Spanish regional elections, 1987
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Regional administrations after the 1987 elections. ■ – PSOE ■ – AP ■ – CDS ■ – CiU ■ – PNV ■ – PAR | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 1987 Spanish regional elections were held on Wednesday, 10 June 1987 in Spain, to elect the regional parliaments of 13 of the 17 autonomous communities: Aragon, Asturias, the Balearic Islands, the Canary Islands, Cantabria, Castile-La Mancha, Castile and León, Extremadura, Madrid, Murcia, Navarre, La Rioja and the Valencian Community. Andalusia, Catalonia, Galicia and the Basque Country did not held elections that day because they had separate electoral cycles. Municipal elections were held throughout Spain the same day.
The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) remained the largest party overall and in most regional parliaments, but lost 742,000 votes, nearly 10 percentage points and 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 4 out of the 12 regional executives it 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 the AP's losses.
Benefitting from the two main parties' fall was the Democratic and Social Centre (CDS), a party led by the former Spanish Prime Minister Adolfo Suarez, achieving over 14% of the vote and more than 100 regional parliamentary seats. United Left (IU), a coalition made up by the Communist Party of Spain (PCE) and other minor left-wing groups, remained static at the PCE's 1983 result at 6% and 26 seats.
Regional governments
Region | Outgoing government (as of 1987) | Incoming government (as of 1987) | ||||
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Seats | Type | Composition | Seats | Type | Composition | |
Autonomous communities | ||||||
Aragon | 33 / 66 |
Minority | PSOE | 19 / 67 |
Minority | PAR |
Asturias | 27 / 45 |
Majority | PSOE | 20 / 45 |
Minority | PSOE |
Balearic Islands | 23 / 54 |
Minority | AP | 29 / 59 |
Coalition | AP+UM |
Canary Islands | 28 / 60 |
Minority | PSOE | 30 / 60 |
Coalition | CDS+AIC+AP |
Cantabria | 14 / 35 |
Minority | AP | 19 / 39 |
Majority | AP |
Castile and León | 42 / 84 |
Minority | PSOE | 33 / 84 |
Minority | AP(+SI) |
Castile-La Mancha | 23 / 44 |
Majority | PSOE | 25 / 47 |
Majority | PSOE |
Community of Madrid | 51 / 94 |
Majority | PSOE | 40 / 96 |
Minority | PSOE |
Extremadura | 35 / 65 |
Majority | PSOE | 34 / 65 |
Majority | PSOE |
La Rioja | 18 / 35 |
Majority | PSOE | 15 / 33 |
Coalition | AP+PRP |
Murcia | 24 / 43 |
Majority | PSOE | 25 / 45 |
Majority | PSOE |
Navarre | 20 / 50 |
Minority | PSOE | 15 / 50 |
Minority | PSOE |
Valencian Community | 51 / 89 |
Majority | PSOE | 42 / 89 |
Minority | PSOE |
Results
Overall
Party | Vote | Seats | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Votes | % | ±pp | Won | +/− | ||
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 4,167,207 | 38.40 | ![]() |
329 | ![]() | |
People's Alliance (AP)[lower-alpha 1] | 2,981,668 | 27.48 | ![]() |
231 | ![]() | |
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 1,532,031 | 14.12 | ![]() |
102 | ![]() | |
United Left (IU)[lower-alpha 2] | 687,377 | 6.33 | ![]() |
26 | ![]() | |
Valencian Union (UV) | 183,541 | 1.69 | New | 6 | ![]() | |
Regionalist Aragonese Party (PAR) | 179,922 | 1.66 | ![]() |
19 | ![]() | |
Canarian Independent Groups (AIC)[lower-alpha 3] | 134,667 | 1.24 | ![]() |
11 | ![]() | |
People's Democratic Party (PDP) | 127,211 | 1.17 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
Workers' Party of Spain–Communist Unity (PTE-UC) | 119,168 | 1.10 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
Navarrese People's Union (UPN) | 69,419 | 0.64 | ![]() |
14 | ![]() | |
The Greens (LV) | 48,449 | 0.45 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
Canarian Assembly-Canarian Nationalist Left (AC-INC) | 46,229 | 0.43 | New | 2 | ![]() | |
Regionalist Party of Cantabria (PRC) | 38,202 | 0.35 | ![]() |
5 | ![]() | |
People's Unity (HB) | 38,138 | 0.35 | ![]() |
7 | ![]() | |
United Extremadura (EU) | 34,606 | 0.32 | ![]() |
4 | ![]() | |
Majorcan Union (UM) | 30,186 | 0.28 | ![]() |
4 | ![]() | |
Humanist Platform (PH) | 21,849 | 0.20 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
Basque Solidarity (EA) | 19,840 | 0.18 | New | 4 | ![]() | |
Independent Solution (SI) | 19,282 | 0.18 | New | 1 | ![]() | |
Foral Democrat Union (UDF) | 17,663 | 0.16 | New | 3 | ![]() | |
Cantonal Party (PCAN) | 17,212 | 0.16 | ![]() |
0 | ±0 | |
Socialist Party of Majorca (PSM) | 16,413 | 0.15 | ![]() |
2 | ![]() | |
Centre Canarian Union-Liberal Party (UCC-PL) | 15,580 | 0.14 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() | |
Confederation of the Greens (CV) | 12,755 | 0.12 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
Valencian Electoral Coalition (CEV) | 11,984 | 0.11 | New | 0 | ±0 |
Parties with less than 0.1% of the vote | 142,096 | 1.31 | – | 8 | – | |
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Basque Country Left (EE) | 9,618 | 0.09 | ![]() |
1 | ![]() | |
Progressive Riojan Party (PRP) | 9,212 | 0.08 | ![]() |
2 | ±0 | |
Leonesist Union (UNLE) | 8,963 | 0.08 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
Canarias National Congress (CNC) | 8,769 | 0.08 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
Communist Unification of Spain (UCE) | 7,334 | 0.07 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
Asturianist Party (PAS) | 7,302 | 0.07 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
Internationalist Socialist Workers' Party (POSI) | 6,977 | 0.06 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
Aragonese Unity-Aragonese Union (UA-CHA) | 6,154 | 0.06 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
Liberal Party (PL) | 5,958 | 0.05 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
Assembly (Batzarre) | 5,880 | 0.05 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
Majoreran Assembly (AM) | 5,423 | 0.05 | ±0.00 | 3 | ±0 | |
El Bierzo Party (PB) | 5,387 | 0.05 | ![]() |
0 | ±0 | |
Nationalist Party of Castile and León (PANCAL) | 5,190 | 0.05 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
Spanish Vertex Ecological Development Revindication (VERDE) | 5,056 | 0.05 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
Republican People's Unity (UPR) | 4,744 | 0.04 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
Workers' Socialist Party (PST) | 4,583 | 0.04 | ![]() |
0 | ±0 | |
Valencian Nationalist Left-Valencianist Regional Union (ENV-URV) | 4,175 | 0.04 | ![]() |
0 | ±0 | |
Regionalist Party of the Leonese Country (PREPAL) | 4,090 | 0.04 | ![]() |
0 | ±0 | |
Autonomic Independent Group of Madrid (AIAM) | 3,432 | 0.03 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
Asturian Nationalist Ensame (ENA) | 2,800 | 0.03 | ![]() |
0 | ±0 | |
Spanish Falange of the JONS (FE-JONS) | 2,777 | 0.03 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ-PNV) | 2,661 | 0.02 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() | |
Left Front (FI) | 2,295 | 0.02 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
Murcian Regionalist Party (PRM) | 1,976 | 0.02 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
Radicals' Movement for Cantabria (MRC) | 1,864 | 0.02 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
Independent Herrenian Group (AHI) | 1,415 | 0.01 | ±0.00 | 2 | ![]() | |
Social Democratic Party of Castile-La Mancha (PSDCLM) | 1,317 | 0.01 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
Left Nationalists Union (UNI) | 1,287 | 0.01 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
Regionalist Unitary Party (PUR) | 1,183 | 0.01 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
Canary Islands People's Front-Awañac (FREPIC-Awañac) | 1,106 | 0.01 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
Life and Autonomy (ViA) | 952 | 0.01 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
Spanish Ruralist Party (PRE) | 749 | 0.01 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
Lanzarote Assembly (Tagoror) | 552 | 0.01 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
Manchegan Regionalist Party (PRM) | 487 | 0.00 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
Canarian Democratic Union (UDC) | 428 | 0.00 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
Blank ballots | 138,750 | 1.28 | ![]() |
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Total | 10,851,445 | 100.00 | 779 | ![]() | ||
Valid votes | 10,851,445 | 98.74 | ![]() |
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Invalid votes | 138,346 | 1.26 | ![]() | |||
Votes cast / turnout | 10,989,791 | 71.64 | ![]() | |||
Abstentions | 4,351,326 | 28.36 | ![]() | |||
Registered voters | 15,341,117 | |||||
Source: Argos Information Portal |
Notes
- 1 2 People's Alliance results are compared to the People's Coalition totals in the 1983 election.
- 1 2 United Left results are compared to the Communist Party of Spain totals in the 1983 election.
- ↑ Canarian Independent Groups results are compared to the Independents' Gomera Group and Lanzarote Island Group totals in the 1983 election.