1999 Valencian regional election

Valencian regional election, 1999

13 June 1999
All 89 seats in the Corts Valencianes 45 seats needed for a majority
Registered	3,361,989 7.4%
Turnout	2,279,805 (67.8%) 8.2 pp
First party Second party Third party   Leader Eduardo Zaplana Antoni Asunción Joan Ribó Party PP PSOE–p IU Leader since 26 September 1993 8 April 1999 1997 Leader's seat Valencia Valencia Valencia Last election 42 seats, 42.8% 32 seats, 34.0% 10 seats, 11.5% Seats won 49 35 5 Seat change 7 3 5 Popular vote 1,085,011 768,548 137,212 Percentage 47.9% 33.9% 6.1% Swing 5.1 pp 0.1 pp 5.4 pp
Constituency results map for the Corts Valencianes
President before election Eduardo Zaplana PP Elected President Eduardo Zaplana PP

The 1999 Valencian regional election was held on Sunday, 13 June 1999, to elect the 5th Corts of the Valencian Community. All 89 seats in the Corts 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.

The People's Party (PP), which had ruled the community from 1995 in a coalition government, won an absolute majority of seats; majority which it would maintain for the next 20 years. Its coalition partner, Valencian Union (UV), fell just below the 5% threshold, resulting in it losing all seats and being expelled from the Courts. The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) remained static on its 1995 vote share, though it gained 3 additional seats thanks to United Left (IU) electoral collapse from 10 to 5 seats.

Overview

Electoral system

The Corts Valencianes were the devolved, unicameral legislature of the Valencian autonomous community, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution and the Valencian Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a President of the Government. Voting for the Corts was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over eighteen, registered in the Valencian Community and in full enjoyment of their political rights.

The 89 members of the Corts Valencianes 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 regionally. Parties not reaching the threshold were not taken into consideration for seat distribution. Seats were allocated to constituencies, corresponding to the provinces of Alicante, Castellón and Valencia. Each constituency was entitled to an initial minimum of 20 seats, with the remaining 29 allocated among the constituencies in proportion to their populations on the condition that the seat to population ratio in any given province did not exceed three times that of any other.

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.

Election date

The term of the Corts Valencianes expired four years after the date of their previous election. Elections to the Corts 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 Corts concurrently with a European Parliament election on Sunday, 13 June 1999.

The Corts Valencianes could not be dissolved before the date of expiry of parliament.

Results

Overall

← Summary of the 13 June 1999 Corts Valencianes election results →

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
width="1" bgcolor="Template:People's Party of the Valencian Community/meta/color"|	People's Party (PP)	1,085,011	47.88	+5.05	49	+7
bgcolor="Template:Socialist Party of the Valencian Country/meta/color"|	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party–Progressives (PSOE–p)	768,548	33.91	–0.07	35	+3
bgcolor="Template:United Left of the Valencian Country/meta/color"|	United Left of the Valencian Country (EUPV)	137,212	6.05	–5.48	5	–5
bgcolor="Template:Valencian Union/meta/color"|	Valencian Union (UV)	106,119	4.68	–2.33	0	–5
bgcolor="Template:Valencian Nationalist Bloc/meta/color"|	Valencian Nationalist Bloc–The Greens (BNV–EV)1	102,700	4.53	+1.82	0	±0
bgcolor="Template:Valencian Community Alternative/meta/color"|	Valencian Community Alternative (ACV)	6,146	0.27	New	0	±0
bgcolor="Template:Liberal Centre (Spain)/meta/color"|	Liberal Centre (CL)	4,813	0.21	New	0	±0
bgcolor="Template:The Eco-pacifist Greens/meta/color"|	The Ecologist–Pacifist Greens (LVEP)	4,176	0.18	New	0	±0
bgcolor="Template:Democratic and Social Centre (Spain)/meta/color"|	Centrist Union–Democratic and Social Centre (UC–CDS)	2,978	0.13	–0.10	0	±0
bgcolor="Template:Falange Española de las JONS (1976)/meta/color"|	Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS)	2,973	0.13	+0.06	0	±0
bgcolor="Template:Independent Initiative/meta/color"|	Independent Initiative (II)	2,524	0.11	New	0	±0
bgcolor="Template:Humanist Party (Spain)/meta/color"|	Humanist Party (PH)	2,253	0.10	+0.07	0	±0
bgcolor="Template:Valencian Nationalist Left/meta/color"|	Valencian Nationalist Left (ENV)	2,070	0.09	+0.01	0	±0
bgcolor="Template:Republican Left (Spain, 1977)/meta/color"|	Federal Republican Left–Federal Republican Party (IRF–PRF)	1,660	0.07	New	0	±0
bgcolor="Template:Valencian Independent Organization/meta/color"|	Valencian Independent Organization (OIV)	1,316	0.06	New	0	±0
	Spanish Autonomous League (LAE)	608	0.03	+0.01	0	±0
Blank ballots		35,168	1.55	+0.50
Total		2,266,275			89	±0
Valid votes		2,266,275	99.41	–0.03
Invalid votes		13,530	0.59	+0.03
Votes cast / turnout		2,279,805	67.81	–8.22
Abstentions		1,082,184	32.19	+8.22
Registered voters		3,361,989
Sources

Popular vote PP   47.88% PSOE–p   33.91% EUPV   6.05% UV   4.68% BNV–EV   4.53% Others   1.39% Blank ballots   1.55%

Seats PP   55.06% PSOE–p   39.33% EUPV   5.62%

Distribution by constituency

Constituency	PP		PSOE–p		EUPV
	colspan="2" style="background:Template:People's Party of the Valencian Community/meta/color"|	colspan="2" style="background:Template:Socialist Party of the Valencian Country/meta/color"|	colspan="2" style="background:Template:United Left of the Valencian Country/meta/color"|
	%	S	%	S	%	S
Alicante	style="background:Template:People's Party of the Valencian Community/meta/color; color:white;"| 48.7	16	36.0	12	6.1	2
Castellón	style="background:Template:People's Party of the Valencian Community/meta/color; color:white;"| 49.3	12	34.6	9	4.2	1
Valencia	style="background:Template:People's Party of the Valencian Community/meta/color; color:white;"| 47.1	21	32.6	14	6.4	2
Total	style="background:Template:People's Party of the Valencian Community/meta/color; color:white;"| 47.9	49	33.9	35	6.1	5