Catalonian parliamentary election, 1999

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Elections to the Parliament of the Autonomous Community of Catalonia, Spain, were held on October 17, 1999.

Contents 1 Background 2 Parties 3 Results 3.1 General 3.2 By constituencies 3.2.1 Barcelona 3.2.2 Girona 3.2.3 Lleida 3.2.4 Tarragona

[edit] Background

Afterwards of 19 years of a Convergence and Union government, this elections expected a big change in a Catalonia Government.

In the past 1995 elections, Convergence and Union lost the absolute majority, but in the parliament voting it was won, because the People's Party of Catalonia and the Socialists' Party of Catalonia abstained in the voting.

In the 1995 elections Initiative for Catalonia Greens and Socialists' Party of Catalonia were have to run separately, but in this elections be formed a party coalition, except in Barcelona.

[edit] Parties

• CiU (Convergence and Union). Presidential candidate: Jordi Pujol. Union of the Catalan nationalist, fiscally liberal Democratic Convergence of Catalonia and the conservative Democratic Union of Catalonia.

• PSC-CpC-ICV* (Socialists' Party of Catalonia-Citizens for Change-Initiative for Catalonia Greens). Presidential candidate: Pasqual Maragall i Mira. Social democratic and ecologist. The PSC are affiliated to the Spanish Socialist Party, (PSOE), and ICV in United Left (IU).

• ERC (Republican Left of Catalonia). Presidential candidate: Josep-Lluís Carod-Rovira. Catalan republican and independentist, left-wing.

• PPC (People's Party of Catalonia). Presidential candidate: Alberto Fernández Díaz. The main party of the centre-right in Spain.

• ICV (Initiative for Catalonia Greens). Presidential candidate: Rafael Ribó. Green (eco-socialist) and leftist.

• EUA (United and Alternative Left). Presidential candidate: Antoni Lucchetti. Communist and member of the main communist party of Spain, United Left.

[edit] Results

[edit] General

	Party	Party List votes	Vote percentage (change)		Total Seats (change)
	Socialists' Party of Catalonia-Citizens for Change-Initiative for Catalonia Greens* (PSC-CpC-ICV)	1,183,299	37.8%	+13.0%	52	+18
	Convergence and Union (CiU) Democratic Convergence of Catalonia Democratic Union of Catalonia	1,178,420	37.7%	-3.2%	56	-4
	People's Party of Catalonia (PPC)	297,265	9.5%	-3.5%	12	-5
	Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC)	271,173	8.6%	-0.8%	12	-1
	Initiative for Catalonia Greens (ICV)	78,441	2.5%	-7.2%	3	-8
	United and Alternative Left (EUA)	44,454	1.4%	+1.4%	0	+0
	All Others	40,407	1.2%		0
	Totals	3,093,459	100.0%		135

[edit] By constituencies

[edit] Barcelona

	Party	Party List votes	Vote percentage (change)		Total Seats (change)
	Socialists' Party of Catalonia-Citizens for Change (PSC-CpC)	948,202	39.9%	+14.5%	36	+14
	Convergence and Union (CiU) Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (CDC) Democratic Union of Catalonia (UDC)	833,168	35.1%	-3.9%	31	-3
	People's Party of Catalonia (PPC)	234,957	9.9%	-3.7%	8	-4
	Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC)	183,270	7.7%	-1.0%	7	=
	Initiative for Catalonia Greens (ICV)	78,441	3.3%	-7.9%	3	-7
	United and Alternative Left (EUA)	38,836	1.6%	+1.6%	0	+0
	All Others	32,075	1.3%		0
	Totals	2,348,949	100.0%		85

[edit] Girona

	Party	Party List votes	Vote percentage (change)		Total Seats (change)
	Convergence and Union (CiU) Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (CDC) Democratic Union of Catalonia (UDC)	137,079	48.5%	-0.1%	9	=
	Socialists' Party of Catalonia-Citizens for Change-Initiative for Catalonia Greens (PSC-CpC-ICV)	82,502	29.2%	+3.5%	5	=
	Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC)	36,159	12.8%	+0.5%	2	=
	People's Party of Catalonia (PPC)	17,079	6.0%	-1.8%	1	=
	United and Alternative Left (EUA)	2,493	0.8%	+0.8%	0	+0
	All Others	4,603	1.6%		0
	Totals	279,915	100.0%		17

[edit] Lleida

	Party	Party List votes	Vote percentage (change)		Total Seats (change)
	Convergence and Union (CiU) Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (CDC) Democratic Union of Catalonia (UDC)	91,199	48.1%	-1.6%	8	=
	Socialists' Party of Catalonia-Citizens for Change-Initiative for Catalonia Greens (PSC-CpC-ICV)	55,963	29.5%	+10.1%	5	+2
	Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC)	22,011	11.6%	-1.2%	1	-1
	People's Party of Catalonia (PPC)	15,121	7.9%	-4.3%	1	-1
	United and Alternative Left (EUA)	927	0.4%	+0.4%	0	+0
	All Others	2,429	1.2%		0
	Totals	187,650	100.0%		15

[edit] Tarragona

	Party	Party List votes	Vote percentage (change)		Total Seats (change)
	Convergence and Union (CiU) Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (CDC) Democratic Union of Catalonia (UDC)	116,974	41.3%	-1.9%	8	-1
	Socialists' Party of Catalonia-Citizens for Change-Initiative for Catalonia Greens (PSC-CpC-ICV)	96,632	34.1%	+10.9%	6	+2
	People's Party of Catalonia (PPC)	30,108	10.6%	-3.7%	2	=
	Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC)	29,733	10.5%	-0.5%	2	=
	United and Alternative Left (EUA)	2.198	0.7%	+0.7%	0	+0
	All Others	4.963	1.7%		0
	Totals	280,608	100.0%		18

• Only in the provinces of Girona, Lleida, Tarragona.

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