Galician parliamentary election, 1985

Galician parliamentary election, 1985
Galicia (Spain)
24 December 1985

All 71 seats in the Parliament of Galicia
38 seats needed for a majority
Turnout 1,277,897 (57.4%)
Increase11.1 pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Xerardo Fernández Albor Fernando González Laxe Pablo González Mariñas
Party CP PSdeG Galician Coalition
Leader's seat Pontevedra Ourense Ourense
Last election 26 seats, 30.5% 16 seats, 19.6% new
Seats won 34 22 11
Seat change Increase8 Increase6 Increase11
Popular vote 516,218 361,946 163,425
Percentage 40.9 28.7% 12.9%
Swing Increase10.4 pp Increase9.1 pp Increase12.9 pp

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Camilo Nogueira Xosé Manuel Beiras
Party PSG-EG BNG
Leader's seat A Coruña A Coruña
Last election 1 seats, 3.4% 3 seats, 6.3
Seats won 3
Seat change Increase2 Decrease2
Popular vote 71,599 53,072
Percentage 5.7% 4.2%
Swing Increase2.3 pp Decrease2.1 pp

President before election

Xerardo Fernández Albor
CP

Elected President

Xerardo Fernández Albor
CP

Parliamentary elections were held in Galicia on 24 December 1985. The result was a victory for the People's Alliance , which won 34 of the 75 seats in the Parliament of Galicia. Xerardo Fernández Albor was elected President of the Xunta with the votes of AP and Galician Coalition.

Results

Overall

Summary of the 24 December 1985 Galician Parliament election results
Party Vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
People's Coalition (CP) 516,218 40.89 Increase10.37 34 Increase8
Socialist Party of Galicia (PSdeG-PSOE) 361,946 28.67 Increase9.05 22 Increase6
Galician Coalition (CG) 163,425 12.94 New 11 Increase11
Galician Socialist Party-Galician Left (PSG-EG) 71,599 5.67 Increase2.27 3 Increase2
Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG) 53,072 4.20 Decrease2.07 1 Decrease2
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) 41,411 3.28 New 0 ±0
Communist Party of Galicia (PCG-PCE) 10,625 0.84 Decrease2.09 0 Decrease1
Workers' Socialist Party (PST) 9,689 0.77 Decrease1.08 0 ±0
Workers’ Party of Spain – Communist Unity (PCG-MR) 8,318 0.66 New 0 ±0
Humanist Party (PH) 7,280 0.58 New 0 ±0
Galician Rural Party (PGC) 3,172 0.25 New 0 ±0
Spanish Falange of the JONS (FE-JONS) 2,922 0.23 Increase0.08 0 ±0
Communist Party of Spain (Marxist–Leninist) (PCE (m-l)) 1,554 0.12 ±0.00 0 ±0
Galician Socialist Unity (USG) 1,379 0.11 New 0 ±0
Communist Movement (MCG) 1,327 0.11 Decrease0.38 0 ±0
Blank ballots 8,627 0.68 Increase0.68
Total 1,262,564 100.00 71 ±0
Valid votes 1,262,564 98.80 Increase0.79
Invalid votes 15,333 1.20 Decrease0.79
Votes cast / turnout 1,277,897 57.40 Increase11.12
Abstentions 948,552 42.60 Decrease11.12
Registered voters 2,226,449
Source: Argos Information Portal
Vote share
CP
 
40.89%
PSdeG-PSOE
 
28.67%
CG
 
12.94%
PSG-EG
 
5.67%
BNG
 
4.20%
CDS
 
3.28%
PCG-PCE
 
0.84%
PST
 
0.77%
Others
 
2.06%
Blank ballots
 
0.68%
Parliamentary seats
CP
 
47.89%
PSdeG-PSOE
 
30.99%
CG
 
15.49%
PSG-EG
 
4.23%
BNG
 
1.41%


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