Navarrese parliamentary election, 1983

Navarrese parliamentary election, 1983

8 May 1983

All 50 seats in the Parliament of Navarre 26 seats needed for a majority Registered 379,692 4.0% Turnout 269,042 (70.9%) 0.1 pp   First party Second party Third party   Leader Gabriel Urralburu Baldino Bados José Luis Monge Recalde Party PSN UPN CP Leader since 15 June 1982 1983 1983 Last election 15 seats, 18.9% 13 seats, 16.0% Did not stand Seats won 20 13 8 Seat change 5 ±0 8 Popular vote 94,737 62,072 37,554 Percentage 35.6% 23.3% 14.1% Swing 16.7 pp 7.3 pp New party   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Iñaki Aldekoa Ignacio Cabasés Party HB EAJ-PNV Leader since 1983 1983 Last election 9 seats, 11.1% 3 seats, 5.0% Seats won 6 3 Seat change 3 ±0 Popular vote 28,055 18,161 Percentage 10.6% 6.8% Swing 0.5 pp 1.8 pp

President before election Juan Manuel Arza UCD Interim President Juan Manuel Arza Independent

The 1983 Navarrese parliamentary election was held on Sunday, 8 May 1983, to elect the 1st Parliament of Navarre, the regional legislature of the Spanish autonomous community of Navarre. At stake were all seats in the Parliament, determining the President of Navarre. The number of members decreased from 70 to 50 compared to the previous election.

Electoral system

The 50 members of the Parliament of Navarre were elected in a single multi-member district, consisting of the Community's territory (the province of Navarre), using the D'Hondt method and a closed-list proportional representation system. As the community had not passed an electoral law of its own at the time, the electoral system came regulated under Foral Decree of 9 March 1983.

Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage in a secret ballot. Only lists polling above 5% of the total vote in the community (which includes blank ballots—for none of the above) were entitled to enter the seat distribution.

As per the regional Statute of Autonomy, in the event of a parliamentary deadlock in the election of a new President, the head of the largest parliamentary party did automatically become President if no candidate obtained a majority within 90 days.^[1]

Results

← Summary of the 8 May 1983 Navarrese Parliament election results →

Party		Vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
	Socialist Party of Navarre (PSN-PSOE)	94,737	35.63	16.69	20	5
	Navarrese People's Union (UPN)	62,072	23.34	7.35	13	±0
	People's Coalition (AP-PDP-UL)	37,554	14.12	New	8	8
	People's Unity (HB)	28,055	10.55	0.53	6	3
	Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ-PNV)	18,161	6.83	1.79	3	±0
	Neighborhood Labor (Auzolan)	8,356	3.14	0.44	0	±0
	Carlist Party (PC)	6,733	2.53	2.24	0	1
	Basque Country Left (EE)	6,292	2.37	New	0	±0
	Communist Party of Spain (PCE)	1,712	0.64	1.80	0	±0
	Communist League (LC)	409	0.15	New	0	±0
	Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD)	N/A	N/A	26.69	0	20
	Electoral Groups of Merindades (Amaiur)	N/A	N/A	6.78	0	7
	Left Navarrese Union (UNAI)	N/A	N/A	2.91	0	1
	Navarrese Foral Independents (IFN)	N/A	N/A	1.46	0	1
	Blank ballots	1,826	0.69	0.28
Total		265,907	100.00		50	20
Valid votes		265,907	98.83	0.15
Invalid votes		3,135	1.17	0.15
Votes cast / turnout		269,042	70.86	0.10
Abstentions		110,650	29.14	0.10
Registered voters		379,692
Source: Argos Information Portal

Post-election

Investiture voting

Candidate	Date	Vote	PSN	UPN	CP	HBa	PNV	Total
José Angel Zubiaur (UPN)	21 Jun 1983 Majority required: Absolute (26/50)	Yes		13	8	x		21 / 50
		NNo	20			x	3	23 / 50
		Abst.				x		0 / 50
	23 Jun 1983 Majority required: Absolute (26/50)	Yes		13	8	x		21 / 50
		NNo	20			x	3	23 / 50
		Abst.				x		0 / 50
	25 Jun 1983 Majority required: Simple	Yes		13	8	x		21 / 50
		NNo	20			x	3	23 / 50
		Abst.				x		0 / 50
	27 Jun 1983 Majority required: Simple	Yes		13	8	x		21 / 50
		NNo	20			x	3	23 / 50
		Abst.				x		0 / 50
Gabriel Urralburu (PSN)	2 Mar 1984 Majority required: Absolute (26/50)	Yes	20			x		20 / 50
		NNo		13	8	x	3	24 / 50
		Abst.				x		0 / 50
	4 Mar 1984 Majority required: Absolute (26/50)	Yes	20			x		20 / 50
		NNo		13	8	x	3	24 / 50
		Abst.				x		0 / 50
	6 Mar 1984 Majority required: Simple	Yes	20			x		20 / 50
		NNo		13	8	x	3	24 / 50
		Abst.				x		0 / 50
	8 Mar 1984 Majority required: Simple	Yes	20			x		20 / 50
		NNo		13	8	x	3	24 / 50
		Abst.				x		0 / 50
José Luis Monge Recalde (AP)	8 Apr 1984 Majority required: Absolute (26/50)	Yes		13	8	x		21 / 50
		NNo	19b			x	3	22 / 50
		Abst.				x		0 / 50
	10 Apr 1984 Majority required: Absolute (26/50)	Yes		13	8	x		21 / 50
		NNo	19b			x	3	22 / 50
		Abst.				x		0 / 50
	10 Apr 1984 Majority required: Simple	Yes		13	8	x		21 / 50
		NNo	20			x	3	23 / 50
		Abst.				x		0 / 50
	12 Apr 1984 Majority required: Simple	Yes		13	8	x		21 / 50
		NNo	20			x	3	23 / 50
		Abst.				x		0 / 50
Source: Historia Electoral - Elections to the Parliament of Navarre

^a All 6 HB MPs refused to take their seats.
^b 1 PSN MP missed the voting.

References

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