Asturian parliamentary election, 1987

Asturian parliamentary election, 1987

10 June 1987

All 45 seats in the Asturian General Junta 23 seats needed for a majority Registered 868,611 0.6% Turnout 580,436 (66.8%) 1.8 pp   First party Second party   Leader Pedro de Silva Isidro Fernández Party PSOE AP Leader since 15 March 1983 1983 Last election 26 seats, 52.0% 14 seats, 30.2%[lower-alpha 1] Seats won 20 13 Seat change 6 1 Popular vote 222,326 144,379 Percentage 38.8% 25.2% Swing 13.2 pp 5.0 pp   Third party Fourth party   Leader Adolfo Barthe Aza Francisco Javier Suárez Party CDS IU Leader since 1987 1983 Last election 0 seats, 3.5% 5 seats, 11.1%[lower-alpha 2] Seats won 8 4 Seat change 8 1 Popular vote 106,155 69,175 Percentage 18.5% 12.1% Swing 15.0 pp 1.0 pp

President before election Pedro de Silva PSOE Elected President Pedro de Silva PSOE

The 1987 Asturian parliamentary election was held on Wednesday, 10 June 1987, to elect the 2nd General Junta of the Principality of Asturias, the regional legislature of the Spanish autonomous community of Asturias. At stake were all 45 seats in the General Junta, determining the President of the Principality of Asturias.

The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) of incumbent President Pedro de Silva remained the most-voted party, but lost 13 percentage points as well as the absolute majority it had enjoyed in the previous legislature. The internal crisis within the People's Coalition after the breakup of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) from the alliance resulted in the People's Alliance (AP) standing alone in the election, losing 25,000 votes and 5 percentage points.

Disenchanted voters with the Socialist government that did not see AP as a credible opposition alternative went on to centrist Democratic and Social Centre (CDS), which saw a significant increase of its vote share and entered the General Junta with 8 seats. United Left (IU), the new incarnation of the Communist Party of Spain and its allies, lost 1 seat despite achieving more votes than in 1983.

Electoral system

The 45 members of the General Junta of the Principality of Asturias were elected in 3 multi-member districts using the D'Hondt method and a closed-list proportional representation system. Unlike other regions, districts did not coincide with provincial limits, being determined by law as such:

• Central District, comprising the municipalities of: Aller, Avilés, Bimenes, Carreño, Caso, Castrillón, Corvera de Asturias, Gijón, Gozón, Illas, Las Regueras, Langreo, Laviana, Lena, Llanera, Mieres, Morcín, Noreña, Oviedo, Proaza, Quirós, Ribera de Arriba, Riosa, San Martín del Rey Aurelio, Santo Adriano, Sariego, Siero, Sobrescobio and Soto del Barco.
• Eastern District, comprising the municipalities of: Amieva, Cabrales, Cabranes, Cangas de Onís, Caravia, Colunga, Llanes, Nava, Onís, Parres, Peñamellera Alta, Peñamellera Baja, Piloña, Ponga, Ribadedeva, Ribadesella and Villaviciosa.
• Western District, comprising the municipalities of: Allande, Belmonte de Miranda, Boal, Candamo, Cangas del Narcea, Castropol, Coaña, Cudillero, Degaña, El Franco, Grado, Grandas de Salime, Ibias, Illano, Muros del Nalón, Navia, Pesoz, Pravia, Salas, San Martín de Oscos, Santa Eulalia de Oscos, San Tirso de Abres, Somiedo, Tapia de Casariego, Taramundi, Teverga, Tineo, Valdés, Vegadeo, Villanueva de Oscos, Villayón and Yernes y Tameza.

Each district was entitled to an initial minimum of 2 seats, with the remaining 39 seats allocated among the three districts in proportion to their populations. For the 1987 election, seats were distributed as follows: Central District (32), Eastern District (5) and Western District (8).

Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage in a secret ballot. Only lists polling above 3% of the total vote in each district (which includes blank ballots—for none of the above) were entitled to enter the seat distribution.^[1]

Results

Overall

← Summary of the 10 June 1987 Asturian General Junta election results →

Party		Vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	222,326	38.85	13.11	20	6
	People's Alliance (AP)[lower-alpha 1]	144,379	25.23	5.00	13	1
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	106,155	18.55	15.10	8	8
	United Left (IU)[lower-alpha 2]	69,175	12.09	0.96	4	1
	Asturianist Party (PAS)	7,302	1.28	New	0	±0
	Workers' Party of Spain–Communist Unity (PTE-UC)	4,862	0.85	New	0	±0
	People's Democratic Party (PDP)	3,591	0.63	New	0	±0
	Asturian Nationalist Ensame (ENA)	2,800	0.49	0.05	0	±0
	Workers' Socialist Party (PST)	2,473	0.43	0.40	0	±0
	Humanist Platform (PH)	1,243	0.22	New	0	±0
	Spanish Falange of the JONS (FE-JONS)	949	0.17	New	0	±0
	Blank ballots	7,066	1.23	0.82
Total		572,321	100.00		45	±0
Valid votes		572,321	98.60	0.74
Invalid votes		8,115	1.40	0.74
Votes cast / turnout		580,436	66.82	1.78
Abstentions		288,175	33.18	1.78
Registered voters		868,611
Source(s): General Junta of the Principality of Asturias Argos Information Portal

Results by district

Election results by district.

Central District

Party Vote Seats Votes % ±pp Won +/− Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 163,919 36.97 17.57 13 6 People's Alliance (AP)[lower-alpha 1] 104,843 23.65 4.00 8 1 Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) 88,398 19.94 16.96 7 7 United Left (IU)[lower-alpha 2] 60,339 13.61 2.04 4 ±0 Asturianist Party (PAS) 6,618 1.49 New 0 ±0 Workers' Party of Spain–Communist Unity (PTE-UC) 4,862 1.10 New 0 ±0 Asturian Nationalist Ensame (ENA) 2,453 0.55 0.10 0 ±0 People's Democratic Party (PDP) 2,095 0.47 New 0 ±0 Workers' Socialist Party (PST) 1,839 0.41 0.43 0 ±0 Humanist Platform (PH) 966 0.22 New 0 ±0 Spanish Falange of the JONS (FE-JONS) 949 0.21 New 0 ±0 Blank ballots 6,046 1.36 0.98 Total 443,327 100.00 32 ±0 Valid votes 443,327 98.59 0.82 Invalid votes 6,342 1.41 0.82 Votes cast / turnout 449,669 66.93 0.56 Abstentions 222,220 33.07 0.56 Registered voters 671,889 Source: General Junta of the Principality of Asturias

Eastern District

Party Vote Seats Votes % ±pp Won +/− Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 20,857 44.25 0.50 3 ±0 People's Alliance (AP)[lower-alpha 1] 16,704 35.44 6.89 2 ±0 Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) 6,428 13.64 10.20 0 ±0 United Left (IU)[lower-alpha 2] 1,715 3.64 4.64 0 ±0 Asturianist Party (PAS) 395 0.84 New 0 ±0 People's Democratic Party (PDP) 228 0.48 New 0 ±0 Workers' Socialist Party (PST) 185 0.39 0.29 0 ±0 Asturian Nationalist Ensame (ENA) 138 0.29 0.02 0 ±0 Humanist Platform (PH) 84 0.18 New 0 ±0 Blank ballots 397 0.84 0.43 Total 47,131 100.00 5 ±0 Valid votes 47,131 98.44 0.84 Invalid votes 745 1.56 0.84 Votes cast / turnout 47,876 71.09 3.44 Abstentions 19,466 28.91 3.44 Registered voters 67,342 Source: General Junta of the Principality of Asturias

Western District

Party Vote Seats Votes % ±pp Won +/− Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 37,550 45.87 3.29 4 ±0 People's Alliance (AP)[lower-alpha 1] 22,832 27.89 9.32 3 ±0 Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) 11,329 13.84 7.73 1 1 United Left (IU)[lower-alpha 2] 7,121 8.70 1.74 0 1 People's Democratic Party (PDP) 1,268 1.55 New 0 ±0 Workers' Socialist Party (PST) 449 0.55 0.35 0 ±0 Asturianist Party (PAS) 289 0.35 New 0 ±0 Asturian Nationalist Ensame (ENA) 209 0.26 0.43 0 ±0 Humanist Platform (PH) 193 0.24 New 0 ±0 Blank ballots 623 0.76 0.20 Total 81,863 100.00 8 ±0 Valid votes 81,863 98.74 0.27 Invalid votes 1,028 1.26 0.27 Votes cast / turnout 82,891 64.07 6.75 Abstentions 46,489 35.93 6.75 Registered voters 129,380 Source: General Junta of the Principality of Asturias

Notes

References

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