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Castilian-Leonese regional election, 1991
← 1987 26 May 1991 1995 →
All 84 seats in the Cortes of Castile and León
43 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered2,069,469 3.6%
Turnout1,398,238 (67.6%)
5.6 pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Juan José Lucas Jesús Quijano José Luis Sagredo
Party PP PSOE CDS
Leader since 12 December 1990 26 May 1990 1991
Leader's seat Valladolid Valladolid Salamanca
Last election 34 seats, 38.3%[a] 32 seats, 34.0% 18 seats, 19.4%
Seats won 43 35 5
Seat change 9 3 13
Popular vote 602,773 504,709 112,821
Percentage 43.5% 36.4% 8.1%
Swing 5.2 pp 2.4 pp 11.3 pp
  Fourth party
 
Leader José Antonio Herreros
Party IU
Leader since 1991
Last election 0 seats, 3.8%
Seats won 1
Seat change 1
Popular vote 74,197
Percentage 5.4%
Swing 1.6 pp
Constituency results map for the Cortes of Castile and León
President before election

Jesús Posada
PP

Elected President

Juan José Lucas
PP

The 1991 Castilian-Leonese regional election was held on Sunday, 26 May 1991, to elect the 3rd Cortes of the Autonomous Community of Castile and León. All 84 seats in the Cortes were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.

Overview

Electoral system

The Cortes of Castile and León were the devolved, unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of Castile and León, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution and the Castilian-Leonese Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a President of the Junta.[1] Voting for the Cortes was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over eighteen, registered in Castile and León and in full enjoyment of their political rights.

All members of the Cortes of Castile and León were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with a threshold of 3 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. Additionally, the use of the D'Hondt method might result in an effective threshold over three percent, depending on the district magnitude.[2] Seats were allocated to constituencies, corresponding to the provinces of Ávila, Burgos, León, Palencia, Salamanca, Segovia, Soria, Valladolid and Zamora. Each constituency was entitled to an initial minimum of three seats, being allocated one additional member per each 45,000 inhabitants or fraction greater than 22,500.[1][3]

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.[3][4][5]

Election date

The term of the Cortes of Castile and León expired four years after the date of their previous election. Legal amendments earlier in 1991 established that elections to the Cortes were to be fixed for the fourth Sunday of May every four years. The previous election was held on 10 June 1987, setting the election date for the Cortes on Sunday, 26 May 1991.[1][3][4][5]

The Cortes of Castile and León 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 two-month period from the first ballot. In such a case, the Cortes were to be automatically dissolved and a snap election called, with elected procurators merely serving out what remained of their four-year terms.[1]

Opinion polls

The table below lists voting intention estimates in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first and using the dates when the survey fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. Where the fieldwork dates are unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed with its background shaded in the leading party's colour. If a tie ensues, this is applied to the figures with the highest percentages. The "Lead" column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the parties with the highest percentages in a given poll. When available, seat projections are also displayed below the voting estimates in a smaller font. 43 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Cortes of Castile and León.

Results

Overall

← Summary of the 26 May 1991 Cortes of Castile and León election results →
Parties and coalitions Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
width="1" bgcolor="Template:People's Party of Castile and León/meta/color"| People's Party (PP)1 602,773 43.51 +5.22 43 +9
bgcolor="Template:Socialist Party of Castile and León/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 504,709 36.44 +2.43 35 +3
bgcolor="Template:Democratic and Social Centre (Spain)/meta/color"| Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) 112,821 8.14 –11.23 5 –13
bgcolor="Template:United Left of Castile and León/meta/color"| United Left (IU) 74,197 5.36 +1.55 1 +1
bgcolor="Template:Confederation of the Greens/meta/color"| The Greens (LV) 20,193 1.46 New 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:Leonese People's Union/meta/color"| Leonese People's Union (UPL) 11,432 0.83 +0.21 0 ±0
Burgalese Popular Action (APB) 6,493 0.47 New 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:Regionalist Unity of Castile and León/meta/color"| Regionalist Democracy of Castile and León (DRCL) 4,587 0.33 New 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:Party of El Bierzo/meta/color"| Party of El Bierzo (PB) 4,465 0.32 –0.06 0 ±0
Bercian Left (IB) 3,407 0.25 New 0 ±0
Castilian Regionalist Party (PREC) 3,042 0.22 New 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:Castilianist Union/meta/color"| Castilianist Union (UC) 2,229 0.16 New 0 ±0
Independent Progressive Union (UPI) 2,127 0.15 New 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:Regionalist Party of the Leonese Country/meta/color"| Regionalist Party of the Leonese Country (PREPAL) 2,123 0.15 –0.13 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:Commoners' Land/meta/color"| Commoners' Land (TC) 1,900 0.14 New 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:The Ecologist Greens (Spain)/meta/color"| The Greens Ecologist–Humanist List (LVLE–H)2 1,622 0.12 –0.15 0 ±0
Palentine Union (UPI) 1,558 0.11 New 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:Falange Española de las JONS (1976)/meta/color"| Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS) 895 0.06 –0.07 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain/meta/color"| Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE) 873 0.06 New 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:Communist Party of Spain (Marxist–Leninist) (historical)/meta/color"| Left Unitary Platform (PCE (m–l)–CRPE) 435 0.03 New 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:Nationalist Party of Castile and León/meta/color"| Nationalist Party of Castile and León (PANCAL) 298 0.02 –0.34 0 ±0
Blank ballots 23,028 1.66 +0.08
Total 1,385,207 84 ±0
Valid votes 1,385,207 99.07 +0.79
Invalid votes 13,031 0.93 –0.79
Votes cast / turnout 1,398,238 67.57 –5.58
Abstentions 671,231 32.43 +5.58
Registered voters 2,069,469
Sources[6][7][8]
Popular vote
PP
 
 43.51%
PSOE
 
 36.44%
CDS
 
 8.14%
IU
 
 5.36%
LV
 
 1.46%
Others
 
 3.43%
Blank ballots
 
 1.66%
Seats
PP
 
 51.19%
PSOE
 
 41.67%
CDS
 
 5.95%
IU
 
 1.19%

Distribution by constituency

Constituency PP PSOE CDS IU
colspan="2" style="background:Template:People's Party of Castile and León/meta/color"| colspan="2" style="background:Template:Socialist Party of Castile and León/meta/color"| colspan="2" style="background:Template:Democratic and Social Centre (Spain)/meta/color"| colspan="2" style="background:Template:United Left of Castile and León/meta/color"|
% S % S % S % S
Ávila style="background:Template:People's Party of Castile and León/meta/color; color:white;"| 42.3 3 26.3 2 24.8 2 3.6 −
Burgos style="background:Template:People's Party of Castile and León/meta/color; color:white;"| 44.0 6 34.0 5 5.8 − 6.6 −
León style="background:Template:People's Party of Castile and León/meta/color; color:white;"| 39.8 7 38.9 7 5.5 1 4.9 −
Palencia style="background:Template:People's Party of Castile and León/meta/color; color:white;"| 45.3 4 37.2 3 6.7 − 5.3 −
Salamanca style="background:Template:People's Party of Castile and León/meta/color; color:white;"| 44.5 5 39.5 5 7.8 1 4.0 −
Segovia style="background:Template:People's Party of Castile and León/meta/color; color:white;"| 46.1 4 32.4 2 11.0 − 5.8 −
Soria style="background:Template:People's Party of Castile and León/meta/color; color:white;"| 52.3 3 33.9 2 6.4 − 2.7 −
Valladolid style="background:Template:People's Party of Castile and León/meta/color; color:white;"| 42.6 7 38.4 6 5.2 − 8.2 1
Zamora style="background:Template:People's Party of Castile and León/meta/color; color:white;"| 45.4 4 37.6 3 9.9 1 3.4 −
Total style="background:Template:People's Party of Castile and León/meta/color; color:white;"| 43.5 43 36.4 35 8.1 5 5.4 1
Sources[7][8]

Notes

  1. ^ Aggregated data for AP, PDP, SI and PL in the 1987 election.

References

Opinion poll sources
  1. ^ a b c "Seis comunidades dependen de pactos". ABC (in Spanish). 20 May 1991.
  2. ^ a b c "Las elecciones de 26-5-91". CEPC (in Spanish). August 1991.
  3. ^ "Lucas gobernará a sus anchas". El País (in Spanish). 19 May 1991.
  4. ^ "Ficha técnica". El País (in Spanish). 19 May 1991.
Other
  1. ^ a b c d Statute of Autonomy of Castile and León of 1983. Official State Gazette (Organic Law 4) (in Spanish). 25 February 1983. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
  2. ^ Gallagher, Michael (30 July 2012). "Effective threshold in electoral systems". Trinity College, Dublin. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  3. ^ a b c Castile and León Electoral Law of 1987. Official Gazette of Castile and León (Law 3) (in Spanish). 30 March 1987. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  4. ^ a b General Electoral System Organic Law of 1985. Official State Gazette (Organic Law 5) (in Spanish). 19 June 1985. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  5. ^ a b "Representation of the people Institutional Act". juntaelectoralcentral.es. Central Electoral Commission. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  6. ^ "Elections to the Cortes of Castile and León". servicios.jcyl.es (in Spanish). Junta of Castile and León. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  7. ^ a b "Cortes of Castile and León election results, 26 May 1991" (PDF). juntaelectoralcentral.es (in Spanish). Electoral Commission of Castile and León. 3 July 1991. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  8. ^ a b "Cortes of Castile and León elections since 1983". historiaelectoral.com (in Spanish). Electoral History. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
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