collective of Cantabria (COPARCA) | 761 | 0.24 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
Spanish Democratic Party (PADE) | 650 | 0.20 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS) | 449 | 0.14 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
Blank ballots | 7,717 | 2.43 | +0.50 | |||
Total | 317,433 | 39 | ±0 | |||
Valid votes | 317,433 | 99.21 | +0.02 | |||
Invalid votes | 2,514 | 0.79 | –0.02 | |||
Votes cast / turnout | 319,947 | 68.78 | –5.27 | |||
Abstentions | 145,221 | 31.22 | +5.27 | |||
Registered voters | 465,168 | |||||
Sources[5][6][7] |
Aftermath
Investiture José Joaquín Martínez Sieso (PP) | ||
Ballot → | 22 July 1999 | |
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Required majority → | 20 out of 39 | |
25 / 39 | ||
No
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14 / 39 | |
Abstentions | 0 / 39 | |
Absentees | 0 / 39 | |
Sources[7] |
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Statute of Autonomy of Cantabria of 1981". Organic Law No. 8 of 30 December 1981. Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 September 2017.
- 1 2 3 "Parliament of Cantabria Elections Law of 1987". Law No. 5 of 27 March 1987. Official Gazette of Cantabria (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 September 2017.
- 1 2 "General Electoral System Organic Law of 1985". Organic Law No. 5 of 19 June 1985. Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 December 2016.
- 1 2 "Representation of the people Institutional Act". juntaelectoralcentral.es. Central Electoral Commission. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
- ↑ "Regional election, 13 June 1999". parlamento-cantabria.es (in Spanish). Parliament of Cantabria. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
- ↑ "Parliament of Cantabria election results, 13 June 1999" (PDF). juntaelectoralcentral.es (in Spanish). Electoral Commission of Cantabria. 30 June 1999. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
- 1 2 "Parliament of Cantabria elections since 1983". historiaelectoral.com (in Spanish). Electoral History. Retrieved 28 September 2017.