2001 Basque regional election

Basque parliamentary election, 2001

13 May 2001
All 75 seats in the Basque Parliament 38 seats needed for a majority
Registered	1,813,356 0.5%
Turnout	1,431,996 (79.0%) 9.0 pp
First party Second party Third party   Leader Juan José Ibarretxe Jaime Mayor Oreja Nicolás Redondo Party EAJ/PNV PP Socialist Party of the Basque Country – Basque Country Left Leader since 31 January 1998 26 February 2001 20 October 1997 Last election 27 seats, 36.2% 18 seats, 21.1% 14 seats, 17.4% Seats won 33 19 13 Seat change 6 1 1 Popular vote 604,222 326,933 253,195 Percentage 42.4% 22.9% 17.8% Swing 6.2 pp 1.8 pp 0.4 pp   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Arnaldo Otegi Javier Madrazo Party EH IU Leader since 14 February 1998 14 May 1994 Last election 14 seats, 17.7% 2 seats, 5.6% Seats won 7 3 Seat change 7 1 Popular vote 143,139 78,862 Percentage 10.0% 5.5% Swing 7.7 pp 0.1 pp
Lehendakari before election Juan José Ibarretxe EAJ/PNV Elected Lehendakari Juan José Ibarretxe EAJ/PNV

The 2001 Basque parliamentary election was held on Sunday, 13 May 2001, to elect the 7th Basque Parliament, the regional legislature of the Spanish autonomous community of the Basque Country. At stake were all 75 seats in the Parliament, determining the Lehendakari (President of the Basque Country).

The electoral coalition Basque Nationalist Party-Basque Solidarity (EAJ-PNV/EA) won 33 seats, the People's Party (PP) came second with 19 seats, the Socialist Party of the Basque Country-Basque Country Left (PSE-EE) came in third with 13 seats. The Basque Citizens (EH) coalition obtained 7 seats.

Electoral system

The 75 members of the Basque Parliament were elected in 3 multi-member districts, corresponding to the Basque Country's three provinces, using the D'Hondt method and a closed-list proportional representation system. Each district was assigned a fixed set of seats, distributed as follows: Alava (25), Biscay (25) and Gipuzkoa (25).

Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage in a secret ballot. Only lists polling above 3% of valid votes in each district (which include blank ballots—for none of the above) were entitled to enter the seat distribution.

Opinion polls

Vote

Poll results are listed in the table below in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed in bold, and the background shaded in the leading party's colour. In the instance that there is a tie, then no figure is shaded. The lead column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the two parties with the highest figures. Poll results use the date the survey's fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. However, if such date is unknown, the date of publication will be given instead.

Date	Polling Firm/Source	PNV	PP	EH	PSE	EA	IU	UA	Others	Lead
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13 May 2001	Regional Election	42.4	22.9	10.0	17.8	w.PNV	5.5	w.PP	1.4	19.5
Exit polls
6 May	Demoscopia	39.6	23.9	10.0	20.0	w.PNV	4.2	w.PP	2.3	15.7
2–3 May	Ipsos-Eco	34.5	24.3	14.9	19.1	w.PNV	4.9	w.PP	2.3	10.2
27 Apr–3 May	Sigma-2	38.2	24.7	11.5	19.0	w.PNV	4.4	w.PP	2.2	13.5
17–25 Apr	CIS	38.7	24.7	11.6	18.6	w.PNV	4.2	w.PP	2.2	14.0
19–20 Apr	Opina	37.0	22.5	15.5	18.5	w.PNV	4.0	w.PP	2.5	14.5
14–28 Mar	GPS	37.5	23.3	13.2	19.5	w.PNV	4.4	w.PP	2.1	14.2
21–22 Feb	Ipsos-Eco	31.7	21.4	15.7	18.9	6.5	4.3	0.8	0.7	10.3
31 Jan–18 Feb	CIS	31.3	21.6	14.4	18.4	7.0	4.5	0.7	2.1	9.7
2001
27 Nov–15 Dec	GPS	29.4	21.7	14.6	19.2	7.6	4.9	0.3	2.3	7.7
2000
1999
25 Oct 1998	Regional Election	27.6	19.9	17.7	17.4	8.6	5.6	1.2	2.0	7.7

Seat projections

Opinion polls showing seat projections are displayed in the table below. The highest seat figures in each polling survey have their background shaded in the leading party's colour. In the instance that there is a tie, then no figure is shaded. 38 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Basque Parliament.

38 seats needed for majority

Date	Polling Firm/Source	PNV	PP	EH	PSE	EA	IU	UA	Others
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13 May 2001	Regional Election	33	19	7	13	w.PNV	3	w.PP	0
Exit polls
6 May	Ibecom	24	22	11	15	w.PNV	3	w.PP	0
6 May	Sondaxe	30	19	9	14	w.PNV	3	w.PP	0
6 May	Demoscopia	30	21−22	7−8	15	w.PNV	1−2	w.PP	0
2–3 May	Ipsos-Eco	25−28	20−22	10−11	14−15	w.PNV	2−3	w.PP	0
27 Apr–3 May	Sigma-2	27−30	20−23	7−8	14−16	w.PNV	1−3	w.PP	0
6 May	Bergareche	28	20	10	14	w.PNV	3	w.PP	0
17–25 Apr	CIS	27−28	21−23	8−9	14−16	w.PNV	1−2	w.PP	0
19–20 Apr	Opina	27−28	20−21	10−12	14	w.PNV	2	w.PP	0
14–28 Mar	GPS	27−29	19−20	9−10	14−16	w.PNV	3	w.PP	0
9–12 Mar	PSOE	29−30	18−19	9−10	14−15	w.PNV	2−3	w.PP	0
21–22 Feb	Ipsos-Eco	22−23	19−20	10−11	14−16	4	3	1	0
18 Feb	PP	21−23	21−24		14−16				15−16
31 Jan–18 Feb	CIS	22−24	18−20	10−11	14−15	5	2−3	1	0
2001
27 Nov–15 Dec	GPS	21−23	18−20	10−11	16	5	3	0	0
2000
1999
25 Oct 1998	Regional Election	21	16	14	14	6	2	2	0

Results

Overall

← Summary of the 13 May 2001 Basque Parliament election results →

Party		Vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
width="1" bgcolor="Template:Basque Nationalist Party/meta/color" |	Basque Nationalist Party-Basque Solidarity (EAJ-PNV/EA)	604,222	42.38	6.19	33	6
bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color" |	People's Party (PP)	326,933	22.93	1.84	19	1
bgcolor="Template:Socialist Party of the Basque Country – Basque Country Left/meta/color" |	Socialist Party of the Basque Country-Basque Country Left (PSE-EE/PSOE)	253,195	17.76	0.41	13	1
bgcolor="Template:Euskal Herritarrok/meta/color" |	Basque Citizens (EH)	143,139	10.04	7.62	7	7
bgcolor="Template:United Left (Spain)/meta/color" |	United Left-Greens (EB-B)	78,862	5.53	0.07	3	1
bgcolor="Template:Humanist Party (Spain)/meta/color" |	Humanist Party (PH)	3,708	0.26	±0.00	0	±0
	Democratic Karma Party (PKD)	2,000	0.14	New	0	±0
	Workers for Democracy Coalition (TD)	1,017	0.07	New	0	±0
	Freedom (Askatasuna)	663	0.05	New	0	±0
	Carlist Party (EKA-PC)	530	0.04	New	0	±0
	Blank ballots	11,508	0.81	0.58
Total		1,425,777	100.00		75	±0
Valid votes		1,425,777	99.57	0.10
Invalid votes		6,219	0.43	0.10
Votes cast / turnout		1,431,996	78.97	8.98
Abstentions		381,360	21.03	8.98
Registered voters		1,813,356
Source: Argos Information Portal

Vote share EAJ-PNV/EA   42.38% PP   22.93% PSE-EE/PSOE   17.76% EH   10.04% EB-B   5.53% Others   0.56% Blank ballots   0.81%

Parliamentary seats EAJ-PNV/EA   44.00% PP   25.33% PSE-EE/PSOE   17.33% EH   9.33% EB-B   4.00%