1999 Basque foral elections

The 1999 Basque foral elections were held on Sunday, 13 June 1999, to elect the 6th General Assemblies of Álava, Biscay and Gipuzkoa. All 153 seats in the three General Assemblies were up for election. The elections were held simultaneously with regional elections in thirteen autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain, as well as the 1999 European Parliament election.

Overall

← Summary of the 13 June 1999 Basque General Assemblies election results →
Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Basque Nationalist Party–Basque Solidarity (PNV–EA)¹	401,965	34.70	–4.54	56	–6
	Basque Citizens (EH)²	228,528	19.73	+5.30	29	+9
	People's Party (PP)	220,859	19.06	+3.60	34	+9
	Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE–EE (PSOE))	212,167	18.31	+1.59	29	+3
	United Left (IU/EB)	53,525	4.62	–3.51	3	–6
	Alavese Unity (UA)	9,448	0.82	–1.29	2	–7
	Basque Citizen Initiative (ICV/EHE)	8,243	0.71	–1.12	0	–2
	We, the Women of the Plaza (Plazandreok)	2,177	0.19	New	0	±0
	The Greens (B/LV)	2,034	0.18	New	0	±0
	Humanist Party (PH)	1,146	0.10	New	0	±0
	Basque Country Greens (EHB)	360	0.03	–0.01	0	±0
Blank ballots		18,081	1.56	–0.27

Total		1,158,533			153	±0

Valid votes		1,158,533	99.07	±0.00
Invalid votes		10,917	0.93	±0.00
Votes cast / turnout		1,169,450	64.83	+0.91
Abstentions		634,355	35.17	–0.91
Registered voters		1,803,805

Sources^[1]^[2]
Footnotes: ¹ Basque Nationalist Party–Basque Solidarity results are compared to the combined totals of Basque Nationalist Party and Basque Solidarity in the 1995 elections. ² Basque Citizens results are compared to Popular Unity totals in the 1995 elections.

Popular vote

PNV–EA			34.70%
EH			19.73%
PP			19.06%
PSE–EE (PSOE)			18.31%
IU/EB			4.62%
Others			2.02%
Blank ballots			1.56%

Foral deputation control

The following table lists party control in the foral deputations.^[2] Gains for a party are displayed with the cell's background shaded in that party's colour.

Deputation
Álava	Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)	People's Party (PP)
Biscay	Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)	Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)
Gipuzkoa	Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)	Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)

Historical territories

Álava

← Summary of the 13 June 1999 Álava General Assembly election results →
Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	People's Party (PP)	44,607	28.75	+11.62	16	+7
	Basque Nationalist Party–Basque Solidarity (PNV–EA)¹	44,166	28.46	–5.43	16	–3
	Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE–EE (PSOE))	26,122	16.83	+2.42	9	+2
	Basque Citizens (EH)²	21,154	13.63	+4.53	6	+2
	Alavese Unity (UA)	9,448	6.09	–9.92	2	–7
	United Left (IU/EB)	7,181	4.63	–3.16	2	–1
Blank ballots		2,500	1.61	–0.07

Total		155,178			51	±0

Valid votes		155,178	99.03	±0.00
Invalid votes		1,522	0.97	±0.00
Votes cast / turnout		156,700	64.38	+0.05
Abstentions		86,688	35.62	–0.05
Registered voters		243,388

Sources^[1]^[2]
Footnotes: ¹ Basque Nationalist Party–Basque Solidarity results are compared to the combined totals of Basque Nationalist Party and Basque Solidarity in the 1995 election. ² Basque Citizens results are compared to Popular Unity totals in the 1995 election.

Biscay

← Summary of the 13 June 1999 Biscay General Assembly election results →
Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Basque Nationalist Party–Basque Solidarity (PNV–EA)¹	227,768	36.56	–3.63	21	±0
	People's Party (PP)	121,223	19.46	+3.03	10	+1
	Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE–EE (PSOE))	117,872	18.92	+2.01	10	±0
	Basque Citizens (EH)²	102,341	16.43	+4.56	9	+4
	United Left (IU/EB)	32,705	5.25	–4.07	1	–3
	Basque Citizen Initiative (ICV/EHE)	8,243	1.32	–2.04	0	–2
	Humanist Party (PH)	1,146	0.18	New	0	±0
	The Greens (B/LV)	1,119	0.18	New	0	±0
	We, the Women of the Plaza (Plazandreok)	923	0.15	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		9,686	1.55	–0.13

Total		623,026			51	±0

Valid votes		623,026	99.14	+0.09
Invalid votes		5,398	0.86	–0.09
Votes cast / turnout		628,424	64.32	+0.63
Abstentions		348,666	35.68	–0.63
Registered voters		977,090

Sources^[1]^[2]
Footnotes: ¹ Basque Nationalist Party–Basque Solidarity results are compared to the combined totals of Basque Nationalist Party and Basque Solidarity in the 1995 election. ² Basque Citizens results are compared to Popular Unity totals in the 1995 election.

Gipuzkoa

← Summary of the 13 June 1999 Gipuzkoa General Assembly election results →
Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Basque Nationalist Party–Basque Solidarity (PNV–EA)¹	130,031	34.19	–5.65	19	–3
	Basque Citizens (EH)²	105,033	27.62	+6.68	14	+3
	Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE–EE (PSOE))	68,173	17.92	+0.59	10	+1
	People's Party (PP)	55,029	14.47	+1.33	8	+1
	United Left (IU/EB)	13,639	3.59	–2.67	0	–2
	We, the Women of the Plaza (Plazandreok)	1,254	0.33	New	0	±0
	The Greens (B/LV)	915	0.24	New	0	±0
	Basque Country Greens (EHB)	360	0.09	–0.04	0	±0
Blank ballots		5,895	1.55	–0.60

Total		380,329			51	±0

Valid votes		380,329	98.96	–0.17
Invalid votes		3,997	1.04	+0.17
Votes cast / turnout		384,326	65.89	+1.76
Abstentions		199,001	34.11	–1.76
Registered voters		583,327

Sources^[1]^[2]
Footnotes: ¹ Basque Nationalist Party–Basque Solidarity results are compared to the combined totals of Basque Nationalist Party and Basque Solidarity in the 1995 election. ² Basque Citizens results are compared to Popular Unity totals in the 1995 election.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Election Results Archive". euskadi.eus (in Spanish). Basque Government. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Elecciones a las Juntas Generales (1979 - 2015)". Historia Electoral.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 February 2020.

[ResultsEus-1] "Election Results Archive". euskadi.eus (in Spanish). Basque Government. Retrieved 23 February 2020.

[HE-2] "Elecciones a las Juntas Generales (1979 - 2015)". Historia Electoral.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 February 2020.

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