1999 Madrilenian regional election

1999 Madrilenian regional election

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All 102 seats in the Assembly of Madrid 52 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered	4,281,075 3.7%
Turnout	2,606,325 (60.9%) 9.5 pp
First party Second party Third party   Leader Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón Cristina Almeida Ángel Pérez Party PP PSOE–p IU Leader since 8 February 1987 15 May 1998 24 February 1993 Last election 54 seats, 51.0% 32 seats, 29.7% 17 seats, 16.0% Seats won 55 39 8 Seat change 1 7 9 Popular vote 1,324,596 944,819 199,488 Percentage 51.1% 36.4% 7.7% Swing 0.1 pp 6.7 pp 8.3 pp
President before election Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón PP Elected President Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón PP

The 1999 Madrilenian regional election was held on Sunday, 13 June 1999, to elect the 5th Assembly of the Community of Madrid. All 102 seats in the Assembly were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain, as well as the 1999 European Parliament election.

While the People's Party (PP) of Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón was widely expected to win a second term and expand its absolute majority in the Assembly of Madrid—with opinion polls predicting a comfortable victory with as many as 59 seats—its gains ended up being minimal. The extremely low turnout, one of the lowest in a regional election, benefitted the opposition Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) instead, which saw a strong performance as a result at the expense of the United Left (IU), which lost half of its votes and seats.^[1]