The 1999 Basque foral elections were held on Sunday, 13 June 1999, to elect the 6th General Assemblies of Álava, Biscay and Gipuzkoa. All 153 seats in the three General Assemblies were up for election. The elections were held simultaneously with regional elections in thirteen autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain, as well as the 1999 European Parliament election.
Overall
Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Seats | ||||
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Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− | ||
Basque Nationalist Party–Basque Solidarity (PNV–EA)1 | 401,965 | 34.70 | –4.54 | 56 | –6 | |
Basque Citizens (EH)2 | 228,528 | 19.73 | +5.30 | 29 | +9 | |
People's Party (PP) | 220,859 | 19.06 | +3.60 | 34 | +9 | |
Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE–EE (PSOE)) | 212,167 | 18.31 | +1.59 | 29 | +3 | |
United Left (IU/EB) | 53,525 | 4.62 | –3.51 | 3 | –6 | |
Alavese Unity (UA) | 9,448 | 0.82 | –1.29 | 2 | –7 | |
Basque Citizen Initiative (ICV/EHE) | 8,243 | 0.71 | –1.12 | 0 | –2 | |
We, the Women of the Plaza (Plazandreok) | 2,177 | 0.19 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
The Greens (B/LV) | 2,034 | 0.18 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
Humanist Party (PH) | 1,146 | 0.10 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
Basque Country Greens (EHB) | 360 | 0.03 | –0.01 | 0 | ±0 | |
Blank ballots | 18,081 | 1.56 | –0.27 | |||
Total | 1,158,533 | 153 | ±0 | |||
Valid votes | 1,158,533 | 99.07 | ±0.00 | |||
Invalid votes | 10,917 | 0.93 | ±0.00 | |||
Votes cast / turnout | 1,169,450 | 64.83 | +0.91 | |||
Abstentions | 634,355 | 35.17 | –0.91 | |||
Registered voters | 1,803,805 | |||||
Sources[1][2] | ||||||
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Foral deputation control
The following table lists party control in the foral deputations.[2] Gains for a party are displayed with the cell's background shaded in that party's colour.
Deputation | Previous control | New control | ||
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Álava | Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) | People's Party (PP) | ||
Biscay | Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) | Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) | ||
Gipuzkoa | Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) | Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) |
Historical territories
Álava
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Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Seats | ||||
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Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− | ||
People's Party (PP) | 44,607 | 28.75 | +11.62 | 16 | +7 | |
Basque Nationalist Party–Basque Solidarity (PNV–EA)1 | 44,166 | 28.46 | –5.43 | 16 | –3 | |
Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE–EE (PSOE)) | 26,122 | 16.83 | +2.42 | 9 | +2 | |
Basque Citizens (EH)2 | 21,154 | 13.63 | +4.53 | 6 | +2 | |
Alavese Unity (UA) | 9,448 | 6.09 | –9.92 | 2 | –7 | |
United Left (IU/EB) | 7,181 | 4.63 | –3.16 | 2 | –1 | |
Blank ballots | 2,500 | 1.61 | –0.07 | |||
Total | 155,178 | 51 | ±0 | |||
Valid votes | 155,178 | 99.03 | ±0.00 | |||
Invalid votes | 1,522 | 0.97 | ±0.00 | |||
Votes cast / turnout | 156,700 | 64.38 | +0.05 | |||
Abstentions | 86,688 | 35.62 | –0.05 | |||
Registered voters | 243,388 | |||||
Sources[1][2] | ||||||
Footnotes:
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Biscay
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Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Seats | ||||
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Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− | ||
Basque Nationalist Party–Basque Solidarity (PNV–EA)1 | 227,768 | 36.56 | –3.63 | 21 | ±0 | |
People's Party (PP) | 121,223 | 19.46 | +3.03 | 10 | +1 | |
Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE–EE (PSOE)) | 117,872 | 18.92 | +2.01 | 10 | ±0 | |
Basque Citizens (EH)2 | 102,341 | 16.43 | +4.56 | 9 | +4 | |
United Left (IU/EB) | 32,705 | 5.25 | –4.07 | 1 | –3 | |
Basque Citizen Initiative (ICV/EHE) | 8,243 | 1.32 | –2.04 | 0 | –2 | |
Humanist Party (PH) | 1,146 | 0.18 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
The Greens (B/LV) | 1,119 | 0.18 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
We, the Women of the Plaza (Plazandreok) | 923 | 0.15 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
Blank ballots | 9,686 | 1.55 | –0.13 | |||
Total | 623,026 | 51 | ±0 | |||
Valid votes | 623,026 | 99.14 | +0.09 | |||
Invalid votes | 5,398 | 0.86 | –0.09 | |||
Votes cast / turnout | 628,424 | 64.32 | +0.63 | |||
Abstentions | 348,666 | 35.68 | –0.63 | |||
Registered voters | 977,090 | |||||
Sources[1][2] | ||||||
Footnotes:
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Gipuzkoa
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Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Seats | ||||
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Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− | ||
Basque Nationalist Party–Basque Solidarity (PNV–EA)1 | 130,031 | 34.19 | –5.65 | 19 | –3 | |
Basque Citizens (EH)2 | 105,033 | 27.62 | +6.68 | 14 | +3 | |
Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE–EE (PSOE)) | 68,173 | 17.92 | +0.59 | 10 | +1 | |
People's Party (PP) | 55,029 | 14.47 | +1.33 | 8 | +1 | |
United Left (IU/EB) | 13,639 | 3.59 | –2.67 | 0 | –2 | |
We, the Women of the Plaza (Plazandreok) | 1,254 | 0.33 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
The Greens (B/LV) | 915 | 0.24 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
Basque Country Greens (EHB) | 360 | 0.09 | –0.04 | 0 | ±0 | |
Blank ballots | 5,895 | 1.55 | –0.60 | |||
Total | 380,329 | 51 | ±0 | |||
Valid votes | 380,329 | 98.96 | –0.17 | |||
Invalid votes | 3,997 | 1.04 | +0.17 | |||
Votes cast / turnout | 384,326 | 65.89 | +1.76 | |||
Abstentions | 199,001 | 34.11 | –1.76 | |||
Registered voters | 583,327 | |||||
Sources[1][2] | ||||||
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References
- ^ a b c d "Election Results Archive". euskadi.eus (in Spanish). Basque Government. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
- ^ a b c d e "Elecciones a las Juntas Generales (1979 - 2015)". Historia Electoral.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 February 2020.