Asturian parliamentary election, 1991

Asturian parliamentary election, 1991

26 May 1991

All 45 seats in the Asturian General Junta 23 seats needed for a majority Registered 913,215 5.1% Turnout 535,967 (58.7%) 8.1 pp   First party Second party Third party   Leader Juan Luis Rodríguez-Vigil Isidro Fernández Laura González Party PSOE PP IU Leader since 20 March 1991 1983 1991 Last election 20 seats, 38.8% 13 seats, 25.9%[lower-alpha 1] 4 seats, 12.1% Seats won 21 15 6 Seat change 1 2 2 Popular vote 218,193 161,703 78,982 Percentage 41.0% 30.4% 14.8% Swing 2.2 pp 4.5 pp 2.7 pp   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Adolfo Barthe Aza Xuan Xosé Sánchez Party CDS PAS Leader since 1987 1985 Last election 8 seats, 18.5% 0 seats, 1.3% Seats won 2 1 Seat change 6 1 Popular vote 35,884 14,569 Percentage 6.7% 2.7% Swing 11.8 pp 1.4 pp

President before election Pedro de Silva PSOE Elected President Juan Luis Rodríguez-Vigil PSOE

The 1991 Asturian parliamentary election was held on Sunday, 26 May 1991, to elect the 3rd General Junta of the Principality of Asturias, the regional legislature of the Spanish autonomous community of Asturias. At stake were all 45 seats in the General Junta, determining the President of the Principality of Asturias.

The Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) suffered a significant drop of its vote share, losing 6 out of the 8 seats it had held previous to the 1991 election and around 2/3 of its votes. On the other hand, all three Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), newly founded People's Party (PP) (successor party to the late People's Alliance) and United Left (IU) won seats. Additionally, the Asturianist Party (PAS) was able to overcome the 3% threshold in the Central District and entered the General Junta with 1 seat.

After the election, Juan Luis Rodríguez-Vigil was elected President of Asturias, succeeding Pedro de Silva who did not stand for re-election to a third term in office.

Electoral system

The 45 members of the General Junta of the Principality of Asturias were elected in 3 multi-member districts using the D'Hondt method and a closed-list proportional representation system. Unlike other regions, districts did not coincide with provincial limits, being determined by law as such:

• Central District, comprising the municipalities of: Aller, Avilés, Bimenes, Carreño, Caso, Castrillón, Corvera de Asturias, Gijón, Gozón, Illas, Las Regueras, Langreo, Laviana, Lena, Llanera, Mieres, Morcín, Noreña, Oviedo, Proaza, Quirós, Ribera de Arriba, Riosa, San Martín del Rey Aurelio, Santo Adriano, Sariego, Siero, Sobrescobio and Soto del Barco.
• Eastern District, comprising the municipalities of: Amieva, Cabrales, Cabranes, Cangas de Onís, Caravia, Colunga, Llanes, Nava, Onís, Parres, Peñamellera Alta, Peñamellera Baja, Piloña, Ponga, Ribadedeva, Ribadesella and Villaviciosa.
• Western District, comprising the municipalities of: Allande, Belmonte de Miranda, Boal, Candamo, Cangas del Narcea, Castropol, Coaña, Cudillero, Degaña, El Franco, Grado, Grandas de Salime, Ibias, Illano, Muros del Nalón, Navia, Pesoz, Pravia, Salas, San Martín de Oscos, Santa Eulalia de Oscos, San Tirso de Abres, Somiedo, Tapia de Casariego, Taramundi, Teverga, Tineo, Valdés, Vegadeo, Villanueva de Oscos, Villayón and Yernes y Tameza.

Each district was entitled to an initial minimum of 2 seats, with the remaining 39 seats allocated among the three districts in proportion to their populations. For the 1991 election, seats were distributed as follows: Central District (32), Eastern District (5) and Western District (8).

Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage in a secret ballot. Only lists polling above 3% of the total vote 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 26 May 1991 Asturian General Junta election results →

Party		Vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	218,193	41.02	2.17	21	1
	People's Party (PP)[lower-alpha 1]	161,703	30.40	4.54	15	2
	United Left (IU)	78,982	14.85	2.76	6	2
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	35,884	6.75	11.80	2	6
	Asturian Coalition (PAS-UNA)	14,569	2.74	1.46	1	1
	The Greens (LV)	7,299	1.37	New	0	±0
	Gijonese Garments Workers (TGC)	2,678	0.50	New	0	±0
	Independent Council of Asturias (Conceyu)	1,938	0.36	New	0	±0
	Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE)	1,768	0.33	New	0	±0
	Asturian People's Union (UPA)	1,263	0.24	New	0	±0
	Andecha Astur (AA)	1,137	0.21	New	0	±0
	Blank ballots	6,533	1.23	±0.00
Total		531,947	100.00		45	±0
Valid votes		531,947	99.25	0.65
Invalid votes		4,020	0.75	0.65
Votes cast / turnout		535,967	58.69	8.13
Abstentions		377,248	41.31	8.13
Registered voters		913,215
Source(s): General Junta of the Principality of Asturias Argos Information Portal

Vote share
PSOE			41.02%
PP			30.40%
IU			14.85%
CDS			6.75%
PAS-UNA			2.74%
LV			1.37%
Others			1.64%
Blank ballots			1.23%

Parliamentary seats
PSOE			46.67%
PP			33.33%
IU			13.33%
CDS			4.44%
PAS-UNA			2.22%

Results by district

Election results by district.

Notes

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

References

1. "Law 14/1986, of 26 December, on the regulation of elections to the General Junta of the Principality of Asturias".