1991 Spanish local elections
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26 May 1991[a]
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66,308 councillors in 8,060 municipal councils All 1,383 provincial/island seats in 44 provinces[b] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Registered | 30,223,384  6.3% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 18,973,514 (62.8%) 6.6 pp | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Local elections were held in Spain on 26 May 1991[a] to elect all 66,308 councillors in the 8,060 Spanish municipalities,[2] all 1,185 provincial seats in 41 provinces (including 38 indirectly-elected provincial deputations and the three foral deputations in the Basque Country) and 198 seats in ten island councils (seven Canarian and three Balearic ones). They were held concurrently with regional elections in thirteen autonomous communities.
Overview
[edit]Local government
[edit]Under the 1978 Constitution, the governance of municipalities in Spain was centered on the figure of city councils (Spanish: ayuntamientos), local corporations with independent legal personality composed of a mayor, a government council and an elected legislative assembly.[3] The mayor was indirectly elected by the local assembly, requiring an absolute majority; otherwise, the candidate from the most-voted party automatically became mayor (ties were resolved by drawing lots).[4] The concejo abierto system (English: open council), under which voters directly elected the local mayor by plurality voting, was reserved for municipalities under 100 inhabitants and some minor local entities.[5]
Provincial deputations were the governing bodies of provinces in Spain—except for single-province autonomous communities—having an administration role of municipal activities and composed of a provincial president, an administrative body, and a plenary.[6] For insular provinces, such as the Balearic and Canary Islands, deputations were replaced by island councils in each of the islands or group of islands. For Gran Canaria, Tenerife, Fuerteventura, La Gomera, El Hierro, Lanzarote and La Palma, this figure was referred to in Spanish as cabildo insular, whereas for Mallorca, Menorca and Ibiza–Formentera, its name was consejo insular (Catalan: consell insular).[7][e] The three Basque provinces had foral deputations instead (called General Assemblies, or Juntas Generales).[9]
Date
[edit]The term of local assemblies in Spain expired four years after the date of their previous 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 State Gazette (BOE).[10] The previous local elections were 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.
Local assemblies could not be dissolved before the expiration of their term, except in cases of mismanagement that seriously harmed the public interest and implied a breach of constitutional obligations, in which case the Council of Ministers could—optionally—decide to call a by-election.[11]
Elections to the assemblies of local entities were officially called on 2 April 1991 with the publication of the corresponding decree in the BOE, setting election day for 26 May.[12] Subsequent by-elections were called on 10 September, for 3 November.[1]
Electoral system
[edit]Voting for local assemblies and Canarian island councils was based on universal suffrage, comprising all Spanish nationals over 18 years of age, registered and residing in the municipality or council 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), as well as resident non-nationals whose country of origin allowed reciprocal voting by virtue of a treaty or within the framework of Community Law.[13]
Local councillors were elected using the D'Hondt method and closed-list proportional voting, with a five percent-threshold of valid votes (including blank ballots) in each constituency.[14] Each municipality or council was a multi-member constituency, with a number of seats based on the following scale:[15]
| Population | Councillors | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Municipalities | Canary Islands | Balearic Islands[e] | |
| <250 | 5 | No island below 5,000 inhabitants |
Fixed number: Ibiza–Formentera: 13 Menorca: 13 Mallorca: 33 |
| 251–1,000 | 7 | ||
| 1,001–2,000 | 9 | ||
| 2,001–5,000 | 11 | ||
| 5,001–10,000 | 13 | 11 | |
| 10,001–20,000 | 17 | 13 | |
| 20,001–50,000 | 21 | 17 | |
| 50,001–100,000 | 25 | 21 | |
| >100,001 | +1 per each 100,000 inhabitants or fraction +1 if total is an even number | ||
Councillors in municipalities between 100 and 250 inhabitants were elected using open-list partial block voting, with voters choosing up to four candidates.[16]
Most provincial deputations were indirectly elected from among the elected municipal councillors in each judicial district. Seats were allocated to provincial deputations based on the following scale (with each judicial district being assigned an initial minimum of one seat and the remaining ones distributed in proportion to population):[17]
| Population | Seats |
|---|---|
| <500,000 | 25 |
| 500,001–1,000,000 | 27 |
| 1,000,001–3,500,000 | 31 |
| >3,500,001 | 51 |
The General Assemblies of Álava, Biscay and Gipuzkoa were directly elected by voters under their own, specific electoral regulations.[18]
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.[19]
Parties and candidates
[edit]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 an alliance 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 a determined amount of the electors registered in the municipality for which they sought election, disallowing electors from signing for more than one list:[20]
- At least one percent of the electors in municipalities with a population below 5,000 inhabitants, provided that the number of signers was more than double that of councillors at stake.
- At least 100 signatures in municipalities with a population between 5,001 and 10,000.
- At least 500 signatures in municipalities with a population between 10,001 and 50,000.
- At least 1,500 signatures in municipalities with a population between 50,001 and 150,000.
- At least 3,000 signatures in municipalities with a population between 150,001 and 300,000.
- At least 5,000 signatures in municipalities with a population between 300,001 and 1,000,000.
- At least 8,000 signatures in municipalities with a population over 1,000,001.
Results
[edit]Municipal
[edit]Overall
[edit]| Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Councillors | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− | ||
| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 7,224,242 | 38.34 | +1.26 | 25,260 | +2,019 | |
| People's Party (PP) | 4,843,733 | 25.71 | +3.16 | 19,543 | +1,674 | |
| Navarrese People's Union (UPN) | 68,682 | 0.36 | +0.14 | 245 | +111 | |
| United Left (IU) | 1,605,285 | 8.52 | +0.28 | 2,644 | −37 | |
| Canarian Nationalist Assembly (ACN) | 26,188 | 0.14 | New | 30 | +30 | |
| Convergence and Union (CiU) | 915,464 | 4.86 | −0.29 | 4,360 | −13 | |
| Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 731,331 | 3.88 | −5.89 | 2,939 | −3,033 | |
| Andalusian Party (PA) | 342,927 | 1.82 | +0.68 | 540 | +246 | |
| Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) | 299,840 | 1.59 | +0.35 | 993 | +174 | |
| Popular Unity (HB) | 199,090 | 1.06 | −0.17 | 701 | +32 | |
| Valencian Union (UV) | 187,385 | 0.99 | +0.23 | 335 | +120 | |
| Canarian Independent Groups (AIC) | 142,561 | 0.76 | +0.06 | 284 | +43 | |
| Independent Realejeran Group (ARI) | 2,196 | 0.01 | New | 3 | +3 | |
| Basque Solidarity (EA) | 131,384 | 0.70 | −0.36 | 393 | −104 | |
| Aragonese Party (PAR) | 128,025 | 0.68 | +0.02 | 1,221 | +325 | |
| Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG) | 107,932 | 0.57 | +0.26 | 241 | +102 | |
| Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) | 92,003 | 0.49 | +0.10 | 228 | +40 | |
| The Greens (LV) | 82,361 | 0.44 | +0.34 | 5 | +3 | |
| Union for the Progress of Cantabria (UPCA) | 71,683 | 0.38 | New | 285 | +285 | |
| Basque Country Left (EE) | 71,382 | 0.38 | −0.17 | 105 | −52 | |
| Valencian People's Union (UPV) | 54,951 | 0.29 | +0.14 | 92 | +27 | |
| Galician Nationalist Convergence (CG–CdG)4 | 52,196 | 0.28 | −0.48 | 137 | −470 | |
| Galician Socialist Party–Galician Left (PSG–EG) | 39,116 | 0.21 | −0.08 | 46 | −14 | |
| Left Proposal–Party of the Communists of Catalonia (PEC–PCC) | 30,802 | 0.16 | New | 25 | +25 | |
| The Greens Ecologist–Humanist List (PH–LE–FV) | 25,136 | 0.13 | −0.02 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Humanist Party (PH) | 233 | 0.00 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Ruiz-Mateos Group (ARM) | 23,404 | 0.12 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Independent Solution (SI)6 | 21,951 | 0.12 | −0.01 | 61 | −9 | |
| Alavese Unity (UA) | 21,269 | 0.11 | New | 39 | +39 | |
| Socialist Party of Mallorca–Nationalists of Mallorca (PSM–NM) | 20,981 | 0.11 | +0.05 | 54 | +29 | |
| Liberal Independent Group (GIL) | 20,531 | 0.11 | New | 19 | +19 | |
| Regionalist Party of Cantabria (PRC) | 18,966 | 0.10 | −0.04 | 69 | −31 | |
| Regional Electoral Coalition (PCAN–PRM)7 | 16,180 | 0.09 | −0.05 | 12 | +2 | |
| Gijonese Unity (UGJ) | 13,127 | 0.07 | New | 3 | +3 | |
| Workers' Socialist Party (PST) | 11,366 | 0.06 | +0.05 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Asturian Coalition (PAS–UNA)8 | 10,891 | 0.06 | +0.04 | 6 | +4 | |
| Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS) | 10,829 | 0.06 | −0.04 | 11 | +5 | |
| Aragonese Union (CHA) | 10,196 | 0.05 | +0.03 | 16 | +14 | |
| Independent Union of Majorca–Independents of Majorca (UIM–IM) | 10,159 | 0.05 | New | 21 | +21 | |
| Green Union (UVE–LVA) | 9,943 | 0.05 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Leonese People's Union (UPL) | 9,595 | 0.05 | +0.03 | 28 | +15 | |
| Progress and Future of Ceuta (PFC) | 9,420 | 0.05 | New | 11 | +11 | |
| Granadan Unity (UG) | 9,333 | 0.05 | New | 53 | +53 | |
| Socialist Democracy (DS) | 8,747 | 0.05 | New | 4 | +4 | |
| People's Palentine Group (APP) | 6,234 | 0.03 | New | 2 | +2 | |
| Majorera Assembly (AM) | 4,959 | 0.03 | ±0.00 | 21 | −2 | |
| Independents of Ibiza and Formentera Federation (FIEF) | 2,048 | 0.01 | New | 6 | +6 | |
| Independent Herrenian Group (AHI) | 1,452 | 0.01 | ±0.00 | 8 | −1 | |
| Others (lists at <0.05% not securing any provincial or island seat) | 978,929 | 5.20 | — | 5,487 | −845 | |
| Blank ballots | 212,201 | 1.13 | +0.02 | |||
| Total | 18,841,540 | 100.00 | 66,308 | +731 | ||
| Valid votes | 18,841,540 | 99.30 | +0.56 | |||
| Invalid votes | 131,974 | 0.70 | −0.56 | |||
| Votes cast / turnout | 18,973,514 | 62.78 | −6.64 | |||
| Abstentions | 11,249,870 | 37.22 | +6.64 | |||
| Registered voters | 30,223,384 | |||||
| Sources[21][22] | ||||||
Footnotes:
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City control
[edit]The following table lists party control in provincial capitals (highlighted in bold), as well as in municipalities above 75,000.[23] Gains for a party are highlighted in that party's colour.
Provincial and island
[edit]Summary
[edit]| Parties and alliances | Seats | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PD | IC | FD | Total | +/− | ||
| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 524 | 72 | 32 | 628 | +40 | |
| People's Party (PP)1 | 337 | 45 | 9 | 391 | +38 | |
| Convergence and Union (CiU) | 68 | — | — | 68 | +1 | |
| United Left (IU) | 36 | 10 | 0 | 48 | −2 | |
| Canarian Initiative (ICAN)2 | — | 10 | — | 10 | +2 | |
| Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) | — | — | 47 | 47 | +15 | |
| Canarian Independent Groups (AIC) | — | 35 | — | 35 | +11 | |
| Independents of Fuerteventura (IF) | — | 3 | — | 3 | −1 | |
| Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 14 | 18 | 0 | 32 | −84 | |
| Popular Unity (HB) | — | — | 27 | 27 | −5 | |
| Basque Solidarity (EA) | — | — | 19 | 19 | −16 | |
| Andalusian Party (PA) | 15 | — | — | 15 | +6 | |
| Aragonese Party (PAR) | 15 | — | — | 15 | +2 | |
| Alavese Unity (UA) | — | — | 11 | 11 | +11 | |
| Galician Nationalist Convergence (CG–CdG)4 | 10 | — | — | 10 | −3 | |
| Basque Country Left (EE) | — | — | 8 | 8 | −4 | |
| Majorera Assembly (AM) | — | 7 | — | 7 | ±0 | |
| Valencian Union (UV) | 4 | — | — | 4 | +1 | |
| Independent Herrenian Group (AHI) | — | 4 | — | 4 | −4 | |
| Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG) | 3 | — | — | 3 | +2 | |
| Socialist Party of Mallorca–Nationalists of Majorca (PSM–NM) | — | 3 | — | 3 | +1 | |
| Liberal Independent Group (GIL) | 2 | — | — | 2 | +2 | |
| Valencian People's Union (UPV) | 1 | — | — | 1 | +1 | |
| Leonese People's Union (UPL) | 1 | — | — | 1 | +1 | |
| Independent Union of Majorca–Independents of Majorca (UIM–IM) | — | 1 | — | 1 | +1 | |
| People's Palentine Group (APP) | 1 | — | — | 1 | +1 | |
| Independents of Ibiza and Formentera Federation (FIEF) | — | 1 | — | 1 | +1 | |
| Galician Socialist Party–Galician Left (PSG–EG) | 0 | — | — | 0 | −1 | |
| Workers' Party of Spain–Communist Unity (PTE–UC) | n/a | n/a | n/a | 0 | −1 | |
| Independents of Galicia (IG) | n/a | n/a | n/a | 0 | −1 | |
| Galician Nationalist Party (PNG) | n/a | n/a | n/a | 0 | −1 | |
| Independent Group of Ciudad Real (AICR) | n/a | n/a | n/a | 0 | −1 | |
| Centre Canarian Union (UCC) | n/a | n/a | n/a | 0 | −1 | |
| Free Independents (IL) | n/a | n/a | n/a | 0 | −1 | |
| Independents (INDEP) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | −4 | |
| Total | 1,032 | 198 | 153 | 1,383 | +6 | |
| Sources[26] | ||||||
Footnotes:
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Indirectly-elected
[edit]The following table lists party control in the indirectly-elected provincial deputations.[26] Gains for a party are highlighted in that party's colour.
Island councils
[edit]The following table lists party control in the island councils.[27][28] Gains for a party are highlighted in that party's colour.
| Island | Population | Previous control | New control | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| El Hierro | 7,705 | Independent Herrenian Group (AHI) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | ||
| Fuerteventura | 40,012 | Majorera Assembly (AM) | Majorera Assembly (AM) | ||
| Gran Canaria | 704,757 | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Canarian Initiative (ICAN) | ||
| Ibiza–Formentera | 85,740[29] | People's Party (PP) | People's Party (PP) | ||
| La Gomera | 17,485 | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | ||
| La Palma | 82,131 | People's Party (PP) | La Palma Group of Independents (API) (PSOE in 1993) | ||
| Lanzarote | 74,007 | Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | Lanzarote Independents Party (PIL) (PSOE in 1994) | ||
| Mallorca | 613,831[29] | People's Party (PP) | People's Party (PP) | ||
| Menorca | 68,347[29] | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) (PP in 1991) | ||
| Tenerife | 663,306 | Tenerife Group of Independents (ATI) | Tenerife Group of Independents (ATI) | ||
Foral deputations
[edit]The following table lists party control in the foral deputations.[30] Gains for a party are highlighted in that party's colour.
| Province | Population | Previous control | New control | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Álava | 277,734 | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) | ||
| Biscay | 1,184,049 | Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) | Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) | ||
| Guipúzcoa | 697,918 | Basque Solidarity (EA) | Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) | ||
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b By-elections were held on 3 November 1991 in those constituencies where results were annulled by a final sentence following an electoral petition, or where elections were not held due to a lack of candidates.[1]
- ^ Including:
- 1,032 seats in 38 provincial deputations;
- 153 seats in 3 Basque foral deputations;
- 139 seats in 7 Canarian island cabildos;
- 59 seats in 3 Balearic island councils.
- ^ Results for AP (20.9%, 16,581 c. and 336 p.), PDP (0.9%, 914 c. and 7 p.), SI in Burgos (0.2%, 59 c. and 6 p.), UPN (0.2%, 134 c.), UM (0.2%, 119 c. and 4 p.) and PL (0.1%, 62 c. and 0 p.) in the 1987 elections.
- ^ Results for IU (8.0%, 2,641 c. and 45 p.) and AC–INC (0.2%, 40 c. and 3 p.) in the 1987 elections.
- ^ a b For the Balearic Islands, regional lawmakers served as island councillors.[8]
- ^ Reached 75,000 in 1991.[24]
- ^ Renamed from Palma in March 1991.[25]
- ^ Renamed from La Laguna in March 1991.[25]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Royal Decree 1334/1991 (1991), arts. 1–2.
- ^ "Elecciones Municipales en España 1979-2011" (in Spanish). Ministry of the Interior. December 2014. Retrieved 9 April 2026.
- ^ Constitution (1978), art. 140; LBRL (1985), art. 19.
- ^ LBRL (1985), art. 19; LOREG (1985), art. 196.
- ^ LBRL (1985), art. 29; LOREG (1985), arts. 179 & 199–200.
- ^ Constitution (1978), art. 141; LBRL (1985), arts. 31–32 & 40.
- ^ Constitution (1978), art. 141; LBRL (1985), art. 41.
- Canary Islands: EAC (1982), arts. 7 & 22; LRJAPC (1990), arts. 5 & 36.
- Balearic Islands: EAIB (1983), arts. 5, 18 & 37; LCI (1989), arts. 2–9.
- ^ EAIB (1983), art. 38 (suppl. by LEIB (1986), art. 12).
- ^ Constitution (1978), repeal. prov.; Law 27/1983 (1983), arts. 1 & 6–8; LBRL (1985), art. 39.
- ^ LOREG (1985), arts. 42, 194 & 201.
- ^ LBRL (1985), art. 61.
- ^ Royal Decree 391/1991 (1991), art. 1.
- ^ Constitution (1978), art. 13; LBRL (1985), art. 19; LOREG (1985), arts. 2–3, 176 & 201.
- ^ LOREG (1985), arts. 163, 180 & 201.
- ^ LOREG (1985), arts. 179–180 & 201.
- ^ LOREG (1985), art. 184.
- ^ LOREG (1985), art. 204.
- ^ Law 1/1987 (1987), arts. 1–4 & 7–9.
- ^ LOREG (1985), arts. 46, 48, 182 & 208.
- ^ LOREG (1985), arts. 44 & 187.
- ^ Lozano, Carles. "Elecciones Municipales (resultados 1979-2011)". Historia Electoral.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 April 2026.
- ^ "Elecciones celebradas. Resultados electorales" (in Spanish). Ministry of the Interior. Retrieved 10 April 2026.
- ^ Lozano, Carles. "Elecciones Municipales (alcaldes de ciudades por partido)". Historia Electoral.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 April 2026.
- ^ "Demografia de Dos Hermanas (Sevilla)". Foro-Ciudad.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 April 2026.
- ^ a b "Variaciones de los municipios de España desde 1842" (PDF) (in Spanish). Ministry of Public Administrations. October 2008. Retrieved 14 April 2026.
- ^ a b Lozano, Carles. "Elecciones a Diputaciones Provinciales (desde 1979)". Historia Electoral.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 April 2026.
- ^ Lozano, Carles. "Elecciones a Cabildos insulares (desde 1979)". Historia Electoral.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 April 2026.
- ^ Lozano, Carles. "Eleccions als Consells Insulars (des de 1979)". Historia Electoral.com (in Catalan). Retrieved 13 April 2026.
- ^ a b c "Poblaciones de derecho desde 1986 hasta 1995. Cifras de las rectificaciones y renovaciones padronales. Balears (Illes) (1990)" (in Spanish). National Statistics Institute. Retrieved 15 April 2026.
- ^ Lozano, Carles. "Elecciones a las Juntas Generales (desde 1979)". Historia Electoral.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 April 2026.
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