Aragonese regional election, 1987

Aragonese regional election, 1987

10 June 1987
All 67 seats in the Cortes of Aragon 34 seats needed for a majority
Registered	928,571 1.0%
Turnout	647,067 (69.7%) 3.0 pp
First party Second party Third party   Leader Santiago Marraco Hipólito Gómez de las Roces Ángel Cristóbal Party PSOE PAR AP Leader since November 1979 December 1977 1987 Leader's seat Zaragoza Zaragoza Zaragoza Last election 33 seats, 46.8% 13 seats, 20.5% 18 seats, 22.6% Seats won 27 19 13 Seat change 6 6 5 Popular vote 228,170 179,922 99,082 Percentage 35.7% 28.1% 15.5% Swing 11.1 pp 7.6 pp 7.1 pp   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader José Luis Merino Antonio de las Casas Party CDS CAA–IU Leader since 1983 1987 Leader's seat Zaragoza Zaragoza Last election 1 seat, 3.3% 1 seat, 4.0% Seats won 6 2 Seat change 5 1 Popular vote 65,406 31,352 Percentage 10.2% 4.9% Swing 6.9 pp 0.9 pp
Constituency results map for the Cortes of Aragon
President before election Santiago Marraco PSOE Elected President Hipólito Gómez de las Roces PAR

The 1987 Aragonese regional election was held on Wednesday, 10 June 1987, to elect the 2nd Cortes of the Autonomous Community of Aragon. All 67 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, as well as the 1987 European Parliament election.

The main two national parties, the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) and the People's Alliance (AP) lost support compared to the previous election. The latter had suffered from an internal crisis and the breakup of the People's Coalition in 1986, losing 30% of its 1983 vote and finishing third as a result. The main election winners were the Regionalist Aragonese Party (PAR), which came a strong second, and the centrist Democratic and Social Centre (CDS), a party led by the former Spanish Prime Minister Adolfo Suarez. United Left made a small advance of 0.9 percentage points and 1 seat, not being able to capitalize on the PSOE's losses.

The PSOE 27 seats compared to the centre-right 32 (38 if the CDS is counted in) meant that the Socialist Santiago Marraco was not re-elected as President of Aragon. Instead, Hipólito Gómez de las Roces from the PAR was elected President as head of a PAR administration with the support of the AP and the abstention of the CDS. In March 1989 the People's Alliance entered the government through a coalition for the remainder of the legislature, with AP members being appointed ministers in the regional administration.

Electoral system

The electoral system for the Cortes of Aragon was regulated under the Autonomous Community of Aragon Electoral Law 2/1987 and, subsidiarily, under the general provisions of the General Electoral System Organic Law 5/1985 (LOREG). The Cortes was composed of 67 seats, allocated to constituencies corresponding to the provinces of Aragon. Each constituency was entitled to an initial minimum of 13 seats, with the remaining 28 allocated in proportion to the provincial populations on the condition that the inhabitants/seat ratio in the most populated province did not exceed 2.75 times that of the less populated one—otherwise, the size of most populated district would be limited to such a ratio—. 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]

Under the Aragonese electoral law, elections were fixed to be held within 29 to 35 days from the expiration of the previous four-year parliamentary term.^[1] Additionally, the 1982 Statute of Autonomy of Aragon provided that 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.^[3]

Opinion polls

Vote estimations

Poll results are listed in the tables below in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first, and using the date the survey's fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. If such date is unknown, the date of publication is given instead. 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. When a specific poll does not show a data figure for a party, the party's cell corresponding to that poll is shown empty.

Polling Firm/Link	Last Date of Polling						Margin of Error	Sample Size	Lead
Regional Election	June 10, 1987	35.7	15.5	28.1	4.9	10.2			7.6
Demoscopia	May 26, 1987	28.5	15.5	32.7	4.7	11.7			4.2
General Election	June 22, 1986	43.4	26.1	11.0	3.4	11.2			17.3
Regional Election	May 8, 1983	46.8	22.6	20.5	4.0	3.3			24.2

Parliamentary seat projections

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. 34 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Cortes of Aragon.

34 seats needed for majority

Polling Firm/Link	Last Date of Polling
Regional Election	June 10, 1987	27	13	19	2	6
Demoscopia	May 26, 1987	18/19	14	25/26	2	7
General Election	June 22, 1986	(32)	(20)	(7)	(1)	(7)
Regional Election	May 8, 1983	33	18	13	1	1

Results

Overall

← Summary of the 10 June 1987 Cortes of Aragon election results →

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	228,170	35.69	–11.15	27	–6
	Regionalist Aragonese Party (PAR)	179,922	28.15	+7.64	19	+6
	People's Alliance (AP)1	99,082	15.50	–7.13	13	–5
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	65,406	10.23	+6.94	6	+5
	Aragon Alternative Convergence–United Left (CAA–IU)2	31,352	4.90	+0.94	2	+1
	Workers' Party of Spain–Communist Unity (PTE–UC)	8,435	1.32	New	0	±0
	People's Democratic Party (PDP)	7,887	1.23	New	0	±0

Distribution by constituency

Aftermath

Investiture vote

References

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