2001 Galician regional election

2001 Galician regional election
21 October 2001
All 75 seats in the Parliament of Galicia
38 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered2,567,670 Increase 0.1%
Turnout1,544,687 (60.2%)
Decrease 2.3 pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Manuel Fraga Xosé Manuel Beiras Emilio Pérez Touriño
Party PP BNG PSdeG–PSOE
Leader since 1989 1982 10 October 1998
Leader's seat Lugo A Coruña Pontevedra
Last election 42 seats, 52.2% 18 seats, 24.8% 15 seats, 19.5%[a]
Seats won 41 17 17
Seat change Decrease 1 Decrease 1 Increase 2
Popular vote 791,885 346,430 334,819
Percentage 51.6% 22.6% 21.8%
Swing Decrease 0.6 pp Decrease 2.2 pp Increase 2.3 pp
Constituency results map for the Parliament of Galicia
President before election

Manuel Fraga
PP

 President after election

Manuel Fraga
PP

A regional election was held in Galicia on 21 October 2001 to elect the 6th Parliament of the autonomous community. All 75 seats in the Parliament were up for election.

Overview

Under the 1981 Statute of Autonomy, the Parliament of Galicia was the unicameral legislature of the homonymous autonomous 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 Galicia expired four years after the date of its previous election, unless it was dissolved earlier. The election decree was required to be issued no later than 25 days before the scheduled expiration date of parliament and published on the following day in the Official Journal of Galicia (DOG), with election day taking place 54 days after the decree's publication.[3] The previous election was held on 19 October 1997, which meant that the legislature's term would have expired on 19 October 2001. The election decree was required to be published in the DOG no later than 25 September 2001, setting the latest possible date for election day on 18 November 2001.

The regional president had the prerogative to dissolve the Parliament of Galicia at any given time and call a snap election, provided that it did not occur before one year after a previous one under this procedure. In the event of an investiture process failing to elect a regional president within a two-month period from the first ballot, the Parliament was to be automatically dissolved and a fresh election called.[4]

The Parliament of Galicia was officially dissolved on 28 August 2001 with the publication of the corresponding decree in the DOG, setting election day for 21 October and scheduling for the chamber to reconvene on 20 November.[5]

Electoral system

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

The Parliament of Galicia had a minimum of 60 and a maximum of 80 seats, with electoral provisions fixing its size at 75. All were elected in four multi-member constituencies—corresponding to the provinces of A Coruña, Lugo, Ourense and Pontevedra, each of which was assigned an initial minimum of 10 seats and the remaining 35 distributed in proportion to population—using the D'Hondt method and closed-list proportional voting, with a five percent-threshold of valid votes (including blank ballots) in each constituency.[7] The use of this electoral method resulted in a higher effective threshold depending on district magnitude and vote distribution.[8]

As a result of the aforementioned allocation, each Parliament constituency was entitled the following seats:[9]

Seats Constituencies[b]
24 A Coruña
22 Pontevedra
15 Lugo
14 Ourense

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.[11]

Outgoing parliament

The table below shows the composition of the parliamentary groups in the chamber at the time of dissolution.[12][13]

Parliamentary composition in August 2001
Groups Parties Legislators
Seats Total
People's Parliamentary Group of Galicia PP 42 42
Galician Nationalist Bloc's Parliamentary Group BNG 18 18
Socialists of Galicia's Parliamentary Group PSdeG–PSOE 13 13
Mixed Parliamentary Group EdeG 2 2

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 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 at least one percent of the electorate in the constituencies for which they sought election, disallowing electors from signing for more than one list.[14]

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
PP
List
 Manuel Fraga Conservatism
Christian democracy		 52.2% 42 Yes
BNG Xosé Manuel Beiras Galician nationalism
Left-wing nationalism
Socialism		 24.8% 18 No
PSdeG–
PSOE
List
 Emilio Pérez Touriño Social democracy 19.5% 15 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; 38 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Parliament of Galicia.

Color key:

  Poll conducted after legal ban on opinion polls   Exit poll

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.

Preferred President

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

Results

Overall

← Summary of the 21 October 2001 Parliament of Galicia election results →
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
People's Party (PP) 791,88551.62−0.57 41−1
Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG) 346,43022.58−2.20 17−1
Socialists' Party of Galicia (PSdeG–PSOE) 334,81921.83+2.37 17+2
United Left (EU–IU) 10,4310.68−0.20 0±0
Galician Progressive Democracy (DPG) 6,9380.45−0.27 0±0
Left of Galicia (EdeG) 5,0010.33New 0±0
Party of Self-employed and Professionals (AUTONOMO) 4,4810.29+0.16 0±0
Humanist Party (PH) 4,1370.27+0.11 0±0
Galician People's Front (FPG) 3,1760.21±0.00 0±0
Social Democratic Party of Law (SDD) 6460.04−0.03 0±0
Blank ballots 25,9881.69+0.38
Total 1,533,932 75±0
Valid votes 1,533,93299.30−0.20
Invalid votes 10,7550.70+0.20
Votes cast / turnout 1,544,68760.16−2.35
Abstentions 1,022,98339.84+2.35
Registered voters 2,567,670
Sources[12][15][16]
Popular vote
PP
 
 51.62%
BNG
 
 22.58%
PSdeG–PSOE
 
 21.83%
Others
 
 2.27%
Blank ballots
 
 1.69%
Seats
PP
 
 54.67%
BNG
 
 22.67%
PSdeG–PSOE
 
 22.67%

Distribution by constituency

Constituency PP BNG PSdeG
% S % S % S
A Coruña 48.7 12 24.1 6 22.9 6
Lugo 56.0 9 19.5 3 21.6 3
Ourense 57.4 8 20.3 3 19.3 3
Pontevedra 50.8 12 23.1 5 21.7 5
Total 51.6 41 22.6 17 21.8 17
Sources[12][15][16]

Aftermath

Government formation

Investiture
Nomination of Manuel Fraga (PP)
Ballot → 5 December 2001
Required majority → 38 out of 75 check
Yes
  • • PP (41)
41 / 75
No
34 / 75
Abstentions
0 / 75
Absentees
0 / 75
Sources[12]

2002 motions of no confidence

Notes

  1. ↑ Results for PSdeG–PSOE/EU–EG/OV in the 1997 election.
  2. ↑ The provinces of La Coruña and Orense were officially renamed as "A Coruña" and "Ourense" on 4 April 1998.[10]
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Undecided and/or abstentionists excluded.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Does not include non-resident citizens.

References

Opinion poll sources

  1. 1 2 3 "Fraga obtiene su cuarta mayoría absoluta en Galicia". ABC (in Spanish). 21 October 2001.
  2. 1 2 3 "Fraga revalida su cuarta mayoría absoluta en Galicia". ABC (in Spanish). 21 October 2001.
  3. 1 2 3 "Manuel Fraga revalida su mayoría absoluta, según los sondeos a pie de urna". El Mundo (in Spanish). 21 October 2001.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 "Tracking electoral". Sondaxe (in Spanish). 14 October 2001. Archived from the original on 5 June 2002. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 "Encuestas". Sondaxe (in Spanish). 21 October 2001. Archived from the original on 26 June 2002. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 "Archivo de encuestas" (PDF). Sondaxe (in Spanish). 21 October 2001. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 December 2003. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  7. ↑ "Intención de voto Galicia 02/10/2001". Cadena SER (in Spanish). 5 October 2001. Archived from the original on 21 November 2001. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  8. ↑ "Fraga puede perder hasta 3 diputados pero mantendrá la mayoría absoluta". Cadena SER (in Spanish). 5 October 2001. Archived from the original on 25 November 2001. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  9. 1 2 3 4 "Preelectoral de Galicia. Elecciones Autonómicas 2001 (Estudio nº 2432. Septiembre 2001)". CIS (in Spanish). 10 October 2001.
  10. ↑ "Estudio CIS nº 2432. Ficha técnica". CIS (in Spanish). 10 October 2001.
  11. ↑ "El PSOE cree ahora que un gobierno del BNG generaría miedo e incertidumbre". ABC (in Spanish). 24 September 2001.
  12. ↑ "Otra encuesta otorga a Fraga una nueva mayoría absoluta". ABC (in Spanish). 30 September 2001.
  13. ↑ "Una encuesta del PP le da la mayoría en las elecciones, aun sin el voto emigrante". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 29 July 2001.
  14. ↑ "Un sondeo revela un desgaste en el PP y le augura un triunfo apurado en octubre". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 18 July 2001.
  15. ↑ "El PPdeG revalidará una nueva mayoría absoluta según el Barómetro de la USC". El Correo Gallego (in Spanish). 19 July 2001.
  16. ↑ "Fraga podría mantener la mayoría absoluta a pesar del incremento de Bloque y PSOE". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 14 July 2001.
  17. ↑ "El PP continúa como primera fuerza electoral en Galicia, pero con un ligero declive". El País (in Spanish). 16 July 2001.
  18. ↑ "El PP confía en mantener su mayoría en Galicia aun perdiendo dos diputados". ABC (in Spanish). 2 June 2001.
  19. ↑ "Galicia: el PP confía en mantener su mayoría aún perdiendo diputados". ABC Sevilla (in Spanish). 2 June 2001.
  20. ↑ "El aumento de los indecisos ante la cercanía de las elecciones perjudica a PP y Bloque". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 14 April 2001.
  21. ↑ "La llave de Raxoi está en América". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 24 March 2001.
  22. ↑ "El PP perdió tres puntos desde el verano y sólo supera en unas décimas a la oposición". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 1 January 2001.
  23. ↑ "El PSOE disputa al BNG la condición de alternativa a los populares, según un sondeo". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 19 January 2001.
  24. ↑ "La mitad de los gallegos con más de 55 años decantan su voto a favor del PPdeG". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 23 September 2001.
  25. ↑ "El PP aumenta en intención de voto para las autonómicas en detrimento del BNG". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 2 July 2000.

Other

  1. ↑ Statute (1981), arts. 10 & 13.
  2. ↑ LEG (1985), final prov. 1.
  3. ↑ Statute (1981), art. 11; LEG (1985), art. 12 (suppl. by LOREG (1985), art. 42).
  4. ↑ LJP (1983), arts. 17 & 24.
  5. ↑ Decree 197/2001 (2001), arts. 1–2 & 5.
  6. ↑ Statute (1981), art. 11; LEG (1985), art. 2 (suppl. by LOREG (1985), arts. 2–3).
  7. ↑ Statute (1981), art. 11; LEG (1985), arts. 8–10.
  8. ↑ Gallagher, Michael (30 July 2012). "Effective threshold in electoral systems". Dublin: Trinity College Dublin. Archived from the original on 30 July 2017. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  9. ↑ Decree 197/2001 (2001), art. 3.
  10. ↑ Law 2/1998 (1998), arts. 1–2 & final prov..
  11. ↑ LEG (1985), art. 11 (suppl. by LOREG (1985), arts. 46 & 48).
  12. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Lozano, Carles. "Elecciones al Parlamento de Galicia (desde 1981)". Historia Electoral.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 May 2026.
  13. ↑ "Parlamento de Galicia. V Lexislatura (18-11-97 ó 28-08-01)" (PDF) (in Galician). Parliament of Galicia. Retrieved 17 May 2026.
  14. ↑ LEG (1985), art. 21 (suppl. by LOREG (1985), art. 44).
  15. 1 2 "Resolución de 8 de noviembre de 2001 por la que se hacen públicos los resultados generales y por circunscripciones y la relación de diputados proclamados electos en las elecciones al Parlamento de Galicia celebradas el día 21 de octubre de 2001" (PDF). Official Journal of Galicia (in Spanish) (219): 14629–14631. 13 November 2001. ISSN 1130-9229. Retrieved 17 May 2026.
  16. 1 2 "Resolución de 30 de noviembre de 2001 sobre correcciones de cifras en las circunscripciones electorales de Ourense y Lugo y, en consecuencia, de los resultados generales de las últimas elecciones al Parlamento de Galicia de 21 de octubre de 2001" (PDF). Official Journal of Galicia (in Spanish) (238): 15640–15641. 11 December 2001. ISSN 1130-9229. Retrieved 17 May 2026.

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