Valencian parliamentary election, 1991
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All 89 seats in the Valencian Courts 45 seats needed for a majority |
Registered |
2,916,465 6.9% |
Turnout |
2,019,411 (69.2%) 5.3 pp |
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First party |
Second party |
Third party |
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Leader |
Joan Lerma |
Pedro Agramunt |
Héctor Villalba |
Party |
PSPV–PSOE |
PP |
UV |
Leader since |
31 July 1979 |
15 December 1990 |
1991 |
Last election |
42 seats, 41.3% |
25 seats, 24.7%[lower-alpha 1] |
6 seats, 9.1% |
Seats won |
45 |
31 |
7 |
Seat change |
3 |
6 |
1 |
Popular vote |
860,429 |
558,617 |
208,126 |
Percentage |
42.8% |
27.8% |
10.4% |
Swing |
1.5 pp |
3.1 pp |
1.3 pp |
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Fourth party |
Fifth party |
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Leader |
Albert Taberner |
Alejandro Font de Mora |
Party |
IU |
CDS |
Leader since |
1986 |
1991 |
Last election |
6 seats, 7.9% |
10 seats, 11.2% |
Seats won |
6 |
0 |
Seat change |
±0 |
10 |
Popular vote |
151,242 |
76,433 |
Percentage |
7.5% |
3.8% |
Swing |
0.4 pp |
7.4 pp |
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The 1991 Valencian parliamentary election was held on Sunday, 26 May 1991, to elect the 3rd democratically elected Valencian Courts, the regional legislature of the Spanish autonomous community of Valencia. At stake were all 89 seats in the Courts, determining the President of the Valencian Government.
For the third and final time to date, the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) won a regional election in the Valencian Community, regaining the overall majority of seats it had lost in the 1987 election. This was the last time the PSOE was able to access the Valencian government on its own, and the last until the 2015 election in which it went on to form the regional government of the Valencian Community.
As in other Spanish communities, the Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) saw a substantial drop in its vote share, causing it to fall below the 5% threshold and lose all its 10 seats. The party's poor results across Spain led to the resignation of party leader and former Prime Minister Adolfo Suárez and to the eventual demise of the CDS as a relevant actor in Spanish politics.
The main right of centre parties, both the newly founded People's Party (PP) (a merger of the People's Alliance (AP) and other right-wing parties) and the regionalist Valencian Union (UV), came out reinforced from the election, mainly at the cost of the declining CDS. However, they were left unable to command an overall majority of seats, unlike what happened in the city of Valencia in the same year's election, in which a post-election agreement between both parties managed to oust the PSOE from the city's government and elect 1987 AP regional candidate Rita Barberá as city mayor.
United Left (IU) maintained the results obtained by the IU-UPV alliance in the 1987 election. Valencian People's Unity (UPV) had broken its alliance with IU in 1988 and was left out of the Courts as a result, being unable to surpass the 5% regional threshold to win seats.
Electoral system
The number of seats in the Valencian Courts was set to a fixed-number of 89. All Courts members were elected in 3 multi-member districts, corresponding to the Valencian Community's three provinces, using the D'Hondt method and a closed-list proportional representation system. Each district was entitled to an initial minimum of 20 seats, with the remaining 29 seats allocated among the three provinces in proportion to their populations, on the required condition that the number of inhabitants per seat in each district did not exceed 3 times those of any other. For the 1991 election, seats were distributed as follows: Alicante (30), Castellon (22) and Valencia (37).
Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage in a secret ballot. Only lists polling above 5% of valid votes in all of the community (which include blank ballots—for none of the above) were entitled to enter the seat distribution. This meant that in the case a list polled above 5% in one or more of the districts but below 5% in the community totals, it would remain outside of the seat apportionment.[1]
Results
Overall
← Summary of the 26 May 1991 Valencian Courts election results →
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Party |
Vote |
Seats |
Votes |
% |
±pp |
Won |
+/− |
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Socialist Party of the Valencian Country (PSPV-PSOE) |
860,429 | 42.85 | 1.57 |
45 | 3 |
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People's Party (PP)[lower-alpha 1] |
558,617 | 27.82 | 3.11 |
31 | 6 |
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Valencian Union (UV) |
208,126 | 10.36 | 1.22 |
7 | 1 |
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United Left of the Valencian Country (EUPV) |
151,242 | 7.53 | 0.42 |
6 | ±0 |
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Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) |
76,433 | 3.81 | 7.43 |
0 | 10 |
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Valencian People's Unity (UPV) |
73,813 | 3.68 | New |
0 | ±0 |
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The Greens (LV) |
35,375 | 1.76 | 0.65 |
0 | ±0 |
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The Greens of Alicante-Green Union (LVA-UVE) |
5,569 | 0.28 | New |
0 | ±0 |
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Socialist Democracy (DS) |
5,207 | 0.26 | New |
0 | ±0 |
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Cantonalist Party of the Alicantine Country (Alicantón) |
4,119 | 0.21 | New |
0 | ±0 |
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Left Platform (PE) |
2,758 | 0.14 | New |
0 | ±0 |
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Valencian Nationalist Union (UNV) |
2,248 | 0.11 | 0.10 |
0 | ±0 |
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National Front (FN) |
2,184 | 0.11 | New |
0 | ±0 |
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Alliance for the Republic (AR) |
1,383 | 0.07 | New |
0 | ±0 |
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Blank ballots |
20,606 | 1.03 | 0.04 |
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Total |
2,008,109 | 100.00 | |
89 | ±0 |
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Valid votes |
2,008,109 | 99.44 | 0.56 |
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Invalid votes |
11,302 | 0.56 | 0.56 |
Votes cast / turnout |
2,019,411 | 69.24 | 5.21 |
Abstentions |
897,054 | 30.76 | 5.21 |
Registered voters |
2,916,465 | |
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Source(s):
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Vote share |
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PSPV-PSOE |
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42.85% |
PP |
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27.82% |
UV |
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10.36% |
EUPV |
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7.53% |
CDS |
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3.81% |
UPV |
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3.68% |
LV |
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1.76% |
Others |
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1.17% |
Blank ballots |
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1.03% |
Parliamentary seats |
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PSPV-PSOE |
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50.56% |
PP |
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34.83% |
UV |
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7.87% |
EUPV |
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6.74% |
Results by province
Election results by province.
Alicante |
Party |
Vote |
Seats |
Votes |
% |
±pp |
Won |
+/− |
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Socialist Party of the Valencian Country (PSPV-PSOE) |
279,594 | 44.64 | 2.01 |
16 | 2 |
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People's Party (PP)[lower-alpha 1] |
207,159 | 33.08 | 3.08 |
12 | 3 |
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United Left of the Valencian Country (EUPV) |
45,458 | 7.26 | 0.48 |
2 | ±0 |
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Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) |
36,675 | 5.86 | 8.47 |
0 | 4 |
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Valencian People's Unity (UPV) |
17,655 | 2.82 | New |
0 | ±0 |
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Valencian Union (UV) |
10,794 | 1.72 | 0.92 |
0 | ±0 |
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The Greens (LV) |
10,422 | 1.66 | 0.12 |
0 | ±0 |
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The Greens of Alicante-Green Union (LVA-UVE) |
5,569 | 0.89 | New |
0 | ±0 |
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Cantonalist Party of the Alicantine Country (Alicantón) |
3,484 | 0.56 | New |
0 | ±0 |
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Socialist Democracy (DS) |
1,632 | 0.26 | New |
0 | ±0 |
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Left Platform (PE) |
1,221 | 0.19 | New |
0 | ±0 |
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Blank ballots |
6,600 | 1.05 | 0.11 |
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Total |
626,263 | 100.00 | |
30 | 1 |
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Valid votes |
626,263 | 99.41 | 0.45 |
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Invalid votes |
3,721 | 0.59 | 0.45 |
Votes cast / turnout |
629,984 | 67.90 | 4.69 |
Abstentions |
297,828 | 32.10 | 4.69 |
Registered voters |
927,812 | |
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Source: Argos Information Portal |
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Castellon |
Party |
Vote |
Seats |
Votes |
% |
±pp |
Won |
+/− |
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Socialist Party of the Valencian Country (PSPV-PSOE) |
103,069 | 41.37 | 0.44 |
11 | ±0 |
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People's Party (PP)[lower-alpha 1] |
87,908 | 35.28 | 2.83 |
9 | 1 |
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Valencian Union (UV) |
12,953 | 5.20 | 2.09 |
1 | 1 |
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Valencian People's Unity (UPV) |
12,267 | 4.92 | New |
0 | ±0 |
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United Left of the Valencian Country (EUPV) |
11,964 | 4.80 | 0.73 |
1 | ±0 |
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Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) |
11,715 | 4.70 | 6.81 |
0 | 3 |
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The Greens (LV) |
3,994 | 1.60 | 0.66 |
0 | ±0 |
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Socialist Democracy (DS) |
1,727 | 0.69 | New |
0 | ±0 |
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Alliance for the Republic (AR) |
378 | 0.15 | New |
0 | ±0 |
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Left Platform (PE) |
330 | 0.13 | New |
0 | ±0 |
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Cantonalist Party of the Alicantine Country (Alicantón) |
166 | 0.07 | New |
0 | ±0 |
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Blank ballots |
2,674 | 1.07 | 0.19 |
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Total |
249,145 | 100.00 | |
22 | 1 |
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Valid votes |
249,145 | 99.29 | 0.49 |
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Invalid votes |
1,770 | 0.71 | 0.49 |
Votes cast / turnout |
250,915 | 72.30 | 4.17 |
Abstentions |
96,124 | 27.70 | 4.17 |
Registered voters |
347,039 | |
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Source: Argos Information Portal |
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Valencia |
Party |
Vote |
Seats |
Votes |
% |
±pp |
Won |
+/− |
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Socialist Party of the Valencian Country (PSPV-PSOE) |
477,766 | 42.18 | 1.55 |
18 | 1 |
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People's Party (PP)[lower-alpha 1] |
263,550 | 23.27 | 3.09 |
10 | 2 |
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Valencian Union (UV) |
184,379 | 16.28 | 1.33 |
6 | ±0 |
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United Left of the Valencian Country (EUPV) |
93,820 | 8.28 | 0.82 |
3 | ±0 |
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Valencian People's Unity (UPV) |
43,891 | 3.87 | New |
0 | ±0 |
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Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) |
28,043 | 2.48 | 7.03 |
0 | 3 |
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The Greens (LV) |
20,959 | 1.85 | 1.07 |
0 | ±0 |
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Valencian Nationalist Union (UNV) |
2,248 | 0.20 | 0.05 |
0 | ±0 |
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National Front (FN) |
2,184 | 0.19 | New |
0 | ±0 |
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Socialist Democracy (DS) |
1,848 | 0.16 | New |
0 | ±0 |
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Left Platform (PE) |
1,207 | 0.11 | New |
0 | ±0 |
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Alliance for the Republic (AR) |
1,005 | 0.09 | New |
0 | ±0 |
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Cantonalist Party of the Alicantine Country (Alicantón) |
469 | 0.04 | New |
0 | ±0 |
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Blank ballots |
11,332 | 1.00 | 0.02 |
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Total |
1,132,701 | 100.00 | |
37 | ±0 |
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Valid votes |
1,132,701 | 99.49 | 0.63 |
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Invalid votes |
5,811 | 0.51 | 0.63 |
Votes cast / turnout |
1,138,512 | 69.35 | 5.71 |
Abstentions |
503,102 | 30.65 | 5.71 |
Registered voters |
1,641,614 | |
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Source: Argos Information Portal |
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