1999 Balearic regional election

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Balearic regional election, 1999
← 1995 13 June 1999 2003 →
All 59 seats in the Parliament of the Balearic Islands
30 seats needed for a majority
Registered639,398 7.5%
Turnout367,683 (57.5%)
6.1 pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Jaume Matas Francesc Antich Pere Sampol
Party PP PSOE PSM–Nationalist Agreement
Leader since 17 June 1996 9 November 1998 1991
Leader's seat Mallorca Mallorca Mallorca
Last election 31 seats, 45.1% 17 seats, 25.3%[a] 6 seats, 12.0%[b]
Seats won 28 20 5
Seat change 3 3 1
Popular vote 161,728 98,024 42,748
Percentage 44.3% 26.9% 11.7%
Swing 0.8 pp 1.5 pp 0.3 pp
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Maria Antònia Munar Eberhard Grosske
Party UM EU–EV
Leader since 1 July 1991 1991
Leader's seat Mallorca Mallorca
Last election 2 seats, 5.3% 3 seats, 8.6%[c]
Seats won 3 3
Seat change 1 0
Popular vote 26,682 19,793
Percentage 7.3% 5.4%
Swing 2.0 pp 3.2 pp
Constituency results map for the Parliament of the Balearic Islands
President before election

Jaume Matas
PP

Elected President

Francesc Antich
PSOE

The 1999 Balearic regional election was held on Sunday, 13 June 1999, to elect the 5th Parliament of the Autonomous Community of the Balearic Islands. All 59 seats in the Parliament were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain, as well as the 1999 European Parliament election.

Overview

Electoral system

The Parliament of the Balearic Islands was the devolved, unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution and the Balearic 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 Parliament was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over eighteen, registered in the Balearic Islands and in full enjoyment of their political rights.

The 59 members of the Parliament of the Balearic Islands 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 in each constituency. Parties not reaching the threshold were not taken into consideration for seat distribution. Seats were allocated to constituencies, corresponding to the islands of Mallorca, Menorca, Ibiza and Formentera. Each constituency was allocated a fixed number of seats: 33 for Mallorca, 13 for Menorca, 12 for Ibiza and 1 for Formentera.[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 Parliament of the Balearic Islands expired four years after the date of its previous election. Elections to the Parliament 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 Parliament concurrently with a European Parliament election on Sunday, 13 June 1999.[1][2][3][4]

The Parliament of the Balearic Islands could not be dissolved before the date of expiry of parliament except in the event of an investiture process failing to elect a regional President within a sixty-day period from the first ballot. In such a case, the Parliament was to be automatically dissolved and a snap election called, with elected deputies merely serving out what remained of their four-year terms.[1]

Results

Overall

← Summary of the 13 June 1999 Parliament of the Balearic Islands election results →
Parties and coalitions Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
width="1" rowspan="3" bgcolor="Template:People's Party of the Balearic Islands/meta/color"| People's Party (PP) 161,728 44.33 –0.76 28 –3
width="1" bgcolor="Template:People's Party of the Balearic Islands/meta/color"| People's Party (PP) 160,545 44.01 –0.76 28 –2
bgcolor="Template:Independent Popular Council of Formentera/meta/color"| Independent Popular Council of Formentera (AIPF) 1,183 0.32 ±0.00 0 –1
rowspan="4" bgcolor="Template:Socialist Party of the Balearic Islands/meta/color"| Socialist Party of the Balearic Islands (PSIB–PSOE) 98,024 26.87 +1.54 20 +3
bgcolor="Template:Socialist Party of the Balearic Islands/meta/color"| Socialist Party of the Balearic Islands (PSIB–PSOE) 80,327 22.02 +0.77 13 +1
bgcolor="Template:Pacte Progressista/meta/color"| Progressive Pact (Pacte)1 16,161 4.43 +0.66 6 +1
bgcolor="Template:Coalition of Progressive Organizations/meta/color"| Coalition of Progressive Organizations (COP)2 1,536 0.42 +0.11 1 +1
rowspan="3" bgcolor="Template:PSM–Nationalist Agreement/meta/color"| PSM–Nationalist Agreement (PSM–EN) 42,748 11.72 –0.33 5 –1
bgcolor="Template:Socialist Party of Majorca/meta/color"| Socialist Party of Majorca–Nationalist Agreement (PSM–EN) 39,509 10.83 –0.15 4 –1
bgcolor="Template:Socialist Party of Menorca/meta/color"| Socialist Party of Menorca–Nationalist Agreement (PSM–EN) 3,239 0.89 –0.18 1 ±0
bgcolor="Template:Majorcan Union/meta/color"| Majorcan Union (UM) 26,682 7.31 +1.99 3 +1
rowspan="3" bgcolor="Template:United Left of the Balearic Islands/meta/color"| United Left–The Greens (EU–EV) 19,793 5.43 –3.14 3 ±0
bgcolor="Template:United Left of the Balearic Islands/meta/color"| United Left of Majorca–The Greens of Majorca (EU–EV)3 17,403 4.77 –3.02 2 ±0
bgcolor="Template:Esquerra de Menorca/meta/color"| Left of Menorca–United Left (EM–EU)4 2,390 0.66 –0.12 1 ±0
bgcolor="Template:Independent Social Group/meta/color"| Independent Social Group (ASI) 2,368 0.65 +0.27 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:Balearic People's Union/meta/color"| Balearic People's Coalition–Balearic People's Union (CPB–UPB) 2,219 0.61 New 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:Republican Left of Catalonia/meta/color"| Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) 1,106 0.30 –0.18 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:Pityusic Civic Union/meta/color"| Pityusic Civic Union (UCP) 954 0.26 New 0 ±0
Alternative Left of the Balearic Islands (EAIB) 675 0.19 New 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:The Greens–Green Group/meta/color"| The Greens–Green Group (LV–GV) 643 0.18 New 0 ±0
Social Democrats for Progress (SDP) 641 0.18 New 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:Workers for Democracy Coalition/meta/color"| Workers for Democracy Coalition (TD)5 473 0.13 +0.04 0 ±0
Blank ballots 6,777 1.86 +0.50
Total 364,831 59 ±0
Valid votes 364,831 99.22 –0.15
Invalid votes 2,852 0.78 +0.15
Votes cast / turnout 367,683 57.50 –6.06
Abstentions 271,715 42.50 +6.06
Registered voters 639,398
Sources[5][6][7]
Popular vote
PP
 
 44.33%
PSIB–PSOE
 
 26.87%
PSM–EN
 
 11.72%
UM
 
 7.31%
EU–EV
 
 5.43%
Others
 
 2.49%
Blank ballots
 
 1.86%
Seats
PP
 
 47.46%
PSIB–PSOE
 
 33.90%
PSM–EN
 
 8.47%
UM
 
 5.08%
EU–EV
 
 5.08%

Distribution by constituency

Constituency PP PSIB PSM–EN UM EU–EV Pacte COP
colspan="2" style="background:Template:People's Party of the Balearic Islands/meta/color"| colspan="2" style="background:Template:Socialist Party of the Balearic Islands/meta/color"| colspan="2" style="background:Template:PSM–Nationalist Agreement/meta/color"| colspan="2" style="background:Template:Majorcan Union/meta/color"| colspan="2" style="background:Template:United Left of the Balearic Islands/meta/color"| colspan="2" style="background:Template:Pacte Progressista/meta/color"| colspan="2" style="background:Template:Coalition of Progressive Organizations/meta/color"|
% S % S % S % S % S % S % S
Formentera style="background:Template:Coalition of Progressive Organizations/meta/color; color:white;"| 55.6 1
Ibiza style="background:Template:People's Party of the Balearic Islands/meta/color; color:white;"| 47.1 6 46.3 6
Mallorca style="background:Template:People's Party of the Balearic Islands/meta/color; color:white;"| 44.5 16 23.1 8 13.4 4 9.1 3 5.9 2
Menorca style="background:Template:People's Party of the Balearic Islands/meta/color; color:white;"| 40.3 6 37.9 5 9.8 1 7.3 1
Total style="background:Template:People's Party of the Balearic Islands/meta/color; color:white;"| 44.0 28 22.0 13 11.7 5 7.3 3 5.4 3 4.4 6 0.4 1

Aftermath

Investiture
Francesc Antich (PSIB)
Ballot → 23 July 1999
Required majority → 30 out of 59 checkY
Yes
31 / 59
No
  • • PP (28)
28 / 59
Abstentions
0 / 59
Absentees
0 / 59
Sources[7]

Notes

  1. ^ Aggregated data for PSIB–PSOE, EV in Ibiza, IU in Formentera and Ibiza, ENE and ERC in Ibiza in the 1995 election.
  2. ^ Aggregated data for PSM–NM and PSM in the 1995 election.
  3. ^ Aggregated data for IU and EVIB in the 1995 election, not including results in Formentera and Ibiza.

References

  1. ^ a b c Statute of Autonomy of the Balearic Islands of 1983. Official State Gazette (Organic Law 2) (in Spanish). 25 February 1983. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  2. ^ a b c Balearic Islands Autonomous Community Electoral Law of 1986. Official Gazette of the Balearic Islands (Law 8) (in Spanish). 26 November 1986. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  3. ^ a b General Electoral System Organic Law of 1985. Official State Gazette (Organic Law 5) (in Spanish). 19 June 1985. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  4. ^ a b "Representation of the people Institutional Act". juntaelectoralcentral.es. Central Electoral Commission. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  5. ^ "Parliament of the Balearic Islands elections, 1983-2003" (PDF). web.parlamentib.es (in Catalan). Electoral Commission of the Balearic Islands. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  6. ^ "Parliament of the Balearic Islands election results, 13 June 1999" (PDF). juntaelectoralcentral.es (in Catalan). Electoral Commission of the Balearic Islands. 29 June 1999. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  7. ^ a b "Parliament of the Balearic Islands and Island Council elections since 1979". historiaelectoral.com (in Catalan). Electoral History. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
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