Catalan regional election, 1980
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All 135 seats in the Parliament of Catalonia 68 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Registered | 4,432,776 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 2,718,888 (61.3%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1980 Catalan regional election was held on Thursday, 20 March 1980, to elect the 1st Parliament of the Autonomous Community of Catalonia. All 135 seats in the Parliament were up for election.
Overview
Electoral system
The Parliament of Catalonia was the devolved, unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of Catalonia, having legislative power in matters of regional competence as underlined by the Spanish Constitution and the Catalan Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to grant or revoke confidence from a President of the Generalitat.[1] Voting for the Parliament was on the basis of universal suffrage, with all nationals over eighteen, registered in Catalonia and in full enjoyment of all political rights entitled to vote.
The 135 members of the Parliament of Catalonia were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with a threshold of 3 per 100 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. Additionally, the use of the D'Hondt method might result in an effective threshold over three percent, dependant on the district magnitude.[2] Seats were allocated to constituencies, corresponding to the provinces of Barcelona, Gerona, Lérida and Tarragona. Each constituency was allocated a fixed number of seats: 85 for Barcelona, 17 for Gerona, 15 for Lérida and 18 for Tarragona.[1]
The electoral law provided that parties, federations, coalitions and groupings of electors were allowed to present lists of candidates. However, groupings of electors were required to secure at least the signature of 0.1 per 100 of the electors entered in electoral register of the constituency for which they were seeking election—needing to secure, in any case, the signature of 500 electors—. Electors were barred from signing for more than one list of candidates. Concurrently, parties and federations intending to enter in coalition to take part jointly at an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within fifteen days from the election call.[3]
Election date
Transitory Provision Four of the Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia of 1979 required for the Executive Council of the Provisional Generalitat, in agreement with the Government of Spain, to call an election within fifteen days after the date of enactment of the Statute, with election day taking place within sixty days after the call. As a result, an election could not be held later than the seventy-fifth day from the date of enactment of the Statute. Additionally, under Transitory Provision Five the Parliament was to be 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.[1]
Initially scheduled for either 13 or 16 March 1980, lack of agreement on the date of the election between the various Catalan political parties resulted in several weeks of speculation that President Josep Tarradellas would choose to trigger a government crisis that could further delay the election.[4][5] However, on 17 January and after deliberation by the Executive Council and in agreement with the State Government, President Tarradellas called an election for Thursday, 20 March 1980.[6][7]
Opinion polls
Individual poll results are listed in the table 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 that date is unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed with its background shaded in the leading party's colour. In the instance of a tie, the figures with the highest percentages are shaded. in the case of seat projections, they are displayed in bold and in a different font. The lead column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the two parties with the highest figures. 68 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Parliament of Catalonia.
| Polling firm/Commissioner | Fieldwork date | Sample size | Turnout |  |
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| 1980 regional election | 20 Mar 1980 | N/A | 61.3 | 22.4 33 |
10.6 18 |
18.8 25 |
27.8 43 |
8.9 14 |
2.4 0 |
2.7 2 |
5.4 |
| ICM[p 1][p 2] | 17 Mar 1980 | 800 | 59.5 | 26.1 | 11.6 | 20.1 | 24.2 | 5.9 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 1.9 |
| ICSA–Gallup/El País[p 3][p 2] | 12–14 Mar 1980 | 1,480 | 57.9 | 26.9 | 10.6 | 20.5 | 23.7 | 6.3 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 3.2 |
| ICSA–Gallup/SC[p 4] | 10–12 Mar 1980 | 1,200 | 57.2 | 26.1 | 10.4 | 21.5 | 23.1 | 6.8 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 3.0 |
| GAPME/CDC[lower-roman 1][p 5][p 2] | 4–7 Mar 1980 | 800 | 69.6 | 27.7 | 7.2 | 18.9 | 24.5 | 4.4 | – | 0.4 | 3.2 |
| ICSA–Gallup/SC[p 3][p 2] | 3–5 Mar 1980 | ? | ? | 27.1 | 11.5 | 22.6 | 21.7 | 5.4 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 4.5 |
| CC–UCD[p 2] | 28 Feb 1980 | 2,500 | 68 | 26.0 | 20.0 | 16.0 | 18.0 | – | – | – | 6.0 |
| CDC[p 2] | 10–20 Feb 1980 | ? | ? | 26.3 | 13.0 | 16.8 | 22.6 | 3.2 | 0.7 | – | 3.7 |
| CDC[p 2] | 10–20 Jan 1980 | 1,600 | ? | 27.0 | 13.5 | 16.4 | 21.5 | 4.9 | 1.4 | – | 5.5 |
| CC–UCD[p 6] | 19 Jan 1980 | 3,000 | 75 | 29.0 | 15.5 | 19.0 | 19.5 | 4.0 | – | – | 9.5 |
| 1979 local elections | 3 Apr 1979 | N/A | 61.2 | 26.8 | 13.6 | 20.3 | 19.0 | 3.9 | 1.2 | – | 6.5 |
| 1979 general election | 1 Mar 1979 | N/A | 67.6 | 29.7 45 |
19.3 32 |
17.4 25 |
16.4 26 |
4.2 4 |
3.6 3 |
– | 10.4 |
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Results
Overall
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| Parties and coalitions | Popular vote | Seats | ||||
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| Votes | % | ±pp | Won | +/− | ||
| Convergence and Union (CiU) | 752,943 | 27.83 | — | 43 | — | |
| Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) | 606,717 | 22.43 | — | 33 | — | |
| Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia (PSUC) | 507,753 | 18.77 | — | 25 | — | |
| Centrists of Catalonia (CC–UCD) | 286,922 | 10.61 | — | 18 | — | |
| Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) | 240,871 | 8.90 | — | 14 | — | |
| Socialist Party of Andalusia–Andalusian Party (PSA–PA) | 71,841 | 2.66 | — | 2 | — | |
| Catalan Solidarity (SC) | 64,004 | 2.37 | — | 0 | — | |
| Left Nationalists (NE) | 44,798 | 1.66 | — | 0 | — | |
| Unity for Socialism (CUPS) | 33,086 | 1.22 | — | 0 | — | |
| New Force (FN) | 27,807 | 1.03 | — | 0 | — | |
| Parties with less than 1.0% of the vote | 50,711 | 1.87 | — | 0 | — | |
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| Left Bloc for National Liberation (BEAN) | 14,077 | 0.52 | — | 0 | — | |
| Communist Workers' Party of Catalonia (PCOC) | 12,963 | 0.48 | — | 0 | — | |
| Communist Unity (UC) | 8,198 | 0.30 | — | 0 | — | |
| Spanish Falange of the JONS (FE–JONS) | 6,637 | 0.25 | — | 0 | — | |
| Independent National Party (PNI) | 4,741 | 0.18 | — | 0 | — | |
| Conservatives of Catalonia (CC) | 4,095 | 0.15 | — | 0 | — | |
| Blank ballots | 17,960 | 0.66 | — | |||
| Total | 2,705,413 | 100.00 | 135 | — | ||
| Valid votes | 2,705,413 | 99.50 | — | |||
| Invalid votes | 13,475 | 0.50 | — | |||
| Votes cast / turnout | 2,718,888 | 61.34 | — | |||
| Abstentions | 1,713,888 | 38.66 | — | |||
| Registered voters | 4,432,776 | |||||
| Source(s): Generalitat of Catalonia, historiaelectoral.com | ||||||
Distribution by constituency
| Constituency | CiU | PSC | PSUC | CC–UCD | ERC | PSA–PA | ||||||
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| % | S | % | S | % | S | % | S | % | S | % | S | |
| Barcelona | 27.2 | 26 | 23.2 | 22 | 20.8 | 20 | 8.2 | 7 | 8.3 | 8 | 3.0 | 2 |
| Gerona | 37.1 | 7 | 19.6 | 4 | 9.3 | 1 | 15.2 | 3 | 10.6 | 2 | 1.3 | − |
| Lérida | 28.2 | 5 | 19.3 | 3 | 10.6 | 1 | 23.4 | 4 | 12.2 | 2 | 0.7 | − |
| Tarragona | 23.6 | 5 | 20.6 | 4 | 15.1 | 3 | 19.7 | 4 | 10.4 | 2 | 1.9 | − |
| Total | 27.8 | 43 | 22.4 | 33 | 18.8 | 25 | 10.6 | 18 | 8.9 | 14 | 2.7 | 2 |
Opinion poll sources
- ↑ "Participación del 60% en Barcelona, según una úItima encuesta". El País (in Spanish). 19 March 1980.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Lo que decían los sondeos" (PDF). El Correo Catalán (in Spanish). 21 March 1980.
- 1 2 "Las encuestas electorales mantienen la primacía socialista en Cataluña". El País (in Spanish). 16 March 1980.
- ↑ "El sondeo de ICSA Gallup". El País (in Spanish). 19 March 1980.
- ↑ voto "Pujol, el más preferido, aunque votarán al PSC" Check
|url=value (help) (PDF). Mundo Diario (in Spanish). 16 March 1980. - ↑ "Los socialistas ganarán las elecciones al Parlamento catalán". El País (in Spanish). 19 January 1980.
References
- 1 2 3 Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia of 1979, Organic Law No. 4 of December 18, 1979 Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved on 14 March 2017.
- ↑ "Effective threshold in electoral systems". Trinity College, Dublin. 30 July 2012. Retrieved 22 July 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.
- ↑ Quinta, Alfons (28 December 1979). "El 13 de marzo, elecciones al Parlamento". El País (in Spanish). Barcelona. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
- ↑ Canals, Enric (30 December 1979). "Sin acuerdo sobre la fecha de las elecciones al Parlamento". El País (in Spanish). Barcelona. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
- ↑ Agencias (18 January 1980). "Elecciones al Parlamento catalán el 20 de marzo". El País (in Spanish). Barcelona. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
- ↑ Decree calling for elections to the Parliament of Catalonia, Decree No. 39 of January 17, 1980 Official Journal of the Generalitat of Catalonia (in Spanish). Retrieved on 11 August 2017.