Madrilenian regional election, 1999

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13 June 1999

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All 102 seats in the Assembly of Madrid
52 seats needed for a majority

Opinion polls

Registered

4,281,075

3.7%

Turnout

2,606,325 (60.9%)

9.5 pp

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón	Cristina Almeida	Ángel Pérez
Party	PP	PSOE–p	IU
Leader since	8 February 1987	15 May 1998	24 February 1993
Last election	54 seats, 51.0%	32 seats, 29.7%	17 seats, 16.0%
Seats won	55	39	8
Seat change	1	7	9
Popular vote	1,324,596	944,819	199,488
Percentage	51.1%	36.4%	7.7%
Swing	0.1 pp	6.7 pp	8.3 pp

President before election

Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón
PP

Elected President

Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón
PP

The 1999 Madrilenian regional election was held on Sunday, 13 June 1999, to elect the 5th Assembly of the Community of Madrid. All 102 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, as well as the 1999 European Parliament election.

While the People's Party (PP) of Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón was widely expected to win a second term and expand its absolute majority in the Assembly of Madrid—with opinion polls predicting a comfortable victory with as many as 59 seats—its gains ended up being minimal. The extremely low turnout, one of the lowest in a regional election, benefitted the opposition Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) instead, which saw a strong performance as a result at the expense of the United Left (IU), which lost half of its votes and seats.

The Assembly of Madrid was the devolved, unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of Madrid, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution and the Madrilenian Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a President of the Community. Voting for the Assembly was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over eighteen, registered in the Community of Madrid and in full enjoyment of their political rights.

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