1994 European Parliament election in Spain

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An election was held in Spain on Sunday, 12 June 1994, as part of the EU-wide election to elect the 4th European Parliament. All 64 seats allocated to the Spanish constituency as per the 1993 Council Decision amending the Direct Elections Act were up for election. It was held concurrently with a regional election in Andalusia.

1994 European Parliament election in Spain
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All 64 Spanish seats in the European Parliament
Opinion polls
Registered31,558,999 7.8%
Turnout18,664,055 (59.1%)
4.4 pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Abel Matutes Fernando Morán Alonso Puerta
Party PP PSOE IU
Alliance EPP PES EUL
Leader since 18 November 1993 10 April 1987 2 March 1994
Leader's seat Spain Spain Spain
Last election 15 seats, 21.4% 27 seats, 40.2% 4 seats, 6.1%
Seats won 28 22 9
Seat change 13 5 5
Popular vote 7,453,900 5,719,707 2,497,671
Percentage 40.1% 30.8% 13.4%
Swing 18.7 pp 9.4 pp 7.3 pp
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Carles Gasòliba Josu Jon Imaz Carlos Garaikoetxea
Party CiU CN PEP
Alliance ELDR
EPP 		EPP
ERA 		RBW
Leader since 1 January 1986 27 February 1994 29 April 1987
Leader's seat Spain Spain Spain (lost)
Last election 2 seats, 4.5% 1 seat, 2.6% 1 seat, 1.6%
Seats won 3 2 0
Seat change 1 1 1
Popular vote 865,913 518,532 239,339
Percentage 4.7% 2.8% 1.3%
Swing 0.2 pp 0.2 pp 0.1 pp

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.

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.

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. The use of the electoral method resulted in an effective threshold based on the district magnitude and the distribution of votes among candidacies.

Outgoing delegation

Outgoing delegation in May 1994
Groups Parties MEPs
Seats Total
Party of European Socialists PSOE 28 28
European People's Party PP 16 17
UDC 1
Liberal and Democratic Reformist Group CDS 3 5
CDC 1
Foro 1
Rainbow Group ERC 1 3
PA 1
CG 1
European Democratic Alliance ARM 2 2
Non-Inscrits IU 3 5
IC 1
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.

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
PSOE
List
  • Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
  • Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC)
Fernando Morán Social democracy
40.2%
 27
PP
List
  • People's Party (PP)
  • Navarrese People's Union (UPN)
Abel Matutes Conservatism
Christian democracy 		21.4% 15
Foro–CDS
List
  • Forum (Foro)
  • Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)
Eduard Punset Centrism
Liberalism 		7.1% 5
IU
List
  • United Left (IU)
    – Communist Party of Spain (PCE)
    – Socialist Action Party (PASOC)
    – Republican Left (IR)
    – Collectives for the Unity of Workers (CUT)
  • Initiative for Catalonia (IC)
    – Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia (PSUC)
Alonso Puerta Socialism
Communism 		6.1% 4
CiU
List
  • Convergence and Union (CiU)
    – Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (CDC)
    – Democratic Union of Catalonia (UDC)
  • Valencian People's Union (UPV)
  • Socialist Party of Majorca (PSM)
Carles Gasòliba Catalan nationalism
Centrism
4.5%
 2
Ruiz-Mateos
List
  • Ruiz-Mateos Group (Ruiz-Mateos)
José María Ruiz-Mateos Right-wing populism 3.8% 2
CN
List
  • Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)
  • Canarian Coalition (CC)
  • Valencian Union (UV)
  • Aragonese Party (PAR)
  • Galician Coalition (CG)
  • Majorcan Union (UM)
Josu Jon Imaz Peripheral nationalism
Regionalism
2.6%
 1
PA–PAP
List
  • Andalusian Party (PA)
  • Andalusian Progress Party (PAP)
Diego de los Santos Andalusian nationalism
Social democracy 		1.9% 1
HB
List
  • Popular Unity (HB)
    – Basque Nationalist Action (EAE/ANV)
    – Patriotic Socialist Committees (ASK)
Karmelo Landa Basque independence
Abertzale left
Revolutionary socialism 		1.7% 1
PEP
List
  • Basque Solidarity (EA)
  • Catalan Action (AC)
  • Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC)
  • Nationalist and Ecologist Agreement (ENE)
  • Commoners' Land–Castilian Nationalist Party (TC–PNC)
Carlos Garaikoetxea Left-wing nationalism
1.4%
 1

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.

Color key:

  Exit poll

Results

Overall

← Summary of the 12 June 1994 European Parliament election results in Spain →
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
People's Party (PP) 7,453,900 40.12 +18.71 28 +13
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)1 5,719,707 30.79 −9.43 22 −5
United Left (IU) 2,497,671 13.44 +7.38 9 +5
Convergence and Union (CiU)2 865,913 4.66 +0.12 3 +1
Nationalist Coalition (CN)3 518,532 2.79 +0.18 2 +1
For the Europe of the Peoples (PEP)4 239,339 1.29 −0.14 0 −1
Forum–Democratic and Social Centre (Foro–CDS) 183,418 0.99 −6.16 0 −5
Popular Unity (HB) 180,324 0.97 −0.73 0 −1
Andalusian Coalition–Andalusian Power (PA–PAP)5 140,445 0.76 −1.10 0 −1
Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG) 139,221 0.75 +0.46 0 ±0
Green Group (GV) 109,567 0.59 New 0 ±0
Ruiz-Mateos Group (Ruiz-Mateos) 82,410 0.44 −3.40 0 −2
The Greens–Ecologist Confederation of Catalonia (EV–CEC)6 42,237 0.23 −0.07 0 ±0
Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE) 29,692 0.16 −0.34 0 ±0
Hunting, Fishing, Nature, Tradition (CPNT) 29,025 0.16 New 0 ±0
Revolutionary Workers' Party (POR) 16,144 0.09 New 0 ±0
Asturianist Party (PAS)7 14,846 0.08 +0.05 0 ±0
United Extremadura (EU)8 13,580 0.07 ±0.00 0 ±0
Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS) 11,733 0.06 −0.09 0 ±0
Regionalist Unity of Castile and León (URCL) 10,019 0.05 New 0 ±0
Natural Law Party (PLN) 7,845 0.04 New 0 ±0
Humanist Party (PH) 7,499 0.04 −0.08 0 ±0
Coalition for a New Socialist Party (CNPS)9 7,349 0.04 −0.07 0 ±0
Regionalist Party of the Leonese Country (PREPAL) 6,197 0.03 New 0 ±0
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
Extremaduran Regionalist Party (PREx) 4,836 0.03 New 0 ±0
National Democratic Alternative (ADN) 4,689 0.03 New 0 ±0
Carlist Party (PC) 4,640 0.02 −0.03 0 ±0
Galician Alternative (AG) 4,431 0.02 New 0 ±0
GPOR–PST (LVS) Coalition (GPOR–PST)10 3,765 0.02 −0.22 0 ±0
Lanzarote Independents Party (PIL) 0 0.00 New 0 ±0
The Greens of the Region of Murcia (LVRM) 0 0.00 New 0 ±0
Canarian Nationalist Party (PNC) 0 0.00 New 0 ±0
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
Footnotes:
  • 1 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party results are compared to the combined totals of Spanish Socialist Workers' Party and Left of the Peoples in the Basque Country and Navarre in the 1989 election.
  • 2 Convergence and Union results are compared to the combined totals of Convergence and Union and Left of the Peoples in the Balearic Islands and the Valencian Community in the 1989 election.
  • 3 Nationalist Coalition (1994) results are compared to the combined totals of Nationalist Coalition (1989)—not including results in Castile and León—and Federation of Regional Parties in the Valencian Community in the 1989 election.
  • 4 For the Europe of the Peoples (1994) results are compared to For the Europe of the Peoples (1989) totals in the 1989 election, not including results in Galicia.
  • 5 Andalusian Coalition–Andalusian Power results are compared to Andalusian Party totals in the 1989 election.
  • 6 The Greens–Ecologist Confederation of Catalonia results are compared to Green Alternative–Ecologist Movement of Catalonia totals in the 1989 election.
  • 7 Asturianist Party results are compared to Left of the Peoples totals in Asturias in the 1989 election.
  • 8 United Extremadura results are compared to Federation of Regional Parties totals in Extremadura in the 1989 election.
  • 9 Coalition for a New Socialist Party results are compared to Alliance for the Republic totals in the 1989 election.
  • 10 GPOR–PST (LVS) Coalition results are compared to Workers' Socialist Party–Revolutionary Workers' Party totals in the 1989 election.
  • 11 Left of the Peoples does not include results in Asturias, Basque Country, Balearic Islands, Navarre and Valencian Community.
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)
Groups Parties Seats Total %
European People's Party (EPP)
  • People's Party (PP)
  • Navarrese People's Union (UPN)
  • Democratic Union of Catalonia (UDC)
  • Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)
 27
1
1
1 		30 46.88
Party of European Socialists (PES)
  • Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
 22 22 34.38
European United Left (EUL)
  • United Left (IU)
 9 9 14.06
European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (ELDR)
  • Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (CDC)
 2 2 3.13
European Radical Alliance (ERA)
  • Canarian Coalition (CC)
 1 1 1.56
Total 64 64 100.00

Elected legislators

The following table lists the elected legislators:

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