1991 Basque foral elections

The 1991 Basque foral elections were held on Sunday, 26 May 1991, to elect the 4th General Assemblies of Álava, Biscay and Gipuzkoa. All 153 seats in the three General Assemblies were up for election. The elections were held simultaneously with regional elections in thirteen autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.

Overall

← Summary of the 26 May 1991 Basque General Assemblies election results →

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)	293,683	29.56	+7.78	47	+15
	Socialist Party of the Basque Country (PSE–PSOE)	195,691	19.70	+0.80	32	±0
	Popular Unity (HB)	172,844	17.40	–1.81	27	–5
	Basque Solidarity (EA)	123,334	12.41	–5.20	19	–16
	People's Party (PP)1	79,877	8.04	+1.66	9	+3
	Basque Country Left (EE)	68,139	6.86	–3.03	8	–4
	Alavese Unity (UA)	22,342	2.25	New	11	+11
	United Left (IU/EB)	17,864	1.80	+0.99	0	±0
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	5,225	0.53	–2.87	0	–4
	Basque Country Greens (EHB)	3,325	0.33	New	0	±0
	Green Union (UVE)	732	0.07	New	0	±0
	Carlist Party (EKA/PC)	567	0.06	New	0	±0
	Vitorian Youth (JV)	465	0.05	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		9,415	0.95	–0.07
Total		993,503			153	±0
Valid votes		993,503	99.16	+0.09
Invalid votes		8,407	0.84	–0.09
Votes cast / turnout		1,001,910	59.03	–8.42
Abstentions		695,489	40.97	+8.42
Registered voters		1,697,399
Sources[1][2]
Footnotes: 1 People's Party results are compared to the combined totals of People's Alliance and People's Democratic Party–Liberal Party in the 1987 elections.

Popular vote EAJ/PNV   29.56% PSE–PSOE   19.70% HB   17.40% EA   12.41% PP   8.04% EE   6.86% UA   2.25% IU/EB   1.80% Others   1.04% Blank ballots   0.95%

Foral deputation control

The following table lists party control in the foral deputations.^[2] Gains for a party are displayed with the cell's background shaded in that party's colour.

Deputation	Previous control		New control
Álava		Socialist Party of the Basque Country (PSE–PSOE)		Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)
Biscay		Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)		Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)
Gipuzkoa		Basque Solidarity (EA)		Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)

Historical territories

Álava

← Summary of the 26 May 1991 Álava General Assembly election results →

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)	31,535	25.84	+8.44	14	+4
	Alavese Unity (UA)	22,342	18.30	New	11	+11
	Socialist Party of the Basque Country (PSE–PSOE)	22,080	18.09	–1.60	11	±0
	Popular Unity (HB)	13,872	11.37	–2.63	7	–1
	People's Party (PP)1	10,725	8.79	–0.91	3	–1
	Basque Solidarity (EA)	10,570	8.66	–12.30	3	–9
	Basque Country Left (EE)	5,497	4.50	–3.50	2	–1
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	1,685	1.38	–5.71	0	–3
	United Left (IU/EB)	1,329	1.09	New	0	±0
	Green Union (UVE)	732	0.60	New	0	±0
	Vitorian Youth (JV)	465	0.38	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		1,224	1.00	–0.16
Total		122,056			51	±0
Valid votes		122,056	98.97	+0.14
Invalid votes		1,270	1.03	–0.14
Votes cast / turnout		123,326	57.71	–10.55
Abstentions		90,361	42.29	+10.55
Registered voters		213,687
Sources[1][2]
Footnotes: 1 People's Party results are compared to the combined totals of People's Alliance and People's Democratic Party in the 1987 elections.

Biscay

← Summary of the 26 May 1991 Biscay General Assembly election results →

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)	193,413	35.82	+8.54	21	+5
	Socialist Party of the Basque Country (PSE–PSOE)	113,380	21.00	+1.38	12	±0
	Popular Unity (HB)	83,306	15.43	–2.20	8	–2
	People's Party (PP)1	47,552	8.81	+2.49	4	+3
	Basque Solidarity (EA)	42,918	7.95	–4.93	4	–3
	Basque Country Left (EE)	35,432	6.56	–2.80	2	–2
	United Left (IU/EB)	13,061	2.42	+1.25	0	±0
	Basque Country Greens (EHB)	2,587	0.48	New	0	±0
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	2,547	0.47	–3.22	0	–1
	Carlist Party (EKA/PC)	567	0.10	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		5,262	0.97	–0.11
Total		540,025			51	±0
Valid votes		540,025	99.13	+0.06
Invalid votes		4,756	0.87	–0.06
Votes cast / turnout		544,781	58.13	–8.72
Abstentions		392,340	41.87	+8.72
Registered voters		937,121
Sources[1][2]
Footnotes: 1 People's Party results are compared to the combined totals of People's Alliance and People's Democratic Party in the 1987 elections.

Gipuzkoa

← Summary of the 26 May 1991 Gipuzkoa General Assembly election results →

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Popular Unity (HB)	75,666	22.83	–0.98	12	–2
	Basque Solidarity (EA)	69,846	21.07	–3.22	12	–4
	Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)	68,735	20.74	+6.54	12	+6
	Socialist Party of the Basque Country (PSE–PSOE)	60,231	18.17	+0.77	9	±0
	Basque Country Left (EE)	27,210	8.21	–3.28	4	–1
	People's Party (PP)1	21,600	6.52	+1.28	2	+1
	United Left (IU/EB)	3,474	1.05	+0.53	0	±0
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	993	0.30	–1.23	0	±0
	Basque Country Greens (EHB)	738	0.22	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		2,929	0.88	+0.01
Total		331,422			51	±0
Valid votes		331,422	99.29	+0.14
Invalid votes		2,381	0.71	–0.14
Votes cast / turnout		333,803	61.07	–7.09
Abstentions		212,788	38.93	+7.09
Registered voters		546,591
Sources[1][2]
Footnotes: 1 People's Party results are compared to the combined totals of People's Alliance and People's Democratic Party–Liberal Party in the 1987 elections.