Regional elections were held in Spain during 1999 to elect the regional parliaments of fourteen of the seventeen autonomous communities: Aragon, Asturias, the Balearic Islands, the Canary Islands, Cantabria, Castile and León, Castilla–La Mancha, Catalonia, Extremadura, La Rioja, Madrid, Murcia, Navarre and the Valencian Community. 919 of 1,178 seats in the regional parliaments were up for election. The elections were held on 13 June for most regions (concurrently with local elections all across the country, as well as the 1999 European Parliament election) and on 17 October in Catalonia.

Election date Determination of election day varied depending on the autonomous community. Typically, most autonomous communities held their elections on the fourth Sunday of May every four years, concurrently with nationwide local elections, while others had their own, separate electoral cycles. In some cases, regional presidents had the prerogative to dissolve parliament and call for extra elections at a different time, but newly elected assemblies were restricted to serving out what remained of their previous four year-terms without altering the period to their next ordinary election. In other cases—Andalusia (since 1994), the Basque Country (1981), Catalonia (1985) and Galicia (1985)—the law granted regional presidents the power to call snap elections resulting in fresh four-year parliamentary terms.. Legal amendments introduced in 1998 allowed for regional elections held in May 1995 to be held concurrently with European Parliament elections, provided that they were scheduled for within a four month-timespan..

Regional governments The following table lists party control in autonomous communities. Gains for a party are highlighted in that party's colour.

Election day Region Previous control New control 13 June Aragon People's Party (PP) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Asturias Asturian Renewal Union (URAS) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Balearic Islands People's Party (PP) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Canary Islands Canarian Coalition (CC) Canarian Coalition (CC) Cantabria People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP) Castile and León People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP) Castilla–La Mancha Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Extremadura Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) La Rioja People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP) Madrid People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP) Murcia People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP) Navarre Navarrese People's Union (UPN) Navarrese People's Union (UPN) Valencian Community People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP) 17 October Catalonia Convergence and Union (CiU) Convergence and Union (CiU)

Summary by region June (13 regions) Aragon

Parties and alliances Votes % ±pp Seats +/− PP 249,458 38.21 +0.71 28 +1 PSOE 201,117 30.81 +5.09 23 +4 PAR 86,519 13.25 −7.18 10 −4 CHA 72,101 11.04 +6.19 5 +3 IU 25,040 3.86 −5.36 1 −4 Others 4,976 0.76 0 ±0 Blank ballots 13,599 2.08 +0.50 Valid votes 652,810 99.29 −0.11 Invalid votes 4,654 0.71 +0.11 Votes cast / turnout 657,464 64.60 −6.52 Registered voters 1,017,735

Asturias

Parties and alliances Votes % ±pp Seats +/− PSOE 284,972 46.00 +12.17 24 +7 PP 200,164 32.31 −9.69 15 −6 IU 55,747 9.00 −7.42 3 −3 URAS 44,261 7.14 New 3 +3 PAS 15,998 2.58 −0.61 0 −1 Others 8,624 1.39 0 ±0 Blank ballots 9,720 1.57 +0.39 Valid votes 619,486 99.40 −0.01 Invalid votes 3,756 0.60 +0.01 Votes cast / turnout 623,242 63.62 −5.43 Registered voters 979,618

Balearic Islands

Parties and alliances Votes % ±pp Seats +/− PP 160,545 44.01 −0.76 28 −2 PSIB–PSOE 80,327 22.02 +0.77 13 +1 PSM–EN 42,748 11.72 −0.33 5 −1 UM 26,682 7.31 +1.99 3 +1 EU–EV 19,793 5.43 −3.14 3 ±0 Pacte+COP 17,697 4.85 +0.77 7 +2 Others 10,262 2.81 0 ±0 Blank ballots 6,777 1.86 +0.50 Valid votes 364,831 99.22 −0.15 Invalid votes 2,852 0.78 +0.15 Votes cast / turnout 367,683 57.50 −6.06 Registered voters 639,398

Canary Islands

Parties and alliances Votes % ±pp Seats +/− CC 306,658 36.93 +4.13 24 +3 PP 225,316 27.13 −3.94 15 −3 PSOE 199,503 24.03 +0.95 19 +3 FNC 39,947 4.81 +1.81 0 −4 IUC 22,768 2.74 −2.36 0 ±0 LVC 12,146 1.46 New 0 ±0 AHI 2,773 0.33 +0.07 2 +1 Others 8,683 1.05 0 ±0 Blank ballots 12,558 1.51 +0.37 Valid votes 830,352 99.42 −0.01 Invalid votes 4,829 0.58 +0.01 Votes cast / turnout 835,181 60.80 −3.40 Registered voters 1,373,641

Cantabria

Parties and alliances Votes % ±pp Seats +/− PP 134,924 42.50 +10.00 19 +6 PSOE–p 105,004 33.08 +7.94 14 +4 PRC 42,896 13.51 −1.05 6 ±0 IUC 11,707 3.69 −3.67 0 −3 UPCA 9,743 3.07 −13.55 0 −7 Others 5,442 1.71 0 ±0 Blank ballots 7,717 2.43 +0.50 Valid votes 317,433 99.21 +0.02 Invalid votes 2,514 0.79 −0.02 Votes cast / turnout 319,947 68.78 −5.27 Registered voters 465,168

Castile and León

Parties and alliances Votes % ±pp Seats +/− PP 737,982 50.45 −1.75 48 −2 PSOE 483,675 33.06 +3.35 30 +3 IUCyL 79,390 5.43 −4.15 1 −4 UPL 54,158 3.70 +1.15 3 +1 TC–PNC 20,274 1.39 +0.77 1 +1 Others 48,299 3.30 0 ±0 Blank ballots 39,036 2.67 +0.84 Valid votes 1,462,814 99.05 −0.06 Invalid votes 14,044 0.95 +0.06 Votes cast / turnout 1,476,858 67.58 −6.01 Registered voters 2,185,507

Castilla–La Mancha

Parties and alliances Votes % ±pp Seats +/− PSOE–p 561,332 53.42 +7.72 26 +2 PP 424,531 40.40 −3.90 21 −1 IU–ICAM 35,881 3.41 −4.19 0 −1 Others 14,191 1.35 0 ±0 Blank ballots 14,929 1.42 +0.37 Valid votes 1,050,864 99.32 +0.04 Invalid votes 7,146 0.68 −0.04 Votes cast / turnout 1,058,010 74.85 −3.98 Registered voters 1,413,503

Extremadura

Parties and alliances Votes % ±pp Seats +/− PSOE–p 313,417 48.48 +4.54 34 +3 PP 258,657 40.01 +0.55 28 +1 IU–CE 39,132 6.05 −4.49 3 −3 EU 10,783 1.67 New 0 ±0 CREx–PREx 7,437 1.15 −2.67 0 −1 Others 9,648 1.49 0 ±0 Blank ballots 7,408 1.15 +0.27 Valid votes 646,482 99.38 +0.04 Invalid votes 4,045 0.62 −0.04 Votes cast / turnout 650,527 73.44 −4.89 Registered voters 885,753

La Rioja

Parties and alliances Votes % ±pp Seats +/− PP 80,088 51.26 +1.82 18 +1 PSOE 55,126 35.28 +1.19 13 +1 PR 9,004 5.76 −0.94 2 ±0 IU 6,104 3.91 −3.30 0 −2 LV 1,971 1.26 New 0 ±0 MASH 418 0.27 New 0 ±0 Blank ballots 3,535 2.26 +0.53 Valid votes 156,246 99.13 −0.17 Invalid votes 1,377 0.87 +0.17 Votes cast / turnout 157,623 68.66 −7.50 Registered voters 229,569

Madrid

Parties and alliances Votes % ±pp Seats +/− PP 1,324,596 51.07 +0.09 55 +1 PSOE–p 944,819 36.43 +6.71 39 +7 IU 199,488 7.69 −8.34 8 −9 Others 70,251 2.71 0 ±0 Blank ballots 54,341 2.10 +0.76 Valid votes 2,593,495 99.51 −0.11 Invalid votes 12,830 0.49 +0.11 Votes cast / turnout 2,606,325 60.88 −9.51 Registered voters 4,281,075

Murcia

Parties and alliances Votes % ±pp Seats +/− PP 323,446 52.84 +0.61 26 ±0 PSOE 219,798 35.91 +4.04 18 +3 IURM 42,839 7.00 −5.46 1 −3 Others 17,148 2.80 0 ±0 Blank ballots 8,839 1.44 +0.33 Valid votes 612,070 99.30 +0.16 Invalid votes 4,327 0.70 −0.16 Votes cast / turnout 616,397 67.66 −7.61 Registered voters 911,054

Navarre

Parties and alliances Votes % ±pp Seats +/− UPN 125,497 41.37 +10.02 22 +5 PSN–PSOE 61,531 20.28 −0.59 11 ±0 EH 47,271 15.58 +4.17 8 +3 IU/EB 20,879 6.88 −2.47 3 −2 CDN 20,821 6.86 −8.70 3 −7 EA–PNV 16,512 5.44 −0.12 3 +1 Others 3,704 1.22 0 ±0 Blank ballots 7,126 2.35 +0.44 Valid votes 303,341 99.17 −0.04 Invalid votes 2,539 0.83 +0.04 Votes cast / turnout 305,880 66.25 −2.15 Registered voters 461,729

Valencian Community

Parties and alliances Votes % ±pp Seats +/− PP 1,085,011 47.88 +5.05 49 +7 PSOE–p 768,548 33.91 −0.07 35 +3 EUPV 137,212 6.05 −5.48 5 −5 UV 106,119 4.68 −2.33 0 −5 BNV–EV 102,700 4.53 +1.82 0 ±0 Others 31,517 1.39 0 ±0 Blank ballots 35,168 1.55 +0.50 Valid votes 2,266,275 99.41 −0.03 Invalid votes 13,530 0.59 +0.03 Votes cast / turnout 2,279,805 67.81 −8.22 Registered voters 3,361,989

October (Catalonia)

Parties and alliances Votes % ±pp Seats +/− PSC–CpC 1,183,299 37.85 +11.75 52 +17 CiU 1,178,420 37.70 −3.25 56 −4 PP 297,265 9.51 −3.57 12 −5 ERC 271,173 8.67 −0.82 12 −1 IC–V 78,441 2.51 n/a 3 −5 EUiA 44,454 1.42 n/a 0 −1 Others 44,070 1.41 0 ±0 Blank ballots 28,968 0.93 −0.04 Valid votes 3,126,090 99.75 +0.03 Invalid votes 7,836 0.25 −0.03 Votes cast / turnout 3,133,926 59.20 −4.44 Registered voters 5,293,657

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Bibliography

External links Central Electoral Commission – Regional elections (in Spanish). Historia Electoral.com – Regional elections since 1980 (in Spanish and Catalan).