1997 Galician regional election

1997 Galician regional election

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All 75 seats in the Parliament of Galicia
38 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered2,565,369 Green arrow up11.9%
Turnout1,603,731 (62.5%)
Red arrow down1.7 pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Manuel Fraga Xosé Manuel Beiras Abel Caballero
Party PP BNG PSdeG–PSOE/
EU–EG/OV
Leader since 1989 1982 26 October 1996
Leader's seat Lugo La Coruña Pontevedra
Last election 43 seats, 52.1% 13 seats, 18.4% 19 seats, 27.1%[a]
Seats won 42 18 15
Seat change Red arrow down1 Green arrow up5 Red arrow down4
Popular vote 832,751 395,435 310,508
Percentage 52.2% 24.8% 19.5%
Swing Green arrow up0.1 pp Green arrow up6.4 pp Red arrow down7.6 pp

Constituency results map for the Parliament of Galicia

President before election

Manuel Fraga
PP

Elected President

Manuel Fraga
PP

The 1997 Galician regional election was held on Sunday, 19 October 1997, to elect the 5th Parliament of the autonomous community of Galicia. All 75 seats in the Parliament were up for election.
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