1994 European Parliament election in Spain

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". The 1994 European Parliament election in Spain was held on Sunday, 12 June 1994, as part of the EU-wide election to elect the 4th European Parliament. All 64 seats allocated to Spain as per the 1993 Council Decision amending the Direct Elections Act were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with a regional election in Andalusia.

The election was held against the backdrop of the early 1990s recession and a string of corruption scandals affecting the ruling Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) of Prime Minister Felipe González. The most recent involved former Civil Guard director Luis Roldán, who had fled the country in early 1994 when it was discovered that he had used his office to amass a fortune through fraudulent means, resulting in the resignation of interior minister Antoni Asunción in the month leading to the election. The People's Party (PP) won in a landslide victory, the first PP win over the PSOE in a nationwide election.[1]

Electoral system

64 members of the European Parliament were allocated to Spain as per the 1993 Council Decision amending the Direct Elections Act. Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals and resident non-national European citizens over 18 years of age and in full enjoyment of their political rights.[2][3]

All seats were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with no electoral threshold being applied in order to be entitled to enter seat distribution. Seats were allocated to a single multi-member constituency comprising the entire national territory.[2] The use of the electoral method resulted in an effective threshold based on the district magnitude and the distribution of votes among candidacies.[4]

Outgoing delegation

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Outgoing delegation in May 1994[5]
Groups Parties MEPs
Seats Total
width="1" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| Party of European Socialists width="1" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| PSOE 28 28
rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| European People's Party style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| PP 16 17
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| UDC 1
rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| Liberal and Democratic Reformist Group style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| CDS 3 5
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| CDC 1
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| Foro 1
rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| Rainbow Group style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| ERC 1 3
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| PA 1
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| CG 1
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| European Democratic Alliance style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| ARM 2 2
rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| Non-Inscrits style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| IU 3 5
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| IC 1
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| HB 1

Parties and candidates

The electoral law allowed for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, coalitions and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form a coalition ahead of an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election call. In order to be entitled to run, parties, federations, coalitions and groupings of electors needed to secure the signature of at least 15,000 registered electors; this requirement could be lifted and replaced through the signature of at least 50 elected officials—deputies, senators, MEPs or members from the legislative assemblies of autonomous communities or from local city councils. Electors and elected officials were disallowed from signing for more than one list of candidates.[2]

Below is a list of the main parties and electoral alliances which contested the election:

Candidacy Parties and
alliances 		Leading candidate Ideology Previous result Ref.
Vote % Seats
width="1" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| PSOE Script error: No such module "collapsible list". File:Fernando Morán 1985 (cropped).jpg Fernando Morán Social democracy
40.22%
Template:Efn 		27 [6]
[7]
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| PP Script error: No such module "collapsible list". File:Abel Matutes 1996 (cropped).jpg Abel Matutes Conservatism
Christian democracy 		21.41% 15 [8]
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| Foro–CDS Script error: No such module "collapsible list". File:Eduard Punset 2008 (cropped).jpg Eduard Punset Centrism
Liberalism 		7.15% 5 [9]
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| IU Script error: No such module "collapsible list". File:Alonso Puerta 2012b (cropped).jpg Alonso Puerta Socialism
Communism 		6.06% 4 [10]
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| CiU Script error: No such module "collapsible list". File:Portrait placeholder.svg Carles Gasòliba Catalan nationalism
Centrism
4.54%
Template:Efn 		2
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| Ruiz-Mateos Script error: No such module "collapsible list". File:Portrait placeholder.svg José María Ruiz-Mateos Right-wing populism 3.84% 2
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| CN Script error: No such module "collapsible list". File:Josu Jon Imaz 2014 (cropped).jpg Josu Jon Imaz Peripheral nationalism
Regionalism
2.61%
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style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| PA–PAP Script error: No such module "collapsible list". File:Portrait placeholder.svg Diego de los Santos Andalusian nationalism
Social democracy 		1.86% 1
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| HB Script error: No such module "collapsible list". File:Portrait placeholder.svg Karmelo Landa Basque independence
Abertzale left
Revolutionary socialism 		1.70% 1
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| PEP Script error: No such module "collapsible list". File:Carlos Garaikoetxea 1979 (cropped).jpg Carlos Garaikoetxea Left-wing nationalism
1.43%
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Opinion polls

The table below lists voting intention estimates 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 given poll. When available, seat projections are also displayed below the voting estimates in a smaller font.

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Results

Overall

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← Summary of the 12 June 1994 European Parliament election results in Spain →
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Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
width="1" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| People's Party (PP) 7,453,900 40.12 +18.71 28 +13
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)1 5,719,707 30.79 −9.43 22 −5
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| United Left (IU) 2,497,671 13.44 +7.38 9 +5
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| Convergence and Union (CiU)2 865,913 4.66 +0.12 3 +1
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| Nationalist Coalition (CN)3 518,532 2.79 +0.18 2 +1
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| For the Europe of the Peoples (PEP)4 239,339 1.29 −0.14 0 −1
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| Forum–Democratic and Social Centre (Foro–CDS) 183,418 0.99 −6.16 0 −5
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| Popular Unity (HB) 180,324 0.97 −0.73 0 −1
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| Andalusian Coalition–Andalusian Power (PA–PAP)5 140,445 0.76 −1.10 0 −1
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG) 139,221 0.75 +0.46 0 ±0
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| Green Group (GV) 109,567 0.59 New 0 ±0
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| Ruiz-Mateos Group (Ruiz-Mateos) 82,410 0.44 −3.40 0 −2
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| The Greens–Ecologist Confederation of Catalonia (EV–CEC)6 42,237 0.23 −0.07 0 ±0
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE) 29,692 0.16 −0.34 0 ±0
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| Hunting, Fishing, Nature, Tradition (CPNT) 29,025 0.16 New 0 ±0
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| Revolutionary Workers' Party (POR) 16,144 0.09 New 0 ±0
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| Asturianist Party (PAS)7 14,846 0.08 +0.05 0 ±0
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| United Extremadura (EU)8 13,580 0.07 ±0.00 0 ±0
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS) 11,733 0.06 −0.09 0 ±0
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| Regionalist Unity of Castile and León (URCL) 10,019 0.05 New 0 ±0
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| Natural Law Party (PLN) 7,845 0.04 New 0 ±0
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| Humanist Party (PH) 7,499 0.04 −0.08 0 ±0
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| Coalition for a New Socialist Party (CNPS)9 7,349 0.04 −0.07 0 ±0
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| Regionalist Party of the Leonese Country (PREPAL) 6,197 0.03 New 0 ±0
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| Independent Spanish Phalanx (FEI) 5,602 0.03 New 0 ±0
Carlist Traditionalist Communion (CTC) 5,226 0.03 New 0 ±0
Justice and Welfare Party (JyB) 4,992 0.03 New 0 ±0
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| Extremaduran Regionalist Party (PREx) 4,836 0.03 New 0 ±0
National Democratic Alternative (ADN) 4,689 0.03 New 0 ±0
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| Carlist Party (PC) 4,640 0.02 −0.03 0 ±0
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| Galician Alternative (AG) 4,431 0.02 New 0 ±0
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| GPOR–PST (LVS) Coalition (GPOR–PST)10 3,765 0.02 −0.22 0 ±0
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| Lanzarote Independents Party (PIL) 0 0.00 New 0 ±0
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| The Greens of the Region of Murcia (LVRM) 0 0.00 New 0 ±0
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| Canarian Nationalist Party (PNC) 0 0.00 New 0 ±0
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| Left of the Peoples (IP)11 n/a n/a −0.81 0 −1
Blank ballots 213,621 1.15 −0.12
Total 18,578,415 64 +4
Valid votes 18,578,415 99.54 +0.56
Invalid votes 85,640 0.46 −0.56
Votes cast / turnout 18,664,055 59.14 +4.43
Abstentions 12,894,944 40.86 −4.43
Registered voters 31,558,999
Sources[13][14]
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Popular vote
PP
 
 40.12%
PSOE
 
 30.79%
IU
 
 13.44%
CiU
 
 4.66%
CN
 
 2.79%
PEP
 
 1.29%
Others
 
 5.76%
Blank ballots
 
 1.15%
Seats
PP
 
 43.75%
PSOE
 
 34.38%
IU
 
 14.06%
CiU
 
 4.69%
CN
 
 3.13%

Maps

Distribution by European group

Summary of political group distribution in the 4th European Parliament (1994–1999)[5]
Groups Parties Seats Total %
width="1" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| European People's Party (EPP) 27
1
1
1 		30 46.88
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| Party of European Socialists (PES) 22 22 34.38
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| European United Left (EUL) 9 9 14.06
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (ELDR) 2 2 3.13
European Radical Alliance (ERA) 1 1 1.56
Total 64 64 100.00

Elected legislators

The following table lists the elected legislators:[15]

Notes

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References

Opinion poll sources

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