Aragonese regional election, 1991

Aragonese regional election, 1991

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All 67 seats in the Cortes of Aragon 34 seats needed for a majority
Registered	959,596 3.3%
Turnout	617,848 (64.4%) 5.3 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 Leader's seat Zaragoza Zaragoza Zaragoza Last election 27 seats, 35.7% 19 seats, 28.1% 13 seats, 16.7% 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 CAA–IU CDS Leader since 1989 1983 Leader's seat Zaragoza Zaragoza (lost) 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
Constituency results map for the Cortes of Aragon
President before election Hipólito Gómez de las Roces PAR Elected President Emilio Eiroa PAR

Hipólito Gómez de las Roces
PAR

Emilio Eiroa
PAR

The 1991 Aragonese regional election was held on Sunday, 26 May 1991, to elect the 3rd Cortes of the Autonomous Community of Aragon. All 67 seats in the Cortes were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in 12 other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.

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. 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.