Basque_parliamentary_election,_2001

2001 Basque regional election
All 75 seats in the Basque Parliament; 38 seats needed for a majority
	Opinion polls
Registered	1,813,356 0.5%
Turnout	1,431,996 (79.0%); 9.0 pp
Lehendakari before election; Juan José Ibarretxe; EAJ/PNV	Elected Lehendakari ; Juan José Ibarretxe; EAJ/PNV

2001 Basque regional election

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The 2001 Basque regional election was held on Sunday, 13 May 2001, to elect the 7th Parliament of the Basque Autonomous Community. All 75 seats in the Parliament were up for election.

Quick Facts All 75 seats in the Basque Parliament 38 seats needed for a majority, Registered ...

The PNV–EA alliance, established by the Basque Nationalist Party (PNV) and Basque Solidarity (EA) parties which had formed the Basque government since 1998, won a landslide victory with 33 seats and 42.4% of the share, which represented their best combined result in history as well as the best performance for the top voted list in a Basque regional election, outperforming the PNV's own record in 1984. The People's Party (PP), which for this election ran in coalition with Alavese Unity (UA), came second with 22.9% of the share and 19 seats, whereas the Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE–EE) came in third with 13 seats and 17.8% of the vote. Together, they fell well short of their intended aim of commanding an overall majority in parliament that was able to oust the ruling PNV from power, but also one seat behind the PNV–EA result. The abertzale left Basque Citizens (EH) coalition obtained 7 seats and 10.0% of the vote, in what was seen as a mix of both tactical voting in favour of the PNV–EA list as well as a punishment to the political force because of its leadership's alleged collaboration with the banned separatist group ETA.

Overview

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 poll. When available, seat projections determined by the polling organisations are displayed below (or in place of) the percentages in a smaller font; 38 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Basque Parliament.

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Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size	Turnout	PNV							Lead
Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size	Turnout								Lead

2001 regional election	13 May 2001	—	79.0	42.4 33	22.9 19	10.0 7	17.8 13	^{[lower-alpha 4]}	5.5 3	^{[lower-alpha 5]}	19.5

Eco Consulting/EiTB^{[p 1]}^{[p 2]}	13 May 2001	?	?	? 29/30	? 20/21	? 9/10	? 13/14	^{[lower-alpha 4]}	? 3	^{[lower-alpha 5]}	?
Opitel/Tele 5^{[p 2]}	13 May 2001	?	?	? 30/31	? 19/20	? 9/10	? 12/13	^{[lower-alpha 4]}	? 3	^{[lower-alpha 5]}	?
COPE^{[p 2]}	13 May 2001	?	?	? 30	? 20	? 9	? 14	^{[lower-alpha 4]}	? 2	^{[lower-alpha 5]}	?
Sigma Dos/Antena 3^{[p 1]}^{[p 2]}	13 May 2001	?	?	? 29/31	? 20/24	? 7/9	? 13/15	^{[lower-alpha 4]}	? 2/3	^{[lower-alpha 5]}	?
Gallup/RTVE^{[p 1]}^{[p 2]}	13 May 2001	?	?	? 29/31	? 19/22	? 10/11	? 13/14	^{[lower-alpha 4]}	? 3	^{[lower-alpha 5]}	?
Ibecom/La Razón^{[p 3]}^{[p 4]}	6 May 2001	?	?	? 24	? 22	? 11	? 15	^{[lower-alpha 4]}	? 3	^{[lower-alpha 5]}	?
Ipsos–Eco/ABC^{[p 5]}^{[p 6]}	2–3 May 2001	900	73–74	34.5 25/28	24.3 20/22	14.9 10/11	19.1 14/15	^{[lower-alpha 4]}	4.9 2/3	^{[lower-alpha 5]}	10.2
Sigma Dos/El Mundo^{[p 7]}	27 Apr–3 May 2001	1,400	?	38.2 27/30	24.7 20/23	11.5 7/8	19.0 14/16	^{[lower-alpha 4]}	4.4 1/3	^{[lower-alpha 5]}	13.5
Demoscopia/El País^{[p 8]}^{[p 9]}	25 Apr–3 May 2001	1,814	75	39.6 30	23.9 21/22	10.0 7/8	20.0 15	^{[lower-alpha 4]}	4.2 1/2	^{[lower-alpha 5]}	15.7
Sondaxe/Diario 16^{[p 3]}^{[p 10]}^{[p 11]}	25 Apr–3 May 2001	1,800	?	? 30	? 19	? 9	? 14	^{[lower-alpha 4]}	? 3	^{[lower-alpha 5]}	?
Bergareche/El Correo^{[p 3]}	26–29 Apr 2001	3,600	?	? 28	? 20	? 10	? 14	^{[lower-alpha 4]}	? 3	^{[lower-alpha 5]}	?
Sondaxe/La Voz de Galicia^{[p 12]}	25–28 Apr 2001	900	?	41.0 30/33	22.9 19/21	? 7/9	17.7 12/14	^{[lower-alpha 4]}	4.4 2/3	^{[lower-alpha 5]}	18.1
CIS^{[p 13]}^{[p 14]}	17–25 Apr 2001	2,487	73.5	38.7 28/31	24.7 21/23	11.6 8/9	18.6 14/16	^{[lower-alpha 4]}	4.2 1/2	^{[lower-alpha 5]}	14.0
Opina/La Vanguardia^{[p 15]}^{[p 16]}^{[p 17]}	19–20 Apr 2001	1,500	?	37.0 27/28	22.5 20/21	15.5 10/12	18.5 14	^{[lower-alpha 4]}	4.0 2	^{[lower-alpha 5]}	14.5
Ikertalde/GPS^{[p 18]}^{[p 19]}	14–28 Mar 2001	2,996	72.5	37.5 27/29	23.3 19/20	13.2 9/10	19.5 14/16	^{[lower-alpha 4]}	4.4 3	^{[lower-alpha 5]}	14.2
Opina/Cadena SER^{[p 20]}^{[p 21]}^{[p 22]}^{[p 23]}	19–20 Mar 2001	1,500	?	38.6 29	23.4 18/19	13.5 10/11	18.0 13/15	^{[lower-alpha 4]}	4.5 3	^{[lower-alpha 5]}	15.2
PSOE^{[p 24]}	9–12 Mar 2001	1,800	?	? 29/30	? 18/19	? 9/10	? 14/15	^{[lower-alpha 4]}	? 2/3	^{[lower-alpha 5]}	?
Opitel/Tele 5^{[p 25]}	4 Mar 2001	?	?	? 26	? 18	? 9	? 15	? 4	? 2	? 1	?
Ipsos–Eco/ABC^{[p 26]}^{[p 27]}	21–22 Feb 2001	900	?	31.7 22/23	21.4 19/20	15.7 10/11	18.9 14/16	6.5 4	4.3 3	0.8 1	10.3
CIS^{[p 28]}^{[p 29]}	31 Jan–18 Feb 2001	2,482	72.0	31.3 22/24	21.6 18/20	14.4 10/11	18.4 14/15	7.0 5	4.5 2/3	0.7 0/1	9.7
PP^{[p 30]}^{[p 31]}^{[p 32]}	17 Feb 2001	2,300	?	? 21/23	? 21/24	? 9/12	? 14/16	? 2/4	? 1/3	–	?
Ikertalde/GPS^{[p 33]}^{[p 34]}	27 Nov–15 Dec 2000	2,016	70.0	29.4 21/23	21.7 18/20	14.6 10/11	19.2 16	7.6 5	4.9 3	0.3 0	7.7
CPS/EHU^{[p 35]}^{[p 36]}^{[p 37]}	2–17 Nov 2000	1,800	?	28.3 22	23.4 22	14.5 9	17.8 14	8.1 5	5.0 3	^{[lower-alpha 5]}	4.9
CPS/EHU^{[p 35]}^{[p 36]}^{[p 37]}	2–17 Nov 2000	1,800	?	28.3 22	22.8 20	14.5 10	17.8 14	8.1 5	5.0 3	0.6 1	5.5
Bergareche/El Correo^{[lower-roman 1]}^{[p 38]}^{[p 39]}	26–29 Oct 2000	750	75.2	32.4 24	20.8 18	14.8 12	16.4 12	7.1 5	5.1 3	1.0 1	11.6
CPS/EHU^{[p 40]}^{[p 41]}	5–16 Jun 2000	1,800	?	27.2 21	22.5 20	15.0 11	17.0 14	7.5 5	5.1 3	0.7 1	4.7
2000 general election	12 Mar 2000	—	63.8	30.4 (24)	28.3 (25)	–	23.3 (19)	7.6 (5)	5.4 (2)	–	2.1
1999 EP election	13 Jun 1999	—	64.5	33.9 (26)	19.8 (18)	19.5 (14)	19.5 (17)	^{[lower-alpha 4]}	3.9 (0)	–	14.1
1999 foral elections	13 Jun 1999	—	64.8	34.7 (27)	19.1 (17)	19.7 (15)	18.3 (14)	^{[lower-alpha 4]}	4.6 (1)	0.8 (1)	15.0
1999 local elections	13 Jun 1999	—	64.8	34.2	17.5	19.6	18.9	^{[lower-alpha 4]}	4.4	0.8	14.6

1998 regional election	25 Oct 1998	—	70.0	27.6 21	19.9 16	17.7 14	17.4 14	8.6 6	5.6 2	1.2 2	7.7

Undecided and/or abstentionists excluded.

Results

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[fn1-47] Undecided and/or abstentionists excluded.

[PNV+EA-1] Results for EAJ/PNV (27.62%, 21 seats) and EA (8.57%, 6 seats) in the 1998 election.

[PP+UA-2] Results for PP (19.85%, 16 seats) and UA (1.24%, 2 seats) in the 1998 election.

[4] A 2000 legal amendment had seen the electoral threshold being lowered from five to three percent.

[PNV-8] Within PNV.

[PP-9] Within PP.

[No-54] The 7 EH MPs did not cast any ballot in the 11 and 12 July votes.

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"PP y PSE rozan la mayoría suficiente para gobernar". El País (in Spanish). 6 May 2001.

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"Un tercio de los votantes del PP apuesta por un diálogo con ETA para lograr la paz". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 5 May 2001.

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"Los sondeos colocan una alianza entre PP y PSE al borde de la mayoría absoluta". Última Hora (in Spanish). 7 May 2001.

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"Los nacionalistas rozarían la mayoría mientras que PP-PSOE necesitarían a IU". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 1 May 2001.

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[23] [P 14]
"El PNV no hace ascos al voto de Otegi". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 10 May 2001.

[24] [P 15]
"PP y PSE se acercan a su objetivo". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 29 April 2001.

[25] [P 16]
"Los populares confían en los más de 45.000 votos por correo". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 29 April 2001.

[26] [P 17]
"El PNV gana, pero sólo podría gobernar con EH". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 29 April 2001.

[27] [P 18]
"Previsiones de voto para Elecciones Autonómicas (Abril 2001)" (PDF). Basque Government (in Spanish). 11 April 2001.

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Uriona, Alberto (12 April 2001). "Un sondeo del Gobierno vasco coloca al PP y al PSOE a dos escaños de la mayoría absoluta". El País (in Spanish).

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"Elecciones en el País Vasco". Cadena SER (in Spanish). 22 March 2001. Archived from the original on 6 January 2003. Retrieved 19 May 2020.

[30] [P 21]
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[31] [P 22]
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[32] [P 23]
"El PNV y EA parten en la precampaña como ganadores, seguidos del Partido Popular". El País (in Spanish). 23 March 2001.

[33] [P 24]
"IU, posible llave para un Gobierno no nacionalista, según un sondeo del PSOE". ABC (in Spanish). 7 April 2001.

[34] [P 25]
Casqueiro, Javier (5 March 2001). "Aznar: 'Mayor ha renunciado a estar en el Gobierno para jugársela'". El País (in Spanish).

[35] [P 26]
"El frente nacionalista pierde entre tres y cinco diputados y PP-PSE ganan hasta seis". ABC (in Spanish). 25 February 2001.

[36] [P 27]
"Encuesta de Ipsos-Eco Consulting sobre las Elecciones Vascas". ABC (in Spanish). 25 February 2001.

[37] [P 28]
"Situación social y política del País Vasco, XIII (Estudio nº 2407. Enero-Febrero 2001)". CIS (in Spanish). 20 March 2001.

[38] [P 29]
"El CIS pronostica que el cambio de mayoría en el País Vasco es difícil pero no imposible". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 21 March 2001.

[39] [P 30]
"El PP se ve en condiciones de ganar las elecciones". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 18 February 2001.

[40] [P 31]
"Mayor, Alonso y San Gil, cabezas de candidatura del PP a las vascas". ABC Sevilla (in Spanish). 1 March 2001.

[41] [P 32]
"Arenas afirma que el PP está en posición de ganar en Euskadi, según los sondeos". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 17 February 2001.

[42] [P 33]
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[43] [P 34]
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[44] [P 35]
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Candidacy		Parties and alliances	Leading candidate		Ideology	Previous result		Gov.	Ref.
Candidacy		Parties and alliances	Leading candidate		Ideology	Votes (%)	Seats	Gov.	Ref.
	PNV–EA	List Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) Basque Solidarity (EA)		Juan José Ibarretxe	Basque nationalism Christian democracy Conservative liberalism	36.19%^{[lower-alpha 1]}	27	Y
	PP	List People's Party (PP) Alavese Unity (UA)		Jaime Mayor Oreja	Conservatism Christian democracy	21.09%^{[lower-alpha 2]}	18	N
	EH	List Popular Unity (HB) – Basque Nationalist Action (EAE/ANV)		Arnaldo Otegi	Basque independence Abertzale left Revolutionary socialism	17.66%	14	N
	PSE–EE (PSOE)	List Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE–EE (PSOE))		Nicolás Redondo	Social democracy	17.35%	14	N
	IU/EB	List United Left (IU/EB)		Javier Madrazo	Socialism Communism	5.60%	2	N

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Basque Nationalist Party–Basque Solidarity (PNV–EA)¹	604,222	42.38	+6.19	33	+6
	People's Party (PP)²	326,933	22.93	+1.84	19	+1
	Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE–EE (PSOE))	253,195	17.76	+0.41	13	–1
	Basque Citizens (EH)	143,139	10.04	–7.62	7	–7
	United Left (IU/EB)	78,862	5.53	–0.07	3	+1
	Humanist Party (PH)	3,708	0.26	±0.00	0	±0
	Party of the Democratic Karma (PKD)	2,000	0.14	New	0	±0
	Workers for Democracy Coalition (TD)	1,017	0.07	New	0	±0
	Freedom (Askatasuna)	663	0.05	New	0	±0
	Carlist Party (EKA/PC)	530	0.04	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		11,508	0.81	–0.58

Total		1,425,777			75	±0

Valid votes		1,425,777	99.57	+0.10
Invalid votes		6,219	0.43	–0.10
Votes cast / turnout		1,431,996	78.97	+8.98
Abstentions		381,360	21.03	–8.98
Registered voters		1,813,356

Sources^[5]^[6]
Footnotes: ¹ Basque Nationalist Party–Basque Solidarity results are compared to the combined totals of Basque Nationalist Party and Basque Solidarity in the 1998 election. ² People's Party results are compared to the combined totals of the People's Party and Alavese Unity in the 1998 election.

Ballot →		11 July 2001^{[lower-alpha 6]}		12 July 2001^{[lower-alpha 6]}
Investiture
Required majority →		38 out of 75		Simple
	Juan José Ibarretxe (PNV) • PNV (26) • EA (7) (6 on 12 Jul) • IU/EB (3) (on 12 Jul)	33 / 75	N	35 / 75	Y
	Blank ballots • PP (19) • PSE–EE (13) • IU/EB (3) (on 11 Jul)	35 / 75		32 / 75
	Absentees • EA (1) (on 12 Jul)	0 / 75		1 / 75
Sources^[5]

Basque_parliamentary_election,_2001

2001 Basque regional election

Overview

Electoral system

Election date

Parties and candidates

Opinion polls

Results

Overall

Distribution by constituency

Aftermath

Notes

References

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Constituency	PNV–EA		PP		PSE–EE		EH		IU/EB

	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S
Álava	33.6	9	32.5	9	20.4	5	6.1	1	5.9	1
Biscay	43.4	12	23.4	6	18.1	4	8.0	2	5.6	1
Guipúzcoa	44.3	12	18.0	4	16.1	4	15.1	4	5.2	1
Total	42.4	33	22.9	19	17.8	13	10.0	7	5.5	3

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