1999 Catalan regional election

1999 Catalan regional election

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All 135 seats in the Parliament of Catalonia 68 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered	5,293,657 4.2%
Turnout	3,133,926 (59.2%) 4.4 pp
First party Second party Third party   Leader Jordi Pujol Pasqual Maragall Alberto Fernández Díaz Party CiU PSC–CpC PP Leader since 17 November 1974 6 March 1999 28 September 1996 Leader's seat Barcelona Barcelona Barcelona Last election 60 seats, 40.9% 35 seats, 26.1%[a] 17 seats, 13.1% Seats won 56 52 12 Seat change 4 17 5 Popular vote 1,178,420 1,183,299 297,265 Percentage 37.7% 37.9% 9.5% Swing 3.2 pp 11.8 pp 3.6 pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Josep-Lluís Carod-Rovira Rafael Ribó Antoni Lucchetti Party ERC IC–V EUiA Leader since 25 November 1996 23 February 1987 6 November 1998 Leader's seat Barcelona Barcelona Barcelona Last election 13 seats, 9.5% 8 seats (IC–EV)[b] 1 seat (IC–EV)[b] Seats won 12 3 0 Seat change 1 5 1 Popular vote 271,173 78,441 44,454 Percentage 8.7% 2.5% 1.4% Swing 0.8 pp n/a n/a
Election result by constituency
President before election Jordi Pujol CDC (CiU) Elected President Jordi Pujol CDC (CiU)

The 1999 Catalan regional election was held on Sunday, 17 October 1999, to elect the 6th Parliament of the autonomous community of Catalonia. All 135 seats in the Parliament were up for election.

The election saw the Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC) under former Mayor of Barcelona Pasqual Maragall achieve a razor-thin victory in the popular vote, the first time since 1980 that the Convergence and Union (CiU) alliance of incumbent president Jordi Pujol did not come out in top of voters' preferences. However, as a result of the electoral system, CiU was able to retain first place in terms of seats, and together with the conservative People's Party (PP), secure a small majority of 68 seats in the Parliament of Catalonia, compared to the 67 garnered by the combined total of all three left-from-centre parties: the PSC, Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) and Initiative for Catalonia–Greens (IC–V). The latter had recently split from its national referent, United Left (IU), which ahead of the election established a new regional branch, United and Alternative Left (EUiA), which failed to secure any parliamentary representation.
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