European Parliament election, 1999 (Spain)

European Parliament election in Spain, 1999

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All 64 Spanish seats in the European Parliament
Opinion polls
Registered	33,840,432 7.2%
Turnout	21,334,948 (63.0%) 3.9 pp
First party Second party Third party   Leader Loyola de Palacio Rosa Díez Alonso Puerta Party PP PSOE–p IU–EUiA Alliance EPP–ED PES GUE/NGL Leader since 22 April 1999 22 March 1999 2 March 1994 Leader's seat Spain Spain Spain Last election 28 seats, 40.1% 22 seats, 30.8% 9 seats, 11.9% Seats won 27 24 4 Seat change 1 2 5 Popular vote 8,410,993 7,477,823 1,221,566 Percentage 39.7% 35.3% 5.8% Swing 0.4 pp 4.5 pp 6.1 pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Pere Esteve Isidoro Sánchez Josu Ortuondo Party CiU CE CN–EP Alliance ELDR EPP–ED ELDR Greens–EFA Greens/EFA Leader since 16 November 1998 1999 17 April 1999 Leader's seat Spain Spain Spain Last election 3 seats, 4.7% 0 seats, 2.2% 2 seats, 2.8% Seats won 3 2 2 Seat change 0 2 0 Popular vote 937,687 677,094 613,968 Percentage 4.4% 3.2% 2.9% Swing 0.3 pp 1.0 pp 0.1 pp
Provincial results map for the European Parliament in Spain

The 1999 European Parliament election in Spain was held on Sunday, 13 June 1999, as part of the EU-wide election to elect the 5th European Parliament. All 64 seats allocated to Spain as per the Treaty of Amsterdam were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in thirteen autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.

The 64 members of the European Parliament allocated to Spain as per the Treaty of Amsterdam were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with no threshold being applied in order to be entitled to enter seat distribution. However, the use of the D'Hondt method might result in an effective threshold depending on the district magnitude. Seats were allocated to a single multi-member constituency comprising the entire national territory. Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals and resident non-national European citizens over eighteen and in full enjoyment of their political rights.

The electoral law provided that parties, federations, coalitions and groupings of electors were allowed to present lists of candidates. However, they were required to secure the signature of at least 15,000 registered electors. Electors were barred from signing for more than one list of candidates. Parties, federations and coalitions were allowed to replace this requirement with the signature of at least 50 elected officials—deputies, senators, MEPs or members from the legislative assemblies of autonomous communities or from local city councils—. Concurrently, parties and federations intending to enter in coalition to take part jointly at an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days from the election call.