Basque parliamentary election, 1990

Basque parliamentary election, 1990

28 October 1990

All 75 seats in the Basque Parliament 38 seats needed for a majority Registered 1,687,936 1.7% Turnout 1,029,457 (61.0%) 8.6 pp   First party Second party Third party   Leader José Antonio Ardanza Ramón Jáuregui Iñaki Esnaola Party EAJ/PNV PSE–PSOE HB Leader since 2 March 1985 16 June 1988 1986 Last election 17 seats, 23.6% 19 seats, 22.0% 13 seats, 17.4% Seats won 22 16 13 Seat change 5 3 ±0 Popular vote 289,701 202,736 186,410 Percentage 28.3% 19.8% 18.2% Swing 4.7 pp 2.2 pp 0.8 pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Carlos Garaikoetxea Jaime Mayor Oreja Kepa Aulestia Party EA PP EE Leader since 4 September 1986 20 January 1989 1987 Last election 13 seats, 15.8% 2 seats, 4.8%[lower-alpha 1] 9 seats, 10.8% Seats won 9 6 6 Seat change 4 4 3 Popular vote 115,703 83,719 79,105 Percentage 11.3% 8.2% 7.7% Swing 4.5 pp 3.4 pp 3.1 pp

Lehendakari before election José Antonio Ardanza EAJ/PNV Elected Lehendakari José Antonio Ardanza EAJ/PNV

The 1990 Basque parliamentary election was held on Sunday, 28 October 1990, to elect the 4th Basque Parliament, the regional legislature of the Spanish autonomous community of the Basque Country. At stake were all 75 seats in the Parliament, determining the Lehendakari (President of the Basque Country).

The Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ-PNV) won 22 seats, the Socialist Party of the Basque Country (PSE-PSOE) came second with 16 seats, People's Unity (HB) came third with 13 seats and Basque Solidarity (EA) won 9 seats. The People's Party (PP) and Basque Country Left (EE) each won 6 seats.

Electoral system

The 75 members of the Basque Parliament were elected in 3 multi-member districts, corresponding to the Basque Country's three provinces, using the D'Hondt method and a closed-list proportional representation system. Each district was assigned a fixed set of seats, distributed as follows: Alava (25), Biscay (25) and Gipuzkoa (25).

Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage in a secret ballot. Only lists polling above 5% of valid votes in each district (which include blank ballots—for none of the above) were entitled to enter the seat distribution.^[1]

Results

Overall

← Summary of the 28 October 1990 Basque Parliament election results →

Party		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
	Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)	289,701	28.28	+4.68	22	+5
	Socialist Party of the Basque Country (PSE–PSOE)	202,736	19.79	–2.16	16	–3
	Popular Unity (HB)	186,410	18.20	+0.80	13	±0
	Basque Solidarity (EA)	115,703	11.30	–4.47	9	–4
	People's Party of the Basque Country (PP)[lower-alpha 1]	83,719	8.17	+3.33	6	+4
	Basque Country Left (EE)	79,105	7.72	–3.11	6	–3
	United Left (EB–IU)	14,440	1.41	+0.82	0	±0
	Alavese Unity (UA)	14,351	1.40	New	3	+3

References

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