1987 Spanish regional elections
The 1987 Spanish regional elections were held on Wednesday, 10 June 1987, to elect the regional parliaments of thirteen of the seventeen autonomous communities—Aragon, Asturias, the Balearic Islands, the Canary Islands, Cantabria, Castile and León, Castilla–La Mancha, Extremadura, La Rioja, Madrid, Murcia, Navarre and the Valencian Community—, not including Andalusia, the Basque Country, Catalonia and Galicia, which had separate electoral cycles. 779 of 1,169 seats in the regional parliaments were up for election. The elections were held simultaneously with local elections all throughout Spain, as well as the 1987 European Parliament election.
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779 seats in the regional parliaments of Aragon, Asturias, Balearic Islands, Canary Islands, Cantabria, Castile and León, Castilla–La Mancha, Extremadura, La Rioja, Madrid, Murcia, Navarre and Valencian Community | ||
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Registered | 15,314,741 2.8% | |
Turnout | 10,990,722 (71.8%) 2.1 pp | |
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The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) remained the largest party overall, as well as in most regional parliaments. However, it suffered from a drop in popular support which saw it losing many of the absolute majorities it had obtained four years previously. As a result, several centre-right coalitions and alliances were able to oust the Socialists from government in four out of the twelve regional administrations it had held previous to the election. The main national opposition party, the People's Alliance (AP), having suffered from an internal crisis and the breakup of the People's Coalition in 1986, also lost support compared to the previous election. Its former allies, the People's Democratic Party (PDP) and the Liberal Party (PL), stood separately in the regional elections but remained unable to capitalize on AP's losses.
Benefitting from the two main parties's fall was former Spanish Prime Minister Adolfo Suárez's Democratic and Social Centre (CDS), which became decisive for government formation in many regional assemblies. United Left (IU), a coalition made up by the Communist Party of Spain (PCE) and other minor left-wing groups, remained stagnant at the PCE's 1983 results.
Election date
Determination of election day varied depending on the autonomous community, with each one having competency to establish its own regulations. Typically, thirteen out of the seventeen autonomous communities—all but Andalusia, the Basque Country, Catalonia and Galicia—had their elections fixed to be held within sixty days from the day of expiry of the regional assemblies, together with nationwide local elections.[1][2][3]
Regional governments
The following table lists party control in autonomous communities. Gains for a party are highlighted in that party's colour.
Opinion polls
Individual poll results are listed in the table below in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first, and using the date the survey's fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. If such date is 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. In the instance of a tie, the figures with the highest percentages are shaded. in the case of seat projections, they are displayed in bold and in a different font.
Polling firm/Commissioner | Fieldwork date | Sample size | Other | ||||
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1987 regional elections | 10 Jun 1987 | N/A | 329 | 231 | 102 | 24 | 93 |
Demoscopia/El País[p 1] | 22–26 May 1987 | 11,000 | 303/313 | 235/240 | 123/131 | 27/33 | 65/71 |
1983 regional elections | 8 May 1983 | N/A | 388 | 273 | 9 | 27 | 67 |
Overall results
Parties and coalitions | Popular vote | Total seats | ||
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Votes | % | |||
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 4,168,738 | 38.41 | 329 | |
People's Alliance (AP) | 2,981,998 | 27.48 | 231 | |
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 1,532,002 | 14.12 | 102 | |
United Left (IU) | 523,471 | 4.82 | 18 | |
Valencian Union (UV) | 183,541 | 1.69 | 6 | |
Regionalist Aragonese Party (PAR) | 179,922 | 1.66 | 19 | |
United Left–Valencian People's Union (IU–UPV) | 159,579 | 1.47 | 6 | |
People's Democratic Party (PDP) | 144,745 | 1.33 | 4 | |
Canarian Independent Groups (AIC) | 134,667 | 1.24 | 11 | |
Navarrese People's Union (UPN) | 69,419 | 0.64 | 14 | |
Canarian Assembly–Canarian Nationalist Left (AC–INC) | 46,229 | 0.43 | 2 | |
Popular Unity (HB) | 38,138 | 0.35 | 7 | |
Regionalist Party of Cantabria (PRC) | 37,950 | 0.35 | 5 | |
United Extremadura (EU) | 34,606 | 0.32 | 4 | |
Majorcan Union (UM) | 30,247 | 0.28 | 4 | |
Basque Solidarity (EA) | 19,840 | 0.18 | 4 | |
Independent Solution (SI) | 19,282 | 0.18 | 1 | |
Socialist Party of Majorca–Nationalist Left (PSM–EN) | 16,383 | 0.15 | 2 | |
Basque Country Left (EE) | 9,618 | 0.09 | 1 | |
Progressive Riojan Party (PRP) | 9,212 | 0.08 | 2 | |
Majorera Assembly (AM) | 5,423 | 0.05 | 3 | |
Left of Menorca Agreement (PSM–EU) | 4,367 | 0.04 | 2 | |
Independent Herrenian Group (AHI) | 1,415 | 0.01 | 2 | |
Others | 362,774 | 3.34 | 0 | |
Blank ballots | 139,079 | 1.28 | ||
Total | 10,852,645 | 779 | ||
Valid votes | 10,852,645 | 98.74 | ||
Invalid votes | 138,077 | 1.26 | ||
Votes cast / turnout | 10,990,722 | 71.77 | ||
Registered voters | 15,314,741 |
Summary by region
Aragon
Parties and coalitions | Votes | % | ±pp | Seats | +/− | |
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PSOE | 228,170 | 35.68 | –11.15 | 27 | –6 | |
PAR | 179,922 | 28.14 | +7.63 | 19 | +6 | |
AP | 99,082 | 15.49 | –7.14 | 13 | –5 | |
CDS | 65,406 | 10.23 | +6.94 | 6 | +5 | |
CAA–IU | 31,352 | 4.90 | +0.94 | 2 | +1 | |
PTE–UC | 8,435 | 1.32 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
PDP | 7,887 | 1.23 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
Others | 10,028 | 1.57 | 0 | ±0 | ||
Blank ballots | 9,186 | 1.44 | +0.79 | |||
Valid votes | 639,468 | 98.80 | +0.22 | |||
Invalid votes | 7,789 | 1.20 | –0.22 | |||
Votes cast / turnout | 647,257 | 69.70 | +2.96 | |||
Registered voters | 928,584 |
Asturias
Parties and coalitions | Votes | % | ±pp | Seats | +/− | |
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PSOE | 223,307 | 38.91 | –13.05 | 20 | –6 | |
AP | 144,541 | 25.18 | –5.05 | 13 | –1 | |
CDS | 106,266 | 18.52 | +15.07 | 8 | +8 | |
IU | 69,413 | 12.09 | +0.96 | 4 | –1 | |
PAS | 7,348 | 1.28 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
Others | 15,991 | 2.79 | 0 | ±0 | ||
Blank ballots | 7,076 | 1.23 | +0.82 | |||
Valid votes | 573,942 | 98.60 | –0.74 | |||
Invalid votes | 8,135 | 1.40 | +0.74 | |||
Votes cast / turnout | 582,077 | 66.58 | +1.54 | |||
Registered voters | 874,310 |
Balearics
Parties and coalitions | Votes | % | ±pp | Seats | +/− | |
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AP–PL | 123,130 | 36.71 | +1.13 | 25 | +4 | |
PSOE | 108,910 | 32.47 | –2.24 | 21 | ±0 | |
CDS | 34,146 | 10.18 | +8.05 | 5 | +5 | |
UM | 30,247 | 9.02 | –6.07 | 4 | –2 | |
PSM–EN | 16,383 | 4.88 | –0.58 | 2 | ±0 | |
PSM–EU | 11,795 | 3.52 | –0.15 | 2 | ±0 | |
PDP | 5,212 | 1.55 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
PDL | n/a | n/a | –1.25 | 0 | –1 | |
CIM | n/a | n/a | –1.05 | 0 | –1 | |
Others | 2,033 | 0.61 | 0 | ±0 | ||
Blank ballots | 3,525 | 1.05 | +0.46 | |||
Valid votes | 335,381 | 98.77 | +0.31 | |||
Invalid votes | 4,163 | 1.23 | –0.31 | |||
Votes cast / turnout | 339,544 | 66.94 | +2.27 | |||
Registered voters | 507,258 |
Canary Islands
Parties and coalitions | Votes | % | ±pp | Seats | +/− | |
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PSOE | 185,749 | 27.77 | –13.73 | 21 | –6 | |
AIC | 134,667 | 20.13 | +19.65 | 11 | +11 | |
CDS | 130,297 | 19.48 | +11.66 | 13 | +5 | |
AP | 74,767 | 11.18 | –17.80 | 6 | –11 | |
AC–INC | 46,229 | 6.91 | –1.39 | 2 | ±0 | |
ICU | 40,837 | 6.10 | +1.69 | 2 | +1 | |
UCC | 15,580 | 2.33 | –1.99 | 0 | –1 | |
PDP–CC | 13,274 | 1.98 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
CNC | 8,769 | 1.31 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
AM | 5,423 | 0.81 | –0.17 | 3 | ±0 | |
AHI | 1,415 | 0.21 | +0.04 | 2 | +1 | |
Others | 7,616 | 1.14 | 0 | ±0 | ||
Blank ballots | 4,321 | 0.65 | +0.65 | |||
Valid votes | 668,944 | 98.84 | +1.24 | |||
Invalid votes | 7,851 | 1.16 | –1.24 | |||
Votes cast / turnout | 676,795 | 67.49 | +5.08 | |||
Registered voters | 1,002,775 |
Cantabria
Parties and coalitions | Votes | % | ±pp | Seats | +/− | |
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AP | 122,964 | 41.68 | –2.31 | 19 | +1 | |
PSOE | 87,230 | 29.57 | –8.84 | 13 | –2 | |
PRC | 37,950 | 12.86 | +6.13 | 5 | +3 | |
CDS | 19,370 | 6.57 | +4.00 | 2 | +2 | |
IU | 10,659 | 3.61 | –0.35 | 0 | ±0 | |
PDP | 6,964 | 2.36 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
Others | 6,589 | 2.23 | 0 | ±0 | ||
Blank ballots | 3,292 | 1.12 | +0.56 | |||
Valid votes | 295,018 | 98.63 | +0.11 | |||
Invalid votes | 4,097 | 1.37 | –0.11 | |||
Votes cast / turnout | 299,115 | 75.72 | +2.16 | |||
Registered voters | 395,043 |
Castile and León
Parties and coalitions | Votes | % | ±pp | Seats | +/− | |
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AP | 493,488 | 34.36 | –5.29 | 32 | –7 | |
PSOE | 488,469 | 34.01 | –10.36 | 32 | –10 | |
CDS | 278,253 | 19.37 | +13.41 | 18 | +16 | |
IU | 54,676 | 3.81 | +0.58 | 0 | ±0 | |
PDP | 35,080 | 2.44 | New | 1 | +1 | |
SI | 19,282 | 1.34 | New | 1 | +1 | |
PDL | n/a | n/a | –2.72 | 0 | –1 | |
Others | 44,294 | 3.08 | 0 | ±0 | ||
Blank ballots | 22,690 | 1.58 | +0.62 | |||
Valid votes | 1,436,232 | 98.28 | –0.23 | |||
Invalid votes | 25,154 | 1.72 | +0.23 | |||
Votes cast / turnout | 1,461,386 | 73.15 | +3.31 | |||
Registered voters | 1,997,693 |
Castilla–La Mancha
Parties and coalitions | Votes | % | ±pp | Seats | +/− | |
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PSOE | 435,121 | 46.33 | –0.37 | 25 | +2 | |
AP | 319,978 | 34.07 | –6.85 | 18 | –3 | |
CDS | 98,539 | 10.49 | +7.47 | 4 | +4 | |
IU | 50,366 | 5.36 | –1.50 | 0 | ±0 | |
PDP | 15,863 | 1.69 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
Others | 10,095 | 1.07 | 0 | ±0 | ||
Blank ballots | 9,247 | 0.98 | +0.33 | |||
Valid votes | 939,209 | 98.84 | +0.02 | |||
Invalid votes | 11,053 | 1.16 | –0.02 | |||
Votes cast / turnout | 950,262 | 75.43 | +2.11 | |||
Registered voters | 1,259,742 |
Extremadura
Parties and coalitions | Votes | % | ±pp | Seats | +/− | |
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PSOE | 292,935 | 49.18 | –3.84 | 34 | –1 | |
AP | 144,117 | 24.19 | –5.91 | 17 | –3 | |
CDS | 73,554 | 12.35 | +11.56 | 8 | +8 | |
EU | 34,606 | 5.81 | –2.67 | 4 | –2 | |
IU | 32,240 | 5.41 | –1.07 | 2 | –2 | |
Others | 13,425 | 2.25 | 0 | ±0 | ||
Blank ballots | 4,785 | 0.80 | +0.33 | |||
Valid votes | 595,662 | 99.01 | –0.08 | |||
Invalid votes | 5,935 | 0.99 | +0.08 | |||
Votes cast / turnout | 601,597 | 74.39 | +2.49 | |||
Registered voters | 808,654 |
La Rioja
Parties and coalitions | Votes | % | ±pp | Seats | +/− | |
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PSOE | 57,178 | 39.64 | –7.53 | 14 | –4 | |
AP | 50,179 | 34.78 | –5.20 | 13 | –2 | |
CDS | 15,640 | 10.84 | +8.43 | 4 | +4 | |
PRP | 9,212 | 6.39 | –1.07 | 2 | ±0 | |
PDP | 4,721 | 3.27 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
IU | 3,478 | 2.41 | +0.24 | 0 | ±0 | |
PTE–UC | 1,400 | 0.97 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
Blank ballots | 2,452 | 1.70 | +0.89 | |||
Valid votes | 144,260 | 98.63 | –0.20 | |||
Invalid votes | 1,998 | 1.37 | +0.20 | |||
Votes cast / turnout | 146,258 | 72.50 | +2.26 | |||
Registered voters | 201,738 |
Madrid
Parties and coalitions | Votes | % | ±pp | Seats | +/− | |
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PSOE | 932,878 | 38.45 | –12.02 | 40 | –11 | |
AP | 762,102 | 31.41 | –2.72 | 32 | –2 | |
CDS | 403,440 | 16.63 | +13.51 | 17 | +17 | |
IU | 181,512 | 7.48 | –1.37 | 7 | –2 | |
PTE–UC | 41,323 | 1.70 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
LV | 26,187 | 1.08 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
Others | 36,834 | 1.52 | 0 | ±0 | ||
Blank ballots | 42,196 | 1.74 | +1.15 | |||
Valid votes | 2,426,472 | 98.78 | –0.51 | |||
Invalid votes | 29,995 | 1.22 | +0.51 | |||
Votes cast / turnout | 2,456,467 | 69.87 | +0.16 | |||
Registered voters | 3,515,847 |
Murcia
Parties and coalitions | Votes | % | ±pp | Seats | +/− | |
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PSOE | 221,377 | 43.71 | –8.52 | 25 | –1 | |
AP | 159,566 | 31.51 | –3.91 | 16 | ±0 | |
CDS | 60,406 | 11.93 | +10.79 | 3 | +3 | |
IU | 37,708 | 7.45 | +0.43 | 1 | ±0 | |
PCAN | 17,207 | 3.40 | +0.57 | 0 | ±0 | |
Others | 5,307 | 1.05 | 0 | ±0 | ||
Blank ballots | 4,862 | 0.96 | +0.39 | |||
Valid votes | 506,433 | 98.84 | –0.15 | |||
Invalid votes | 5,928 | 1.16 | +0.15 | |||
Votes cast / turnout | 512,361 | 72.98 | +4.51 | |||
Registered voters | 702,068 |
Navarre
Parties and coalitions | Votes | % | ±pp | Seats | +/− | |
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PSN–PSOE | 78,453 | 27.68 | –7.95 | 15 | –5 | |
UPN | 69,419 | 24.50 | +1.16 | 14 | +1 | |
HB | 38,138 | 13.46 | +2.91 | 7 | +1 | |
CDS | 21,022 | 7.42 | New | 4 | +4 | |
EA | 19,840 | 7.00 | New | 4 | +4 | |
PDF–PDP, PL (UDF) | 17,663 | 6.23 | New | 3 | +3 | |
AP | 11,985 | 4.23 | –9.89 | 2 | –6 | |
EE | 9,618 | 3.39 | +1.02 | 1 | +1 | |
Batzarre | 5,880 | 2.07 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
IU | 3,802 | 1.34 | +0.70 | 0 | ±0 | |
EAJ/PNV | 2,661 | 0.94 | –5.89 | 0 | –3 | |
PTE–UC | 964 | 0.34 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
Blank ballots | 3,950 | 1.39 | +0.70 | |||
Valid votes | 283,395 | 98.84 | +0.01 | |||
Invalid votes | 3,327 | 1.16 | –0.01 | |||
Votes cast / turnout | 286,722 | 72.90 | +2.04 | |||
Registered voters | 393,326 |
Valencian Community
Parties and coalitions | Votes | % | ±pp | Seats | +/− | |
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PSOE | 828,961 | 41.28 | –10.13 | 42 | –9 | |
AP | 476,099 | 23.71 | n/a | 25 | –2 | |
CDS | 225,663 | 11.24 | +9.36 | 10 | +10 | |
UV | 183,541 | 9.14 | n/a | 6 | +1 | |
IU–UPV | 159,579 | 7.95 | –2.58 | 6 | ±0 | |
PTE–UC | 33,770 | 1.68 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
LV | 22,262 | 1.11 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
PDP–CV | 20,171 | 1.00 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
Others | 36,686 | 1.83 | 0 | ±0 | ||
Blank ballots | 21,497 | 1.07 | +0.38 | |||
Valid votes | 2,008,229 | 98.88 | –0.09 | |||
Invalid votes | 22,652 | 1.12 | +0.09 | |||
Votes cast / turnout | 2,030,881 | 74.45 | +1.71 | |||
Registered voters | 2,727,703 |
References
- Opinion poll sources
- "El PSOE pierde el control mayoritario de las grandes ciudades" (PDF). El País (in Spanish). 4 June 1987.
- Other
- "General Electoral System Organic Law of 1985". Organic Law No. 5 of 19 June 1985. Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 December 2016.
- "Representation of the people Institutional Act". juntaelectoralcentral.es. Central Electoral Commission. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
- "Un paso más hacia la ruptura de la homogeneidad del calendario electoral de las comunidades autónomas: la reforma de la Ley Orgánica 13/1982, de 10 de agosto, de Reintegración y Amejoramiento del Régimen Foral de Navarra" [A further step towards breaking the homogeneity of the electoral calendar of the autonomous communities: the reform of the Organic Law 13/1982, of August 10, on Reintegration and Improvement of the Foral Regime of Navarre] (PDF). gencat.cat (in Spanish). Institut d'Estudis Autonòmics. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2017.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
External links
- www.juntaelectoralcentral.es (in Spanish). Central Electoral Commission – Regional elections
- www.argos.gva.es (in Spanish). Argos Information Portal – Electoral Historical Archive
- www.historiaelectoral.com (in Spanish and Catalan). Electoral History – Regional elections since 1980