Results breakdown of the 1991 Spanish local elections (Extremadura)

This is the results breakdown of the local elections held in Extremadura on 26 May 1991. The following tables show detailed results in the autonomous community's most populous municipalities, sorted alphabetically.^[1][2][3]

City control

The following table lists party control in the most populous municipalities, including provincial capitals (shown in bold).^[1] Gains for a party are displayed with the cell's background shaded in that party's colour.

Municipality	Population	Previous control		New control
Almendralejo	25,485		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Badajoz	126,781		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Cáceres	73,915		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Mérida	53,732		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Plasencia	34,488		Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)

Municipalities

Almendralejo

Population: 25,485

← Summary of the 26 May 1991 City Council of Almendralejo election results →

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	6,892	50.81	+4.02	11	±0
	People's Party (PP)1	3,750	27.65	–5.51	6	–1
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	1,179	8.69	–3.70	2	±0
	Extremaduran Regionalist Party (PREx)	857	6.32	New	1	+1
	United Left (IU)	774	5.71	–1.23	1	±0
Blank ballots		111	0.82	+0.10
Total		13,563			21	±0
Valid votes		13,563	99.12	–0.04
Invalid votes		120	0.88	+0.04
Votes cast / turnout		13,683	73.91	–5.58
Abstentions		4,831	26.09	+5.58
Registered voters		18,514
Sources[1][4][5]
Footnotes: 1 People's Party results are compared to the combined totals of People's Alliance and People's Democratic Party in the 1987 election.

Badajoz

Population: 126,781

← Summary of the 26 May 1991 City Council of Badajoz election results →

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	26,874	51.04	+3.70	15	±0
	People's Party (PP)1	17,723	33.66	+4.22	10	+2
	United Left (IU)	3,927	7.46	+2.84	2	+2
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	2,563	4.87	–9.08	0	–4
	United Extremadura (EU)	951	1.81	–0.89	0	±0
Blank ballots		613	1.16	+0.08
Total		52,651			27	±0
Valid votes		52,651	99.29	+0.98
Invalid votes		379	0.71	–0.98
Votes cast / turnout		53,030	57.60	–9.48
Abstentions		39,043	42.40	+9.48
Registered voters		92,073
Sources[1][4][6]
Footnotes: 1 People's Party results are compared to the combined totals of People's Alliance and People's Democratic Party in the 1987 election.

Cáceres

Population: 73,915

← Summary of the 26 May 1991 City Council of Cáceres election results →

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	People's Party (PP)1	13,218	39.44	+3.48	12	+3
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	12,928	38.57	+5.87	12	+3
	United Extremadura (EU)	1,688	5.04	–6.56	1	–2
	United Left (IU)	1,659	4.95	+1.63	0	±0
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	1,505	4.49	–9.43	0	–4
	Cáceres Independent Candidacy (CIC)	1,335	3.98	New	0	±0
	Extremaduran Regionalist Party (PREx)	791	2.36	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		394	1.18	–0.04
Total		33,518			25	±0
Valid votes		33,518	99.35	+0.99
Invalid votes		220	0.65	–0.99
Votes cast / turnout		33,738	61.14	–11.33
Abstentions		21,440	38.86	+11.33
Registered voters		55,178
Sources[1][4][7]
Footnotes: 1 People's Party results are compared to the combined totals of People's Alliance, Liberal Party and People's Democratic Party in the 1987 election.

Mérida

Population: 53,732

← Summary of the 26 May 1991 City Council of Mérida election results →

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	11,111	52.16	+1.42	15	+1
	People's Party (PP)1	4,788	22.48	–2.47	6	±0
	United Left (IU)	3,407	15.99	+2.33	4	+1
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	1,019	4.78	–4.69	0	–2
	Extremaduran Regionalist Party (PREx)	303	1.42	New	0	±0
	Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE)	246	1.15	New	0	±0
	United Extremadura (EU)	226	1.06	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		203	0.95	+0.06
Total		21,303			25	±0
Valid votes		21,303	99.17	+0.39
Invalid votes		178	0.83	–0.39
Votes cast / turnout		21,481	59.46	–6.10
Abstentions		14,645	40.54	+6.10
Registered voters		36,126
Sources[1][4][8]
Footnotes: 1 People's Party results are compared to the combined totals of People's Alliance and People's Democratic Party in the 1987 election.

Plasencia

Population: 34,488

← Summary of the 26 May 1991 City Council of Plasencia election results →

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	6,689	41.00	+6.72	11	+3
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	3,436	21.06	–16.61	5	–4
	People's Party (PP)1	2,799	17.16	+0.29	4	+1
	United Left (IU)	966	5.92	+4.34	1	+1
	Plasencia Solution Independents (ISP)	752	4.61	New	0	±0
	Extremaduran Regionalist Party (PREx)	671	4.11	New	0	±0
	United Extremadura (EU)	479	2.94	–3.67	0	–1
	Independents: Electors' Grouping (I:AE)	181	1.11	New	0	±0
	Independent Placentine Initiative (IPI)	140	0.86	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		200	1.23	+0.14
Total		16,313			21	±0
Valid votes		16,313	99.54	+0.81
Invalid votes		75	0.46	–0.81
Votes cast / turnout		16,388	63.94	–6.19
Abstentions		9,244	36.06	+6.19
Registered voters		25,632
Sources[1][4][9]
Footnotes: 1 People's Party results are compared to the combined totals of People's Alliance, Liberal Party and People's Democratic Party in the 1987 election.

See also

• 1991 Extremaduran regional election