Madrilenian regional election, 1991

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26 May 1991

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All 101 seats in the Assembly of Madrid
51 seats needed for a majority

Registered

3,837,680

9.2%

Turnout

2,251,613 (58.7%)

11.2 pp

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón	Joaquín Leguina	Isabel Villalonga
Party	PP	PSOE	IU
Leader since	8 February 1987	14 December 1979	1987
Leader's seat	Madrid	Madrid	Madrid
Last election	32 seats, 31.8%	40 seats, 38.4%	7 seats, 7.5%
Seats won	47	41	13
Seat change	15	1	6
Popular vote	956,865	820,510	270,558
Percentage	42.7%	36.6%	12.1%
Swing	10.9 pp	1.8 pp	4.6 pp

President before election

Joaquín Leguina
PSOE

Elected President

Joaquín Leguina
PSOE

The 1991 Madrilenian regional election was held on Sunday, 26 May 1991, to elect the 3rd Assembly of the Autonomous Community of Madrid. All 101 seats in the Assembly were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.

The election saw the electoral collapse of the Democratic and Social Centre (CDS), which fell below the 5% threshold and lost all their 17 seats. Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón's People's Party (PP) emerged as the largest party in the community for the first time, but was unable to form a government due to the lack of allies as a result of CDS expulsion from the Assembly. Consequently, Joaquín Leguina from the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) was re-elected President for a third term in office thanks to the support of United Left (IU).

The 1987 election had resulted in a parliamentary deadlock. The opposition bloc of the People's Alliance (AP) and the CDS held 49 seats against 47 for the PSOE and IU. The ruling PSOE was initially able to hold on to power and have Joaquín Leguina re-elected President thanks to CDS' abstention, but nonetheless the government's majority remained precarious.

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