1999 Barcelona City Council election

1999 Barcelona City Council election

← 1995 13 June 1999 2003 →

All 41 seats in the City Council of Barcelona
21 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered1,352,781 Red arrow down1.1%
Turnout697,091 (51.5%)
Red arrow down14.7 pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Joan Clos Joaquim Molins Santiago Fisas
Party PSC–PM CiU PP
Leader since 26 September 1997 30 March 1998 22 January 1999
Last election 16 seats, 38.4% 13 seats, 30.6% 7 seats, 16.6%
Seats won 20 10 6
Seat change Green arrow up4 Red arrow down3 Red arrow down1
Popular vote 313,623 150,518 103,177
Percentage 45.2% 21.7% 14.9%
Swing Green arrow up6.8 pp Red arrow down8.9 pp Red arrow down1.7 pp

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Jordi Portabella Imma Mayol
Party ERCEV–AM IC–V–EPM
Leader since 1999 1998
Last election 2 seats, 5.1% 3 seats, 7.6%
Seats won 3 2
Seat change Green arrow up1 Red arrow down1
Popular vote 45,278 43,999
Percentage 6.5% 6.3%
Swing Green arrow up1.4 pp Red arrow down1.3 pp

Mayor before election

Joan Clos
PSC

Elected Mayor

Joan Clos
PSC

The 1999 Barcelona City Council election, also known as the 1999 Barcelona municipal election, was held on Sunday, 13 June 1999, to elect the 6th City Council of the municipality of Barcelona. All 41 seats in the City Council were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in thirteen autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain, as well as the 1999 European Parliament election.