1999 European Parliament election in Spain

1999 European Parliament election in Spain

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All 64 Spanish seats in the European Parliament
Opinion polls
Registered	33,840,432 7.2%
Turnout	21,334,948 (63.0%) 3.9 pp
First party Second party Third party   Leader Loyola de Palacio Rosa Díez Alonso Puerta Party PP PSOE–p IU–EUiA Alliance EPP (EPP–ED) PES GUE/NGL Leader since 22 April 1999 22 March 1999 2 March 1994 Leader's seat Spain Spain Spain Last election 28 seats, 40.1% 22 seats, 30.8% 9 seats, 11.9%[a] Seats won 27 24 4 Seat change 1 2 5 Popular vote 8,410,993 7,477,823 1,221,566 Percentage 39.7% 35.3% 5.8% Swing 0.4 pp 4.5 pp 6.1 pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Pere Esteve Isidoro Sánchez Josu Ortuondo Party CiU CE CN–EP Alliance ELDR EPP (EPP–ED) ELDR ERA (Greens/EFA) Greens/EFA Leader since 16 November 1998 1999 17 April 1999 Leader's seat Spain Spain Spain Last election 3 seats, 4.7% 0 seats, 2.2%[b] 2 seats, 2.8%[c] Seats won 3 2 2 Seat change 0 2 0 Popular vote 937,687 677,094 613,968 Percentage 4.4% 3.2% 2.9% Swing 0.3 pp 1.0 pp 0.1 pp
Winner strength by province Winner strength by autonomous community

The 1999 European Parliament election in Spain was held on Sunday, 13 June 1999, as part of the EU-wide election to elect the 5th European Parliament. All 64 seats allocated to Spain as per the Treaty of Amsterdam were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in thirteen autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.

The ruling People's Party (PP)—which for the first time contested a nationwide election in Spain while in government—emerged as the largest political force in the country, albeit with a diminished victory margin than in the previous election held in 1994. The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), in opposition for the first time since 1982, recovered some ground from its previous result. Overall, the PP lead decreased from 9.3 to 4.4 percentage points, though this was an increase from the 1.2 points between both parties in the 1996 general election. United Left (IU) lost half of its votes and parliamentary representation amid internal divisions—Initiative for Catalonia (IC) and the New Left (NI) had split from the larger alliance in 1997—policy differences over their relationship with the PSOE and the deteriorating health condition of IU's maverick leader, Julio Anguita.
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