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1998 Basque regional election

Election in the Spanish region of the Basque Country


Election in the Spanish region of the Basque Country

FieldValue
election_name1998 Basque regional election
countryBasque Country
typeparliamentary
ongoingno
previous_election1994 Basque regional election
previous_year1994
next_election2001 Basque regional election
next_year2001
seats_for_electionAll 75 seats in the Basque Parliament
majority_seats38
opinion_polls#Opinion polls
registered1,821,608 4.1%
turnout1,275,008 (70.0%)
10.3 pp
election_date25 October 1998
image1[[File:Juan José Ibarretxe 2007 (cropped).jpg170x170px]]
leader1Juan José Ibarretxe
party1Basque Nationalist Party
leader_since131 January 1998
leaders_seat1Álava
last_election122 seats, 29.3%
seats121
seat_change11
popular_vote1350,322
percentage127.6%
swing11.7 pp
image2[[File:Carlos Iturgaiz en un mitin del PP en Las Arenas (cropped - b).jpg170x170px]]
leader2Carlos Iturgaiz
party2People's Party of the Basque Country
leader_since25 October 1996
leaders_seat2Biscay
last_election211 seats, 14.2%
seats216
seat_change25
popular_vote2251,743
percentage219.9%
swing25.7 pp
image3[[File:Arnaldo Otegi 2006 (cropped).jpg170x170px]]
leader3Arnaldo Otegi
party3Euskal Herritarrok
leader_since314 February 1998
leaders_seat3Guipúzcoa
last_election311 seats, 16.0%
seats314
seat_change33
popular_vote3224,001
percentage317.7%
swing31.7 pp
image4[[File:Nicolás Redondo Terreros 2016 (cropped).jpg170x170px]]
leader4Nicolás Redondo
party4PSE–EE (PSOE)
leader_since420 October 1997
leaders_seat4Biscay
last_election412 seats, 16.8%
seats414
seat_change42
popular_vote4220,052
percentage417.4%
swing40.6 pp
image5[[File:Carlos Garaikoetxea 1979 (cropped).jpg170x170px]]
leader5Carlos Garaikoetxea
party5Eusko Alkartasuna
leader_since54 September 1986
leaders_seat5Guipúzcoa
last_election58 seats, 10.1%
seats56
seat_change52
popular_vote5108,635
percentage58.6%
swing51.5 pp
image6[[File:Javier Madrazo 2007 (cropped).jpg170x170px]]
leader6Javier Madrazo
party6IU/EB
leader_since614 May 1994
leaders_seat6Biscay
last_election66 seats, 9.0%
seats62
seat_change64
popular_vote671,064
percentage65.6%
swing63.4 pp
map{{Switcher
titleLehendakari
before_electionJosé Antonio Ardanza
before_partyBasque Nationalist Party
after_electionJuan José Ibarretxe
after_partyBasque Nationalist Party

10.3 pp

| [[File:BasqueCountryProvinceMapParliament1998.png|x250px]] | Vote winner strength by constituency | [[File:BasqueCountryProvinceMapParliament1998.svg|x300px]] | Election result by constituency

A regional election was held in the Basque Country on Sunday, 25 October 1998, to elect the 6th Parliament of the autonomous community. All 75 seats in the Parliament were up for election.

The Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) won 21 seats, the People's Party (PP) came second for the first time with 16 seats, the Basque Citizens (EH) coalition and the Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE–EE) won 14 seats each.

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.

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 on the fifty-fourth day from publication. The previous election was held on 23 October 1994, which meant that the legislature's term would have expired on 23 October 1998. The election decree was required to be published in the BOPV no later than 29 September 1998, with the election taking place on the fifty-fourth day from publication, setting the latest possible election date for the Parliament on Sunday, 22 November 1998.

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.

Parties and candidates

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.

Below is a list of the main parties and electoral alliances which contested the election:

CandidacyParties and
alliancesLeading candidateIdeologyPrevious resultGov.Ref.Vote %Seats
Basque Nationalist Party}}"**EAJ/PNV**{{Collapsible listtitle = Listbullets = onBasque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)[[File:Juan José Ibarretxe 2007 (cropped).jpg50px]]Juan José IbarretxeBasque nationalism
Christian democracy
Conservative liberalism
Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left}}"**PSE–EE
(PSOE)**{{Collapsible listtitle = Listbullets = onSocialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE–EE (PSOE))[[File:Nicolás Redondo Terreros 2016 (cropped).jpg50px]]Nicolás RedondoSocial democracy
Euskal Herritarrok}}"**EH**{{Collapsible listtitle = Listbullets = onPopular Unity (HB)
– Basque Nationalist Action (EAE/ANV)Stand Up (Zutik)[[File:Arnaldo Otegi 2006 (cropped).jpg50px]]Arnaldo Otegi
People's Party of the Basque Country}}"**PP**{{Collapsible listtitle = Listbullets = onPeople's Party (PP)[[File:Carlos Iturgaiz en un mitin del PP en Las Arenas (cropped - b).jpg50px]]Carlos IturgaizConservatism
Christian democracy
Eusko Alkartasuna}}"**EA**{{Collapsible listtitle = Listbullets = onEusko Alkartasuna (EA)[[File:Carlos Garaikoetxea 1979 (cropped).jpg50px]]Carlos GaraikoetxeaBasque nationalism
Social democracy
Ezker Batua}}"**IU/EB**{{Collapsible listtitle = Listbullets = onUnited Left (IU/EB)[[File:Javier Madrazo 2007 (cropped).jpg50px]]Javier MadrazoSocialism
Communism
Alavese Unity}}"**UA**{{Collapsible listtitle = Listbullets = onAlavese Unity (UA)[[File:Portrait placeholder.svg50px]]Pablo MosqueraAlavese regionalism
Christian democracy

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.

;Color key:

Polling firm/CommissionerFieldwork dateSample sizeTurnout[[File:Isotipo EAJ-PNV (1992).svg28pxlink=Basque Nationalist PartyPNV]][[File:Logo PSOE, 1976-2001.svg17pxlink=Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country LeftPSE–EE (PSOE)]][[File:Batasuna.svg23pxlink=Herri BatasunaHB]]
[[File:Logotipo de Euskal Herritarrok.svg23pxlink=Euskal HerritarrokEH]][[File:People's Party (Spain) Logo (1993-2000).svg27pxlink=People's Party of the Basque CountryPP]][[File:EA logo (1986–2008).svg21pxlink=Eusko AlkartasunaEA]][[File:Logo-izquierda-unida2.png25pxlink=Ezker BatuaIU/EB]][[File:Unidad Alavesa.svg35pxlink=Alavese UnityUA]]LeadBasque Nationalist Party}};"Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left}};"Euskal Herritarrok}};"People's Party of the Basque Country}};"Eusko Alkartasuna}};"Ezker Batua}};"Alavese Unity}};"
**1998 regional election**25 Oct 199870.0**27.6**
17.4
17.7
19.9
8.6
5.6
1.2
Basque Nationalist Party}}; color:white;"7.7
title=Primeros sondeos tras el cierre de los colegios electoralesurl=https://www.elmundo.es/nacional/elecciones/paisvasco/sondeos.htmllanguage=eswork=El Mundodate=25 October 1998}}25 Oct 199821,000?**28.9**
16.0
20.9
14.7
8.6
6.2
1.0
Basque Nationalist Party}}; color:white;"8.0
Sondaxe/Tele 525 Oct 19982,250??
?
?
?
?
?
?
Basque Nationalist Party}}; color:white;"?
Sigma Dos/Antena 325 Oct 1998???
?
?
?
?
?
?
Basque Nationalist Party}}; color:white;"?
title=El 44% de los vascos oculta su votourl=https://elpais.com/diario/1998/10/18/espana/908661601_850215.htmllanguage=eswork=El Paísdate=18 October 1998}}18 Oct 1998?65–67**30.4**
17.4
15.8
16.8
9.7
8.7
1.2
Basque Nationalist Party}}; color:white;"13.0
title=PP y EH se disputan el segundo puesto en las elecciones vascasurl=https://www.elmundo.es/1998/10/18/espana/18N0042.htmlarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010113104100/https://www.elmundo.es/1998/10/18/espana/18N0042.htmlurl-status=deadarchive-date=13 January 2001language=eswork=El Mundodate=18 October 1998}}14–16 Oct 19981,000?**30.2**
14.7
16.6
17.8
9.9
7.8
1.5
Basque Nationalist Party}}; color:white;"12.4
title=Estancamiento de los nacionalistas de PNV, EH y EA, que obtendrían los mismos escaños que en 1994url=http://hemeroteca.abc.es/nav/Navigate.exe/hemeroteca/madrid/abc/1998/10/18/029.htmllanguage=eswork=ABCdate=18 October 1998}}9–14 Oct 19981,50676.0**30.8**
18.6
15.3
15.4
9.5
8.3
0.9
Basque Nationalist Party}}; color:white;"12.2
Ábaco/Tele 513 Oct 1998???
?
?
?
?
?
?
Basque Nationalist Party}}; color:white;"?
title=Los no nacionalistas ganan posicionesurl=http://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/preview/1998/10/17/pagina-11/33875839/pdf.htmllanguage=eswork=La Vanguardiadate=17 October 1998}}12–13 Oct 19981,50070**29.0**
19.0
15.0
18.0
9.0
7.0
1.0
Basque Nationalist Party}}; color:white;"10.0
title=PSE y PP aumentan su expectativa de voto y bajan PNV, EA y UAurl=https://w390w.gipuzkoa.net/WAS/CORP/DKPAtzokoPrentsaWEB/verPDF.do?identificador=555715;1998;10;18;1language=eswork=El Correodate=18 October 1998}}8–12 Oct 19984,650?**27.2**
19.5
14.9
17.1
8.4
8.4
1.3
Basque Nationalist Party}}; color:white;"7.7
title=Duelo nacionalistas-no nacionalistasurl=http://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/preview/1998/10/09/pagina-11/34600802/pdf.htmllanguage=eswork=La Vanguardiadate=9 October 1998}}9 Oct 1998???
?
?
?
?
?
?
Basque Nationalist Party}}; color:white;"?
title=Últimas previsiones de voto para Elecciones Autonómicas-98 (Octubre 1998)url=http://www.euskadi.eus/contenidos/documentacion/o_a987prev/es_a987prev/adjuntos/a987prev.pdflanguage=eswork=Basque Governmentdate=16 October 1998}}2–9 Oct 19982,00066.0**29.0**
16.1
18.4
15.3
9.7
8.5
1.4
Basque Nationalist Party}}; color:white;"10.6
title=Preelectoral del País Vasco. Elecciones Autonómicas 1998 (Estudio nº 2304. Septiembre-Octubre 1998)url=http://www.cis.es/cis/export/sites/default/-Archivos/Marginales/2300_2319/2304/e230400.htmllanguage=eswork=CISdate=16 October 1998}}25 Sep–8 Oct 19982,09764.7**29.3**
18.4
16.1
16.7
8.7
7.7
1.4
Basque Nationalist Party}}; color:white;"10.9
title=Un debate electoral sobre política social y empleo reúne por primera vez a PP y EHurl=http://hemeroteca.abc.es/nav/Navigate.exe/hemeroteca/madrid/abc/1998/10/10/024.htmllanguage=eswork=ABCdate=10 October 1998}}6–7 Oct 19981,354??
?
?
?
?
?
?
Basque Nationalist Party}}; color:white;"?
title=Previsiones de voto para Elecciones Autonómicas-98 (Octubre 1998)url=http://www.euskadi.eus/contenidos/documentacion/o_a986prev/es_a986prev/adjuntos/a986prev.pdflanguage=eswork=Basque Governmentdate=8 October 1998}}21–26 Sep 19982,00067.0**29.4**
15.9
17.7
15.3
9.9
8.7
1.5
Basque Nationalist Party}}; color:white;"11.7
title=Previsiones de voto para Elecciones Autonómicas-98 (Septiembre 1998)url=http://www.euskadi.eus/contenidos/documentacion/o_a985prev/es_a985prev/adjuntos/a985prev.pdflanguage=eswork=Basque Governmentdate=25 September 1998}}7–15 Sep 19982,00065.0**29.6**
16.5
15.8
15.5
10.0
9.3
1.5
Basque Nationalist Party}}; color:white;"13.1
title=El PP se perfila por escaso margen como segunda fuerza del País Vascourl=https://www.elmundo.es/1998/09/09/language=eswork=El Mundodate=9 September 1998}}28 Aug–3 Sep 1998900?**30.0**
16.2
15.2
16.5
9.2
9.1
2.0
Basque Nationalist Party}}; color:white;"13.5
title=El incremento del voto beneficia a los partidos no nacionalistas, pero se mantiene el empate técnicourl=https://elpais.com/diario/1998/09/12/paisvasco/905629201_850215.htmllanguage=eswork=El Paísdate=12 September 1998}}1–15 Jun 19981,40064**29.0**
21.0
13.0
17.0
9.0
7.0
1.0
Basque Nationalist Party}}; color:white;"8.0
title=PSE y PP consolidan su avanceurl=https://w390w.gipuzkoa.net/WAS/CORP/DKPAtzokoPrentsaWEB/verPDF.do?identificador=555715;1998;6;21;1language=eswork=El Correodate=21 June 1998}}4–9 Jun 19982,625?**28.3**
20.1
12.6
17.4
7.7
8.8
1.1
Basque Nationalist Party}}; color:white;"8.2
title=Previsiones de voto para Elecciones Autonómicas (Junio 1998)url=http://www.euskadi.eus/contenidos/documentacion/o_sv7prev/es_sv7prev/adjuntos/sv7prev.pdflanguage=eswork=Basque Governmentdate=23 June 1998}}11–20 May 19982,84662.5**29.5**
17.0
14.9
16.0
10.0
9.1
1.4
Basque Nationalist Party}}; color:white;"12.5
title=El PNV mantiene la primacía pese al alza de PP y PSOE en el País Vascourl=http://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/preview/1998/05/20/pagina-11/33806327/pdf.htmllanguage=eswork=La Vanguardiadate=20 May 1998}}6–31 Mar 19982,09961.4**29.2**
18.4
15.3
16.5
9.7
7.6
1.5
Basque Nationalist Party}}; color:white;"10.8
title=PP y PSE refuerzan su apoyo electoralurl=https://w390w.gipuzkoa.net/WAS/CORP/DKPAtzokoPrentsaWEB/verPDF.do?identificador=555715;1998;3;29;1language=eswork=El Correodate=29 March 1998}}6–13 Mar 19982,636?**26.6**
20.0
12.2
18.6
7.4
9.0
1.4
Basque Nationalist Party}}; color:white;"6.6
title=Previsiones de voto para Elecciones Autonómicas-98 (Marzo 1998)url=http://www.euskadi.eus/contenidos/documentacion/o_a983prev/es_a983prev/adjuntos/a983prev.pdflanguage=eswork=Basque Governmentdate=3 March 1998}}30 Jan–7 Feb 19981,50065.0**29.6**
16.6
14.4
16.4
10.2
9.1
1.3
Basque Nationalist Party}}; color:white;"13.0
title=Virtual empate entre partidos estatales y nacionalistas ante las elecciones vascasurl=http://hemeroteca.abc.es/nav/Navigate.exe/hemeroteca/madrid/abc/1997/11/09/031.htmllanguage=eswork=ABCdate=10 November 1997}}9 Nov 19972,682?**29.6**
19.2
12.0
16.7
8.1
7.5
1.3
Basque Nationalist Party}}; color:white;"10.4
title=Un sondeo coloca al PP vasco como segunda fuerzaurl=http://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/preview/1997/10/15/pagina-16/34620433/pdf.htmllanguage=eswork=La Vanguardiadate=15 October 1997}}16–24 Sep 1997?66.0**29.9**
16.6
14.0
16.2
10.2
9.0
1.4
Basque Nationalist Party}}; color:white;"13.3
title=El PP pasaría a ser el segundo partido más votado de Euskadiurl=https://www.elmundo.es/1997/07/20/espana/20N0019.htmlarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011122211306/https://www.elmundo.es/1997/07/20/espana/20N0019.htmlurl-status=deadarchive-date=22 November 2001language=eswork=El Mundodate=20 July 1997}}16–17 Jul 1997800?**32.5**15.612.917.99.78.82.2Basque Nationalist Party}}; color:white;"14.6
CPS/EHU8 Jun 19971,400?**29.1**
18.5
12.5
14.0
9.2
9.4
2.0
Basque Nationalist Party}}; color:white;"10.6
title=Un sondeo electoral del Gobierno vasco sitúa al PP como la segunda fuerza en la Comunidadurl=http://hemeroteca.abc.es/nav/Navigate.exe/hemeroteca/sevilla/abc.sevilla/1997/03/26/024.htmllanguage=eswork=ABC Sevilladate=26 March 1997}}25 Mar 1997?64.0**29.6**
16.8
13.7
15.6
10.1
9.8
1.5
Basque Nationalist Party}}; color:white;"12.8
**1996 general election**3 Mar 199671.5**25.0**
23.7
12.3
18.3
8.2
9.2
Basque Nationalist Party}}; color:white;"1.3
**[1995 foral elections](1995-basque-foral-elections)**28 May 199563.9**28.4**
16.7
14.4
15.5
10.9
8.1
2.1
Basque Nationalist Party}}; color:white;"11.7
**1995 local elections**28 May 199564.0**27.9**16.914.414.410.67.21.9Basque Nationalist Party}}; color:white;"11.0
**[1994 regional election](1994-basque-regional-election)**23 Oct 199459.7**29.3**
16.8
16.0
14.2
10.1
9.0
2.7
Basque Nationalist Party}}; color:white;"12.5

Results

Overall

Parties and alliancesPopular voteSeatsVotes%±ppTotal+/−
Basque Nationalist Party}}"Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)350,32227.62−1.70**21**−1
People's Party of the Basque Country}}"People's Party (PP)251,74319.85+5.69**16**+5
Euskal Herritarrok}}"Basque Citizens (EH)1224,00117.66+1.65**14**+3
Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left}}"Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE–EE (PSOE))220,05217.35+0.52**14**+2
Eusko Alkartasuna}}"Basque Solidarity (EA)108,6358.57−1.56**6**−2
Ezker Batua}}"United Left (IU/EB)71,0645.60−3.39**2**−4
Alavese Unity}}"Alavese Unity (UA)15,7381.24−1.44**2**−3
Natural Law Party (Spain)}}"Natural Law Party (PLN/LNA)4,8580.38*New*0±0
Humanist Party (Spain)}}"Humanist Party (PH)3,2880.26*New*0±0
Confederation of the Greens}}"Basque Country Greens (EHB)8640.07*New*0±0
Blank ballots17,6411.39−0.35
Total1,268,20675±0
Valid votes1,268,20699.47+0.06
Invalid votes6,8020.53−0.06
Votes cast / turnout1,275,00869.99+10.30
Abstentions546,60030.01−10.30
Registered voters1,821,608
Sources
{{hiddenta1=lefttitle=Footnotes:content={{ubl1 Basque Citizens results are compared to Popular Unity totals in the 1994 election.}}}}

Distribution by constituency

ConstituencyPNVPPEHPSE–EEEAIU/EBUABasque Nationalist Party}}"People's Party of the Basque Country}}"Euskal Herritarrok}}"Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left}}"Eusko Alkartasuna}}"Ezker Batua}}"Alavese Unity}}"%S%S%S%S%S%S%SSources
Álava21.6**6**People's Party of the Basque Country}}; color:white;"26.7**7**12.1**3**16.8**5**6.3**1**5.6**1**8.4**2**
BiscayBasque Nationalist Party}}; color:white;"32.6**9**20.2**5**14.6**4**18.3**5**6.0**1**6.2**1**0.1
Guipúzcoa21.7**6**16.4**4**Euskal Herritarrok}}; color:white;"25.2**7**16.0**4**13.9**4**4.60.1
**Total**Basque Nationalist Party}}; color:white;"27.6**21**19.9**16**17.7**14**17.4**14**8.6**6**5.6**2**1.2**2**

Aftermath

Ballot →29 December 1998Required majority →Basque Nationalist Party}};"People's Party of the Basque Country}};"
38 out of 75
{{Collapsible listtitle = Juan José Ibarretxe (PNV)• PNV (21)• EH (13)• EA (6)
{{Collapsible listtitle = Carlos Iturgaiz (PP)• PP (16)• UA (2)
{{Collapsible listtitle = Abstentions/Blank ballots• PSE–EE (13)• IU/EB (2)
{{Collapsible listtitle = Absentees• EH (1)• PSE–EE (1)
Sources

Notes

References

;Opinion poll sources

;Other

References

  1. (18 December 1979). ["[Statute of Autonomy of the Basque Country".
  2. (15 June 1990). "Ley 5/1990, de 15 de junio, de Elecciones al Parlamento Vasco".
  3. (30 June 1981). "Ley 7/1981, de 30 de junio, sobre Ley de Gobierno".
  4. (19 June 1985). "Ley Orgánica 5/1985, de 19 de junio, del Régimen Electoral General".
  5. "Elecciones al Parlamento Vasco / Eusko Legebilitzarra (1980 - 2020)".
  6. "Election Results Archive". Basque Government.
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