Cantabrian regional election, 1987

Cantabrian regional election, 1987
Cantabria
10 June 1987

All 39 seats in the Regional Assembly of Cantabria
20 seats needed for a majority
Registered 395,043 2.6%
Turnout 301,306 (76.3%)
2.9 pp

  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Juan Hormaechea Jaime Blanco Miguel Ángel Revilla
Party AP PSOE PRC
Leader since 1987 1977 1983
Leader's seat Cantabria Cantabria Cantabria
Last election 18 seats, 44.0% 15 seats, 38.4% 2 seats, 6.7%
Seats won 19 13 5
Seat change 1 2 3
Popular vote 122,882 87,828 38,202
Percentage 41.4% 29.6% 12.9%
Swing 2.6 pp 8.8 pp 6.2 pp

  Fourth party
 
Leader Manuel Garrido
Party CDS
Leader since 1987
Leader's seat Cantabria
Last election 0 seats, 2.6%
Seats won 2
Seat change 2
Popular vote 19,579
Percentage 6.6%
Swing 4.0 pp

President before election

Ángel Díaz de Entresotos
AP

Elected President

Juan Hormaechea
AP

The 1987 Cantabrian regional election was held on Wednesday, 10 June 1987, to elect the 2nd Regional Assembly of the Autonomous Community of Cantabria. All 39 seats in the Regional Assembly 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 election was a victory for the People's Alliance (AP), which despite the breakup of the People's Coalition with the People's Democratic Party (PDP) and the Liberal Party (PL), remained the Assembly's largest force, albeit losing the absolute majority of seats it had held in the previous parliament. As in other communities, the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) lost votes and seats, while the Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) and Regionalist Party of Cantabria (PRC) made gains.

The legislature would be marked by dissensions between the elected President of Cantabria, Juan Hormaechea, and his own party AP (from 1989 the People's Party). In 1989 the PP would demand Hormaechea's resignation, but he would continue in a government formed by independents. In December 1990, he will be forced out by a no-confidence motion supported by PP, PSOE, PRC and CDS, which would result in a coalition government headed by Socialist Jaime Blanco being formed until the 1991 election.

Electoral system

The number of seats in the Regional Assembly of Cantabria was set to a fixed-number of 39. All Assembly members were elected in a single multi-member district, consisting of the Community's territory (the province of Cantabria), using the D'Hondt method and a closed-list proportional representation system.

Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage in a secret ballot. Only lists polling above 5% of valid votes in all of the community (which include blank ballotsfor none of the above) were entitled to enter the seat distribution.[1]

Results

Summary of the 10 June 1987 Regional Assembly of Cantabria election results
Parties and coalitions Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
People's Alliance (AP)1 122,882 41.35 –2.64 19 +1
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 87,828 29.55 –8.86 13 –2
Regionalist Party of Cantabria (PRC) 38,202 12.86 +6.13 5 +3
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) 19,579 6.59 +4.02 2 +2
United Left (IU)2 10,843 3.65 –0.31 0 ±0
People's Democratic Party (PDP) 7,028 2.36 New 0 ±0
Workers' Party of Spain–Communist Unity (PTE–UC) 3,233 1.09 New 0 ±0
Blank ballots 3,319 1.12 +0.56
Total 297,169 100.00 39 +4
Valid votes 297,169 98.63 +0.11
Invalid votes 4,137 1.37 –0.11
Votes cast / turnout 301,306 76.27 +2.71
Abstentions 93,737 23.73 –2.71
Registered voters 395,043
Source(s): Argos Information Portal, historiaelectoral.com
Popular vote
AP
 
41.35%
PSOE
 
29.55%
PRC
 
12.86%
CDS
 
6.59%
IU
 
3.65%
PDP
 
2.36%
PTE–UC
 
1.09%
Others
 
1.43%
Blank ballots
 
1.12%
Seats
AP
 
48.72%
PSOE
 
33.33%
PRC
 
12.82%
CDS
 
5.13%

Post-election

Investiture voting

1st round: 22 July 1987
Investiture voting for Juan Hormaechea (Independent)

Absolute majority: 20/39
Vote Parties Votes
Yes AP (19)
19 / 39
No PSOE (13), PRC (5)
18 / 39
Abstentions CDS (2)
2 / 39
2nd round: 24 July 1987
Investiture voting for Juan Hormaechea (Independent)

Simple majority
Vote Parties Votes
Yes Yes AP (19)
19 / 39
No PSOE (13), PRC (5)
18 / 39
Abstentions CDS (2)
2 / 39
Source(s):

Motion of censure

5 December 1990
Motion of censure against Juan Hormaechea
Candidate: Jaime Blanco García (PSOE)

Absolute majority: 20/39
Vote Parties Votes
Yes Yes PSOE (12), PP (7), PRC (3), CDS (2), ALP (2)
26 / 39
No Indep. (11), PNC (1)
12 / 39
Abstentions Indep. (1)
1 / 39
Source: El País

References

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