Galician parliamentary election, 1997

Galician regional election, 1997

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All 75 seats in the Parliament of Galicia 38 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered	2,565,131 11.9%
Turnout	1,603,731 (62.5%) 1.7 pp
First party Second party Third party   Leader Manuel Fraga Xosé Manuel Beiras Abel Caballero Party PP BNG PSdeG–EG–OV Leader since 1989 1982 26 October 1996 Leader's seat Lugo A Coruña Pontevedra Last election 43 seats, 52.1% 13 seats, 18.4% 19 seats, 27.1% Seats won 42 18 15 Seat change 1 5 4 Popular vote 832,751 395,435 310,508 Percentage 52.2% 24.8% 19.5% Swing 0.1 pp 6.4 pp 7.6 pp
Constituency results map for the Parliament of Galicia
President before election Manuel Fraga PP Elected President Manuel Fraga PP

Manuel Fraga
PP

Manuel Fraga
PP

The 1997 Galician regional election was held on Sunday, 19 October 1997, to elect the 5th Parliament of the Autonomous Community of Galicia. All 75 seats in the Parliament were up for election.

The 75 members of the Parliament of Galicia were elected in 4 multi-member districts, corresponding to Galicia's four provinces, using the D'Hondt method and a closed-list proportional representation. Each district was entitled to an initial minimum of 10 seats, with the remaining 35 seats being allocated among the four provinces in proportion to their populations. For the 1997 election, seats were distributed as follows: Corunna (24), Lugo (15), Ourense (14) and Pontevedra (22).

Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage in a secret ballot. Only lists polling above 5% of the total vote in each district (which includes blank ballots—for none of the above) were entitled to enter the seat distribution.

Poll results are listed in the table below in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed in bold, and the background shaded in the leading party's colour. In the instance that there is a tie, then no figure is shaded. The lead column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the two parties with the highest figures. Poll results use the date the survey's fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. However, if such date is unknown, the date of publication will be given instead.