1999 Spanish local elections
1999 Spanish local elections Registered 33,585,957 5.1% Turnout 21,491,984 (64.0%) 5.9 pp
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
José María Aznar
Joaquín Almunia
Julio Anguita
Party
PP
PSOE –p
IU
Leader since
4 September 1989
21 June 1997
12 February 1989
Last election
24,772 c., 35.3%
21,165 c., 30.8%[a]
3,101 c., 9.9%[b]
Seats won
24,623
21,917
2,295
Seat change
149
752
806
Popular vote
7,334,135
7,296,484
1,387,900
Percentage
34.4%
34.3%
6.5%
Swing
0.9 pp
3.5 pp
3.4 pp
Fourth party
Fifth party
Sixth party
Leader
Jordi Pujol
Xabier Arzalluz
Antonio Ortega
Party
CiU
EAJ/PNV
PA
Leader since
19 September 1978
18 January 1985
19 October 1996
Last election
4,265 c., 4.4%
1,421 c., 2.0%[c]
424 c., 1.6%[d]
Seats won
4,089
1,206
544
Seat change
176
215
120
Popular vote
774,074
411,274
355,684
Percentage
3.6%
1.9%
1.7%
Swing
0.8 pp
0.1 pp
0.1 pp
The 1999 Spanish local elections were held on Sunday, 13 June 1999, to elect all 65,201 councillors in the 8,104 municipalities of Spain and all 1,034 seats in 38 provincial deputations .[1] [2] The elections were held simultaneously with regional elections in thirteen autonomous communities , as well as local elections in the three foral deputations of the Basque Country , the ten island councils in the Balearic and Canary Islands and the 1999 European Parliament election .
Electoral system
Municipal elections
Municipalities in Spain were local corporations with independent legal personality . They had a governing body, the municipal council or corporation , composed of a mayor , deputy mayors and a plenary assembly of councillors. Voting for the local assemblies was on the basis of universal suffrage , with all nationals over eighteen, registered in the corresponding municipality and in full enjoyment of all political rights entitled to vote. The mayor was in turn elected by the plenary assembly, with a legal clause providing for the candidate of the most-voted party to be automatically elected to the post in the event no other candidate was to gather an absolute majority of votes.
Local councillors were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation , with an electoral threshold of five percent of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied in each local council. Councillors were allocated to municipal councils based on the following scale:
Population
Councillors
<250
5
251–1,000
7
1,001–2,000
9
2,001–5,000
11
5,001–10,000
13
10,001–20,000
17
20,001–50,000
21
50,001–100,000
25
>100,001
+1 per each 100,000 inhabitants or fraction +1 if total is an even number
Councillors of municipalities with populations between 100 and 250 inhabitants were elected under an open list partial block voting , with electors voting for individual candidates instead of parties and for up to four candidates. Additionally, municipalities below 100 inhabitants, as well as those whose geographical location or the best management of municipal interests or other circumstances made it advisable, were to be organized through the open council system (Spanish : régimen de concejo abierto ), in which voters would directly elect the local major.[3] [4] [5]
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 a determined amount of the electors registered in the municipality for which they sought election:
At least 1 percent of the electors in municipalities below 5,000 inhabitants, provided that the number of signers was more than double that of councillors at stake.
At least 100 signatures in municipalities between 5,001 and 10,000.
At least 500 signatures in municipalities between 10,001 and 50,000.
At least 1,500 signatures in municipalities between 50,001 and 150,000.
At least 3,000 signatures in municipalities between 150,001 and 300,000.
At least 5,000 signatures in municipalities between 300,001 and 1,000,000.
At least 8,000 signatures in municipalities over 1,000,001.
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]
Deputations and island councils
Provincial deputations were the governing bodies of provinces in Spain , having an administration role of municipal activities and composed of a provincial president, an administrative body, and a plenary. Basque provinces had foral deputations instead—called Juntas Generales —, whereas deputations for single-province autonomous communities were abolished: their functions transferred to the corresponding regional parliaments. For insular provinces, such as the Balearic and Canary Islands , deputations were replaced by island councils in each of the islands or group of islands. For Majorca , Menorca and Ibiza –Formentera this figure was referred to in Spanish as consejo insular (Catalan : consell insular ), whereas for Gran Canaria , Tenerife , Fuerteventura , La Gomera , El Hierro , Lanzarote and La Palma its name was cabildo insular .
Most deputations were indirectly elected by local councillors from municipalities in each judicial district . Seats were allocated to provincial deputations based on the following scale:
Population
Seats
<500,000
25
500,001–1,000,000
27
1,000,001–3,500,000
31
>3,500,001
51
Island councils and foral deputations were elected directly by electors under their own, specific electoral regulations.[3] [4]
Municipal elections
Overall
Councillor share for different parties in the elections.
Other (10.33%)
← Summary of the 13 June 1999 municipal election results in Spain →
Parties and coalitions
Popular vote
Councillors
Votes
%
±pp
Total
+/-
People's Party and allies (PP –UPN )
7,334,135
34.44
–0.83
24,623
–149
People's Party (PP)
7,243,243
34.01
–0.92
24,296
–183
Navarrese People's Union (UPN)
90,892
0.43
+0.08
327
+34
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party and allies (PSOE –p –PSC )
7,296,484
34.26
+3.45
21,917
+752
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party –Progressives (PSOE–p)1
6,205,530
29.14
+3.14
19,881
+422
Socialists' Party of Catalonia–Municipal Progress (PSC–PM)
1,090,954
5.12
+0.31
2,036
+330
United Left and allies (IU –EUiA )
1,387,900
6.52
–3.42
2,295
–806
United Left (IU)1
1,330,202
6.25
–3.68
2,260
–841
United and Alternative Left (EUiA)
57,698
0.27
New
35
+35
Convergence and Union and allies (CiU –CDA–PNA )
774,074
3.63
–0.77
4,089
–176
Basque Nationalist Party–Basque Solidarity (PNV –EA )2
411,274
1.93
–0.08
1,206
–215
Andalusian Party (PA)3
355,684
1.67
+0.11
544
+120
Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG)
290,187
1.36
+0.42
586
+158
Basque Citizens (EH)4
272,446
1.28
+0.45
890
+269
Canarian Coalition (CC)
268,847
1.26
+0.14
434
+5
Canarian Coalition (CC)5
267,773
1.26
+0.20
432
+30
Nationalist Canarian Centre (CCN)
542
0.00
–0.05
1
–18
Independents of Gran Canaria (IGC)
531
0.00
–0.01
1
–7
Initiative for Catalonia–Greens–Agreement for Municipal Progress (IC–V–EPM)
227,045
1.07
–0.67
284
–105
Republican Left of Catalonia –The Greens–Municipal Agreement (ERC–EV–AM)
225,576
1.06
+0.14
677
+152
Valencian Nationalist Bloc –The Greens (BNV–EV)6
113,747
0.53
+0.15
234
+66
Valencian Union (UV)
108,639
0.51
–0.08
229
+14
Liberal Independent Group (GIL)
87,743
0.41
+0.25
93
+50
Aragonese Party (PAR)
87,493
0.41
–0.12
925
–125
The Greens –Andalusian Left (LV–IA)1
65,564
0.31
+0.26
14
+14
Centrist Union–Democratic and Social Centre (UC–CDS)
62,964
0.30
–0.07
281
+20
Aragonese Union (CHA)
54,614
0.26
+0.14
80
+41
Regionalist Party of Cantabria (PRC)
49,898
0.23
+0.08
217
+129
PSM–Nationalist Agreement (PSM–EN)
41,181
0.19
+0.01
112
+15
Socialist Party of Majorca –Nationalist Agreement (PSM–EN)
38,675
0.18
+0.01
105
+14
Socialist Party of Menorca –Nationalist Agreement (PSM–EN)
2,506
0.01
±0.00
7
+1
Leonese People's Union (UPL)
39,321
0.18
+0.02
167
+29
Asturian Renewal Union (URAS)
36,036
0.17
New
83
+83
Democratic Party of the New Left (PDNI)
29,300
0.14
New
67
+67
Majorcan Union (UM)
24,501
0.12
+0.04
68
+24
Spanish Democratic Party (PADE)
23,865
0.11
New
32
+32
Federation of Independents of Catalonia (FIC)
22,597
0.11
+0.02
180
+3
Canarian Nationalist Federation (FNC)
22,363
0.11
+0.05
40
–2
Canarian Nationalist Party (PNC)
9,989
0.05
+0.05
2
+2
Lanzarote Independents Party (PIL)
9,538
0.04
–0.01
29
–2
Independents of Fuerteventura (IF)
2,836
0.01
±0.00
9
–2
Galician Democracy (DG)
18,085
0.08
New
36
+36
Commoners' Land–Castilian Nationalist Party (TC–PNC)
16,782
0.08
+0.06
45
+22
Asturianist Party (PAS)
16,187
0.08
+0.02
12
+6
Basque Citizen Initiative (ICV/EHE)
15,111
0.07
–0.07
2
–3
Progressive Pact (Pacte)7
14,988
0.07
+0.01
37
+6
Convergence of Democrats of Navarre (CDN)
14,573
0.07
–0.04
25
–17
Humanist Party (PH)
13,764
0.06
+0.04
0
±0
Party of Gran Canaria (PGC)
13,150
0.06
±0.00
2
±0
Regionalist Unity of Castile and León (URCL)
13,041
0.06
+0.01
124
+26
Party for Independence (PI)
12,820
0.06
New
9
+9
Portuese Independents (IP)
11,424
0.05
–0.02
10
–6
Extremaduran Coalition (CREx–PREx)
10,548
0.05
–0.08
50
–89
Galician Left –The Greens (EdeG–OV)
10,146
0.05
New
10
+10
Independent Initiative (II)
10,122
0.05
New
22
+22
Platform of Independents of Spain (PIE)
9,683
0.05
–0.31
35
–171
Alavese Unity (UA)
9,675
0.05
–0.05
9
–28
Riojan Party (PR)
9,669
0.05
±0.00
58
–45
Union for the Progress of Cantabria (UPCA)
9,179
0.04
–0.15
29
–141
Independent Candidacy–Union of Regionalist Parties of Castile and León (CI)8
8,679
0.04
+0.03
18
+18
United Extremadura (EU)
8,641
0.04
New
50
±0
Others
922,942
4.33
—
4,251
–782
Blank ballots
415,401
1.95
+0.49
Total
21,297,014
100.00
65,201
–668
Valid votes
21,297,014
99.09
–0.23
Invalid votes
194,970
0.91
+0.23
Votes cast / turnout
21,491,984
63.99
–5.88
Abstentions
12,093,973
36.01
+5.88
Registered voters
33,585,957
Sources[6] [7]
City control
The following table lists party control in provincial capitals, as well as in municipalities above or around 75,000.[8] Gains for a party are highlighted in that party's colour.
Municipality
Population
Previous control
New control
A Coruña
243,134
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Albacete
145,454
People's Party (PP)
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Alcalá de Henares
163,831
People's Party (PP)
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Alcobendas
86,146
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Alcorcón
143,970
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
People's Party (PP)
Algeciras
101,972
Andalusian Party (PA)
Andalusian Party (PA)
Alicante
272,432
People's Party (PP)
People's Party (PP)
Almería
168,025
People's Party (PP)
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Ávila
47,650
People's Party (PP)
People's Party (PP)
Avilés
84,835
People's Party (PP)
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Badajoz
134,710
People's Party (PP)
People's Party (PP)
Badalona
209,606
Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Barakaldo
98,649
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Barcelona
1,505,581
Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Bilbao
358,467
Basque Nationalist Party–Basque Solidarity (PNV–EA)
Basque Nationalist Party–Basque Solidarity (PNV–EA)
Burgos
161,984
People's Party (PP)
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Cáceres
78,614
People's Party (PP)
People's Party (PP)
Cádiz
143,129
People's Party (PP)
People's Party (PP)
Cartagena
175,628
People's Party (PP)
People's Party (PP)
Castellón de la Plana
137,741
People's Party (PP)
People's Party (PP)
Ciudad Real
61,138
People's Party (PP)
People's Party (PP)
Córdoba
309,961
People's Party (PP)
United Left (IU)
Cornellà de Llobregat
80,329
Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Coslada
73,732
United Left (IU)
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Cuenca
44,558
People's Party (PP)
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Dos Hermanas
92,506
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
El Puerto de Santa María
73,728
Portuese Independents (IP)
Portuese Independents (IP)
Elche
191,713
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Ferrol
82,548
People's Party (PP)
Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG)
Fuenlabrada
167,458
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Getafe
143,629
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Getxo
82,974
Basque Nationalist Party–Basque Solidarity (PNV–EA)
Basque Nationalist Party–Basque Solidarity (PNV–EA)
Gijón
265,491
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Girona
71,858
Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Granada
241,471
People's Party (PP)
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Guadalajara
64,439
People's Party (PP)
People's Party (PP)
Huelva
139,991
People's Party (PP)
People's Party (PP)
Huesca
45,485
People's Party (PP)
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Jaén
107,184
People's Party (PP)
People's Party (PP)
Jerez de la Frontera
181,602
Andalusian Party (PA)
Andalusian Party (PA)
L'Hospitalet de Llobregat
248,521
Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Las Palmas
352,641
People's Party (PP)
People's Party (PP)
Leganés
173,163
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
León
139,809
People's Party (PP)
People's Party (PP)
Lleida
112,207
Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Logroño
125,617
People's Party (PP)
People's Party (PP)
Lugo
86,620
People's Party (PP)
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Madrid
2,881,506
People's Party (PP)
People's Party (PP)
Málaga
528,079
People's Party (PP)
People's Party (PP)
Marbella
98,377
Liberal Independent Group (GIL)
Liberal Independent Group (GIL)
Mataró
103,265
Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Móstoles
195,311
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Murcia
349,040
People's Party (PP)
People's Party (PP)
Ourense
107,965
People's Party (PP)
People's Party (PP)
Oviedo
199,549
People's Party (PP)
People's Party (PP)
Palencia
79,745
People's Party (PP)
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Palma
319,181
People's Party (PP)
People's Party (PP)
Pamplona
179,145
Convergence of Democrats of Navarre (CDN)
Navarrese People's Union (UPN)
Pontevedra
73,871
People's Party (PP)
Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG)
Reus
89,034
Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Sabadell
184,859
Initiative for Catalonia (IC)
Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Salamanca
158,457
People's Party (PP)
People's Party (PP)
San Cristóbal de La Laguna
127,945
Canarian Coalition (CC)
Canarian Coalition (CC)
San Fernando
84,014
Andalusian Party (PA)
Andalusian Party (PA)
San Sebastián
178,229
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Sant Boi de Llobregat
78,632
Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Santa Coloma de Gramenet
120,958
Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Santa Cruz de Tenerife
211,930
Canarian Coalition (CC)
Canarian Coalition (CC)
Santander
184,165
People's Party (PP)
People's Party (PP)
Santiago de Compostela
93,584
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Segovia
54,012
People's Party (PP)
Centrist Unity–Democratic and Social Centre (UC–CDS)
Seville
701,927
People's Party (PP)
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Soria
33,882
People's Party (PP)
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Talavera de la Reina
72,208
People's Party (PP)
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Tarragona
112,795
Convergence and Union (CiU)
Convergence and Union (CiU)
Telde
83,733
Canarian Coalition (CC)
Canarian Coalition (CC)
Terrassa
165,654
Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Teruel
29,320
People's Party (PP)
People's Party (PP)
Toledo
66,989
People's Party (PP)
People's Party (PP)
Torrejón de Ardoz
91,186
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Valencia
739,412
People's Party (PP)
People's Party (PP)
Valladolid
319,946
People's Party (PP)
People's Party (PP)
Vigo
283,110
People's Party (PP)
Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG)
Vitoria-Gasteiz
216,527
Basque Nationalist Party–Basque Solidarity (PNV–EA)
People's Party (PP)
Zamora
64,421
People's Party (PP)
People's Party (PP)
Zaragoza
603,367
People's Party (PP)
People's Party (PP)
Provincial deputations
Summary
Provincial deputy share for different parties in the elections.
Other (0.78%)
Deputation control
The following table lists party control in provincial deputations.[2] Gains for a party are highlighted in that party's colour.
Notes
^ Data for PSOE –PSC in the 1995 elections, not including results in Ibiza.
^ Data for IU in the 1995 elections, not including results in Ibiza nor IC –EV results.
^ Aggregated data for PNV and EA in the 1995 elections.
^ Aggregated data for PA and PAP in the 1995 elections.
References