Aragonese regional election, 1983
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All 66 seats in the Cortes of Aragon 34 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Registered | 919,295 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 613,304 (66.7%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Constituency results map for the Cortes of Aragon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1983 Aragonese regional election was held on Sunday, 8 May 1983, to elect the 1st Cortes of the Autonomous Community of Aragon. All 66 seats in the Cortes were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in 12 other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.
The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) came first in the election by winning exactly half the seats (33 out of 66), 1 short of an absolute majority, with 46.8% of the vote. The People's Coalition, a coalition of centre-right parties including the People's Alliance (AP), the People's Democratic Party (PDP) and the Liberal Union (UL) came second with 18 seats and 22.6%, while the Regionalist Aragonese Party (PAR) finished third with 20.5% and 13 seats. The Communist Party of Spain (PCE) and the Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) both obtained 1 seat each with between 3-4% of the vote.
As a result of the election, Socialist Santiago Marraco was elected by the Courts as the first democratically elected President of Aragon.
Electoral system
The electoral system for the Cortes of Aragon was regulated under transitory provisions in the 1982 Statute of Autonomy of Aragon and, subsidiarily, under the general provisions of the Electoral Rules Decree-Law 20/1977. The Cortes was composed of 66 seats, allocated to Huesca (18), Teruel (16) and Zaragoza (32). Deputies were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with a threshold of 3% of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied in each constituency. Parties not reaching the threshold were not taken into consideration for seat distribution.[1][2]
The Statute of Autonomy required for the first regional election to be held between 1 February and 31 May 1983. Additionally, the chamber was to be automatically dissolved and a snap election called if an investiture process failed to elect a regional President within a two-month period from the first ballot, with elected deputies merely serving out what remained of the previous four-year parliamentary term.[1]
Results
Overall
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| Parties and coalitions | Popular vote | Seats | ||||
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| Votes | % | ±pp | Won | +/− | ||
| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 283,226 | 46.84 | — | 33 | — | |
| People's Coalition (AP–PDP–UL) | 136,853 | 22.63 | — | 18 | — | |
| Regionalist Aragonese Party (PAR) | 124,018 | 20.51 | — | 13 | — | |
| Communist Party of Spain (PCE) | 23,960 | 3.96 | — | 1 | — | |
| Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 19,902 | 3.29 | — | 1 | — | |
| Parties with less than 1.0% of the vote | 12,941 | 2.14 | — | 0 | — | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Workers' Socialist Party (PST) | 4,747 | 0.78 | — | 0 | — | |
| United Left of Aragon (MCA–LCR) | 4,645 | 0.77 | — | 0 | — | |
| Communist Party of Aragon (PCA) | 1,381 | 0.23 | — | 0 | — | |
| Social Aragonese Movement (MAS) | 1,285 | 0.21 | — | 0 | — | |
| Liberal Democratic Party (PDL) | 883 | 0.15 | — | 0 | — | |
| Blank ballots | 3,830 | 0.63 | — | |||
| Total | 604,730 | 100.00 | 66 | — | ||
| Valid votes | 604,730 | 98.60 | — | |||
| Invalid votes | 8,574 | 1.40 | — | |||
| Votes cast / turnout | 613,304 | 66.71 | — | |||
| Abstentions | 305,991 | 33.29 | — | |||
| Registered voters | 919,295 | |||||
| Source(s): Argos Information Portal, historiaelectoral.com | ||||||
Distribution by constituency
| Constituency | PSOE | CP | PAR | PCE | CDS | |||||
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| % | S | % | S | % | S | % | S | % | S | |
| Huesca | 49.1 | 10 | 27.1 | 6 | 13.1 | 2 | 4.5 | − | 3.7 | − |
| Teruel | 38.5 | 7 | 30.7 | 5 | 23.4 | 4 | 1.8 | − | 4.2 | − |
| Zaragoza | 47.8 | 16 | 19.8 | 7 | 22.0 | 7 | 4.2 | 1 | 3.0 | 1 |
| Total | 46.8 | 33 | 22.6 | 18 | 20.5 | 13 | 4.0 | 1 | 3.3 | 1 |
Aftermath
Investiture vote
| Investiture | Candidate: Santiago Marraco Solana | ||
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| Yes | No | Abstentions | |
| 1st round: 27 May 1983 (34/66 required) |
35 PSOE (33), PCE (1), CDS (1) |
18 AP–PDP–UL (18) | 13 PAR (13) |
| Source: historiaelectoral.com | |||
References
- 1 2 Statute of Autonomy of Aragon of 1982, Organic Law No. 8 of August 10, 1982 Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved on 8 April 2017.
- ↑ Electoral Rules Decree of 1977, Royal Decree-Law No. 20 of March 18, 1977 Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved on 27 December 2016.