1991 Navarrese regional election
Election in the Spanish region of Navarre
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A regional election was held in Navarre on 26 May 1991 to elect the 3rd 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.
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26 May 1991
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| Registered | 414,913 5.5% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 276,773 (66.7%) 6.2 pp | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 amendments earlier in 1991 fixing election day for the fourth Sunday of May every four years. The election decree was required to be issued between 54 and 60 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 10 June 1987, setting the date for election day on the fourth Sunday of May four years later, which was 26 May 1991.
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 2 April 1991 with the publication of the corresponding decree in the BON, setting election day for 26 May and scheduling for the chamber to reconvene on 24 June.[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]
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.
| Polling firm/Commissioner | Fieldwork date | Sample size | Turnout |  |
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 |
 |
 |
UDF |  |
EE |  |
PNV | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 regional election | 26 May 1991 | N/a | 66.7 | 33.4 19 |
35.0 20 |
11.2 6 |
2.1 0 |
5.5 3 |
[b] | [b] | 2.1 0 |
4.1 2 |
1.1 0 |
1.6 |
| Sigma Dos/El Mundo[p 1][p 2] | 18 May 1991 | ? | ? | 29.9 17 |
32.3 17/18 |
12.0 7/8 |
– | 6.0 3 |
[b] | [b] | 3.9 1 |
5.3 2/3 |
– | 2.4 |
| CIES/Diario de Navarra[p 3][p 4] | 9–16 May 1991 | 1,447 | 68–70 | 30.0– 32.0 17/18 |
33.0– 35.0 19/21 |
11.0– 12.0 6/7 |
2.5– 3.5 0/1 |
5.5– 6.5 3/4 |
[b] | [b] | 2.5– 3.5 0/1 |
5.0– 6.0 2/3 |
2.0– 3.0 0/1 |
3.0 |
| Metra Seis/El Independiente[p 1][p 2] | 12 May 1991 | ? | ? | 26.8 15 |
33.5 19 |
12.4 7 |
4.2 2 |
6.4 3 |
[b] | [b] | 3.2 1 |
4.7 2 |
3.3 1 |
6.7 |
| Demoscopia/El País[p 1][p 2][p 5][p 6] | 4–7 May 1991 | 500 | ? | 27.5 15 |
40.4 22 |
11.7 6 |
4.6 2 |
4.4 2 |
[b] | [b] | 1.9 0 |
6.0 3 |
1.8 0 |
12.9 |
| CIES/Diario de Navarra[p 7] | 22–29 Apr 1991 | 1,005 | 68 | 32.0 18 |
34.2 19/20 |
11.0 6 |
4.0 1/2 |
5.0 3 |
[b] | [b] | 3.5 0/1 |
4.8 2/3 |
– | 2.2 |
| 1989 general election | 29 Oct 1989 | N/a | 68.5 | 31.2 (17) |
33.2 (18) |
11.0 (6) |
7.0 (4) |
4.8 (2) |
[b] | [b] | 2.9 (0) |
5.7 (3) |
0.9 (0) |
2.0 |
| 1989 EP election | 15 Jun 1989 | N/a | 57.3 | 28.6 (17) |
27.1 (16) |
13.8 (8) |
5.4 (3) |
6.2 (3) |
[b] | [b] | 3.7 (2) |
3.1 (1) |
1.1 (0) |
1.5 |
| 1987 regional election | 10 Jun 1987 | N/a | 72.9 | 27.7 15 |
24.5 14 |
13.5 7 |
7.4 4 |
7.0 4 |
6.2 3 |
4.2 2 |
3.4 1 |
1.3 0 |
0.9 0 |
3.2 |
Voting preferences
The table below lists raw, unweighted voting preferences.
| Polling firm/Commissioner | Fieldwork date | Sample size | |
|
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|
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UDF | |
EE | |
PNV |  |
 |
Lead |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 regional election[c] | 26 May 1991 | N/a | 22.2 | 23.2 | 7.5 | 1.4 | 3.7 | [b] | [b] | 1.4 | 2.7 | 0.7 | N/a | 31.8 | 1.0 |
| CIES/Diario de Navarra[p 3] | 9–16 May 1991 | 1,447 | 26.8 | 16.7 | 9.8 | 1.2 | 5.5 | [b] | [b] | 2.2 | 3.8 | 2.2 | 17.0 | 12.2 | 10.1 |
| CIES/Diario de Navarra[p 7] | 22–29 Apr 1991 | 1,005 | 25.5 | 14.4 | 7.8 | 1.4 | 3.5 | [b] | [b] | 3.2 | 3.5 | 2.2 | 26.3 | 9.9 | 11.1 |
| CIS[p 8] | 13–25 Mar 1991 | 522 | 22.0 | 11.0 | 7.0 | 1.0 | 3.0 | [b] | [b] | 5.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 36.0 | 9.0 | 11.0 |
| CIS[p 9] | 6–17 Feb 1991 | 789 | 23.0 | 12.0 | 6.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 33.0 | 12.0 | 11.0 |
| 1989 general election[c] | 29 Oct 1989 | N/a | 21.3 | 22.6 | 7.5 | 4.8 | 3.3 | [b] | [b] | 2.0 | 3.9 | 0.6 | N/a | 31.3 | 1.3 |
| 1989 EP election[c] | 15 Jun 1989 | N/a | 16.2 | 15.4 | 7.8 | 3.1 | 3.5 | [b] | [b] | 2.1 | 1.8 | 0.6 | N/a | 42.5 | 0.8 |
| 1987 regional election[c] | 10 Jun 1987 | N/a | 20.0 | 17.6 | 9.7 | 5.3 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 1.0 | 0.7 | N/a | 27.0 | 2.4 |
Victory preferences
The table below lists opinion polling on the victory preferences for each party in the event of a regional election taking place.
Results
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| Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− | ||
| Navarrese People's Union (UPN)1 | 96,005 | 34.95 | −0.01 | 20 | +1 | |
| Socialist Party of Navarre (PSN–PSOE) | 91,645 | 33.36 | +5.68 | 19 | +4 | |
| Popular Unity (HB) | 30,762 | 11.20 | −2.26 | 6 | −1 | |
| Basque Solidarity (EA) | 15,170 | 5.52 | −1.48 | 3 | −1 | |
| United Left (IU) | 11,167 | 4.07 | +2.73 | 2 | +2 | |
| Assembly (B) | 6,543 | 2.38 | +0.31 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Basque Country Left (EE) | 5,824 | 2.12 | −1.27 | 0 | −1 | |
| Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 5,650 | 2.06 | −5.36 | 0 | −4 | |
| Livestock Agricultural Party (PAG) | 3,855 | 1.40 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) | 3,071 | 1.12 | +0.18 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Carlist Party (PC) | 1,353 | 0.49 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Blank ballots | 3,637 | 1.32 | −0.07 | |||
| Total | 274,682 | 50 | ±0 | |||
| Valid votes | 274,682 | 99.24 | +0.40 | |||
| Invalid votes | 2,091 | 0.76 | −0.40 | |||
| Votes cast / turnout | 276,773 | 66.71 | −6.19 | |||
| Abstentions | 138,140 | 33.29 | +6.19 | |||
| Registered voters | 414,913 | |||||
| Sources[9][10] | ||||||
Footnotes:
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Aftermath
Government formation
As a result of the investiture process failing to provide a regional president within two months from the first ballot, Juan Cruz Alli was automatically elected on 18 September 1991 and officially sworn into office on 23 September.
| Investiture Nomination of Juan Cruz Alli (UPN) | |||||
| Ballot → | 18 July 1991[d] | 20 July 1991[d] | 22 July 1991 | 24 July 1991 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Required majority → | 26 out of 50 |
26 out of 50 |
Simple |
Simple | |
Yes
|
20 / 50 |
20 / 50 |
20 / 50 |
20 / 50 | |
24 / 50 |
24 / 50 |
30 / 50 |
30 / 50 | ||
| Abstentions | 0 / 50 |
0 / 50 |
0 / 50 |
0 / 50 | |
| Absentees | 0 / 50 |
0 / 50 |
0 / 50 |
0 / 50 | |
| Sources[9] | |||||
| Investiture Nomination of Gabriel Urralburu (PSN) | |||||
| Ballot → | 8 August 1991 | 10 August 1991 | 12 August 1991 | 14 August 1991 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Required majority → | 26 out of 50 |
26 out of 50 |
Simple |
Simple | |
22 / 50 |
22 / 50 |
22 / 50 |
22 / 50 | ||
26 / 50 |
26 / 50 |
26 / 50 |
26 / 50 | ||
Abstentions
|
2 / 50 |
2 / 50 |
2 / 50 |
1 / 50 | |
Absentees
|
0 / 50 |
0 / 50 |
0 / 50 |
1 / 50 | |
| Sources[9] | |||||