Asturian regional election, 1991

Asturian regional election, 1991

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All 45 seats in the General Junta of the Principality of Asturias 23 seats needed for a majority
Registered	913,215 5.1%
Turnout	535,967 (58.7%) 8.1 pp
First party Second party Third party   Leader Juan Luis Rodríguez-Vigil Isidro Fernández Laura González Party PSOE PP IU Leader since 20 March 1991 1983 1991 Leader's seat Central Central Central Last election 20 seats, 38.8% 13 seats, 25.9% 4 seats, 12.1% Seats won 21 15 6 Seat change 1 2 2 Popular vote 218,193 161,703 78,982 Percentage 41.0% 30.4% 14.8% Swing 2.2 pp 4.5 pp 2.7 pp   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Adolfo Barthe Aza Xuan Xosé Sánchez Party CDS PAS Leader since 1987 1985 Leader's seat Central Central Last election 8 seats, 18.5% 0 seats, 1.3% Seats won 2 1 Seat change 6 1 Popular vote 35,884 14,569 Percentage 6.7% 2.7% Swing 11.8 pp 1.4 pp
Constituency results map for the General Junta of the Principality of Asturias
President before election Pedro de Silva PSOE Elected President Juan Luis Rodríguez-Vigil PSOE

Pedro de Silva
PSOE

Juan Luis Rodríguez-Vigil
PSOE

The 1991 Asturian regional election was held on Sunday, 26 May 1991, to elect the 3rd General Junta of the Principality of Asturias. All 45 seats in the General Junta were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in 12 other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.

The Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) suffered a significant drop of its vote share, losing 6 out of the 8 seats it had held previous to the 1991 election and around 2/3 of its votes. On the other hand, all three Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), newly founded People's Party (PP) (successor party to the late People's Alliance) and United Left (IU) won seats. Additionally, the Asturianist Party (PAS) was able to overcome the 3% threshold in the Central District and entered the General Junta with 1 seat.

After the election, Juan Luis Rodríguez-Vigil was elected President of Asturias, succeeding Pedro de Silva who did not stand for re-election to a third term in office.

The 45 members of the General Junta of the Principality of Asturias were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with a threshold of 3% of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied in each constituency. Parties not reaching the threshold were not taken into consideration for seat distribution. Seats were allocated to constituencies, which were established by law to comprise the following municipalities: