Catalan regional election, 1999

Catalan regional election, 1999

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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% 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   Leader Josep-Lluís Carod-Rovira Rafael Ribó Party ERC IC–V Leader since 25 November 1996 23 February 1987 Leader's seat Barcelona Barcelona Last election 13 seats, 9.5% 10 seats, 8.5% Seats won 12 3 Seat change 1 7 Popular vote 271,173 78,441 Percentage 8.7% 2.5% Swing 0.8 pp 6.0 pp
Constituency results map for the Parliament of Catalonia
President before election Jordi Pujol CiU Elected President Jordi Pujol CiU

Jordi Pujol
CiU

Jordi Pujol
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 Parliament of Catalonia was the devolved, unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of Catalonia, having legislative power in matters of regional competence as underlined by the Spanish Constitution and the Catalan Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to grant or revoke confidence from a President of the Generalitat. Voting for the Parliament was on the basis of universal suffrage, with all nationals over eighteen, registered in Catalonia and in full enjoyment of all political rights entitled to vote.

The 135 members of the Parliament of Catalonia were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with a threshold of 3 per 100 of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied in each constituency. Parties not reaching the threshold were not taken into consideration for seat distribution. Additionally, the use of the D'Hondt method might result in an effective threshold over three percent, dependant on the district magnitude. Seats were allocated to constituencies, corresponding to the provinces of Barcelona, Girona, Lleida and Tarragona. Each constituency was allocated a fixed number of seats: 85 for Barcelona, 17 for Girona, 15 for Lleida and 18 for Tarragona.