1999 Navarrese parliamentary election

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1999 Navarrese regional election
13 June 1999
All 50 seats in the Parliament of Navarre
26 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered461,729 Increase 5.5%
Turnout305,880 (66.2%)
Decrease 2.2 pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Miguel Sanz Juan José Lizarbe Pernando Barrena
Party UPN PSN–PSOE EH
Leader since 17 January 1995 18 December 1997 1998
Last election 17 seats, 31.3% 11 seats, 20.9% 5 seats, 11.4%[a]
Seats won 22 11 8
Seat change Increase 5 Steady 0 Increase 3
Popular vote 125,497 61,531 47,271
Percentage 41.4% 20.3% 15.6%
Swing Increase 10.1 pp Decrease 0.6 pp Increase 4.2 pp
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Félix Taberna Juan Cruz Alli Begoña Errazti
Party IU/EB CDN EA–PNV
Leader since 1991 10 April 1995 1995
Last election 5 seats, 9.3% 10 seats, 18.6% 2 seats, 5.6%[b]
Seats won 3 3 3
Seat change Decrease 2 Decrease 7 Increase 1
Popular vote 20,879 20,821 16,512
Percentage 6.9% 6.9% 5.4%
Swing Decrease 2.4 pp Decrease 11.7 pp Decrease 0.2 pp
President before election

Miguel Sanz
UPN

 Elected President

Miguel Sanz
UPN

A regional election was held in Navarre on 13 June 1999 to elect the 5th Parliament of the chartered community. All 50 seats in the Parliament were up for election. It was held concurrently with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all across Spain, as well as the 1999 European Parliament election.

Overview

Under the 1982 Reintegration and Improvement of the Chartered Regime, the Parliament of Navarre was the unicameral legislature of the homonymous chartered community, having legislative power in devolved matters, as well as the ability to grant or withdraw confidence from a regional president.[1] The electoral and procedural rules were supplemented by national law provisions.[2]

Date

The term of the Parliament of Navarre expired four years after the date of its previous ordinary election, with election day being fixed for the fourth Sunday of May every four years, but a 1998 amendment allowed for regional elections held in May 1995 to be held concurrently with European Parliament elections, provided that they were scheduled for within a four month-timespan. The election decree was required to be issued no later than 54 days before the scheduled election date and published on the following day in the Official Gazette of Navarre (BON).[3] The previous election was held on 28 May 1995, setting the date for election day concurrently with that year's European Parliament election on 13 June 1999.

The Parliament of Navarre could not be dissolved before the expiration date of parliament.[4]

The election to the Parliament of Navarre was officially called on 20 April 1999 with the publication of the corresponding decree in the BON, setting election day for 13 June and scheduling for the chamber to reconvene on 2 July.[5]

Electoral system

Voting for the Parliament was based on universal suffrage, comprising all Spanish nationals over 18 years of age, registered in Navarre and with full political rights, provided that they had not been deprived of the right to vote by a final sentence, nor were legally incapacitated.[6]

The Parliament of Navarre had a minimum of 40 and a maximum of 60 seats, with electoral provisions fixing its size at 50. All were elected in a single multi-member constituency—corresponding to the chartered community's territory—using the D'Hondt method and closed-list proportional voting, with a three percent-threshold of valid votes (including blank ballots) regionally.[7]

The law did not provide for by-elections to fill vacant seats; instead, any vacancies arising after the proclamation of candidates and during the legislative term were filled by the next candidates on the party lists or, when required, by designated substitutes.[8]

Parties and candidates

The electoral law allowed for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, alliances and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form a coalition ahead of an election were required to inform the relevant electoral commission within 10 days of the election call, whereas groupings of electors needed to secure the signature of at least one percent of the electorate in Navarre, disallowing electors from signing for more than one list.[9]

Below is a list of the main parties and alliances which contested the election:

Candidacy Parties and
alliances		 Leading candidate Ideology Previous result Gov. Ref.
Vote % Seats
UPN Miguel Sanz Conservatism
Christian democracy
Regionalism		 31.3% 17 Yes
PSN–PSOE
List
 Juan José Lizarbe Social democracy 20.9% 11 No
CDN Juan Cruz Alli Christian democracy
Regionalism		 18.6% 10 No
EH
List
 Pernando Barrena Basque independence
Abertzale left
Revolutionary socialism
11.4%
[a]		 5 No
IU/EB Félix Taberna Socialism
Communism		 9.3% 5 No
EA–PNV Begoña Errazti Basque nationalism
Social democracy
Christian democracy
5.6%
[b]		 2 No

Opinion polls

The tables below list opinion polling results in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first and using the dates when the survey fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. Where the fieldwork dates are unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed with its background shaded in the leading party's colour. If a tie ensues, this is applied to the figures with the highest percentages. The "Lead" column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the parties with the highest percentages in a poll.

Voting intention estimates

The table below lists weighted voting intention estimates. Refusals are generally excluded from the party vote percentages, while question wording and the treatment of "don't know" responses and those not intending to vote may vary between polling organisations. When available, seat projections determined by the polling organisations are displayed below (or in place of) the percentages in a smaller font; 26 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Parliament of Navarre.

Voting preferences

The table below lists raw, unweighted voting preferences.

Victory preferences

The table below lists opinion polling on the victory preferences for each party in the event of a regional election taking place.

Victory likelihood

The table below lists opinion polling on the perceived likelihood of victory for each party in the event of a regional election taking place.

Preferred President

The table below lists opinion polling on leader preferences to become president of the Government of Navarre.

Results

← Summary of the 13 June 1999 Parliament of Navarre election results →
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Navarrese People's Union (UPN) 125,49741.37+10.02 22+5
Socialist Party of Navarre (PSN–PSOE) 61,53120.28−0.59 11±0
Basque Citizens (EH)1 47,27115.58+4.17 8+3
United Left (IU/EB) 20,8796.88−2.47 3−2
Convergence of Democrats of Navarre (CDN) 20,8216.86−8.70 3−7
Basque Solidarity–Basque Nationalist Party (EA–PNV)2 16,5125.44−0.12 3+1
Independents of Navarre (IN) 2,8350.93New 0±0
Carlist Party (EKA) 8690.29+0.01 0±0
Blank ballots 7,1262.35+0.44
Total 303,341 50±0
Valid votes 303,34199.17−0.04
Invalid votes 2,5390.83+0.04
Votes cast / turnout 305,88066.25−2.15
Abstentions 155,84933.75+2.15
Registered voters 461,729
Sources[10][11]
Footnotes:
Popular vote
UPN
 
 41.37%
PSN–PSOE
 
 20.28%
EH
 
 15.58%
IU/EB
 
 6.88%
CDN
 
 6.86%
EA–PNV
 
 5.44%
Others
 
 1.22%
Blank ballots
 
 2.35%
Seats
UPN
 
 44.00%
PSN–PSOE
 
 22.00%
EH
 
 16.00%
IU/EB
 
 6.00%
CDN
 
 6.00%
EA–PNV
 
 6.00%

Aftermath

Government formation

Investiture
Nomination of Miguel Sanz (UPN)
Ballot → 21 July 1999 23 July 1999 26 July 1999
Required majority → 26 out of 50 X markN 26 out of 50 X markN Simple checkY
Yes
22 / 50
22 / 50
22 / 50
No
16 / 50
16 / 50
16 / 50
Abstentions
  • • PSN (11) (10 on 21 Jul)
10 / 50
11 / 50
11 / 50
Absentees
  • • PSN (1) (on 21 Jul)
  • • EH (1)
2 / 50
1 / 50
1 / 50
Sources[10]

Notes

  1. Results for HB (9.2%, 5 seats) and Batzarre (2.2%, 0 seats) in the 1995 election.
  2. Results for EA (4.6%, 2 seats) and NA (1.0%, 0 seats) in the 1995 election.
  3. Within EH.
  4. Within EA.
  5. Does not include non-resident citizens.

References

Opinion poll sources
Other
  1. LORAFNA (1982), arts. 11–13 & 19–22.
  2. LFEPN (1986), art. 2.
  3. LORAFNA (1982), art. 15; LFEPN (1986), arts. 12–14 (suppl. by LOREG (1985), art. 42 & add. prov. 5).
  4. LORAFNA (1982), art. 15.
  5. Foral Decree 2/1999 (1999), arts. 1 & 3.
  6. LORAFNA (1982), art. 15; LFEPN (1986), art. 3 (suppl. by LOREG (1985), arts. 2–3).
  7. LORAFNA (1982), art. 15; LFEPN (1986), arts. 1 & 9–10.
  8. LFEPN (1986), art. 11 (suppl. by LOREG (1985), arts. 46 & 48).
  9. LFEPN (1986), art. 18 (suppl. by LOREG (1985), art. 44).
  10. Lozano, Carles. "Elecciones al Parlamento de Navarra (Nafarroako Parlamentua) (desde 1979)". Historia Electoral.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 May 2026.
  11. "Resultados Electorales y Composición del Parlamento de Navarra. V Legislatura (1999-2003)" (in Spanish). Parliament of Navarre. Retrieved 3 May 2026.

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