1999 Madrid City Council election

1999 Madrid City Council election

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All 53 seats in the City Council of Madrid
27 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered2,488,296 Red arrow down1.6%
Turnout1,494,090 (60.1%)
Red arrow down11.2 pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader José María Álvarez del Manzano Fernando Morán Inés Sabanés
Party PP PSOEp IU
Leader since 10 October 1986 28 June 1998 23 June 1998
Last election 30 seats, 52.7% 16 seats, 27.8% 9 seats, 15.6%
Seats won 28 20 5
Seat change Red arrow down2 Green arrow up4 Red arrow down4
Popular vote 734,921 534,700 128,731
Percentage 49.5% 36.0% 8.7%
Swing Red arrow down3.2 pp Green arrow up8.2 pp Red arrow down6.9 pp

Mayor before election

José María Álvarez del Manzano
PP

Elected Mayor

José María Álvarez del Manzano
PP

The 1999 Madrid City Council election, also the 1999 Madrid municipal election, was held on Sunday, 13 June 1999, to elect the 6th City Council of the municipality of Madrid. All 53 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.

The People's Party (PP) won an absolute majority of seats for a third consecutive time, but, for the first time since the 1987 election the party lost votes and seats. The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) maintained its second place but reverted the decline it had been suffering since 1983. PSOE gains came at the expense of United Left (IU), which lost nearly half of its votes and seats.

As a result, José María Álvarez del Manzano was elected as Mayor of Madrid for a third term in office.