Registered 229,569 5.1% 2 October 1993 1987 17 seats, 49.4% 12 seats, 34.1% Date 13 June 1999 | Turnout 157,623 (68.7%)
7.5 pp 1987 16 December 1995 12 seats, 34.1% 2 seats, 6.7% | |
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The 1999 Riojan parliamentary election was held on Sunday, 13 June 1999, to elect the 5th Parliament of La Rioja, the regional legislature of the Spanish autonomous community of La Rioja. All 33 seats in the Parliament were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in 12 other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain, as well as the 1999 European Parliament election.
The People's Party (PP) under incumbent President Pedro Sanz was re-elected for a second term in office with an increased absolute majority. The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), with former President José Ignacio Pérez Sáenz standing as candidate, also gained 1 seat and saw a slight increase of its share. Both parties benefited of IU's expulsion from Parliament, after failing to meet the 5% threshold and losing all its 2 seats. The Riojan Party (PR) maintained its 2 seats, but lost some of the ground it had won in the previous election.
Electoral system
The number of seats in the Parliament of La Rioja was set to a fixed-number of 33. All Parliament members were elected in a single multi-member district, consisting of the Community's territory (the province of La Rioja), using the D'Hondt method and a closed-list proportional representation system.
Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage in a secret ballot. Only lists polling above 5% of valid votes in all of the community (which include blank ballots—for none of the above) were entitled to enter the seat distribution.