Catalonian parliamentary election, 1999

Catalonian parliamentary election, 1999

1995 ← October 17, 1999 → 2003

All 135 seats in the Parliament   First party Second party Third party   Leader Jordi Pujol i Soley Pasqual Maragall i Mira Alberto Fernández Díaz Party Convergence and Union PSC PPC Leader since September 19, 1978 February 8, 1999 September 28, 1996 Last election 60 34 17 Seats won 56 52 12 Seat change -4 +18 -5 Popular vote 1,178,420 1,031,454 297,265 Percentage 37.70% 31.16% 9.51%   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Josep-Lluís Carod-Rovira Rafael Ribó i Massó Party Republican Left of Catalonia CV-EUiA Leader since November 25, 1996 February 23, 1987 Last election 13 11 Seats won 12 3 Seat change -1 -8 Popular vote 271,173 78,441 Percentage 8.67% 2.51%

Graphic of the results in the Catalan Parliament election, 1999, based in seats and constituencies.

President of the Generalitat de Catalunya before election Jordi Pujol i Soley Convergence and Union Elected President of the Generalitat de Catalunya Jordi Pujol i Soley Convergence and Union

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Elections to the Parliament of the Autonomous Community of Catalonia, Spain, were held on October 17, 1999.

Background

Afterwards of 19 years of a Convergence and Union government, this elections expected a big change in a Catalonia Government.

In the past 1995 elections, Convergence and Union lost the absolute majority, but in the parliament voting it was won, because the People's Party of Catalonia and the Socialists' Party of Catalonia abstained in the voting.

In the 1995 elections Initiative for Catalonia Greens and Socialists' Party of Catalonia were have to run separately, but in this elections be formed a party coalition, except in Barcelona.

Parties

• Convergència i Unió (Convergence and Union, CiU). Presidential candidate: Jordi Pujol. Union of the Catalan nationalist, fiscally liberal Democratic Convergence of Catalonia and the conservative Democratic Union of Catalonia.

• Socialists' Party of Catalonia-Citizens for Change-Initiative for Catalonia Greens (PSC-CpC-ICV)*. Presidential candidate: Pasqual Maragall i Mira. Social democratic and ecologist. The PSC is affiliated to the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE).

• Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (Republican Left of Catalonia, ERC). Presidential candidate: Josep-Lluís Carod-Rovira. Catalan republican and independentist, left-wing.

• People's Party of Catalonia (PPC). Presidential candidate: Alberto Fernández Díaz. The main party of the centre-right in Spain.

• Initiative for Catalonia Greens (ICV). Presidential candidate: Rafael Ribó'. Green (eco-socialist) and leftist.

• United and Alternative Left (EUiA). Presidential candidate: Antoni Lucchetti. The Catalan referent of the Spanish United Left.

Results

General

	Party	Party List votes	Vote percentage (change)		Total Seats (change)
	Socialists' Party of Catalonia-Citizens for Change-Initiative for Catalonia Greens* (PSC-CpC-ICV)	1,183,299	37.8%	+13.0%	52	+18
	Convergence and Union (CiU) Democratic Convergence of Catalonia Democratic Union of Catalonia	1,178,420	37.7%	-3.2%	56	-4
	People's Party of Catalonia (PPC)	297,265	9.5%	-3.5%	12	-5
	Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC)	271,173	8.6%	-0.8%	12	-1
	Initiative for Catalonia Greens (ICV)	78,441	2.5%	-7.2%	3	-8
	United and Alternative Left (EUiA)	44,454	1.4%	+1.4%	0	+0
	All Others	40,407	1.2%		0
	Totals	3,093,459	100.0%		135

By constituencies

Barcelona

	Party	Party List votes	Vote percentage (change)		Total Seats (change)
	Socialists' Party of Catalonia-Citizens for Change (PSC-CpC)	948,202	39.9%	+14.5%	36	+14
	Convergence and Union (CiU) Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (CDC) Democratic Union of Catalonia (UDC)	833,168	35.1%	-3.9%	31	-3
	People's Party of Catalonia (PPC)	234,957	9.9%	-3.7%	8	-4
	Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC)	183,270	7.7%	-1.0%	7	=
	Initiative for Catalonia Greens (ICV)	78,441	3.3%	-7.9%	3	-7
	United and Alternative Left (EUiA)	38,836	1.6%	+1.6%	0	+0
	All Others	32,075	1.3%		0
	Totals	2,348,949	100.0%		85

Girona

	Party	Party List votes	Vote percentage (change)		Total Seats (change)
	Convergence and Union (CiU) Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (CDC) Democratic Union of Catalonia (UDC)	137,079	48.5%	-0.1%	9	=
	Socialists' Party of Catalonia-Citizens for Change-Initiative for Catalonia Greens (PSC-CpC-ICV)	82,502	29.2%	+3.5%	5	=
	Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC)	36,159	12.8%	+0.5%	2	=
	People's Party of Catalonia (PPC)	17,079	6.0%	-1.8%	1	=
	United and Alternative Left (EUiA)	2,493	0.8%	+0.8%	0	+0
	All Others	4,603	1.6%		0
	Totals	279,915	100.0%		17

Lleida

	Party	Party List votes	Vote percentage (change)		Total Seats (change)
	Convergence and Union (CiU) Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (CDC) Democratic Union of Catalonia (UDC)	91,199	48.1%	-1.6%	8	=
	Socialists' Party of Catalonia-Citizens for Change-Initiative for Catalonia Greens (PSC-CpC-ICV)	55,963	29.5%	+10.1%	5	+2
	Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC)	22,011	11.6%	-1.2%	1	-1
	People's Party of Catalonia (PPC)	15,121	7.9%	-4.3%	1	-1
	United and Alternative Left (EUiA)	927	0.4%	+0.4%	0	+0
	All Others	2,429	1.2%		0
	Totals	187,650	100.0%		15

Tarragona

	Party	Party List votes	Vote percentage (change)		Total Seats (change)
	Convergence and Union (CiU) Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (CDC) Democratic Union of Catalonia (UDC)	116,974	41.3%	-1.9%	8	-1
	Socialists' Party of Catalonia-Citizens for Change-Initiative for Catalonia Greens (PSC-CpC-ICV)	96,632	34.1%	+10.9%	6	+2
	People's Party of Catalonia (PPC)	30,108	10.6%	-3.7%	2	=
	Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC)	29,733	10.5%	-0.5%	2	=
	United and Alternative Left (EUiA)	2.198	0.7%	+0.7%	0	+0
	All Others	4.963	1.7%		0
	Totals	280,608	100.0%		18

• Only in the provinces of Girona, Lleida, Tarragona.