Riojan parliamentary election, 1991

Riojan parliamentary election, 1991
La Rioja (Spain)
26 May 1991

All 33 seats in the Parliament of La Rioja
17 seats needed for a majority
Registered 209,866 Increase4.0%
Turnout 144,729 (69.0%)
Decrease3.5 pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader José Ignacio Pérez Sáenz Joaquín Espert Leopoldo Virosta
Party PSOE PP PR
Leader since 1987 1983 23 June 1990
Last election 14 seats, 39.6% 13 seats, 38.1%[lower-alpha 1] 2 seats, 6.4%
Seats won 16 15 2
Seat change Increase2 Increase2 ±0
Popular vote 60,843 59,876 7,731
Percentage 42.4% 41.7% 5.4%
Swing Increase2.8 pp Increase3.6 pp Decrease1.0 pp

President before election

José Ignacio Pérez Sáenz
PSOE

Elected President

José Ignacio Pérez Sáenz
PSOE

The 1991 Riojan parliamentary election was held on Sunday, 26 May 1991, to elect the 3rd Parliament of La Rioja, the regional legislature of the Spanish autonomous community of La Rioja. At stake were all 33 seats in the Parliament, determining the President of La Rioja.

The election was won again by the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), which increased its size and obtained 16 seats, one short for an overall majority. The Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) did not reach the required 5% threshold and lost all its seats, in benefit of the newly founded People's Party (PP) (AP new incarnation), which won two additional seats for a total of 5. United Left remained 0.5 percentage points short of entering the Parliament, while the Riojan Party (PR) was able to maintain its 2 seats despite not being able to halt its long-term decline.

As a result of the election, incumbent regional premier and PSOE leader José Ignacio Pérez Sáenz was able to get re-elected for a full term in office, after he was elected to the post in January 1990 through a motion of confidence against the former President, Joaquín Espert from AP/PP.

Electoral system

The number of seats in the Parliament of La Rioja was set to a fixed-number of 33. All Parliament members were elected in a single multi-member district, consisting of the Community's territory (the province of La Rioja), using the D'Hondt method and a closed-list proportional representation system.

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 ballotsfor none of the above) were entitled to enter the seat distribution.[1]

Results

Summary of the 26 May 1991 La Rioja Parliament election results
Party Vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 60,843 42.37 Increase2.73 16 Increase2
People's Party (PP)[lower-alpha 1] 59,876 41.70 Increase3.65 15 Increase2
Riojan Party (PR) 7,731 5.38 Decrease1.01 2 ±0
United Left (IU) 6,499 4.53 Increase2.12 0 ±0
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) 6,271 4.37 Decrease6.47 0 Decrease4
Blank ballots 2,373 1.65 Decrease0.05
Total 143,593 100.00 33 ±0
Valid votes 143,593 99.22 Increase0.59
Invalid votes 1,136 0.78 Decrease0.59
Votes cast / turnout 144,729 68.96 Decrease3.54
Abstentions 65,137 31.04 Increase3.54
Registered voters 209,866
Source: Argos Information Portal
Vote share
PSOE
 
42.37%
PP
 
41.70%
PR
 
5.38%
IU
 
4.53%
CDS
 
4.37%
Blank ballots
 
1.65%
Parliamentary seats
PSOE
 
48.48%
PP
 
45.45%
PR
 
6.06%

Notes

  1. 1 2 Compared to the People's Alliance+People's Democratic Party results in the 1987 election.

References

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