Valencian regional election, 1983
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All 89 seats in the Corts Valencianes 45 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinion polls | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Registered | 2,654,967 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turnout | 1,931,142 (72.7%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Constituency results map for the Corts Valencianes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1983 Valencian regional election was held on Sunday, 8 May 1983, to elect the 1st Corts of the Valencian Community. All 89 seats in the Corts 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) won the election with an absolute majority of 51 out of 89 seats and almost 1 million votes (51.4% of the vote). The People's Coalition, headed by the conservative People's Alliance, became the second political force and the main opposition party in the Corts Valencianes with 32 seats. The Communist Party of Spain (PCE) managed to surpass the 5% autonomic threshold and entered the Courts with 6 seats.
As a result of the election, PSPV-PSOE leader Joan Lerma became the first democratically elected President of the Valencian Community.
Electoral system
The 89 members of the Corts Valencianes were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with a threshold of 5 per 100 of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied regionally. Parties not reaching the threshold were not taken into consideration for seat distribution. Seats were allocated to constituencies, corresponding to the provinces of Alicante, Castellón and Valencia. Each constituency was allocated a fixed number of seats: 29 for Alicante, 25 for Castellón and 35 for Valencia.[n 1][1] Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage, with all nationals over eighteen, registered in the Valencian Community and in full enjoyment of all political rights entitled to vote.
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.[2]
The regional Statute required for the first regional election to be held between 1 February and 31 May 1983.[1][2]
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. 45 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Corts Valencianes.
Polling firm/Commissioner | Fieldwork date | Sample size | Turnout | Lead | ||||
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1983 regional election | 8 May 1983 | N/A | 72.7 | 51.4 51 |
31.9 32 |
7.5 6 |
1.9 0 |
19.5 |
Sofemasa/El País[p 1][p 2] | 23–26 Apr 1983 | ? | ? | 47.4 62/67 |
15.1 23/26 |
5.8 0/4 |
– | 32.3 |
1982 general election | 28 Oct 1982 | N/A | 84.0 | 53.1 54 |
29.1 29 |
4.6 0 |
2.5 0 |
24.0 |
Results
Overall
Parties and coalitions | Popular vote | Seats | ||||
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Votes | % | ±pp | Won | +/− | ||
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 982,567 | 51.41 | — | 51 | — | |
People's Coalition–Valencian Union (AP–PDP–UL–UV) | 609,519 | 31.89 | — | 32 | — | |
Communist Party of Spain–PCPV (PCE–PCPV) | 142,570 | 7.46 | — | 6 | — | |
Valencian People's Union (UPV) | 58,712 | 3.07 | — | 0 | — | |
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 36,015 | 1.88 | — | 0 | — | |
Liberal Democratic Party (PDL) | 29,788 | 1.56 | — | 0 | — |
Parties with less than 1.0% of the vote | 38,895 | 2.04 | — | 0 | — | |
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Valencian Independent Organization (OIV) | 12,585 | 0.66 | — | 0 | — | |
Workers' Socialist Party (PST) | 10,156 | 0.53 | — | 0 | — | |
Valencian Nationalist Left (ENV–URV) | 7,623 | 0.40 | — | 0 | — | |
Spanish Communist Workers' Party (PCOE) | 5,945 | 0.31 | — | 0 | — | |
Popular Struggle Coalition (CLP) | 2,586 | 0.14 | — | 0 | — |
Blank ballots | 13,180 | 0.69 | — | |||
Total | 1,911,246 | 100.00 | 89 | — | ||
Valid votes | 1,911,246 | 98.97 | — | |||
Invalid votes | 19,896 | 1.03 | — | |||
Votes cast / turnout | 1,931,142 | 72.74 | — | |||
Abstentions | 723,825 | 27.26 | — | |||
Registered voters | 2,654,967 | |||||
Source(s): Corts Valencianes, historiaelectoral.com, Argos Information Portal |
Distribution by constituency
Constituency | PSOE | CP–UV | PCE–PV | |||
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% | S | % | S | % | S | |
Alicante | 54.7 | 17 | 31.1 | 10 | 6.6 | 2 |
Castellón | 49.1 | 14 | 34.1 | 10 | 5.6 | 1 |
Valencia | 50.2 | 20 | 31.8 | 12 | 8.3 | 3 |
Total | 51.4 | 51 | 31.9 | 32 | 7.5 | 6 |
Notes
- ↑ As no specific electoral law was in force at the time, the electoral system was regulated under the general rules of the Electoral Rules Decree of 1977 and Transitional Provision Seven of the regional Statute of Autonomy.
Opinion poll sources
- ↑ "Los socialistas pueden alcanzar los dos tercios del Parlamento autónomo". El País (in Spanish). 1 May 1983.
- ↑ "Ficha técnica de los sondeos". El País (in Spanish). 1 May 1983.
References
- 1 2 Statute of Autonomy of the Valencian Community of 1982, Organic Law No. 1 of July 1, 1982 Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved on 17 March 2017.
- 1 2 Electoral Rules Decree of 1977, Royal Decree-Law No. 20 of March 18, 1977 Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved on 27 December 2016.