Valencian parliamentary election, 1987

Valencian parliamentary election, 1987
Valencian Community
10 June 1987
All 89 seats in the Valencian Courts
45 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered 2,727,703 Increase2.7%
Turnout 2,030,881 (74.5%)
Increase1.8 pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Joan Lerma Rita Barberá José Luis Boado
Party PSPV AP CDS
Leader since 31 July 1979 1987 1987
Last election 51 seats, 51.4% 27 seats, 31.9%[lower-alpha 1] 0 seats, 1.9%
Seats won 42 25 10
Seat change Decrease9 Decrease2 Increase10
Popular vote 828,961 476,099 225,663
Percentage 41.3% 23.7% 11.2%
Swing Decrease10.1 pp Decrease8.2 pp Increase9.3 pp
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Filibert Crespo Albert Taberner
Party UV IU
Leader since 1987 1986
Last election 5 seats (w. CP)[lower-alpha 2] 6 seats, 10.5%[lower-alpha 3]
Seats won 6 6
Seat change Increase1 ±0
Popular vote 183,541 159,579
Percentage 9.1% 7.9%
Swing New party Decrease2.6 pp
President before election

Joan Lerma
PSPV

 Elected President

Joan Lerma
PSPV

The 1987 Valencian parliamentary election was held on Wednesday, 10 June 1987, to elect the 2nd democratically-elected Valencian Courts, the regional legislature of the Spanish autonomous community of Valencia. At stake were all 89 seats in the Courts, determining the President of the Valencian Government.

The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) won the election, but lost 9 seats, as well as the absolute majority they had achieved in 1983. The People's Coalition had broken up after the 1986 general election, resulting in the opposition People's Alliance (AP) scoring slightly less than 24% of the vote and losing 2 seats compared to the combined totals for the AP-PDP-UL coalition in 1983.[1] The big winners were the centrist Democratic and Social Centre (CDS), which saw a significant increase in its vote share, and the Valencian Union (UV), which ran separately for the first time and won 6 seats to the 5 it had obtained within the CP coalition in 1983.[1]

The Communist Party of Spain (PCE), which had formed the electoral alliance United Left (IU) in April 1986 with other smaller left-wing parties across Spain, stood in coalition with the regional Valencian People's Unity (UPV) and won 6 seats.

Electoral system

The number of seats in the Valencian Courts was set to a fixed-number of 89. All Courts' members were elected in 3 multi-member districts, corresponding to the Valencian Community's three provinces, using the D'Hondt method and a closed-list proportional representation system. Each district was entitled to an initial minimum of 20 seats, with the remaining 29 seats allocated among the three provinces in proportion to their populations, on the required condition that the number of inhabitants per seat in each district did not exceed 3 times those of any other. For the 1987 election, seats were distributed as follows: Alicante (29), Castellon (23) and Valencia (37).

Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage in a secret ballot. Only lists polling above 5% of valid votes (which include blank ballots—for none of the above) in all of the community were entitled to enter the seat distribution. This meant that in the case a list polled above 5% in one or more of the districts but below 5% in the community totals, it would remain outside of the seat apportionment.[2]

Opinion polls

Vote

Poll results are listed in the table below in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed in bold, and the background shaded in the leading party's colour. In the instance that there is a tie, then no figure is shaded. The lead column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the two parties with the highest figures. Poll results use the date the survey's fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. However, if such date is unknown, the date of publication will be given instead.

Seats

Opinion polls showing seat projections are displayed in the table below. The highest seat figures in each polling survey have their background shaded in the leading party's colour. In the instance that there is a tie, then no figure is shaded. 45 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Valencian Courts.

Results

Overall

← Summary of the 10 June 1987 Valencian Courts election results →
Party Vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
Socialist Party of the Valencian Country (PSPV-PSOE) 828,961 41.28 Decrease10.13 42 Decrease9
People's Alliance (AP)[lower-alpha 1] 476,099 23.71 Decrease8.18 25 Decrease2
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) 225,663 11.24 Increase9.36 10 Increase10
Valencian Union (UV)[lower-alpha 2] 183,541 9.14 New 6 Increase1
United Left-Valencian People's Unity (IU-UPV)[lower-alpha 3] 159,579 7.95 Decrease2.58 6 ±0
Workers' Party of Spain–Communist Unity (PTE-UC) 33,770 1.68 New 0 ±0
The Greens (LV) 22,262 1.11 New 0 ±0
People's Democratic Party-Valencian Centrists (PDP-CV) 20,171 1.00 New 0 ±0
Valencian Electoral Coalition (CEV) 11,984 0.60 New 0 ±0
Spanish Vertex Ecological Development Revindication (VERDE) 5,056 0.25 New 0 ±0
Communist Unification of Spain (UCE) 4,325 0.22 New 0 ±0
Valencian Nationalist Left-Valencianist Regional Union (ENV-URV) 4,175 0.21 Decrease0.19 0 ±0
Humanist Platform (PH) 3,658 0.18 New 0 ±0
Republican People's Unity (UPR) 3,309 0.16 New 0 ±0
Left Front (FI) 2,295 0.11 New 0 ±0
Internationalist Socialist Workers' Party (POSI) 1,884 0.09 New 0 ±0
Blank ballots 21,497 1.07 Increase0.38
Total 2,008,229 100.00 89 ±0
Valid votes 2,008,229 98.88 Decrease0.09
Invalid votes 22,652 1.12 Increase0.09
Votes cast / turnout 2,030,881 74.45 Increase1.71
Abstentions 696,822 25.55 Decrease1.71
Registered voters 2,727,703
Source: Argos Information Portal
Vote share
PSPV-PSOE
  
 41.28%
AP
  
 23.71%
CDS
  
 11.24%
UV
  
 9.14%
IU-UPV
  
 7.95%
PTE-UC
  
 1.68%
LV
  
 1.11%
PDP-CV
  
 1.00%
Others
  
 1.82%
Blank ballots
  
 1.07%
Parliamentary seats
PSPV-PSOE
  
 47.19%
AP
  
 28.09%
CDS
  
 11.24%
UV
  
 6.74%
IU-UPV
  
 6.74%

Results by province

Election results by province.

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 People's Alliance results are compared to the People's Coalition totals in the 1983 election, not counting Valencian Union which in 1987 ran separately.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Valencian Union stood together with the People's Coalition in 1983, winning 5 of the coalition's 32 seats. For the 1987 it ran separately.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 United Left results are compared to the Communist Party of Spain and Valencian People's Unity totals in the 1983 election.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Courts Valencianes election results, historiaelectoral.com. Retrieved 2015-04-06.
  2. ↑ "Law 1/1987, of 31 March, Valencian electoral".