Aragonese parliamentary election, 1991

Aragonese parliamentary election, 1991

26 May 1991

All 67 seats in the Courts of Aragon 34 seats needed for a majority Registered 956,909 3.1% Turnout 617,866 (64.6%) 5.1 pp   First party Second party Third party   Leader José Marco Hipólito Gómez de las Roces José Ignacio Senao Party PSOE PAR PP Leader since 1991 December 1977 1990 Last election 27 seats, 35.7% 19 seats, 28.1% 13 seats, 16.7%[lower-alpha 1] Seats won 30 17 17 Seat change 3 2 4 Popular vote 247,485 151,420 126,892 Percentage 40.3% 24.7% 20.7% Swing 4.6 pp 3.4 pp 4.0 pp   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Adolfo Burriel José Luis Merino Party IU CDS Leader since 1989 1983 Last election 2 seats, 4.9% 6 seats, 10.2% Seats won 3 0 Seat change 1 6 Popular vote 41,367 18,929 Percentage 6.7% 3.1% Swing 1.8 pp 7.1 pp

President before election Hipólito Gómez de las Roces PAR Elected President Emilio Eiroa PAR

The 1991 Aragonese parliamentary election was held on Sunday, 26 May 1991, to elect the 3rd democratically-elected Courts of Aragon, the regional legislature of the Spanish autonomous community of Aragon. At stake were all 67 seats in the Courts, determining the President of the Government of Aragon.

The main loser in the election was the Democratic and Social Centre (CDS), which lost all of its 6 seats. The Aragonese Party (PAR) also lost two seats. The main gainers were the main two national parties, the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) and the newly-created People's Party (PP). United Left also gained 1 seat.

The new legislature elected Emilio Eiroa of the PAR as the new President of Aragon by 34 votes to 33, after Hipólito Gómez de las Roces' refusal to reach a new agreement with the PP.^[1] All PAR and PP deputies supported Eiroa's election while the PSOE and IU deputies voted against. The tight arithmetic in the new legislature was further complicated in November 1992 when a PP deputy, Emilio Gomáriz, resigned from the PP, leaving him holding the balance of power between the PP-PAR bloc and the PSOE-IU bloc. In September 1993 the PSOE introduced a no-confidence motion against President Eiroa. In the subsequent vote Gomáriz appeared visibly nervous and claimed that he had received death threats against his children. He voted with the PSOE and IU deputies for Socialist José Marco as new President.^[2]

Electoral system

The number of seats in the Aragonese Courts was set to a fixed-number of 67. All Courts members were elected in 3 multi-member districts, corresponding to Aragon's three provinces, using the D'Hondt method and a closed-list proportional representation system. Each district was entitled to an initial minimum of 13 seats, with the remaining 28 seats allocated among the three provinces in proportion to their populations, on the required condition that the number of inhabitants per seat in each district did not exceed 2.75 times those of any other. For the 1991 election, seats were distributed as follows: Huesca (18), Teruel (16) and Zaragoza (33).

Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage in a secret ballot. Only lists polling above 3% of valid votes in each district (which include blank ballots—for none of the above) were entitled to enter the seat distribution.^[3]

Results

Overall

← Summary of the 26 May 1991 Aragonese Courts election results →

Party		Vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	247,485	40.34	4.65	30	3
	Aragonese Party (PAR)	151,420	24.68	3.47	17	2
	People's Party (PP)[lower-alpha 1]	126,892	20.68	3.95	17	4
	Aragon Alternative Convergence-United Left (CAA-IU)	41,367	6.74	1.84	3	1
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	18,929	3.09	7.14	0	6
	Aragonese Union (CHA)	14,116	2.30	1.34	0	±0
	Workers' Socialist Party (PST)	2,441	0.40	New	0	±0
	Independent Aragonese Party (PAI)	1,882	0.31	New	0	±0
	Social Aragonese Movement (MAS)	1,032	0.17	New	0	±0
	Blank ballots	7,992	1.30	0.14
Total		613,556	100.00		67	±0
Valid votes		613,556	99.30	0.51
Invalid votes		4,310	0.70	0.51
Votes cast / turnout		617,866	64.57	5.11
Abstentions		339,043	35.43	5.11
Registered voters		956,909
Source: Argos Information Portal

Results by province

Huesca

Party Vote Seats Votes % ±pp Won +/− Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 45,776 39.45 4.65 8 1 Aragonese Party (PAR) 29,391 25.33 0.10 5 ±0 People's Party (PP)[lower-alpha 1] 23,507 20.26 3.36 4 1 Aragon Alternative Convergence-United Left (CAA-IU) 7,710 6.64 1.47 1 ±0 Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) 4,055 3.49 8.39 0 2 Aragonese Union (CHA) 3,616 3.12 1.36 0 ±0 Workers' Socialist Party (PST) 548 0.47 New 0 ±0 Blank ballots 1,441 1.24 0.23 Total 116,044 100.00 18 ±0 Valid votes 116,044 99.17 0.57 Invalid votes 969 0.83 0.57 Votes cast / turnout 117,013 68.66 1.52 Abstentions 53,400 31.34 1.52 Registered voters 170,413 Source: Argos Information Portal

Teruel

Party Vote Seats Votes % ±pp Won +/− Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 31,570 37.91 2.00 7 ±0 People's Party (PP)[lower-alpha 1] 26,037 31.26 1.04 6 1 Aragonese Party (PAR) 16,386 19.67 1.89 3 ±0 Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) 4,175 5.01 5.19 0 1 Aragon Alternative Convergence-United Left (CAA-IU) 2,517 3.02 0.13 0 ±0 Aragonese Union (CHA) 1,372 1.65 1.17 0 ±0 Workers' Socialist Party (PST) 344 0.41 New 0 ±0 Blank ballots 885 1.06 0.43 Total 83,286 100.00 16 ±0 Valid votes 83,286 99.31 0.33 Invalid votes 579 0.69 0.33 Votes cast / turnout 83,865 70.15 1.02 Abstentions 35,680 29.85 1.02 Registered voters 119,545 Source: Argos Information Portal

Zaragoza

Party Vote Seats Votes % ±pp Won +/− Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 170,139 41.07 5.53 15 2 Aragonese Party (PAR) 105,643 25.50 5.43 9 2 People's Party (PP)[lower-alpha 1] 77,348 18.67 4.59 7 2 Aragon Alternative Convergence-United Left (CAA-IU) 31,140 7.52 2.30 2 1 Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) 10,699 2.58 7.22 0 3 Aragonese Union (CHA) 9,128 2.20 1.36 0 ±0 Independent Aragonese Party (PAI) 1,882 0.45 New 0 ±0 Workers' Socialist Party (PST) 1,549 0.37 New 0 ±0 Social Aragonese Movement (MAS) 1,032 0.25 New 0 ±0 Blank ballots 5,666 1.37 0.05 Total 414,226 100.00 33 ±0 Valid votes 414,226 99.34 0.53 Invalid votes 2,762 0.66 0.53 Votes cast / turnout 416,988 62.52 6.75 Abstentions 249,963 37.48 6.75 Registered voters 666,951 Source: Argos Information Portal

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