Valencian regional election, 1999

Valencian regional election, 1999

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All 89 seats in the Corts Valencianes 45 seats needed for a majority
Registered	3,361,989 7.4%
Turnout	2,279,805 (67.8%) 8.2 pp
First party Second party Third party   Leader Eduardo Zaplana Antoni Asunción Joan Ribó Party PP PSOE–p EUPV Leader since 26 September 1993 8 April 1999 1997 Leader's seat Valencia Valencia Valencia Last election 42 seats, 42.8% 32 seats, 34.0% 10 seats, 11.5% Seats won 49 35 5 Seat change 7 3 5 Popular vote 1,085,011 768,548 137,212 Percentage 47.9% 33.9% 6.1% Swing 5.1 pp 0.1 pp 5.4 pp   Fourth party   Leader Héctor Villalba Party UV Leader since 15 October 1995 Leader's seat Valencia (lost) Last election 5 seats, 7.0% Seats won 0 Seat change 5 Popular vote 106,119 Percentage 4.7% Swing 2.3 pp
Constituency results map for the Corts Valencianes
President before election Eduardo Zaplana PP Elected President Eduardo Zaplana PP

Eduardo Zaplana
PP

Eduardo Zaplana
PP

The 1999 Valencian regional election was held on Sunday, 13 June 1999, to elect the 5th Corts of the Valencian Community. All 89 seats in the Corts 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.

The People's Party (PP), which had ruled the community from 1995 in a coalition government, won an absolute majority of seats; majority which it would maintain for the next 20 years. Its coalition partner, Valencian Union (UV), fell just below the 5% threshold, resulting in it losing all seats and being expelled from the Courts. The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) remained static on its 1995 vote share, though it gained 3 additional seats thanks to United Left (IU) electoral collapse from 10 to 5 seats.

The Corts Valencianes were the devolved, unicameral legislature of the Valencian autonomous community, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution and the Valencian Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to grant or revoke confidence from a President of the Generalitat. Voting for the Corts was on the basis of universal suffrage, with all nationals over eighteen, registered in the Valencian Community and in full enjoyment of all political rights entitled to vote.