the 99 members of the corts valencianes were elected using the d'hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with a threshold of 5 percent of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied regionally. parties not reaching the threshold were not taken into consideration for seat distribution. seats were allocated to constituencies, corresponding to the provinces of alicante, castellón and valencia. each constituency was entitled to an initial minimum of 20 seats, with the remaining 39 allocated among the constituencies in proportion to their populations on the condition that the seat to population ratio in any given province did not exceed three times that of any other.