SPAIN
PARLIAMENT OF THE BASQUE AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY
ELECTIONS OF 13 MAY 2001
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Elections to the Eusko Legebiltzarra (Basque Parliament)
Source: Basque government website

Parties
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* EA (Eusko Alkartasuna) Basque Liberty
* EAJ-PNV (Eusko Alderdi Jeltzalea - Partido Nacionalista Vasco)
   Basque Nationalist Party
* EB-IU (Esker Batua - Izquierda Unida) United Left
* EH (Euskal Herritarrok) We the Basque People
* PP-ETP (Partido Popular - Eusko Talda Popularra) People's Party
* PSE-EE (Partido Socialist de Euskadi - Euskadiko Ezkerra) Basque 
   Socialist Party - Basque Left


COMMUNITY SUMMARY OF VOTES AND SEATS
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Voters enrolled:        1,813,356
Votes cast:             1,431,996  (79.0%)
Blank and invalid:         17,727  (01.9%)
Valid votes             1,414,269  (90.1%)
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Party                   Votes       %      Change     Seats
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EAJ-PNV/EA                604,222   42.7  (+06.0)     33  (+06)
EB-IU                      78,862   05.6  (-00.1)      3  (+01)
EH                        143,139   10.1  (-07.6)      7  (-07)
PP-ETP                    326,933   23.1  (+03.0)     19  (+03)
PSE-EE                    253,195   17.9  (+00.3)     13  (-01)
Others                      7,918   00.5               -  (-02)
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Total                   1,414,269                     75
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Eusko Alkartasuna polled 8.7% of the vote and elected six members 
in its own right in 1998, but in 2001 it contested the election in 
coalition with the EAJ-PNV. The EAJ-PNV vote and seat totals are 
compared with the combined EAJ-PNV and EA votes and seats in 1998.