Valencian regional election, 1999

Electoral system

The Corts Valencianes were the devolved, unicameral legislature of the Valencian autonomous community, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution and the Valencian Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a President of the Government.^[1] Voting for the Corts was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over eighteen, registered in the Valencian Community and in full enjoyment of their political rights.

The 89 members of the Corts Valencianes 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. Seats were allocated to constituencies, corresponding to the provinces of Alicante, Castellón and Valencia. Each constituency was entitled to an initial minimum of 20 seats, with the remaining 29 allocated among the constituencies in proportion to their populations on the condition that the seat to population ratio in any given province did not exceed three times that of any other.^[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 the constituency for which they sought election. 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 Corts Valencianes expired four years after the date of their previous election. Elections to the Corts 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 Corts concurrently with a European Parliament election on Sunday, 13 June 1999.^[1][2][3][4]

The Corts Valencianes could not be dissolved before the date of expiry of parliament.^[1]

Overall

← Summary of the 13 June 1999 Corts Valencianes election results →

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	People's Party (PP)	1,085,011	47.88	+5.05	49	+7
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party–Progressives (PSOE–p)	768,548	33.91	–0.07	35	+3
	United Left of the Valencian Country (EUPV)	137,212	6.05	–5.48	5	–5
	Valencian Union (UV)	106,119	4.68	–2.33	0	–5
	Valencian Nationalist Bloc–The Greens (BNV–EV)1	102,700	4.53	+1.82	0	±0
	Valencian Community Alternative (ACV)	6,146	0.27	New	0	±0
	Liberal Centre (CL)	4,813	0.21	New	0	±0
	The Ecologist–Pacifist Greens (LVEP)	4,176	0.18	New	0	±0
	Centrist Union–Democratic and Social Centre (UC–CDS)	2,978	0.13	–0.10	0	±0
	Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS)	2,973	0.13	+0.06	0	±0
	Independent Initiative (II)	2,524	0.11	New	0	±0
	Humanist Party (PH)	2,253	0.10	+0.07	0	±0
	Valencian Nationalist Left (ENV)	2,070	0.09	+0.01	0	±0
	Federal Republican Left–Federal Republican Party (IRF–PRF)	1,660	0.07	New	0	±0
	Valencian Independent Organization (OIV)	1,316	0.06	New	0	±0
	Spanish Autonomous League (LAE)	608	0.03	+0.01	0	±0
Blank ballots		35,168	1.55	+0.50
Total		2,266,275			89	±0
Valid votes		2,266,275	99.41	–0.03
Invalid votes		13,530	0.59	+0.03
Votes cast / turnout		2,279,805	67.81	–8.22
Abstentions		1,082,184	32.19	+8.22
Registered voters		3,361,989
Sources[5][6][7]
Footnotes: 1 Valencian Nationalist Bloc–The Greens results are compared to Valencian People's Union–Nationalist Bloc totals in the 1995 election.

Distribution by constituency