1987 Castilian-Manchegan regional election

The 1987 Castilian-Manchegan regional election was held on Wednesday, 10 June 1987, to elect the 2nd Cortes of the autonomous community of Castilla–La Mancha. All 47 seats in the Cortes were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain, as well as the 1987 European Parliament election.

1987 Castilian-Manchegan regional election
10 June 1987
All 47 seats in the Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha
24 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered1,259,742 2.4%
Turnout950,262 (75.4%)
2.1 pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader José Bono Arturo García-Tizón Francisco Ruiz Castillo
Party PSOE AP CDS
Leader since 25 March 1983 23 June 1985 1987
Leader's seat Toledo Toledo Guadalajara
Last election 23 seats, 46.7% 21 seats, 40.9%[lower-alpha 1] 0 seats, 3.0%
Seats won 25 18 4
Seat change 2 3 4
Popular vote 435,121 319,978 98,539
Percentage 46.3% 34.1% 10.5%
Swing 0.4 pp 6.8 pp 7.5 pp
Constituency results map for the Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha
President before election

José Bono
PSOE

 Elected President

José Bono
PSOE

The election was won by the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), which gained 2 seats and enlarged its absolute majority from 52% to 53% of the seats; Castilla–La Mancha thus became one of the few autonomous communities in the 1987 regional elections where the PSOE increased its parliamentary representation. The People's Alliance (AP), on the other hand, won just 34% of the share and 18 seats, after the People's Coalition had broken up in 1986. Both former AP partners, the People's Democratic Party (PDP) and the Liberal Party (PL), stood separately but failed to attract significant support.

The Democratic and Social Centre (CDS), a party founded by former Prime Minister Adolfo Suárez, entered the Courts for its first and only time, setting a record result for third parties in future regional elections with 4 seats and over 10% of the share. United Left (IU), an electoral coalition between the Communist Party of Spain and other left-wing parties formed in 1986, failed to gain any seats and dropped from the 6.9% it had in 1983 to 5.4%.

Overview

Electoral system

The Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha were the devolved, unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of Castilla–La Mancha, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution and the Castilian-Manchegan Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a President of the Junta of Communities.[1] Voting for the Cortes was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over eighteen, registered in Castilla–La Mancha and in full enjoyment of their political rights.

The 47 members of the Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with a threshold of 3 percent of valid votes[lower-alpha 2]—which included blank ballots—being applied in each constituency. Parties not reaching the threshold were not taken into consideration for seat distribution. Additionally, the use of the D'Hondt method might result in an effective threshold over three percent, depending on the district magnitude.[2] Seats were allocated to constituencies, corresponding to the provinces of Albacete, Ciudad Real, Cuenca, Guadalajara and Toledo. Each constituency was entitled to an initial minimum of five seats, with the remaining 22 allocated among the constituencies in proportion to their populations.[1][3]

The electoral law provided that parties, federations, coalitions and groupings of electors were allowed to present lists of candidates. However, groupings of electors were required to secure the signature of at least 1 percent of the electors registered in the constituency for which they sought election. Electors were barred from signing for more than one list of candidates. Concurrently, parties and federations intending to enter in coalition to take part jointly at an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election being called.[3][4][5]

Election date

The term of the Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha expired four years after the date of their previous election. Election day was to take place between the thirtieth and the sixtieth day from the date of expiry of parliament and set so as to make it coincide with elections to the regional assemblies of other autonomous communities. The previous election was held on 8 May 1983, which meant that the legislature's term would have expired on 8 May 1987. The election was required to take place no later than the sixtieth day from the date of expiry of parliament, setting the latest possible election date for the Cortes on Tuesday, 7 July 1987.[1][3][4][5]

The Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha could not be dissolved before the date of expiry of parliament. In the event of an investiture process failing to elect a regional President within a two-month period from the first ballot, the candidate from the party with the highest number of seats was to be deemed automatically elected.[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. 24 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha (23 until 23 December 1986).

Results

Overall
← Summary of the 10 June 1987 Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha election results →
Parties and coalitions Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 435,12146.33–0.37 25+2
People's Alliance (AP)1 319,97834.07–6.85 18–3
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) 98,53910.49+7.47 4+4
United Left (IU)2 50,3665.36–1.50 0±0
People's Democratic Party (PDP) 15,8631.69New 0±0
Workers' Party of Spain–Communist Unity (PTE–UC) 3,8710.41New 0±0
Humanist Platform (PH) 1,7780.19New 0±0
Liberal Party (PL) 1,4590.16New 0±0
Social Democratic Party of Castilla–La Mancha (PSDCLM) 1,3170.14New 0±0
Regionalist Unitary Party (PUR) 1,1830.13New 0±0
Manchegan Regionalist Party (PRM) 4870.05New 0±0
Blank ballots 9,2470.98+0.33
Total 939,209 47+3
Valid votes 939,20998.84+0.02
Invalid votes 11,0531.16–0.02
Votes cast / turnout 950,26275.43+2.11
Abstentions 309,48026.68–2.11
Registered voters 1,259,742
Sources[6][7][8][9]
Popular vote
PSOE
 
 46.33%
AP
 
 34.07%
CDS
 
 10.49%
IU
 
 5.36%
PDP
 
 1.69%
Others
 
 1.51%
Blank ballots
 
 0.98%
Seats
PSOE
 
 53.19%
AP
 
 38.30%
CDS
 
 8.51%

Distribution by constituency
Constituency PSOE AP CDS
% S % S % S
Albacete 48.5 6 30.6 3 10.8 1
Ciudad Real 50.1 6 28.9 4 11.5 1
Cuenca 44.1 4 38.1 4 8.7 −
Guadalajara 37.8 3 41.7 3 10.5 1
Toledo 45.1 6 36.8 4 10.2 1
Total 46.3 25 34.1 18 10.5 4
Sources[6][7][8][9]

Aftermath
Investiture
José Bono (PSOE)
Ballot → 14 July 1987
Required majority → 24 out of 47 Y
25 / 47
17 / 47
4 / 47
1 / 47
Sources[9]

Notes
  1. Data for AP–PDP–UL in the 1983 election.
  2. The 1987 electoral law lowered the electoral threshold from five percent regionally to three percent by constituency.
  3. Within CP.
  4. Result for PCE.

References
Opinion poll sources
  1. "Mayor deterioro para Alianza Popular que para el PSOE" (PDF). El País (in Spanish). 4 June 1987.
  2. "Según una encuesta encargada por AP, este partido obtendría la mayoría absoluta en la capital". Flores y Abejas (in Spanish). 20 May 1987.
  3. "Encuesta del CDS". Flores y Abejas (in Spanish). 13 May 1987.
  4. "Una encuesta de AP pronostica un fuerte descenso del PSOE en las municipales". ABC (in Spanish). 17 April 1987.
  5. "Notable descenso del PSOE en los próximos comicios, según una encuesta encargada por AP". ABC Sevilla (in Spanish). 17 April 1987.
Other
  1. "Statute of Autonomy of Castilla–La Mancha of 1982". Organic Law No. 9 of 10 August 1982. Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  2. Gallagher, Michael (30 July 2012). "Effective threshold in electoral systems". Trinity College, Dublin. Archived from the original on 30 July 2017. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  3. "Castilla–La Mancha Electoral Law of 1986". Law No. 5 of 23 December 1986. Official Journal of Castilla–La Mancha (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  4. "General Electoral System Organic Law of 1985". Organic Law No. 5 of 19 June 1985. Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  5. "Representation of the people Institutional Act". www.juntaelectoralcentral.es. Central Electoral Commission. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  6. "Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha election results, 10 June 1987" (PDF). www.juntaelectoralcentral.es (in Spanish). Electoral Commission of Castilla–La Mancha. 30 June 1987. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  7. "II Legislature. Regional election, 10 June 1987". www.cortesclm.es (in Spanish). Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  8. "Number 75. Audit report on the regularity of electoral accounting derived from the elections held on June 10, 1987" (PDF). tcu.es (in Spanish). Court of Auditors. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  9. "Elecciones a las Cortes de Castilla - La Mancha (1983 - 2019)". Historia Electoral.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 September 2017.
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