Basque parliamentary election, 1994

Basque regional election, 1994

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All 75 seats in the Basque Parliament 38 seats needed for a majority
Registered	1,749,250 3.6%
Turnout	1,044,085 (59.7%) 1.3 pp
First party Second party Third party   Leader José Antonio Ardanza Ramón Jáuregui Karmelo Landa Party EAJ/PNV PSE–EE (PSOE) HB Leader since 2 March 1985 16 June 1988 1994 Leader's seat Gipuzkoa Gipuzkoa Biscay Last election 22 seats, 28.3% 22 seats, 27.5% 13 seats, 18.2% Seats won 22 12 11 Seat change 0 10 2 Popular vote 304,346 174,682 166,147 Percentage 29.3% 16.8% 16.0% Swing 1.0 pp 10.7 pp 2.2 pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Jaime Mayor Oreja Carlos Garaikoetxea Javier Madrazo Party PP EA EB–IU Leader since 20 January 1989 4 September 1986 14 May 1994 Leader's seat Álava Gipuzkoa Biscay Last election 6 seats, 8.2% 9 seats, 11.3% 0 seats, 1.4% Seats won 11 8 6 Seat change 5 1 6 Popular vote 146,960 105,136 93,291 Percentage 14.2% 10.1% 9.0% Swing 6.0 pp 1.2 pp 7.6 pp
Constituency results map for the Basque Parliament
Lehendakari before election José Antonio Ardanza EAJ/PNV Elected Lehendakari José Antonio Ardanza EAJ/PNV

José Antonio Ardanza
EAJ/PNV

José Antonio Ardanza
EAJ/PNV

The 1994 Basque regional election was held on Sunday, 23 October 1994, to elect the 5th Parliament of the Basque Autonomous Community. All 75 seats in the Parliament were up for election.

The Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) won 22 seats, the Socialist Party of the Basque Country (PSE–PSOE) came second with 12 seats, People's Unity (HB) and the People's Party (PP) both won 11 seats each. Basque Solidarity (EA) won 8 seats.

This was also the first election to the Basque parliament that the Socialist Party and the Basque Country Left (EE) party contested together as a unified party.

The Basque Parliament was elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation. Under the regional Statute of Autonomy, all three Basque historical territories—the provinces—were to constitute multi-member districts, being assigned an equal number of seats each. The electoral law set this to a fixed-number of 25, for a total of 75 seats. A threshold of 5% of valid votes—which included blank ballots—was applied in each constituency, with parties not reaching the threshold not taken into consideration for seat distribution.