1999 Navarrese regional election

The 1999 Navarrese regional election was held on Sunday, 13 June 1999, to elect the 5th Parliament of the Chartered Community of Navarre. All 50 seats in the Parliament 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.

1999 Navarrese regional election
13 June 1999
All 50 seats in the Parliament of Navarre
26 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered461,729 5.5%
Turnout305,880 (66.2%)
2.2 pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Miguel Sanz Juan José Lizarbe Pernando Barrena
Party UPN PSN–PSOE EH
Leader since 17 January 1995 18 December 1997 1998
Last election 17 seats, 31.3% 11 seats, 20.9% 5 seats, 11.4%[lower-alpha 1]
Seats won 22 11 8
Seat change 5 0 3
Popular vote 125,497 61,531 47,271
Percentage 41.4% 20.3% 15.6%
Swing 10.1 pp 0.6 pp 4.2 pp
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Félix Taberna Juan Cruz Alli Begoña Errazti
Party IU/EB CDN EA
Leader since 1991 10 April 1995 1995
Last election 5 seats, 9.3% 10 seats, 18.6% 2 seats, 5.6%[lower-alpha 2]
Seats won 3 3 3
Seat change 2 7 1
Popular vote 20,879 20,821 16,512
Percentage 6.9% 6.9% 5.4%
Swing 2.4 pp 11.7 pp 0.2 pp
President before election

Miguel Sanz
UPN

 Elected President

Miguel Sanz
UPN

Overview

Electoral system

The Parliament of Navarre was the devolved, unicameral legislature of the Chartered Community of Navarre, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution and the Reintegration and Enhancement of the Foral Regime of Navarre Law, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a regional president.[1]

Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over 18 years of age, registered in Navarre and in full enjoyment of their political rights. The 50 members of the Parliament of Navarre were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with a threshold of three percent of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied regionally.[2]

Election date

The term of the Parliament of Navarre expired four years after the date of its previous election, with elections to the Parliament being 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 Parliament concurrently with a European Parliament election on Sunday, 13 June 1999.[1][2][3]

The Parliament of Navarre could not be dissolved before the date of expiry of parliament. In the event of an investiture process failing to elect a regional president within a two-month period from the first ballot, the candidate from the party with the highest number of seats was to be deemed automatically elected.[1]

Parties and candidates

The electoral law allowed for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, coalitions and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form a coalition ahead of an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election call, whereas groupings of electors needed to secure the signature of at least one percent of the electorate in Navarre, disallowing electors from signing for more than one list of candidates.[2][3]

Below is a list of the main parties and electoral alliances which contested the election:

Candidacy Parties and
alliances		 Leading candidate Ideology Previous result Gov. Ref.
Votes (%) Seats
UPN
List
 Miguel Sanz Conservatism
Christian democracy
Regionalism		 31.35% 17 checkY
PSN–PSOE
List
 Juan José Lizarbe Social democracy 20.87% 11 ☒N
CDN
List
 Juan Cruz Alli Christian democracy
Regionalism		 18.56% 10 ☒N
EH
List
 Pernando Barrena Basque independence
Abertzale left
Revolutionary socialism		 11.41%[lower-alpha 1] 5 ☒N
IUN/NEB
List
 Félix Taberna Socialism
Communism		 9.35% 5 ☒N
EA–PNV
List
 Begoña Errazti Basque nationalism
Social democracy
Christian democracy		 5.56%[lower-alpha 2] 2 ☒N

Opinion polls

The table below lists voting intention estimates in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first and using the dates when the survey fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. Where the fieldwork dates are unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed with its background shaded in the leading party's colour. If a tie ensues, this is applied to the figures with the highest percentages. The "Lead" column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the parties with the highest percentages in a poll. When available, seat projections determined by the polling organisations are displayed below (or in place of) the percentages in a smaller font; 26 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Parliament of Navarre.

Results
← Summary of the 13 June 1999 Parliament of Navarre election results →
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes  % ±pp Total +/−
Navarrese People's Union (UPN) 125,49741.37+10.02 22+5
Socialist Party of Navarre (PSN–PSOE) 61,53120.28–0.59 11±0
Basque Citizens (EH)1 47,27115.58+4.17 8+3
United Left (IU/EB) 20,8796.88–2.47 3–2
Convergence of Democrats of Navarre (CDN) 20,8216.86–8.70 3–7
Basque Solidarity–Basque Nationalist Party (EA–PNV)2 16,5125.44–0.12 3+1
Independents of Navarre (IN) 2,8350.93New 0±0
Carlist Party (EKA) 8690.29+0.01 0±0
Blank ballots 7,1262.35+0.44
Total 303,341 50±0
Valid votes 303,34199.17–0.04
Invalid votes 2,5390.83+0.04
Votes cast / turnout 305,88066.25–2.15
Abstentions 155,84933.75+2.15
Registered voters 461,729
Sources[4][5]
Footnotes:
Popular vote
UPN
 
 41.37%
PSN–PSOE
 
 20.28%
EH
 
 15.58%
IU/EB
 
 6.88%
CDN
 
 6.86%
EA–PNV
 
 5.44%
Others
 
 1.22%
Blank ballots
 
 2.35%
Seats
UPN
 
 44.00%
PSN–PSOE
 
 22.00%
EH
 
 16.00%
IU/EB
 
 6.00%
CDN
 
 6.00%
EA–PNV
 
 6.00%

Aftermath

Investiture processes to elect the President of the Government of Navarre required for an absolute majority—more than half the votes cast—to be obtained in the first ballot. If unsuccessful, a new ballot would be held 48 hours later under the same majority requirement, with successive votes requiring only of a simple majority—more affirmative than negative votes—to succeed. If such majorities were not achieved, successive candidate proposals would be processed under the same procedure. In the event of the investiture process failing to elect a regional President within a two-month period from the first ballot, the candidate from the party with the highest number of seats was deemed to be automatically elected.[1]

Investiture
Miguel Sanz (UPN)
Ballot → 21 July 1999 23 July 1999 26 July 1999
Required majority → 26 out of 50 ☒N 26 out of 50 ☒N Simple checkY
Yes
22 / 50
22 / 50
22 / 50
No
16 / 50
16 / 50
16 / 50
Abstentions
  • • PSN (11) (10 on 21 Jul)
10 / 50
11 / 50
11 / 50
Absentees
  • • PSN (1) (on 21 Jul)
  • • EH (1)
2 / 50
1 / 50
1 / 50
Sources[5]

Notes
  1. Results for HB (9.22%, 5 seats) and Batzarre (2.19%, 0 seats) in the 1995 election.
  2. Results for EA (4.57%, 2 seats) and NA (0.99%, 0 seats) in the 1995 election.
  3. Within EH.
  4. Within EA.

References
Opinion poll sources
  1. "UPN, el mejor colocado para volver a gobernar". ABC (in Spanish). 7 June 1999.
  2. "CDN se desploma mientras UPN gana seis puntos". El País (in Spanish). 7 June 1999.
  3. "UPN y PSOE, los dos partidos mayoritarios, crecen, EH pasa a ser la tercera fuerza política y CDN cae". Diario de Navarra (in Spanish). 6 June 1999.
  4. "Sondeos electorales CIES" (PDF). CIES (in Spanish). 22 May 2011.
  5. "Navarra: tranquilidad para PP-UPN". El Mundo (in Spanish). 25 May 1999.
  6. "ELECCIONES 13-J/BALANCE DE LAS ENCUESTAS". El Mundo (in Spanish). 6 June 1999.
  7. "Preelectoral elecciones autonómicas y municipales, 1999. Comunidad Foral de Navarra (Estudio nº 2337. Mayo 1999)". CIS (in Spanish). 4 June 1999.
  8. "Estudio CIS nº 2337. Ficha técnica" (PDF). CIS (in Spanish). 4 June 1999.
  9. "Bono e Ibarra repiten y el PSOE recuperará Asturias". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 5 June 1999.
  10. "UPN supera su techo electoral con 21 escaños, CDN cae de 10 a 4 y EH se estrena con 6". Diario de Navarra (in Spanish). 28 March 1999.
  11. "UPN y PSN aumentan su representación en el Parlamento a costa del hundimiento de CDN". Diario de Navarra (in Spanish). 21 June 1998.
  12. "UPN intenta pactar el presupuesto navarro con Allí pese a su acercamiento a los abertzales". ABC (in Spanish). 27 August 1998.
Other
  1. "Ley Orgánica 13/1982, de 10 de agosto, de reintegración y amejoramiento del Régimen Foral de Navarra". Organic Law No. 13 of 10 August 1982 (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 June 2017.
  2. "Ley Foral 16/1986, de 17 de noviembre, reguladora de las elecciones al Parlamento de Navarra". Law No. 16 of 17 December 1986 (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 June 2017.
  3. "Ley Orgánica 5/1985, de 19 de junio, del Régimen Electoral General". Organic Law No. 5 of 19 June 1985 (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  4. "V Legislature (1999-2003)". parlamentodenavarra.es (in Spanish). Parliament of Navarre. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  5. "Elecciones al Parlamento de Navarra (Nafarroako Parlamentua) (1979 - 2019)". Historia Electoral.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 September 2017.
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