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1990 Basque regional election

Election in the Spanish region of the Basque Country

Election in the Spanish region of the Basque Country

FieldValue
election_name1990 Basque regional election
countryBasque Country
typeparliamentary
ongoingno
previous_election1986 Basque regional election
previous_year1986
next_election1994 Basque regional election
next_year1994
seats_for_electionAll 75 seats in the Basque Parliament
majority_seats38
opinion_polls#Opinion polls
registered1,687,936 1.7%
turnout1,029,457 (61.0%)
8.6 pp
election_date28 October 1990
image1[[File:José Antonio Ardanza 2011 (cropped).jpg170x170px]]
leader1José Antonio Ardanza
party1Basque Nationalist Party
leader_since12 March 1985
leaders_seat1Guipúzcoa
last_election117 seats, 23.6%
seats122
seat_change15
popular_vote1289,701
percentage128.3%
swing14.7 pp
image2[[File:Ramón Jáuregui 2010 (cropped).jpg170x170px]]
leader2Ramón Jáuregui
party2PSE–PSOE
leader_since216 June 1988
leaders_seat2Guipúzcoa
last_election219 seats, 22.0%
seats216
seat_change23
popular_vote2202,736
percentage219.8%
swing22.2 pp
image3[[File:Portrait placeholder.svg170x170px]]
leader3Iñaki Esnaola
party3Herri Batasuna
leader_since31986
leaders_seat3Guipúzcoa
last_election313 seats, 17.4%
seats313
seat_change30
popular_vote3186,410
percentage318.2%
swing30.8 pp
image4[[File:Carlos Garaikoetxea 1979 (cropped).jpg170x170px]]
leader4Carlos Garaikoetxea
party4Eusko Alkartasuna
leader_since44 September 1986
leaders_seat4Guipúzcoa
last_election413 seats, 15.8%
seats49
seat_change44
popular_vote4115,703
percentage411.3%
swing44.5 pp
image5[[File:Jaime Mayor Oreja 2009b (cropped).jpg170x170px]]
leader5Jaime Mayor Oreja
party5People's Party of the Basque Country
leader_since520 January 1989
leaders_seat5Álava
last_election52 seats, 4.8%
seats56
seat_change54
popular_vote583,719
percentage58.2%
swing53.4 pp
image6[[File:Portrait placeholder.svg170x170px]]
leader6Kepa Aulestia
party6Euskadiko Ezkerra
leader_since61987
leaders_seat6Biscay
last_election69 seats, 10.8%
seats66
seat_change63
popular_vote679,105
percentage67.7%
swing63.1 pp
map{{Switcher
titleLehendakari
before_electionJosé Antonio Ardanza
before_partyBasque Nationalist Party
after_electionJosé Antonio Ardanza
after_partyBasque Nationalist Party

8.6 pp

| [[File:BasqueCountryProvinceMapParliament1990.png|x250px]] | Vote winner strength by constituency | [[File:BasqueCountryProvinceMapParliament1990.svg|x300px]] | Election result by constituency

A regional election was held in the Basque Country on Sunday, 28 October 1990, to elect the 4th Parliament of the autonomous community. All 75 seats in the Parliament were up for election.

The Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) won 22 seats, the Socialist Party of the Basque Country (PSE–PSOE) came second with 16 seats, Popular 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.

Overview

Electoral system

The Basque Parliament was the devolved, unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of the Basque Country, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution and the Basque Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a lehendakari. Voting for the Parliament was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over 18 years of age, registered in the Basque Country and in full enjoyment of their political rights.

The 75 members of the Basque Parliament were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of five percent of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied in each constituency. Seats were allocated to constituencies, corresponding to the provinces of Álava, Biscay and Guipúzcoa, with each being allocated a fixed number of 25 seats in order to provide for an equal parliamentary representation of the three provinces, as required under the regional statute of autonomy.

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 the constituencies for which they sought election, disallowing electors from signing for more than one list of candidates.

Election date

The term of the Basque Parliament expired four years after the date of its previous election, unless it was dissolved earlier. The election decree was required to be issued no later than the twenty-fifth day prior to the date of expiry of parliament and published on the following day in the Official Gazette of the Basque Country (BOPV), with election day taking place between the fifty-fourth and the sixtieth day from publication. The previous election was held on 30 November 1986, which meant that the legislature's term would have expired on 30 November 1990. The election decree was required to be published in the BOPV no later than 23 November 1993, with the election taking place up to the sixtieth day from publication, setting the latest possible election date for the Parliament on Saturday, 5 January 1991.

The lehendakari had the prerogative to dissolve the Basque Parliament at any given time and call a snap election, provided that no motion of no confidence was in process. In the event of an investiture process failing to elect a lehendakari within a sixty-day period from the Parliament re-assembly, the Parliament was to be dissolved and a fresh election called.

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; 38 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Basque Parliament.

Polling firm/CommissionerFieldwork dateSample sizeTurnoutPNV[[File:Logo PSOE, 1976-2001.svg17pxlink=Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country LeftPSE–EE (PSOE)]][[File:Batasuna.svg28pxlink=Herri BatasunaHB]][[File:EA logo (1986–2008).svg21pxlink=Eusko AlkartasunaEA]]EE[[File:People's Party (Spain) Logo (1993-2000).svg27pxlink=People's Party of the Basque CountryPP]][[File:Centro Democrático y Social (corto).png27pxlink=Democratic and Social Centre (Spain)CDS]][[File:Unidad Alavesa.svg35pxlink=Alavese UnityUA]]LeadBasque Nationalist Party}};"Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left}};"Herri Batasuna}};"Eusko Alkartasuna}};"Euskadiko Ezkerra}};"People's Party of the Basque Country}};"Democratic and Social Centre (Spain)}};"Alavese Unity}};"
**1990 regional election**28 Oct 199061.0**28.3**
19.8
18.2
11.3
7.7
8.2
0.7
1.4
Basque Nationalist Party}}; color:white;"8.5
title=Elecciones de 28 de octubre de 1990 al Parlamento Vascourl=http://e-spacio.uned.es/fez/eserv/bibliuned:Derechopolitico-1991-33-D951E337/PDFlanguage=eswork=Revista de Derecho Políticodate=1991}}21 Oct 1990??**27.6**
20.8
17.4
10.6
8.2
9.7
2.8
0.3
Basque Nationalist Party}}; color:white;"6.8
title=El PNV es el partido que más se beneficia de los logros de la coalición con el PSOEurl=http://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/preview/1990/10/21/pagina-17/33453860/pdf.htmllanguage=eswork=La Vanguardiadate=21 October 1990}}13–16 Oct 19902,500?**28.5**
18.5
18.0
11.5
11.5
5.5
1.0
?
Basque Nationalist Party}}; color:white;"10.0
title=Los sondeos pronostican una fuerte subida del PP y la victoria del PNVurl=http://hemeroteca.abc.es/nav/Navigate.exe/hemeroteca/madrid/abc/1990/10/14/071.htmllanguage=eswork=ABCdate=14 October 1990}}14 Oct 1990???
?
?
?
?
6.6
?
–Basque Nationalist Party}}; color:white;"?
Bergareche/Vocento14 Oct 1990???
?
?
?
?
?
?
–Basque Nationalist Party}}; color:white;"?
Sigma Dos/El Mundo14 Oct 1990??**26.0**
?
?
?
?
?
?
–Basque Nationalist Party}}; color:white;"?
title=El PNV ganará las elecciones vascas y el PP triplicará sus escañosurl=https://elpais.com/hemeroteca/elpais/portadas/1990/10/07/language=eswork=El Paísdate=7 October 1990}}27 Sep–3 Oct 19901,80065**26.0**
20.0
18.0
12.0
10.0
8.0
?
–Basque Nationalist Party}}; color:white;"6.0
title=Encuestas sobre los comicios vascos pronostican incrementos del PNV y PPurl=http://hemeroteca.abc.es/nav/Navigate.exe/hemeroteca/madrid/abc/1990/10/01/022.htmllanguage=eswork=ABCdate=1 October 1990}}1 Oct 1990???
?
?
?
?
?
?
–Basque Nationalist Party}}; color:white;"?
title=Una encuesta del Gobierno vasco da al PNV y al PSE la mayoríaurl=http://hemeroteca.abc.es/nav/Navigate.exe/hemeroteca/sevilla/abc.sevilla/1990/02/03/019.htmllanguage=eswork=ABC Sevilladate=3 February 1990}}13–16 Dec 1989???
?
?
?
?
?
?
–Basque Nationalist Party}}; color:white;"?
**1989 general election**29 Oct 198966.9**22.8**
21.1
16.9
11.2
8.8
9.4
3.5
–Basque Nationalist Party}}; color:white;"1.7
**1989 EP election**15 Jun 198958.5**21.0**
18.2
19.1
13.0
9.8
7.6
2.7
–Basque Nationalist Party}}; color:white;"1.9
**[1987 foral elections](1987-basque-foral-elections)**10 Jun 198767.4**21.8**
18.9
19.2
17.6
9.9
6.2
3.4
–Basque Nationalist Party}}; color:white;"2.6
**1987 local elections**10 Jun 198767.6**22.2**18.719.117.99.45.43.0–Basque Nationalist Party}}; color:white;"3.1
**1987 EP election**10 Jun 198767.319.4
19.1
**19.6**
16.1
9.7
7.2
3.9
–Herri Batasuna}}; color:white;"0.2
**[1986 regional election](1986-basque-regional-election)**30 Nov 198669.6**23.6**
22.0
17.4
15.8
10.8
4.8
3.5
–Basque Nationalist Party}}; color:white;"1.6

Results

Overall

Parties and alliancesPopular voteSeatsVotes%±ppTotal+/−
Basque Nationalist Party}}"Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)289,70128.28+4.68**22**+5
Socialist Party of the Basque Country}}"Socialist Party of the Basque Country (PSE–PSOE)202,73619.79−2.16**16**−3
Herri Batasuna}}"Popular Unity (HB)186,41018.20+0.80**13**±0
Eusko Alkartasuna}}"Basque Solidarity (EA)115,70311.30−4.47**9**−4
People's Party of the Basque Country}}"People's Party (PP)183,7198.17+3.33**6**+4
Euskadiko Ezkerra}}"Basque Country Left (EE)79,1057.72−3.11**6**−3
Ezker Batua}}"United Left (IU/EB)14,4401.41+0.820±0
Alavese Unity}}"Alavese Unity (UA)14,3511.40*New***3**+3
Democratic and Social Centre (Spain)}}"Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)6,6800.65−2.870−2
Socialist Democracy (Spain)}}"Socialist Democracy (DS)5,0230.49*New*0±0
The Ecologist Greens (Spain)}}"The Ecologist Greens (LVE)4,3040.42*New*0±0
Ruiz-Mateos Group}}"Ruiz-Mateos Group–European Democratic Alliance (ARM–ADE)4,3030.42*New*0±0
Confederation of the Greens}}"Basque Country Greens (EHB)4,1990.41*New*0±0
Workers' Socialist Party (Spain)}}"Workers' Socialist Party (PST)3,0100.29+0.040±0
Humanist Party (Spain)}}"Humanist Party (PH)8250.08−0.040±0
Revolutionary Communist League (Spain)}}"Revolutionary Communist League–Communist Movement (LKI–EMK)6700.07*New*0±0
Alliance for the Republic (Spain)}}"Alliance for the Republic (AxR)26690.07−0.030±0
Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain}}"Communist Party of the Basque Country People (PCPE/EHAC)5990.06*New*0±0
Communist Party of Spain (Marxist–Leninist) (historical)}}"Communist Party of Spain (Marxist–Leninist) (PCE (m–l))32720.03−0.070±0
Blank ballots7,5800.74+0.30
Total1,024,29975±0
Valid votes1,024,29999.50+0.09
Invalid votes5,1580.50−0.09
Votes cast / turnout1,029,45760.99−8.63
Abstentions658,47939.01+8.63
Registered voters1,687,936
Sources
{{hiddenta1=lefttitle=Footnotes:content={{ubl1 People's Party results are compared to People's Alliance–Liberal Party totals in the 1986 election.2 Alliance for the Republic results are compared to Internationalist Socialist Workers' Party totals in the 1986 election.3 Communist Party of Spain (Marxist–Leninist) results are compared to Republican Popular Unity totals in the 1986 election.}}}}

Distribution by constituency

ConstituencyPNVPSEHBEAPPEEUABasque Nationalist Party}}"Socialist Party of the Basque Country}}"Herri Batasuna}}"Eusko Alkartasuna}}"People's Party of the Basque Country}}"Euskadiko Ezkerra}}"Alavese Unity}}"%S%S%S%S%S%S%SSources
ÁlavaBasque Nationalist Party}}; color:white;"22.3**6**21.2**6**12.7**3**8.1**2**10.8**3**6.7**2**11.1**3**
BiscayBasque Nationalist Party}}; color:white;"34.4**10**19.9**5**16.2**4**8.0**2**8.6**2**7.3**2**0.0–
Guipúzcoa20.4**6**19.0**5**Herri Batasuna}}; color:white;"23.6**6**18.0**5**6.4**1**8.8**2**0.0–
**Total**Basque Nationalist Party}}; color:white;"28.2**22**19.8**16**18.2**13**11.3**9**8.2**6**7.7**6**1.4**3**

Aftermath

Ballot →31 January 19911 February 1991Required majority →Basque Nationalist Party}};"
38 out of 75Simple
{{Collapsible listtitle = José Antonio Ardanza (PNV)• PNV (22)• EA (9)• EE (6)
{{Collapsible listtitle = Abstentions/Blank ballots• PSE (16)• PP (6)• UA (3)
{{Collapsible listtitle = Absentees• HB (13)
Sources

Notes

References

;Opinion poll sources

;Other

References

  1. (18 December 1979). ["[Statute of Autonomy of the Basque Country".
  2. (15 June 1990). "Basque Parliament Elections Law of 1990".
  3. (19 June 1985). "Ley Orgánica 5/1985, de 19 de junio, del Régimen Electoral General".
  4. (30 June 1981). "Government Law of 1981".
  5. "Elecciones al Parlamento Vasco / Eusko Legebilitzarra (1980 - 2020)".
  6. "Election Results Archive". Basque Government.
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