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Asturian parliamentary election, 1991 Registered 913,215 5.1% Turnout 535,967 (58.7%) 8.1 pp
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Juan Luis Rodríguez-Vigil
Isidro Fernández
Laura González
Party
PSOE
PP
IU
Leader since
20 March 1991
1983
1991
Last election
20 seats, 38.8%
13 seats, 25.9%[ a]
4 seats, 12.1%
Seats won
21
15
6
Seat change
1
2
2
Popular vote
218,193
161,703
78,982
Percentage
41.0%
30.4%
14.8%
Swing
2.2 pp
4.5 pp
2.7 pp
Fourth party
Fifth party
Leader
Adolfo Barthe Aza
Xuan Xosé Sánchez
Party
CDS
PAS
Leader since
1987
1985
Last election
8 seats, 18.5%
0 seats, 1.3%
Seats won
2
1
Seat change
6
1
Popular vote
35,884
14,569
Percentage
6.7%
2.7%
Swing
11.8 pp
1.4 pp
The 1991 Asturian parliamentary election was held on Sunday, 26 May 1991, to elect the 3rd General Junta of the Principality of Asturias , the regional legislature of the Spanish autonomous community of Asturias . At stake were all 45 seats in the General Junta, determining the President of the Principality of Asturias .
The Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) suffered a significant drop of its vote share, losing 6 out of the 8 seats it had held previous to the 1991 election and around 2/3 of its votes. On the other hand, all three Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), newly founded People's Party (PP) (successor party to the late People's Alliance ) and United Left (IU) won seats. Additionally, the Asturianist Party (PAS) was able to overcome the 3% threshold in the Central District and entered the General Junta with 1 seat.
After the election, Juan Luis Rodríguez-Vigil was elected President of Asturias, succeeding Pedro de Silva who did not stand for re-election to a third term in office.
Electoral system
The 45 members of the General Junta of the Principality of Asturias were elected in 3 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 as such:
Central District , comprising the municipalities of: Aller , Avilés , Bimenes , Carreño , Caso , Castrillón , Corvera de Asturias , Gijón , Gozón , Illas , Las Regueras , Langreo , Laviana , Lena , Llanera , Mieres , Morcín , Noreña , Oviedo , Proaza , Quirós , Ribera de Arriba , Riosa , San Martín del Rey Aurelio , Santo Adriano , Sariego , Siero , Sobrescobio and Soto del Barco .
Eastern District , comprising the municipalities of: Amieva , Cabrales , Cabranes , Cangas de Onís , Caravia , Colunga , Llanes , Nava , Onís , Parres , Peñamellera Alta , Peñamellera Baja , Piloña , Ponga , Ribadedeva , Ribadesella and Villaviciosa .
Western District , comprising the municipalities of: Allande , Belmonte de Miranda , Boal , Candamo , Cangas del Narcea , Castropol , Coaña , Cudillero , Degaña , El Franco , Grado , Grandas de Salime , Ibias , Illano , Muros del Nalón , Navia , Pesoz , Pravia , Salas , San Martín de Oscos , Santa Eulalia de Oscos , San Tirso de Abres , Somiedo , Tapia de Casariego , Taramundi , Teverga , Tineo , Valdés , Vegadeo , Villanueva de Oscos , Villayón and Yernes y Tameza .
Each district was entitled to an initial minimum of 2 seats, with the remaining 39 seats allocated among the three districts in proportion to their populations. For the 1991 election, seats were distributed as follows: Central District (32), Eastern District (5) and Western District (8).
Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage in a secret ballot . Only lists polling above 3% of the total vote in each district (which include blank ballots—for none of the above ) were entitled to enter the seat distribution.[ 1]
Results
Overall
← Summary of the 26 May 1991 Asturian General Junta election results →
Party
Vote
Seats
Votes
%
±pp
Won
+/−
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Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
218,193
41.02
2.17
21
1
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People's Party (PP)[ a]
161,703
30.40
4.54
15
2
bgcolor="Template:United Left (Spain)/meta/color " |
United Left (IU)
78,982
14.85
2.76
6
2
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Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)
35,884
6.75
11.80
2
6
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Asturian Coalition (PAS-UNA)
14,569
2.74
1.46
1
1
The Greens (LV)
7,299
1.37
New
0
±0
Gijonese Garments Workers (TGC)
2,678
0.50
New
0
±0
Independent Council of Asturias (Conceyu)
1,938
0.36
New
0
±0
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Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE)
1,768
0.33
New
0
±0
Asturian People's Union (UPA)
1,263
0.24
New
0
±0
Andecha Astur (AA)
1,137
0.21
New
0
±0
Blank ballots
6,533
1.23
±0.00
Total
531,947
100.00
45
±0
Valid votes
531,947
99.25
0.65
Invalid votes
4,020
0.75
0.65
Votes cast / turnout
535,967
58.69
8.13
Abstentions
377,248
41.31
8.13
Registered voters
913,215
Source(s):
Vote share
PSOE
41.02%
PP
30.40%
IU
14.85%
CDS
6.75%
PAS-UNA
2.74%
LV
1.37%
Others
1.64%
Blank ballots
1.23%
Parliamentary seats
PSOE
46.67%
PP
33.33%
IU
13.33%
CDS
4.44%
PAS-UNA
2.22%
Results by district
Election results by district.
Central District
Party
Vote
Seats
Votes
%
±pp
Won
+/−
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Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
158,492
39.15
2.18
13
±0
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People's Party (PP)[ a]
119,095
29.42
5.30
10
2
bgcolor="Template:United Left (Spain)/meta/color " |
United Left (IU)
69,138
17.08
3.47
6
2
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Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)
26,091
6.44
13.50
2
5
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Asturian Coalition (PAS-UNA)
12,672
3.13
1.64
1
1
The Greens (LV)
6,371
1.57
New
0
±0
Gijonese Garments Workers (TGC)
2,444
0.60
New
0
±0
Independent Council of Asturias (Conceyu)
1,701
0.42
New
0
±0
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Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE)
1,385
0.34
New
0
±0
Asturian People's Union (UPA)
1,263
0.31
New
0
±0
Andecha Astur (AA)
908
0.22
New
0
±0
Blank ballots
5,318
1.31
0.05
Total
404,878
100.00
32
±0
Valid votes
404,878
99.27
0.68
Invalid votes
2,982
0.73
0.68
Votes cast / turnout
407,860
57.41
9.52
Abstentions
302,634
42.59
9.52
Registered voters
710,494
Source: General Junta of the Principality of Asturias
Eastern District
Party
Vote
Seats
Votes
%
±pp
Won
+/−
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Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
20,757
44.98
0.73
3
±0
bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color " |
People's Party (PP)[ a]
17,300
37.49
1.57
2
±0
bgcolor="Template:Democratic and Social Centre (Spain)/meta/color " |
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)
3,458
7.49
6.15
0
±0
bgcolor="Template:United Left (Spain)/meta/color " |
United Left (IU)
2,314
5.01
1.37
0
±0
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Asturian Coalition (PAS-UNA)
1,065
2.31
1.47
0
±0
The Greens (LV)
290
0.63
New
0
±0
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Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE)
112
0.24
New
0
±0
Independent Council of Asturias (Conceyu)
107
0.23
New
0
±0
Gijonese Garments Workers (TGC)
104
0.23
New
0
±0
Andecha Astur (AA)
97
0.21
New
0
±0
Blank ballots
545
1.18
0.34
Total
46,149
100.00
5
±0
Valid votes
46,149
99.18
0.74
Invalid votes
383
0.82
0.74
Votes cast / turnout
46,532
64.99
6.10
Abstentions
25,066
35.01
6.10
Registered voters
71,598
Source: General Junta of the Principality of Asturias
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