People's Coalition (Spain)

The People's Coalition (Spanish: Coalición Popular) was a Spanish political coalition comprising national and regional right-wing parties between 1983 and 1986. It had its precedent in the AP-PDP coalition for the 1982 general election, and lasted until after the 1986 general election, when the PDP went its separate way.

Its main components were:

• People's Alliance (AP)
• People's Democratic Party (PDP)
• Liberal Union (UL) (1983–84) / Liberal Party (PL) (1984–86)

Among its notable regional components were:

• Galicia: Centrists of Galicia (CdG)
• Navarre: Navarrese People's Union (UPN)
• Valencian Community: Valencian Union (UV) (1983)

Election results

Congress of Deputies and Senate

Election	Congress of Deputies					Senate		Rank	Government	Leader
	Votes	%	±pp	Seats won	+/−	Seats won	+/−
1982AB	5,548,107	26.4%	20.1	107 / 350	96	54 / 208	51	#2	Opposition	Manuel Fraga
1986	5,247,677	26.0%	0.4	105 / 350	2	63 / 208	9	#2	Opposition	Manuel Fraga

^A Joint list between AP and PDP with AP as main party; name People's Coalition not officially coined yet.
^B 1982 results are compared to the CD totals in the 1979 election.

Local councils

Local councils
Election	Votes	%	±pp	Seats won	+/−	Rank	Leader
1983A	4,573,005	25.6%	22.6	20,671 / 67,312	18,332	#2	Manuel Fraga

^A 1983 results compared to the AP totals in the 1979 election.