Spanish general election, 1993

Spanish general election, 1993

1989 ← 6 June 1993 → 1996

All 350 seats of the Congress of Deputies and 208 of 256 seats in the Senate 176 seats needed for a majority in the Congress of Deputies Turnout 76.44%   First party Second party Third party   Leader Felipe González José María Aznar Julio Anguita Party Spanish Socialist Workers' Party People's Party United Left Leader since 13 October 1974 1 April 1990 1989 Leader's seat Madrid Madrid Madrid Last election 175 seats, 39.60% 107 seats, 25.79% 17 seats, 9.07% Seats won 159 141 18 Seat change 16 34 1 Popular vote 9,150,083 8,201,463 2,253,722 Percentage 38.78% 34.76% 9.55% Swing 0.82% 8.97% 0.48%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Miquel Roca Rafael Calvo Ortega Iñaki Anasagasti Party Convergence and Union Democratic and Social Centre Basque Nationalist Party Leader since 1977 1991 22 June 1986 Leader's seat Barcelona Madrid Vizcaya Last election 18 seats, 5.04% 14 seats, 7.89% 5 seats, 1.24% Seats won 17 0 5 Seat change 1 14 0 Popular vote 1,165,783 414,740 291,448 Percentage 4.94% 1.76% 1.24% Swing 0.10% 6.13% 0.00%

Most voted party in each province, PSOE (red) and PP (blue). Every province is a multi-member district for the Congress.

Prime Minister before election Felipe González Spanish Socialist Workers' Party Elected Prime Minister Felipe González Spanish Socialist Workers' Party

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Legislative elections for the Spanish Cortes Generales were held on June 6, 1993. The elections were for 350 seats in the Congress of Deputies, and the 208 directly elected seats in the upper house, the Senate, determining the Prime Minister of Spain.

The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party under Felipe González achieved the largest number of votes and seats for the fourth consecutive time, though it lost its absolute majority in both chambers of the Cortes. In contrast, José María Aznar's People's Party won a large share of the vote, thus increasing their seats in both the Congress and the Senate and consolidating its position as the main opposition party. For the first time since 1979, the election brought in a hung parliament, forcing the governing PSOE to pact with nationalist groups in order to renew their mandate.

In the aftermath of the election, the PSOE saw itself under increased pressure due both to political instability as a result of its low majority (relying on increasingly-unstable pacts with Convergence and Union to pass its legislation) and of the uncovering of numerous cases of corruption within the government itself. The pact with CiU would end in the fall of 1995, forcing PM Felipe González to call early elections 15 months before their scheduled date, which would see the opposition right-wing People's Party of Aznar win for the first time.

Overview

The Congress of Deputies consists of 350 members, elected in 50 multi-member districts using the D'Hondt method, with Ceuta and Melilla electing one member each using plurality voting.

Apportionment

Under Article 68 of the Spanish constitution, the boundaries of the electoral districts must be the same as the provinces of Spain and, under Article 141, this can only be altered with the approval of Congress.

The apportionment of seats to provinces follows the largest remainder method over the resident population ("Padrón") with a minimum of two seats (cf. Art. 162 of the Electoral Law).

Electoral system

Voting is on the basis of universal suffrage in a secret ballot. The electoral system used is closed list proportional representation with seats allocated using the D'Hondt method. Only lists which poll 3% of the total vote (which includes votes "en blanco", i.e., for none of the above) can be considered. Under articles 12 and 68 of the constitution, the minimum voting age is 18.

Eligibility

Article 67.3 of the Spanish Constitution prohibits dual membership of both chambers of the Cortes or of the Cortes and regional assemblies, meaning that candidates must resign from regional assemblies if elected. Article 70 also makes active judges, magistrates, public defenders, serving military personnel, active police officers and members of constitutional and electoral tribunals ineligible. Article 55, Section 2 of the 1985 electoral law also disqualifies director generals or equivalent leaders of state monopolies and public bodies such as the Spanish state broadcaster RTVE.

Results

Congress

Ring charts of the election results showing popular vote against seats won, coloured in party colours. Seats won in the election (outer ring) against number of votes (inner ring).

Popular vote
PSOE			38.78%
PP			34.76%
IU			9.55%
CiU			4.94%
PNV			1.24%
Others			10.73%

Parliamentary seats
PSOE			45.43%
PP			40.26%
IU			5.14%
CiU			4.86%
PNV			1.43%
Others			2.88%

 Summary of the 6 June 1993 Congress of Deputies elections results
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Party		Leader(s)	Popular Vote			Seats
			Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party	Felipe González Márquez	9,150,083	38.78	0.82	159	16
	People's Party	José María Aznar López	8,201,463	34.76	8.97	141	34
	United Left	Julio Anguita González	2,253,722	9.55	0.48	18	1
	Convergence and Union	Jordi Pujol i Soley	1,165,783	4.94	0.10	17	1
	Basque Nationalist Party	Xabier Arzalluz Antia	291,448	1.24	0.00	5	0
	Canarian Coalition	José Torres Stinga	207,077	0.88	0.56	4	3
	Unity of the People	None	206,876	0.88	0.18	2	2
	Republican Left of Catalonia	Heribert Barrera i Costa	189,632	0.80	0.39	1	1
	Aragonese Party	José María Mur Bernad	144,544	0.61	0.26	1	0
	Basque Solidarity	Carlos Garaikoetxea Urriza	129,293	0.55	0.12	1	1
	Valencian Union	Vicente González Lizondo	112,341	0.48	0.23	1	1
	Other parties		1,350,923	5.73	0.29	0	18
Blank votes			188,679	0.80	0.11
Valid votes			23,591,864	99.46	0.20
Invalid votes			126,952	0.54	0.20
Totals and voter turnout			23,718,816	76.44	6.70	350	—
Electorate			31,030,511	100.00	—
Source: Ministerio del Interior de España

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