Canarian parliamentary election, 1999

Canarian parliamentary election, 1999

13 June 1999

All 60 seats in the Parliament of Canarias 31 seats needed for a majority Registered 1,331,110 6.6% Turnout 835,181 (62.7%) 1.5 pp   First party Second party Third party   Leader Román Rodríguez José Miguel Bravo de Laguna Jerónimo Saavedra Party CC PP PSOE Leader since 1999 1991 1999 Last election 21 seats, 32.8% 18 seats, 31.1% 16 seats, 23.1% Seats won 24 15 19 Seat change 3 3 3 Popular vote 306,658 225,316 199,503 Percentage 36.9% 27.1% 24.0% Swing 4.1 pp 4.0 pp 0.9 pp

Island-level units won by CC (yellow), PP (blue), PSOE (red) and AHI (green)

President before election Manuel Hermoso CC Elected President Román Rodríguez CC

The 1999 Canarian parliamentary election was held on Sunday, 13 June 1999, to elect the 5th Canarian Parliament, the unicameral regional legislature of the Spanish autonomous community of the Canary Islands. At stake were all 60 seats in the Parliament, determining the President of the Canary Islands.

Electoral system

The 60 members of the Canarian Parliament were elected in 7 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 for each of the main islands to become a district of its own. The electoral system came regulated under the Autonomous Statute of Autonomy. Each district was assigned a fixed set of seats, distributed as follows: El Hierro (3), Fuerteventura (7), Gran Canaria (15), La Gomera (4), La Palma (8), Lanzarote (8) and Tenerife (15).

Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage in a secret ballot. Only lists polling above 30% of the total vote in each district or above 6% in all of the community (which include blank ballots—for none of the above) were entitled to enter the seat distribution.^[1]

Results

Overall

← Summary of the 13 June 1999 Canarian Parliament election results →

Party		Vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
	Canarian Coalition (CC)	306,658	36.93	4.13	24	3
	People's Party (PP)	225,316	27.13	3.94	15	3
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	199,503	24.03	0.95	19	3
	Canarian Nationalist Federation (FNC)	39,947	4.81	1.81	0	4
	Canarian United Left (IUC)	22,768	2.74	2.36	0	±0
	The Greens of Canarias (LV)	12,146	1.46	New	0	±0
	Centrist Union-Democratic and Social Centre (UC-CDS)	4,442	0.53	0.14	0	±0
	Independent Herrenian Group (AHI)	2,773	0.33	0.07	2	1
	Humanist Party (PH)	1,346	0.16	0.04	0	±0
	Nationalist Maga Alternative (AMAGA)	864	0.10	New	0	±0
	Canarian Alternative-Canarias Independent Citizens (AC-CICA)	806	0.10	New	0	±0
	Canarian Pensionist Tagoror (TPC)	692	0.08	New	0	±0
	Fuerteventura People's Platform (PPF)	533	0.06	New	0	±0
	Blank ballots	12,558	1.51	0.37
Total		830,352	100.00		60	±0
Valid votes		830,352	99.42	0.01
Invalid votes		4,829	0.58	0.01
Votes cast / turnout		835,181	62.74	1.46
Abstentions		495,929	37.26	1.46
Registered voters		1,331,110
Source: Argos Information Portal

References

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