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1991 Valencian regional election

Election in the Spanish region of Navarre

Field	Value
election_name	1991 Valencian regional election
country	Valencian Community
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
previous_election	1987 Valencian regional election
previous_year	1987
next_election	1995 Valencian regional election
next_year	1995
seats_for_election	All 89 seats in the Corts Valencianes
majority_seats	45
opinion_polls	#Opinion polls
registered	2,916,465 6.9%
turnout	2,019,411 (69.2%)
5.3 pp
election_date	26 May 1991
image1	[[File:Felipe González recibe a Joan Lerma, presidente de la Generalitat valenciana.jpg	170x170px]]
leader1	Joan Lerma
party1	Socialist Party of the Valencian Country
leader_since1	31 July 1979
leaders_seat1	Valencia
last_election1	42 seats, 41.3%
seats1	45
seat_change1	3
popular_vote1	860,429
percentage1	42.8%
swing1	1.5 pp
image2	[[File:Pedro Agramunt (cropped).jpg	170x170px]]
leader2	Pedro Agramunt
party2	People's Party of the Valencian Community
leader_since2	15 December 1990
leaders_seat2	Valencia
last_election2	25 seats, 24.7%
seats2	31
seat_change2	6
popular_vote2	558,617
percentage2	27.8%
swing2	3.1 pp
image3	[[File:Héctor Villalba (cropped).jpg	170x170px]]
leader3	Héctor Villalba
party3	Valencian Union
leader_since3	1991
leaders_seat3	Valencia
last_election3	6 seats, 9.1%
seats3	7
seat_change3	1
popular_vote3	208,126
percentage3	10.4%
swing3	1.3 pp
image4	[[File:Portrait placeholder.svg	170x170px]]
leader4	Albert Taberner
party4	EU
leader_since4	1986
leaders_seat4	Valencia
last_election4	4 seats (IU–UPV)
seats4	6
seat_change4	2
popular_vote4	151,242
percentage4	7.5%
swing4	n/a
image5	[[File:Alejandro Font de Mora (cropped).jpg	170x170px]]
leader5	Alejandro Font de Mora
party5	Democratic and Social Centre (Spain)
leader_since5	1991
leaders_seat5	Castellón (lost)
last_election5	10 seats, 11.2%
seats5	0
seat_change5	10
popular_vote5	76,433
percentage5	3.8%
swing5	7.4 pp
image6	[[File:Portrait placeholder.svg	170x170px]]
leader6	Pere Mayor
party6	Valencian People's Union
leader_since6	1986
leaders_seat6	Valencia (lost)
last_election6	2 seats (IU–UPV)
seats6	0
seat_change6	2
popular_vote6	73,813
percentage6	3.7%
swing6	n/a
map	{{Switcher
title	President
before_election	Joan Lerma
before_party	PSOE
after_election	Joan Lerma
after_party	PSOE

5.3 pp

A regional election was held in the Valencian Community on Sunday, 26 May 1991, to elect the 3rd Corts of the autonomous community. All 89 seats in the Corts were up for election. It was held concurrently with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.

For the third and final time to date, the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) won a regional election in the Valencian Community, regaining the overall majority of seats it had lost in the 1987 election. This was the last time the PSOE was able to access the Valencian government on its own, and the last until the 2015 election in which it went on to form the regional government of the Valencian Community.

As in other Spanish communities, the Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) saw a substantial drop in its vote share, causing it to fall below the 5% threshold and lose all its 10 seats. The party's poor results across Spain led to the resignation of party leader and former Prime Minister Adolfo Suárez and to the eventual demise of the CDS as a relevant actor in Spanish politics.

The main right of centre parties, both the newly founded People's Party (PP) (a merger of the People's Alliance (AP) and other right-wing parties) and the regionalist Valencian Union (UV), came out reinforced from the election, mainly at the cost of the declining CDS. However, they were left unable to command an overall majority of seats, unlike what happened in the city of Valencia in the same year's election, in which a post-election agreement between both parties managed to oust the PSOE from the city's government and elect 1987 AP regional candidate Rita Barberá as city mayor.

United Left (IU) maintained the results obtained by the IU-UPV alliance in the 1987 election. Valencian People's Unity (UPV) had broken its alliance with IU in 1988 and was left out of the Courts as a result, being unable to surpass the 5% regional threshold to win seats.

Overview

Electoral system

The Corts Valencianes were the devolved, unicameral legislature of the Valencian autonomous community, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution and the Valencian Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a regional president.

Voting for the Corts was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over 18 years of age, registered in the Valencian Community and in full enjoyment of their political rights. The 89 members of the Corts Valencianes were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with a threshold of five percent of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied regionally. Seats were allocated to constituencies, corresponding to the provinces of Alicante, Castellón and Valencia, with each being allocated an initial minimum of 20 seats and the remaining 29 being distributed in proportion to their populations (provided that the seat-to-population ratio in any given province did not exceed three times that of any other).

The electoral law provided that parties, federations, coalitions and groupings of electors were allowed to present lists of candidates. However, groupings of electors were required to secure the signature of at least 1 percent of the electors registered in the constituency for which they sought election. Electors were barred from signing for more than one list of candidates. Concurrently, parties and federations intending to enter in coalition to take part jointly at an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election being called.

Election date

The term of the Corts Valencianes expired four years after the date of their previous election. Legal amendments earlier in 1991 established that elections to the Corts were to be fixed for the fourth Sunday of May every four years. The previous election was held on 10 June 1987, setting the election date for the Corts on Sunday, 26 May 1991.

The Corts Valencianes could not be dissolved before the date of expiry of parliament.

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; 45 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Corts Valencianes.

Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size	Turnout	[[File:Logo PSOE, 1976-2001.svg	17px	link=Socialist Party of the Valencian Country	PSOE]]	30px
1991 regional election	26 May 1991		69.2		42.8
	3.8
10.4
7.5
3.7
1.8
	27.8
Socialist Party of the Valencian Country}}; color:white;"	15.0
title=Seis comunidades dependen de pactos	url=http://hemeroteca.abc.es/nav/Navigate.exe/hemeroteca/madrid/abc/1991/05/20/035.html	language=es	work=ABC	date=20 May 1991}}	18 May 1991	?	?	40.0
	5.1
10.9
9.1
3.2
3.4
	23.0
Socialist Party of the Valencian Country}}; color:white;"	17.0
Metra Seis/El Independiente	12 May 1991	?	?		40.4
	7.0
10.2
7.8
3.1
1.0
	23.6
Socialist Party of the Valencian Country}}; color:white;"	16.8
title=El 'caso Naseiro' no deja huellas	url=https://elpais.com/diario/1991/05/19/espana/674604016_850215.html	language=es	work=El País	date=19 May 1991}}	4–7 May 1991	650	?	39.4
	4.5
10.8
8.3
–	3.8
	28.3
Socialist Party of the Valencian Country}}; color:white;"	11.1
1989 general election	29 Oct 1989		74.8		41.5
	7.8
6.8
9.1
1.9
1.7
	27.0
Socialist Party of the Valencian Country}}; color:white;"	14.5
1989 EP election	15 Jun 1989		61.7		42.7
	7.5
6.8
5.9
2.6
1.0
	22.7
Socialist Party of the Valencian Country}}; color:white;"	20.0
[1987 regional election](1987-valencian-regional-election)	10 Jun 1987		74.5		41.3
23.7
11.2
9.1
7.9
1.1
1.0
–	Socialist Party of the Valencian Country}}; color:white;"	17.6

Results

Overall

Parties and alliances	Popular vote	Seats	Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
Socialist Party of the Valencian Country}}"		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	860,429	42.85	+1.57	45	+3
People's Party of the Valencian Community}}"		People's Party (PP)1	558,617	27.82	+3.11	31	+6
Valencian Union}}"		Valencian Union (UV)	208,126	10.36	+1.22	7	+1
United Left of the Valencian Country}}"		United Left of the Valencian Country (EU)2	151,242	7.53	n/a	6	+2
Democratic and Social Centre (Spain)}}"		Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	76,433	3.81	−7.43	0	−10
Valencian People's Union}}"		Valencian People's Union (UPV)2	73,813	3.68	n/a	0	−2
Confederation of the Greens}}"		The Greens (LV)	35,375	1.76	+0.65	0	±0
The Alternative Greens}}"		The Greens of Alicante–Green Union (LVA–UVE)	5,569	0.28	New	0	±0
Socialist Democracy (Spain)}}"		Socialist Democracy (DS)	5,207	0.26	New	0	±0
	Cantonalist Party of the Alicantine Country (Alicantón)	4,119	0.21	New	0	±0
Communist Party of Spain (Marxist–Leninist) (historical)}}"		Left Platform (PCE (m–l)–CRPE)3	2,758	0.14	−0.02	0	±0
Valencian Nationalist Left}}"		Valencian Nationalist Union (UNV)4	2,248	0.11	−0.10	0	±0
National Front (Spain, 1986)}}"		National Front (FN)	2,184	0.11	New	0	±0
Alliance for the Republic (Spain)}}"		Alliance for the Republic (AxR)5	1,383	0.07	−0.02	0	±0
Blank ballots	20,606	1.03	−0.04
Total	2,008,109		89	±0
Valid votes	2,008,109	99.44	+0.56
Invalid votes	11,302	0.56	−0.56
Votes cast / turnout	2,019,411	69.24	−5.21
Abstentions	897,054	30.76	+5.21
Registered voters	2,916,465
Sources
{{hidden	ta1=left	title=Footnotes:	content={{ubl	1 People's Party results are compared to the combined totals of People's Alliance and People's Democratic Party–Valencian Centrists in the 1987 election.	2 Within the United Left–Valencian People's Union alliance in the 1987 election.	3 Left Platform results are compared to Republican Popular Unity totals in the 1987 election.	4 Valencian Nationalist Union results are compared to Valencian Nationalist Left totals in the 1987 election.	5 Alliance for the Republic results are compared to Internationalist Socialist Workers' Party totals in the 1987 election.}}}}

Distribution by constituency

Constituency	PSOE	PP	UV	EU	Socialist Party of the Valencian Country}}"		People's Party of the Valencian Community}}"		Valencian Union}}"
Alicante	Socialist Party of the Valencian Country}}; color:white;"	44.6	16	33.1	12	1.7	−	7.3	2
Castellón	Socialist Party of the Valencian Country}}; color:white;"	41.4	11	35.3	9	5.2	1	4.8	1
Valencia	Socialist Party of the Valencian Country}}; color:white;"	42.2	18	23.3	10	16.3	6	8.3	3
Total	Socialist Party of the Valencian Country}}; color:white;"	42.8	45	27.8	31	10.4	7	7.5	6

Aftermath

Candidate	Ballot →	9 July 1991	Required majority →	Socialist Party of the Valencian Country}};"
45 out of 89
Joan Lerma (PSOE)	{{Collapsible list	title = Yes	• PSOE (45)
{{Collapsible list	title = No	• PP (31)	• UV (7)	• EU (6)
Abstentions
Absentees
Pedro Agramunt (PP)	{{Collapsible list	title = Yes	• PP (31)
{{Collapsible list	title = No	• PSOE (45)	• UV (7)	• EU (6)
Abstentions
Absentees
Héctor Villalba (UV)	{{Collapsible list	title = Yes	• UV (7)
{{Collapsible list	title = No	• PSOE (45)	• PP (31)	• EU (6)
Abstentions
Absentees
Albert Taberner (EU)	{{Collapsible list	title = Yes	• EU (6)
{{Collapsible list	title = No	• PSOE (45)	• PP (31)	• UV (7)
Abstentions
Absentees
Sources

Notes

References

;Opinion poll sources

;Other

References

(1 July 1982). "Ley Orgánica 5/1982, de 1 de julio, de Estatuto de Autonomía de la Comunidad Valenciana".
(31 March 1987). "Ley 1/1987, de 31 de marzo, Electoral Valenciana".
(19 June 1985). "Ley Orgánica 5/1985, de 19 de junio, del Régimen Electoral General".
"Electoral Results. Electoral Data - Regional Election: 1991". Valencian Government.
(18 July 1991). "Corts Valencianes election results, 26 May 1991". Electoral Commission of the Valencian Community.
"Eleccions a les Corts Valencianes (1983 - 2019)".

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