Spanish general election, 1982
Spanish general election, 1982
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All 350 seats of the Congress of Deputies and 208 of 227 seats in the Senate
176 seats needed for a majority in the Congress of Deputies |
| Turnout |
79.97% |
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First party |
Second party |
Third party |
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| Leader |
Felipe González |
Manuel Fraga |
Landelino Lavilla |
| Party |
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party |
AP |
UCD |
| Leader since |
13 October 1974 |
23 September 1976 |
29 July 1982 |
| Leader's seat |
Madrid |
Madrid |
Madrid |
| Last election |
121 seats, 30.40% |
10 seats, 6.05% |
168 seats, 34.84% |
| Seats won |
202 |
107 |
11 |
| Seat change |
81 |
97 |
157 |
| Popular vote |
10,127,392 |
5,548,107 |
1,425,094 |
| Percentage |
48.11% |
26.36% |
6.77% |
| Swing |
17.71% |
20.31% |
28.07% |
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Fourth party |
Fifth party |
Sixth party |
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| Leader |
Santiago Carrillo |
Miquel Roca |
Adolfo Suárez |
| Party |
PCE |
Convergence and Union |
CDS |
| Leader since |
3 July 1960 |
1980 |
29 July 1982 |
| Leader's seat |
Madrid |
Barcelona |
Madrid |
| Last election |
23 seats, 10.77% |
8 seats, 2.69% |
N/A |
| Seats won |
4 |
12 |
2 |
| Seat change |
19 |
4 |
2 |
| Popular vote |
846,515 |
772,726 |
604,309 |
| Percentage |
4.02% |
3.67% |
2.87% |
| Swing |
6.75% |
0.98% |
2.87% |
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| Most voted party in each province, PSOE (red) and AP (blue). Every province is a multi-member district for the Congress. |
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General elections were held in Spain on 28 October 1982. PSOE and PSC presented two different lists of candidates: with the PSOE contesting most of Spain and the PSC (Catalan Social Party) only standing in Catalonia. Despite their subtle differences, both PSC and PSOE would later to merge to form the current Spanish Socialist Workers Party (PSOE). PCE also presented a different list of candidates in Catalonia, called the Partit Socialista Unificat de Catalunya, which obtained one seat, which is included with the PCE in the table below.
Alianza Popular and Unión de Centro Democrático ran on a joint list in the three provinces of the Basque autonomous community and won two seats. [1] These seats are included in the Alianza Popular totals below.
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