Galician parliamentary election, 1989

Galician parliamentary election, 1989
Galicia (Spain)
17 December 1989

All 75 seats in the Parliament of Galicia
38 seats needed for a majority
Turnout 59.5%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Manuel Fraga Iribarne Fernando González Laxe Xosé Manuel Beiras
Party PPdeG PSdeG BNG
Leader's seat Pontevedra Ourense A Coruña
Last election 34 seats, 40.4% 22 seats, 28.3% 1 seat, 4.23%
Seats won 38 28 5
Seat change Increase4 Increase6 Increase4
Popular vote 583,579 433,256 105,703
Percentage 44.20 32.81% 8.01%
Swing Increase3,8% Increase4.51%

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Camilo Nogueira Xosé Luís Barreiro
Party PSG-EG CG
Leader's seat Pontevedra Ourense
Last election 3 seats, 5.75% 11 seats, 12.8%
Seats won 2 2
Seat change Decrease1 Decrease9
Popular vote 50,047 48,208
Percentage 3.79% 3.65%
Swing Decrease1.96% Decrease9.15%

President before election

Fernando González Laxe
PPdeG

Elected President

Manuel Fraga Iribarne
PPdeG

Parliamentary elections were held in Galicia on 17 December 1989. The result was a victory for the People's Party of Galicia, which won 38 of the 75 seats in the Parliament of Galicia. Manuel Fraga Iribarne was subsequently elected President of the Xunta.

Results

Summary of the 17 december 1989 Galician Parliament elections results

Parties and coalitions Votes Seats
# % Swing Seats +/−
People's Party of Galicia PPdeG 583,579 44.20 +3.8 38 +4
Socialist Party of Galicia PSdeG 433,256 32.81 +4.51 28 +6
Galician Nationalist Bloc BNG 105,703 8.01 +3.78 5 +4
Galician Socialist Party-Galician Left PSG-EG 50,047 3.79 −1.96 2 −1
Galician Coalition CG 48,208 1.47 -9.15 2 -9
Democratic and Social Centre CDS 38,214 2.89 new 0 new
Galician Nationalist Party-Galicianist Party PNG-PG 18,036 1.37 new 0 new
Ruiz-Mateos Agrupation Ruiz-Mateos 7,058 0.53 new 0 new
Socialist Workers Party PST 3,724 0.28 -0,49 0 0
Greens of Galicia Greens 3,214 0.24 new 0 new
Ecologist Greens Ecologist Greens 2,789 0.21 new 0 new
Galician People's Front FPG 2,629 0.2 new 0 new
Communist Party of the Galician People PCPG 989 0.07 new 0 new
Humanist Party PH 748 0.06 -0,52 0 0
Partido Galicia Unida GU 746 0.06 new 0 new
Falange Española de las JONS FE JONS 691 0.05 -0,18 0 0
Communist Party of Spain (Marxist–Leninist) PCE (m-l) 530 0.04 -0,08 0 0
Alliance for the Republic AxR 437 0.03 new 0 new
Blank ballots 5,316 0.4
Total 1,320,372 100.00 75 ±0
Valid votes 1,325,657 99.5
Invalid votes 10,921 0.82
Votes cast / turnout 1,336,578 59.5 −9.52
Abstentions 909,877 40.5 -2.1
Registered voters 2,246,455
Source: El Mundo
Vote share
PP
 
44.02%
PSdeG-PSOE
 
32.68%
BNG
 
7.97%
PSG-EG
 
3.78%
CG
 
3.64%
CDS
 
2.88%
IU-UG
 
1.49%
PNG-PG
 
1.36%
Others
 
1.78%
Blank ballots
 
0.40%
Parliamentary seats
PP
 
50.67%
PSdeG-PSOE
 
37.33%
BNG
 
6.67%
PSG-EG
 
2.67%
CG
 
2.67%