Riojan regional election, 1991

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26 May 1991

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All 33 seats in the General Deputation of La Rioja
17 seats needed for a majority

Registered

209,866

4.0%

Turnout

144,729 (69.0%)

3.5 pp

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	José Ignacio Pérez Sáenz	Joaquín Espert	Leopoldo Virosta
Party	PSOE	PP	PR
Leader since	1987	1983	23 June 1990
Leader's seat	La Rioja	La Rioja	La Rioja
Last election	14 seats, 39.6%	13 seats, 38.1%	2 seats, 6.4%
Seats won	16	15	2
Seat change	2	2	0
Popular vote	60,843	59,876	7,731
Percentage	42.4%	41.7%	5.4%
Swing	2.8 pp	3.6 pp	1.0 pp

President before election

José Ignacio Pérez Sáenz
PSOE

Elected President

José Ignacio Pérez Sáenz
PSOE

The 1991 Riojan regional election was held on Sunday, 26 May 1991, to elect the 3rd General Deputation of the Autonomous Community of La Rioja. All 33 seats in the General Deputation were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.

The election was won again by the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), which increased its size and obtained 16 seats, one short for an overall majority. The Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) did not reach the required 5% threshold and lost all its seats, in benefit of the newly founded People's Party (PP) (AP new incarnation), which won two additional seats for a total of 5. United Left remained 0.5 percentage points short of entering the General Deputation, while the Riojan Party (PR) was able to maintain its 2 seats despite not being able to halt its long-term decline.

As a result of the election, incumbent regional premier and PSOE leader José Ignacio Pérez Sáenz was able to get re-elected for a full term in office, after he was elected to the post in January 1990 through a motion of confidence against the former President, Joaquín Espert from AP/PP.

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